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A Lebanese boy, wearing a mask, takes part in the Zambo carnival held in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli on February 26, 2017, to mark the last period of excess on the eve of the Christian Greek Orthodox lent. AFP / Patrick Baz

Learning to recognize PTSD

Mie Kohiyama Tuesday 5 September 2017

"At first glance AFP journalists Patrick Baz and I have little in common," writes Paris-based journalist Mie Kohiyama. "He is an experienced photographer who has covered all of the major conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa over the past 30 years. I have mostly worked in France, with a stint in Tokyo."

"Yet we share one thing -- we both suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) as a result of our work."

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  • AFP / Andrej Isakovic
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The human touch

Andrej Isakovic Wednesday 30 August 2017

"The adrenaline was pumping as I covered my first Formula 1 race two years ago," writes Belgrade-based photographer Andrej Isakovic.

"I’d watched the races for years, was a great fan of legendary racer Michael Schumacher and had been wanting to cover one as a photographer for a long time. Finally I got my chance. And at the Monaco Grand Prix, of all places! The history, the glamour, the excitement. So it was a bit disappointing to realize that the human aspect was missing."

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The next best thing

Timothy A. Clary Wednesday 16 August 2017

New York City, NY -- You shoot a lot of pictures when you’re shooting dance. And it doesn’t matter whether it’s ballet, or modern dance, or ballroom dance -- every time, you have one frame that’s just perfect. It can be something subtle, like a hand or a foot. But there is always one where everything is just perfect.

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A needle, narcotics bag, and blood stain are seen with a reminder to tip the Service Docs at a heroin encampment in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on April 10, 2017 AFP / Dominick Reuter

A place no-one wants to be

Dominick Reuter Monday 14 August 2017

"Before I even found a place to park my car, I saw a man shooting up," writes Dominick Reuter, a photographer based in Princeton, New Jersey. "Dressed in dark pants with his sweatshirt halfway off to expose his arm, he stood on the litter-strewn sidewalk, swaying as he fed the needle into his arm."

"I had just pulled into the Kensington neighborhood of North Philadelphia to follow up on a story I had heard on the radio. Stretched along a half-mile of commercial rail tracks, there was said to be the largest open-air drug market in the eastern United States."

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