The Athens Photo Festival is the largest international photography event in Greece. This year, 70 artists and artistic collectives from 30 countries are taking part in the main exhibition, which unfolds across 3,000 square metres, occupying all the spaces of the Benaki Museum on Pireos. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT With a clear focus on contemporary photographic creation,…
Europol has opened submissions for Capture26, the 2026 edition of its annual international law enforcement photo competition. This year’s theme is #OneSecurity, reflecting the principle that keeping Europe safe is built through coordination, trust, and shared responsibility.Entrants are invited to capture what this cooperation looks like in practice. The competition is open to professional and…
King Charles III of Britain fed chickens in Harlem. His wife, Queen Camilla, visited with Winnie-the-Pooh at the New York Public Library. In the morning, the royal couple laid a bouquet at the Sept. 11 memorial, and by evening, they were hobnobbing with the city’s cultural and artistic elite at Rockefeller Center. After a day…
I’ve always wondered if this story about you is true, that the reason we have NASA’s picture of the whole Earth came from you doing psychedelics on a roof one day. Yeah, I was in San Francisco and bored. And one of the things you did with boredom at that time was drop some acid…
Darfur is currently one of the worst-affected regions in the ongoing war in Sudan, where much of what is unfolding echoes — and in some ways repeats — the violence of the early 2000s. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Peter Biro, reporter and humanitarian aid worker, was there at the time, documenting the Sudanese government and allied Janjaweed…
Shorouk Express BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 9. A delegation from Azerbaijan, led by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Elnur Mammadov, visited the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Laos) on December 8-9, 2025, to discuss ways to strengthen political, economic, and humanitarian cooperation between the two countries, Trend reports via the Azerbaijani MFA. During the visit, the first…
Shorouk Express BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 7. Leyla Aliyeva, Vice-President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation and founder and head of the IDEA Public Union, together with the head of Baku Media Center, Arzu Aliyeva, visited an institution for orphaned and homeless girls in Dhaka, the capital of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, on December 6 as…
iPhone 17 Pro users have fewer ways to take photographs in low-light conditions compared to those using older iPhone models. Specifically, the option to select Night mode when taking snaps in Portrait mode — which gives the camera app an artsy depth-of-field effect — isn’t supported on iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max devices, per…
Shorouk Express Title changed Details added: first version posted on 07:26 BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 27. The families who arrived in Horovlu village of Azerbaijan’s Jabrayil district received keys to their new apartments, Trend reports. After welcoming the families who moved to the village, employees of Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA) informed in details…
Shorouk Express On 19 November, PwC Azerbaijan celebrated three decades of collaboration and progress in Azerbaijan, joined by our valued partners, contacts, and friends. Since our establishment in 1995, we’ve fostered enduring relationships with the Azerbaijani government and business community, building a foundation of trust and shared success. The anniversary gala paid tribute to our…
