Blue Planet, My Dream
A physically challenged boy is engaged in painting the earth with coloured powder.
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November 2024
Hands Together
The girls of a cricket academy in rural India are taking their exercise and they all hope to see themselves in the national women’s team.
Seeing High
The girls are with their coach in a free cricket coaching camp in rural Punjab in India. Achieving the India cap is the dream they are all united to.
Aeta children’s happiness of education opportunities
Aeta people (one of Negrito groups) is an Indigenous group in the Pacific. They live in isolated regions and are forgotten by the world. However, humanitarian brought water and school feeding programs to them, with the hope of development
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Aeta people’s smile
Aeta people (one of Negrito groups) is an Indigenous group in the Pacific. They live in isolated regions and are forgotten by the world. However, humanitarian brought water and school feeding programs to them, with the hope of development
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Aeta people’s school feeding program
Aeta people (one of Negrito groups) is an Indigenous group in the Pacific. They live in isolated regions and are forgotten by the world. However, humanitarian brought water and school feeding programs to them, with the hope of development
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Aeta people’s hope to water security
Aeta people (one of Negrito groups) is an Indigenous group in the Pacific. They live in isolated regions and are forgotten by the world. However, humanitarian brought water and school feeding programs to them, with the hope of development
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The Boat Grave at the Dried Aral Sea
In Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan, the Aral Sea has dried up completely. The old fishing boat now lies alone on the lakebed. Drastic climate change has made it difficult to get enough food. Where is the hope for development?
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The Sacrifice of Global Indigenous Peoples
A sacrifice ceremony at the World Food Forum at FAO. The global Indigenous communities gathered at FAO to discuss Indigenous peoples’ food systems. It brings hope to a more inclusive and equal world.
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Happiness is Underwater
To many people, the happiest place on earth is underwater. With a connection to nature and disconnect from the topside world, you can be truly free.
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A Dai lady is Praying in the Early Morning of the Gate Closing Festival
the Gate Closing Festival of Dai nationality is a traditional festival of southern Buddhism. Early in the morning, women from the community would bring incense, flowers, and rice to the temple to thank for the year’s harvest and pray for peace in the coming year. After the closing festival, people stopped working for a while
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Praying together in the Early Morning of the Gate Closing Festival of Dai people
the Gate Closing Festival of Dai nationality is a traditional festival of southern Buddhism. Early in the morning, women from the community would bring incense and rice to the temple to thank for the year’s harvest and pray for peace in the coming year. After the closing festival, people stopped working for a while and
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the Early Morning of the Gate Closing Festival of Dai people
the Gate Closing Festival of Dai nationality is a traditional festival of southern Buddhism. Early in the morning, women from the community would bring incense and rice to the temple to thank for the year’s harvest and pray for peace in the coming year. After the closing festival, people stopped working for a while and
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Thick incense ash, thick hope
During the Torch Festival, the Naxi people left thick incense ash after praying near the holy spring and holy tree. This is also the heavy hope that everyone carries
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A Naxi shaman light torches to continue the tradition
The Naxi Torch Festival has the tradition of lighting torches and praying for good luck. But the younger generation goes out to study and work, making it difficult for the tradition to continue. But the elders in the village still cling to tradition
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Community Gathering after Praying at the Torch Festival
After the blessing of the Torch Festival, according to the Naxi tradition, the whole community will come together to have a barbecue in the forest of the religious holy place. Unite the family, unite the community, and thank the spirit. Sunshine brings hope to the world
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Fight with the Flames
The picture highlights the carnage of a major fire which broke out at Kolkata’s Bagree Market in 2018. The place is presumably the largest wholesale market in India. For over 55 hours, firefighters battled the relentless flames, their unwavering determination a testament to human spirit. The fire, which originated on the ground floor and quickly
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Life, Festival, and Traditional Skills
On the eve of the Torch Festival, local Yi women earn money by selling torches for blessing. They are busy embroidering in their hands, passing on traditional local knowledge and skills. (Weishan, Dali, China)
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Destructive Downpour
The relentless downpour, a consequence of a deep depression in the Bay of Bengal, had transformed Kolkata’s streets into waterlogged rivers. As the city grappled with the fury of nature, a stark contrast emerged: hand-pulled rickshaws, symbols of a bygone era, continued their daily grind. Their drivers, undeterred by the challenging conditions, navigated the flooded
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Dance, Happiness, and Hope
Every year in the Torch Festival of the Yi people, the local Yi people gather in front of the torches and dance. Get unity, get happiness, get hope. Taken in Weishan, Dali, China
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Glimmers of hope
Behind every wall lies a story waiting to be uncovered.In the world filled with shadows, sometimes all you can do is peek through a small opening, searching for a glimpse of hope. Passing by a slum near my locality, I encountered this little girl hidding behind a tattered cloth as if conveying her hidden emotions
Smog, Sun, and Hope
Every year at the Torch Festival, the Naxi people burn incense and pray in the forests of the Holy Land. The praying brings smog. Nature brings sunshine and hope to people through smog
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A Naxi lady is praying at the holy tree
Baishuitai, located in Yunnan Province, China, is a sacred place for the Naxi ethnic group. A Naxi lady wearing traditional clothing prays under the holy tree. The fog was from people’s incense for hope.
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Naxi people are praying at the Torch Festival
Baishuitai, located in Yunnan Province, China, is a sacred place for the Naxi ethnic group. During the annual Torch Festival, the local people will come to the holy spring and sacred trees to pray, looking forward to good weather and peace in the coming year
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Joyful Discoveries by the Shore
The candid photo captures a young boy beaming with joy as he posed towards my camera on a sun-kissed beach. His eyes sparkled with excitement, reflecting the thrill of discovery as he holds a small shell in his hand. The backdrop features soft waves lapping at the shore and a clear blue sky, adding to
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Joyful moments
While roaming by the beach side & photographing some candid moments,I encountered two children joyfully playing on the sun-kissed beach, their laughter almost audible through the image. One’s arm was outstretched as if soaring over the sand, while the other striked playful pose with a big grin. The backdrop features gentle waves lapping at the
Reconnect
If we are increasingly losing one thing in this entirely digital age, it is direct contact with nature, the distant case of all the sensations that it transmits to us through our skin, the flow of its energy through the simple gesture of touching. This vital force, which is already part of us, but which
The one who hopes
The ability to hope is our happiness and consolation. I am a mother of two sons, and they are my hope.
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Hands Of Friendship
Intro A wave of tiny hands washes over a beaming boy in this black and white portrait. The grainy image crackles with childhood energy. The boy, the undisputed center of attention, explodes with laughter, his grin str etching from ear to ear. A flurry of fingers and palms, some delicate and small, others a bit
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