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Sony World Photography Awards 2017: Best images from the winners and finalists

Categories this year included a wide range of topics from Architecture to the Natural World, Portraiture and Landscape, with entries from from 183 countries.

Apr 21, 2017

By Alex Wheeler

Photography Competition Pictures Australian Open

Sony World Photography Awards 2017 professional winners

Sony World Photography Awards 2017: Winners of Professional categories are announced

The ten winning photographers were selected from over 227,000 entries, from 183 countries, with the judges looking for the best photographic series.

Apr 20, 2017

By Alex Wheeler

Photography Competition Pictures Sony

From Mobutu to Beyoncé: Portraits by Emilie Regnier explore the symbolic power of leopard print

Regnier's series of portraits will be showing at the Bronx Documentary Center until 4 June 2017.

Apr 20, 2017

By Alex Wheeler

Arts pictures Beyonce Paris

Up And Vanished: How Serial-inspired podcast helped crack cold case murder of Georgia beauty queen

IBTimes UK exclusive: Payne Lindsey addresses the impact of true crime formats on police investigations.

Apr 19, 2017

By Alicia Adejobi

Bloody art show where bull is slaughtered in 'sacrificial ritual' targeted by animal rights group

Animal Liberation Tasmania launched petition against Hermann Nitsch 150.Action performance.

Apr 19, 2017

By Lucia Binding

Indonesia Nazi restaurant SoldatenKaffee Bandung

Chelmsford man reveals Nazi plaque he unearthed in 1970s and puts it up for sale

The slab has a swastika engraved on it and reads 'long live our leader'.

Apr 17, 2017

By Oli Gamp

Fifth £50,000 Jane Austen plastic five pound note up for grabs

Rumours had been mounting after micro-artist responsible for the notes visited the Jane Austen Centre in Bath.

Apr 14, 2017

By Jen Offord

'Quidditch' and 'Potterhead' could make their way into the Oxford English Dictionary

OED compilers set to recognise widespread use of 'made-up' Harry Potter vocabulary.

Apr 13, 2017

By Priya Joshi

Return to Fukushima: Never-before-seen photos from inside the red nuclear exclusion zone

Very few photographers have ventured inside the restricted red zone, or seen the interiors of its abandoned buildings.

Apr 11, 2017

By David Sim

Earthquake Japan Chernobyl

Clean sweep expected for Harry Potter And The Cursed Child at Oliver Awards 2017

Show up for 11 nods – the most for any new play in ceremony's 41-year history.

Apr 9, 2017

By Tina Campbell

Pictures of the week 1 to 7 April 2017: Seven days of the world's best photojournalism

A selection of photographs, covering a variety of topics from current events to animals, weather and travel.

Apr 7, 2017

By David Sim

Travel pictures

Stunning wildlife photos capture moments of surprising animal behaviour

Wildlife Photographer of the Year: Unforgettable Behaviour is published by the Natural History Museum.

Apr 7, 2017

By David Sim

Animal and Wildlife Pictures

Photo London 2017: Preview of Somerset House photography fair from Don McCullin to Guy Bourdin

Photo London will be held at Somerset House from 18 -21 May 2017, showcasing work from the world's leading galleries.

Apr 4, 2017

By Alex Wheeler

Arts pictures

Rule The… box office: Take That theatre show becomes fastest-selling in UK history

Let It Shine competition winners, Five To Five, will take the lead roles in the musical.

Apr 4, 2017

By Alicia Adejobi

Royal gifts: Photo preview of presents given to Queen Elizabeth II throughout her reign

The exhibition, which opens 22 July 2017, is held in conjunction with the 2017 Summer Opening of Buckingham Palace.

Apr 3, 2017

By Alex Wheeler

Queen Elizabeth II London Arts pictures

The world just got a Doomsday Vault to preserve its heritage and cultural data

The new vault in Norway will use analogue archives to protect data submitted by nations from cyberattacks.

Apr 3, 2017

By Agamoni Ghosh

Untethered: Joseph Szabo and Siân Davey present 50 years of being young

The exhibition will be on show at Michael Hoppen Gallery, London from 6 April-20 May 2017.

Mar 31, 2017

By Alex Wheeler

Arts pictures London

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