A land invasion and a shortage of housing resulted in violent protests when residents of Grabouw, near Cape Town, burnt down the Traffic Department and blocked a main road during fighting with the police. The man in this image is swinging a burning tire, trying to prevent the police from approaching.

School children run for cover as Kenya's opposition leaders led by Raila Odinga take to the streets in weekly demonstrations demanding the disbandment of the electoral body, Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), ahead of the 2017 elections citing lack of impartiality.

A baby sits in a cardboard box in the Idomeni camp on the Greek-Macedonian border. For the refugees every border they cross brings them closer to their dream. Their European Dream. The concept of a border is very vague for most refugees. Borders could be anything from a razor wire, to a door of a truck and the Aegean sea.

Supporters of Democratic Party’s presidential candidate Hillary Clinton watch the preliminary vote count on the screens in Times Square, New York.

The search and rescue operation at the site of the Tu-154 plane crash in Sochi in late December 2016.

About 1,500 men, from Afghanistan and Pakistan, live in abandoned warehouses next to Belgrade’s Central Station, Serbia. In spite of temperature lows in the city reaching —16ºC, this group of migrants preferred to stay in these barracks for fear of being deported from the official camps.

Беженцы в Белграде. Укутанный

Sirte or death. It must mean something if the Islamic State, which for months has been fighting in the last IS bastions in Libya, uses such an arrogant name for their car bombs: dogma.

2017_TN_series_Догма_Сирт, Ливия, 03.09.2016

A series of pictures taken in Cuba during the days of mourning in December 2016 when Cuban people bid their last respects to their national leader Fidel Castro.

2017_TN_series_Чёрный квадрат Фиделя _Вечер на Кубе

Photos taken during spring flooding in the villages of the Omsk Region in 2016.

2017_TN_series_Весенний паводок

In June 2014 ISIS/ISIL took control of the second largest city of Iraq, Mosul. The Mosul Operation is a joint offensive lead by Iraqi government forces with allied militias, Iraqi Kurdistan, and international forces to retake control of the city

2017_TN_series_Операция в Мосуле, Ирак

A fan during a beach volleyball match at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

A skier takes part in the Romashkovo Night Cup. The amateur ski cup takes place annually in Moscow in January-February, on Wednesday evenings.

The Russian national team members watch penalty shoot-outs during the bronze medal match between Hungary and Russia at the women’s water polo event at the XXXI summer Olympics.

At the start of the Megalavina (Mega Avalanche) – a mass descent on bikes from the top of the Aibga Ridge along ski tracks.

Artistic Gymnastics is considered one of the most beautiful of all sports. It is the celebration of the beauty, grace and strength of the human body. But what stands behind these few minutes during a performance are much pain, injury and an athlete’s ability to overcome her physical limits. But in the end, after all the pain, the athlete receives the gratification of achieving her main goal.

На кончиках пальцев

This is a story about Sergei Mangos who lost his vision in childhood. Now he is a member of the Russian Paralympic team. This story shows us the dramatic inner world of Sergei, his will to live and to win.

2017_S_series_Футбол в темноте

First winter days in Russia’s Far East traditionally bring excellent waves. The average water temperature is 0°С and the air —15°С. Light wind and snow are great conditions for a good surfing. Surfing in Kamchatka and the Primorye Territory is one of the best in Russia and the world.

2017_S_series_Зимний серфинг на Тихоокеанском побережье России

The Varyag rugby team was founded in Veliky Novgorod in 2009. Enthusiasts of the game played with a leather, oval-shaped ball recruited a coach from St. Petersburg to teach them the basics. It took them seven years to prove to themselves, local officials and fans that they were worth the effort.

2017_S_series_Фаза расслабления

2016 will be remembered as a time when selfie culture started to determine our existence; when everybody needed to know where we were or what we were doing. While we are waiting for the approval of others, we are missing the opportunity to enjoy the mysterious world happening all around us.

Picture of European rabbis at Moscow Jewish Community Center August 25, 2016.

On the eve of Saint Anthony's Day, hundreds of people ride their horses through the streets of the small village of San Bartolome and jump through huge bonfires during the "Las Luminarias" festival, a tradition to cleanse the animals with bonfire smoke to protect them for the coming year. Man rides a horse through a bonfire during “Las Luminarias” celebration, a ritual in honor of Saint Anthony, the patron of animals. On the eve of Saint Anthony's Day, hundreds ride their horses through the streets to cleanse their animals with bonfire smoke.

