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  • AFP / Kirill Kudryavtsev
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A bird's eye view of the Cup

Jewel Samad Monday 2 July 2018

"It’s a really strange feeling, looking at 22 men running seven floors below you. As long as I look at the game below through my lens, then I’m all right. But if I look at it with my own eyes, I start to get dizzy," writes Jewel Samad, who along with colleague Kirill Kudryavtsev has a unique view of the World Cup -- up from above....

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AFP / Mohamed El-shahed

The healing of the ‘Pharaonic Sea’

Mohamed el-Shahed Friday 29 June 2018

"In Egypt, the love of the land is intermixed with the smell of the Nile, the giant river that we consider a gift of God; a symbol of fertility that waters the land along its banks," writes Mohamed el-Shahed, a photographer based in Cairo who grew up in the Egyptian countryside and goes back whenever he can to escape the suffocating megapolis.

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  • AFP / Benjamin Cremel
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From Russia with... like

Benjamin Cremel Wednesday 27 June 2018

"My main job in Kazan, the capital of the Russian republic of Tatarstan, is to cover the World Cup matches that take place there, as well as the training sessions of the Japan team," writes photographer Benjamin Cremel, who is usually based in Madrid.

"Whenever I have free time, I also try to capture images daily life, which can make for some very nice pictures."

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  • AFP / Philippe Desmazes

Crime archives

Yannick Pasquet Friday 22 June 2018

“It’s important to judge these people. Even if it’s so late, even if the process is far from being perfect, the man in charge of uncovering Nazi crimes in Germany told me,” writes Yannick Pasquet, a correspondent based in Berlin.

“After having interviewed young refugees tortured by the Syrian regime, I have to agree with him.”

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AFP / Eric Baradat

Culture shocks in the open sea

Daphné Benoit Tuesday 19 June 2018

"'Here we go, here we go, here we go!!!' -- is how the crew of the C-2A Greyhound transport plane prepares us for the landing to come. A few seconds later, I’m brutally squished in my seat, my first landing aboard an aircraft carrier that starts my reporting mission aboard the USS George H.W. Bush," writes Daphne Benoit, a correspondent based in Paris covering defense.

"I’m here because the carrier is playing temporary host to French pilots. I thought it would be a good opportunity to write about what, if any, culture clashes result. I wasn’t disappointed."

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