“After a hot and humid day, a heavy thunderstorm hit the Donbass Arena in the Ukrainian city of Donetsk at the exact time the players of Ukraine and France were singing their national anthems before their Euro 2012 soccer match. While the game was suspended the players and spectators ran for shelter. Only a few tough supporters stayed in the stands. They sang and danced in the heavy rain, like they were under a shower. I hurried to save my equipment under raincoats and plastic bags as more and more water poured down from the sky and the stairs to our pitch position. Surrounded by water and with the sound of the thunderstorm in my ears I discovered this French couple kissing. It seemed as though they didn‘t care what happened around them.”
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“I was embedded with Alpha Company, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment attached to the 82nd airborne out of COP Siah Choy in Zharay district in Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan.
The unit was out on a mission for three days. Before heading back to their base a small group of soldiers including Sgt Nicholas Dickhut (the subject of this photo) walked to check a grape hut. Just after the first few soldiers passed through the door bullets started to hit the outside walls, one hitting just 10 inches above the head of one of the snipers.
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“The Reuters multimedia team in the Islamabad bureau set up interviews for a feature looking at a military-run de-radicalization center in Pakistan’s Swat Valley. Taliban militants once controlled the area, imposing their brand of sharia law, including public beheadings. A military operation in 2009 drove them out, but policymakers felt long-term stability could only be achieved if they fought not just militants but their ideology as well. They set up the Mashal center to de-radicalize and reform captured militants.
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“This image was taken as the sun set on Election Day in the Rockaways. Located in the Beach 90s the iconic boardwalk was lifted by the storm surge from superstorm Sandy and pushed several hundred feet inland. The water broke and twisted the massive wooden structure and blocked vehicular traffic to the waterfront. As a result the Department of Sanitation demolished these long sections and piled them up on both sides of the street. In between these towering piles of demolished wood was an alleyway for passersby. This day had been sunny and warm and the sand pushed up by the surge had dried out, creating large dust clouds when vehicles drove the narrow lanes between the piles of debris. I had been photographing along the water and noticed that the dust created a nice layering effect when it was caught just right by the sun.
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