• DWF - Lockdown Inc. (The Republican National Convention)
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    DWF - Lockdown Inc. (The Republican National Convention)
    Republican National Convention

    Celebrations after Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's speech at the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio.

    LOCKDOWN: The Republican National Convention transformed downtown Cleveland into a maze of steel and concrete barriers constructed to protect Quicken Loans Arena from assault or protest. Law enforcement on bikes, horseback and in rapid response squads occupied much of the city. Side streets appeared empty and many restaurants and bars were quiet. In places, downtown Cleveland felt void of life, the lockdown scaring all but the most faithful away.

    Inside the convention the Jumbotron projected a vision of strength and unapologetic aggression. Speech after speech worked to reinforce the need for order and security. With domestic attacks in Dallas, Orlando and San Bernardino on many people?s minds, the message seemed universally accepted. The alliance between a billionaire businessman and Republicans was locked in, even if the party establishment was cold to the relationship. The celebration continued and the empty streets waited outside?
    © Danny Wilcox Frazier / VII
    21/07/2016
    6610
    21/07/2016
    DWF - Lockdown Inc. (The Republican National Convention)
    Republican National Convention

    Celebrations after Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's speech at the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio.

    LOCKDOWN: The Republican National Convention transformed downtown Cleveland into a maze of steel and concrete barriers constructed to protect Quicken Loans Arena from assault or protest. Law enforcement on bikes, horseback and in rapid response squads occupied much of the city. Side streets appeared empty and many restaurants and bars were quiet. In places, downtown Cleveland felt void of life, the lockdown scaring all but the most faithful away.

    Inside the convention the Jumbotron projected a vision of strength and unapologetic aggression. Speech after speech worked to reinforce the need for order and security. With domestic attacks in Dallas, Orlando and San Bernardino on many people?s minds, the message seemed universally accepted. The alliance between a billionaire businessman and Republicans was locked in, even if the party establishment was cold to the relationship. The celebration continued and the empty streets waited outside?
    © Danny Wilcox Frazier / VII

     

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    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
    3711
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR

     

  • SCY - China in Transition Final
    6634
    SCY - China in Transition Final
    China in transition

    A young woman waits for the bus at an intersection on the main road in Dongling, Anhui Province, People's Republic of China on Oct. 30, 2012. Like most other parts of rural China, Dongling village is almost bereft of young people who leave to become migrant workers in the cities and towns, leaving the old and very young behind. Anhui Province is amongst the largest exporter of migrant labor in China. Li Keqiang, the Chinese premier-to-be was sent to Dongling in the 1970s to be rusticated.
    © Sim Chi Yin / VII
    6634
    SCY - China in Transition Final
    China in transition

    A young woman waits for the bus at an intersection on the main road in Dongling, Anhui Province, People's Republic of China on Oct. 30, 2012. Like most other parts of rural China, Dongling village is almost bereft of young people who leave to become migrant workers in the cities and towns, leaving the old and very young behind. Anhui Province is amongst the largest exporter of migrant labor in China. Li Keqiang, the Chinese premier-to-be was sent to Dongling in the 1970s to be rusticated.
    © Sim Chi Yin / VII

     

  • 3698
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
    Mandatory Credit: BenedicteKurzen DO NOT CROP OR ALTER IN ANY WAYS WITHOUT PHOTOGRAPHER APPROVAL

     

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    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
    3680
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
    Mandatory Credit: BenedicteKurzen DO NOT CROP OR ALTER IN ANY WAYS WITHOUT PHOTOGRAPHER APPROVAL

     

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    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
    3710
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
    Mandatory Credit: BenedicteKurzen DO NOT CROP OR ALTER IN ANY WAYS WITHOUT PHOTOGRAPHER APPROVAL

     

  • 3687
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
    Mandatory Credit: BenedicteKurzen DO NOT CROP OR ALTER IN ANY WAYS WITHOUT PHOTOGRAPHER APPROVAL

     

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    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
    Mandatory Credit: BenedicteKurzen DO NOT CROP OR ALTER IN ANY WAYS WITHOUT PHOTOGRAPHER APPROVAL

     

  • 3696
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
    3696
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
    Mandatory Credit: BenedicteKurzen DO NOT CROP OR ALTER IN ANY WAYS WITHOUT PHOTOGRAPHER APPROVAL

     

  • 3679
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
    3679
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
    Mandatory Credit: BenedicteKurzen DO NOT CROP OR ALTER IN ANY WAYS WITHOUT PHOTOGRAPHER APPROVAL

