Revellers brave the rain as they make the most of New Year's Eve in Liverpool city centre, United Kingdom on December 31, 2023. (Photo by Ioannis Alexopoulos/London News Pictures)
“Life in War” (FotoEvidence Press) by Iranian photographer Majid Saeedi is probably the only book about Afghanistan that doesn’t show images of war. For ten years his camera photographed daily life in the context of war. His photographs reveal the humanity of a people living through decades of war. Here: Afghan men escape increasing summer temperatures by wading in the Qarga reservoir on July 9, 2010 in a suburb of Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)
Geisha women parade down the street to Asakusa Shrine in the compound of Sensoji Temple Friday, May 19, 2017, in Tokyo prior to the annual Sanja Festival, one of the three major festivals in Tokyo. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)
Social activists working for the rights of sеx workers celebrate with colour powder during the International Sеx Workers' Rights Day in Kolkata on March 3, 2020. (Photo by Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP Photo)
Thai Buddhist monks wear face shields to protect themselves from new coronavirus as they walk to collect alms from devotees in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, March 31, 2020. (Photo by Sakchai Lalit/AP Photo)
A 9 year old girl receives digital lessons from the primary school teacher in Rotterdam, Netherlands on April 20, 2020, because the schools are closed due to the corona crisis staying at home. Many schools are putting together a homework package or using digital teaching methods, now that education has been closed for several weeks due to the corona virus. (Photo byRobin Utrecht/Rex Features/Shutterstock)
A dog named Izzy licks its chops as Craig Morland of Crofton, Maryland, buys a bucket of Thrashers famous fries on the first day of eased coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions for the beach and boardwalk in Ocean City, Maryland, U.S., May 9, 2020. (Photo by Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)