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Twitter/Instagram Roundup Photo March 2, 2019

Figures Larger than Life: Our Social Week

Trump, Kim, Cohen. It’s been a great week for pictures that bring us close to the larger than life protagonists on the political stage.

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Twitter/Instagram Roundup Photo February 23, 2019

Vietnam to South Lawn, Vatican to Award Season: Our Social Week

Our feeds this week dialed in to Michael Shaw’s New York Times Magazine investigative article about an iconic Vietnam War photograph.

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Philip Perdue Photo February 18, 2019

Just Don’t Call it Socialism

Williamson's photo of Americans outside a free health clinic brings the discussion of "socialism," and/or a more humane social policy into greater focus.

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Immigration Photo February 16, 2019

Mexican American, American Mexican

The photo helps us visualize "remigration,” the controversial practice that sends thousands of American schoolchildren on a permanent semester abroad.

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Twitter/Instagram Roundup Photo February 8, 2019

All in the Hands: Our Visual Roundup of the Week

From Silicon Valley to the Whitaker hearing, from daily life in the West Bank to the State of the Union, the visuals this week were all about the hands.

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Immigration Photo February 7, 2019

Why Wall Breaching Photos Don’t Capture the Border Crossing Story

These photos remind us that immigrants are not an organized caravan or an impending wave of bodies. They are mostly alone, navigating one step at a time.

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Photo December 30, 2018

Our Top Instagram Posts of the Year

As we flip the page to 2019, we wanted to share our favorite posts from our Instagram feed this year.

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Christa Olson Photo December 29, 2018

Slow Violence, Slow Photography: Chris Gregory’s Portrait of Puerto Rico after Maria

How do you photograph systemic failure? Chris Gregory's Puerto Rico portrait does it through juxtaposition, capturing natural calamity and colonial neglect, both fast and slow.

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Disaster Focus Photo October 22, 2018

What We’re Looking At: Hurricanes Michael and Khashoggi

Visual news has been dominated by two hurricanes lately. Here are selected photos with commentary.

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Women and Gender Focus Photo September 29, 2018

Our Top Kavanaugh Pics Starting from the Beginning

We profile 17 top photos from the Kavanaugh Supreme Court confirmation hearings.

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Media Focus Photo August 5, 2018

The Visual Bubble: White House Media Affairs Undoes a Breakfast

Not since the administration’s panic over the crowd size at the inauguration have we seen such visual damage control.

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Twitter/Instagram Roundup Photo July 15, 2018

From SCOTUS to NATO, the Pix Were Lit: Our Visual Roundup of the Week

The Queen. The NATO flyover. The Baby Blimp. Strzrok and Russiagate. Kavanaugh/SCOTUS. Manafort. What a visual week.

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International Focus Photo July 8, 2018

Gangster Mindset: Pompeo Gets Owned on North Korea Visit

Taken during Mike Pompeo's empty visit to North Korea last week, Andrew Harnik's Instagram photo is pretty clever.

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Immigration/Migration Photo June 18, 2018

On the Border Family Separation Crisis: There are Enough Pictures Now

I know enough to be skeptical that pictures of abuse will call people to action. And yet, that appears to be what is happening right now.

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Twitter/Instagram Roundup Photo June 15, 2018

Immigration Hysteria and a Show Summit: Our Visual Roundup of the Week

Before the Trump era, you could count on the news to slow down in the summer. Instead, drama, chaos, and hysteria continue as the order of the day.

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Marta J. Zarzycka Photo June 14, 2018

From the Olympics to Singapore: Kim Jong Un’s Remarkable Visual Makeover

Kim Jong Un has proved himself a master at softening his media image. His summit with Donald Trump in Singapore was just the latest example. 

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Twitter/Instagram Roundup Photo May 25, 2018

Royals, Massacres and the Korea Dance: Our Visual Roundup of the Week

 “Something old and something new” was the theme of the visual week. The royal wedding counted as both--and sadly, so did the latest school massacre.

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Media & Culture Photo May 18, 2018

Between Jerusalem, Gaza and the Media: The Tear Gas Spectacular

What stokes the media as effectively as it fuels insurgency and state power--especially in the Trump era? Simply put, it's the fireworks.

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