     

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    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
    3692
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
    Mandatory Credit: BenedicteKurzen DO NOT CROP OR ALTER IN ANY WAYS WITHOUT PHOTOGRAPHER APPROVAL

     

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    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
    3709
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
    Mandatory Credit: BenedicteKurzen DO NOT CROP OR ALTER IN ANY WAYS WITHOUT PHOTOGRAPHER APPROVAL

     

  • 3703
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
    3703
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
    Mandatory Credit: BenedicteKurzen DO NOT CROP OR ALTER IN ANY WAYS WITHOUT PHOTOGRAPHER APPROVAL

     

  • 3708
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
    3708
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
    Mandatory Credit: BenedicteKurzen DO NOT CROP OR ALTER IN ANY WAYS WITHOUT PHOTOGRAPHER APPROVAL

     

  • 3704
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
    3704
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
    Mandatory Credit: BenedicteKurzen DO NOT CROP OR ALTER IN ANY WAYS WITHOUT PHOTOGRAPHER APPROVAL

     

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    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
    3689
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
    Mandatory Credit: BenedicteKurzen DO NOT CROP OR ALTER IN ANY WAYS WITHOUT PHOTOGRAPHER APPROVAL

     

  • 3683
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
    3683
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
    Mandatory Credit: BenedicteKurzen DO NOT CROP OR ALTER IN ANY WAYS WITHOUT PHOTOGRAPHER APPROVAL

     

  • 3702
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
    3702
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
    Mandatory Credit: BenedicteKurzen DO NOT CROP OR ALTER IN ANY WAYS WITHOUT PHOTOGRAPHER APPROVAL

     

  • 3691
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
    3691
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
    Mandatory Credit: BenedicteKurzen DO NOT CROP OR ALTER IN ANY WAYS WITHOUT PHOTOGRAPHER APPROVAL

     

  • 3707
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
    Mandatory Credit: BenedicteKurzen DO NOT CROP OR ALTER IN ANY WAYS WITHOUT PHOTOGRAPHER APPROVAL

     

  • 3678
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
    3678
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
    Mandatory Credit: BenedicteKurzen DO NOT CROP OR ALTER IN ANY WAYS WITHOUT PHOTOGRAPHER APPROVAL

     

  • 3706
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
    3706
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
    Mandatory Credit: BenedicteKurzen DO NOT CROP OR ALTER IN ANY WAYS WITHOUT PHOTOGRAPHER APPROVAL

     

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    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
    3705
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
    Mandatory Credit: BenedicteKurzen DO NOT CROP OR ALTER IN ANY WAYS WITHOUT PHOTOGRAPHER APPROVAL

     

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    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
    Mandatory Credit: BenedicteKurzen DO NOT CROP OR ALTER IN ANY WAYS WITHOUT PHOTOGRAPHER APPROVAL

     

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    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
    3688
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
    Mandatory Credit: BenedicteKurzen DO NOT CROP OR ALTER IN ANY WAYS WITHOUT PHOTOGRAPHER APPROVAL

     

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    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
    Mandatory Credit: BenedicteKurzen DO NOT CROP OR ALTER IN ANY WAYS WITHOUT PHOTOGRAPHER APPROVAL

     

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    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
    Mandatory Credit: BenedicteKurzen DO NOT CROP OR ALTER IN ANY WAYS WITHOUT PHOTOGRAPHER APPROVAL

     

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    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
    Mandatory Credit: BenedicteKurzen DO NOT CROP OR ALTER IN ANY WAYS WITHOUT PHOTOGRAPHER APPROVAL

     

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    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
    Mandatory Credit: BenedicteKurzen DO NOT CROP OR ALTER IN ANY WAYS WITHOUT PHOTOGRAPHER APPROVAL

     

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    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
    Mandatory Credit: BenedicteKurzen DO NOT CROP OR ALTER IN ANY WAYS WITHOUT PHOTOGRAPHER APPROVAL

     

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    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
    Mandatory Credit: BenedicteKurzen DO NOT CROP OR ALTER IN ANY WAYS WITHOUT PHOTOGRAPHER APPROVAL

     

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    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
    3675
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
    Mandatory Credit: BenedicteKurzen DO NOT CROP OR ALTER IN ANY WAYS WITHOUT PHOTOGRAPHER APPROVAL

     

