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- From broken-down bangers to boyhood fans, Henry Horenstein introduces his joyful 1970s images capturing the world of stock car racing before it became big business
- Lab-grown spinal cords and glowing fish larvae are among the images in an annual competition to find the best pictures taken under the microscope
- Class, race and labour are all dissected in Gordon Parks’ 1940s photographs for the Standard Oil Company
- The famed New York theatre director and artist is known for his filmed portraits of famous faces which blend his love for the theatrical, art history and film
- The Israeli bombardment of Gaza, wildfires in Europe, Russian shelling in Donetsk, migrants near Lampedusa and the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham: the most striking images this week
- Sent to capture a shop display, the famed photographer focused instead on a man sleeping on the pavement
- The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world
- It’s been a year since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan. The photojournalist Stefanie Glinski has been in the country since then, charting the rise of the Islamic emirate and the effect on the population
- Indigenous reindeer herders fear the drive towards a more sustainable economy is destroying their traditional way of life and cultural identity
- Thousands are lured to the Kédougou region by dreams of riches hidden underground. Fortunes rarely materialise, but still the pickaxes fall, night and day
- Taiwan is preparing air-raid shelters in underground spaces such as basement car parks, the subway system and subterranean shopping centres as fears of a Chinese attack increase
- Success in baseball, Cuba’s national pastime, is increasingly measured beyond its borders as young players dream of playing in the major leagues in the US
- Most of the world’s mountain glaciers are retreating due to climate change, but those in the European Alps are especially vulnerable
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