Yura, center, has recently joined Tatyana’s group. “Our children are often afraid of loud noises,” Tatyana said. “So I recommend parents to slowly adapt their kids to music and talk to them in normal voice, not whisper.”

A widow plays Holi with other widows as they celebrate the festival of colors and flowers at Gopinath temple, Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh, India. India has a huge population in every category with different race of people. India has approx. 80% population of Hindu caste. There are approx. 40 million widow women living in India right now, and most of them are living a half-life (miserable), most of them are poor and lonely. The main reasons of their suffering are the traditions and cultures that have been going on for centuries, where becoming a widow can mean complete banishment from society. The government has made plans, but according to a report mentioned in an online article, only 28% of widows are eligible for pension. But things have been changing in a good way. Vrindavan, a small city in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India, has a large number of guest houses, so called ‘Ashrams’ and they welcome Widows from all over India to spend their life if they have no place to live in. Widows are not socially allowed to celebrate the spring festival of Hindus i.e. Holi. But breaking Stigmas, a riot of colors and flowers took over the 385 years old Radha Gopinath temple as hundreds of widows, Wearing traditional white sarees, played with flowers and then smeared hues of red, yellow, purple and green on each other.

Yury's tale guides us through the adventure of a person who decides to leave his environment behind and heads for the woods, far away from big cities. And in doing so he not only changes his living conditions but also his reality in some way, replacing it with a more mystic one.

2017_MP_series_Другая реальность

A garden is a place where important things happen,thing that are passed down from generation to generation and through the centuries. This is where humans touch the soil, and participate in the circle of life and the creation of that which provides us with a simple and essential meaning to all living things.

2017_MP_series_Огород

A cross procession along the T’ma River, held in 2011 by Father Sergiy Dmitriyev together with the Tver Union of Orthodox Laity, the Seyatel (Sower) Tver Orthodox Youth Club and the Nikolo-Malitsky Monastery Monastery. In 2016, the cross procession was held in honor of St. Seraphim of Sarov.

2017_TN_series_Вера. Любовь. Юность.

Wakeboarders Lilla and Gabor held their wedding in the Venice Beach Cable Park at Lake Velence, Hungary. August 04, 2016.

2017_MP_series_Вейксвадьба

The photos were taken in Istanbul, Turkey. I was inspired by the idea of a human manufacturing human-looking dummies. There are themed streets in Istanbul dedicated to the sale of a specific product. For example, a street selling ‘humans.’

Производство манекенов в Стамбуле

Communist Party rally marking 99th anniversary of October Revolution.

Street children in pain with illnesses like HIV.The majority, including Christians, live rough already on 5-10 years in slums like Kibera. This photo, Kevin and his friends are prohibited from entering the church for prayers.

Boy on side of road sells balloons to passing cars.. Average child earns less than 2 USD a day. Extra money families depend onto sustain their livelihood. National Child Labor Survey reports 1.2 million Bangladeshi minors have to work.

Candy floss seller during a snowstorm in Bishkek.

Ambra was diagnosed with deafness when she was two years old. From that moment forward, she embarked on a path of loneliness and courage as she encountered and overcame obstacles that forged her resilience. Despite the clichés that accompany being a woman, her condition of deafness has not stopped her development. She even practices martial arts.

2017_P_series_Что?

These are stories of Russian women who were victims of domestic violence. These are stories about how one person can have complete control over another person. It is difficult to see the signs of abuse and even more difficult to counteract the abuse, which can be both physical and psychological.

2017_P_series_Ты – моя

According to a UNICEF report from January 2014, 5.6 million of the country's 26 million children were not in school and according to ILO 2006 there are about 3.2 million child laborers in Bangladesh. “Silent Howl” is about the life of these children, especially those who must work far away from their homes and families.

2017_P_series_Беззвучный крик

Six million litres of diesel and paraffin oil are smuggled out of Iran on to Pakistan every day, which amounts to about two billion litres every year. Joblessness, drought, and the low price of fuel in Iran compared to Pakistan are the main reasons for fuel smuggling.

2017_P_series_Жертвы контрабанды

Aidar Kolashev lives in the village of Sebilyakovo, Tarsky District, Omsk Region. Every morning he goes to school making discoveries and meeting new people on the way.

2017_P_series_Дорога в школу Айдара Колдашева

This is not a story about a disease. Kirill's story is about a seriously ill boy who seldom leaves his room, but whose dream of space travel allows him to leave his world and explore the unknown of boundless and endless space.

2017_P_series_Космический мальчик