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    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
    Mandatory Credit: BenedicteKurzen DO NOT CROP OR ALTER IN ANY WAYS WITHOUT PHOTOGRAPHER APPROVAL

     

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    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
    Mandatory Credit: BenedicteKurzen DO NOT CROP OR ALTER IN ANY WAYS WITHOUT PHOTOGRAPHER APPROVAL

     

  • 3684
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
    3684
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
    Mandatory Credit: BenedicteKurzen DO NOT CROP OR ALTER IN ANY WAYS WITHOUT PHOTOGRAPHER APPROVAL

     

  • 3695
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
    3695
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
    Mandatory Credit: BenedicteKurzen DO NOT CROP OR ALTER IN ANY WAYS WITHOUT PHOTOGRAPHER APPROVAL

     

  • 3677
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
    3677
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
    Mandatory Credit: BenedicteKurzen DO NOT CROP OR ALTER IN ANY WAYS WITHOUT PHOTOGRAPHER APPROVAL

     

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    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
    3701
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
    Mandatory Credit: BenedicteKurzen DO NOT CROP OR ALTER IN ANY WAYS WITHOUT PHOTOGRAPHER APPROVAL

     

  • 3681
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
    3681
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
    Mandatory Credit: BenedicteKurzen DO NOT CROP OR ALTER IN ANY WAYS WITHOUT PHOTOGRAPHER APPROVAL

     

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    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
    3694
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
    Mandatory Credit: BenedicteKurzen DO NOT CROP OR ALTER IN ANY WAYS WITHOUT PHOTOGRAPHER APPROVAL

     

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    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
    3693
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
    Mandatory Credit: BenedicteKurzen DO NOT CROP OR ALTER IN ANY WAYS WITHOUT PHOTOGRAPHER APPROVAL

     

  • Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    3147
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    A girl holds flowers on the steps of the damaged presidential building in Chisinau, Moldova on 7 April 2009. Opposition leaders accused the Communists of rigging the elections on 5 April and demanded a recount. Anti-communist rotesters stormed the presidential building, demanding that President Vladimir Voronin announce his resignation and leave Moldova. More than 30 people were injured in the protests.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor
    3147
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    A girl holds flowers on the steps of the damaged presidential building in Chisinau, Moldova on 7 April 2009. Opposition leaders accused the Communists of rigging the elections on 5 April and demanded a recount. Anti-communist rotesters stormed the presidential building, demanding that President Vladimir Voronin announce his resignation and leave Moldova. More than 30 people were injured in the protests.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor

     

  • Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
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    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    A police officer communicates on his walkie-talkie radio in front of a polling station for Constituent Assembly elections in Panauti, Nepal on 10 April, 2008. The Maoist political party won the vote, leading to the abolition of the monarchy and Maoist chief Prachanda being installed as Prime Minister.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor
    3108
    Behind the Curtains Stories from the Last Communist Hold outs
    A police officer communicates on his walkie-talkie radio in front of a polling station for Constituent Assembly elections in Panauti, Nepal on 10 April, 2008. The Maoist political party won the vote, leading to the abolition of the monarchy and Maoist chief Prachanda being installed as Prime Minister.
    Tomas Van Houtryve / VII Mentor

     

  • Barack Obama
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    Barack Obama
    Obama smiling after he accepted the Democratic Party presidential nomination in Denver, Colorado. He seemed so excited and relieved after this speech. Probably one of the few times I saw him really excited. He knew he still had a big fight ahead, but he let himself celebrate the moment briefly on this night.
    Callie Shell / Aurora Photos
    2008
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    2008
    Barack Obama
    Obama smiling after he accepted the Democratic Party presidential nomination in Denver, Colorado. He seemed so excited and relieved after this speech. Probably one of the few times I saw him really excited. He knew he still had a big fight ahead, but he let himself celebrate the moment briefly on this night.
    Callie Shell / Aurora Photos

     

  • Facing reality
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    Facing reality
    MANAGUA / NICARAGUA / 01.02.1990: Supporters of President Daniel Ortega sit on a billboard depicting Ortega and the slogan: "We win and everything will be better" in Managua, during the election campaign, February 1, 1990. -Manoocher Deghati
    Manoocher Deghati
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    Facing reality
    MANAGUA / NICARAGUA / 01.02.1990: Supporters of President Daniel Ortega sit on a billboard depicting Ortega and the slogan: "We win and everything will be better" in Managua, during the election campaign, February 1, 1990. -Manoocher Deghati
    Manoocher Deghati