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The iconic photograph, taken in 1972, at the centre of a dispute over authorship.

It’s one of the most famous news photos ever. But who really took it?

A documentary screening at Sundance claims an iconic photograph from the Vietnam War has been attributed to the wrong person for more than 50 years.

  • Lindsey Bahr

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A frozen tree stands in a field in Neu Anspach near Frankfurt, Germany.
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World of photos, January 24, 2025

The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.

  • April Lombardo
A crow skates along the frozen lake at Beddington Farmland in Beddington, England. The 120-hectare former landfill site near the Beddington industrial estate in South London was slated for restoration as a wetlands nature reserve in 2013, as a condition of building a nearby incinerator.
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World of photos, January 12, 2025

The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.

  • April Lombardo
The flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter lies in state at the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington.
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World of photos, January 10, 2025

The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.

  • April Lombardo
A Chilean flamingo sticks its head between its feathers in the enclosure at Frankfurt Zoo, Germany.
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World of photos, January 5, 2025

The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.

  • April Lombardo
New Year’s fireworks light up Melbourne’s CBD.
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Melbourne celebrates New Year’s Eve 2024

Melbourne celebrates New Year’s Eve 2024

  • April Lombardo
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Pix magazine exhibition at State Library of NSW

Where zany hot girls and fake news was just another day at the office

Australia’s first tabloid magazine was a launching pad for photojournalism. Now some of Pix’s top pics are on show at the State Library of NSW.

  • Julie Power
1. OVERALL WINNER AND MAMMAL CATEGORY WINNER Stuck Squirrel

Need a laugh? This year’s funniest wildlife photos named

Dancing insects, owls making out and a penguin square-up – what could possibly win against that line up?

  • Kayla Olaya
Spectators gather outside France’s iconic Notre Dame Cathedral Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024 in Paris during it’s formal reopening for the first time since a devastating fire nearly destroyed the 861-year-old landmark in 2019.
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World of photos, December 9, 2024

The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.

  • Nicky Catley
The Australian Ballet’s artistic director David Hallberg (left) and Bill Henson pictured with Untitled 2024 in Henson’s studio.

Bill Henson wants to ‘make the world strange again’ with rare new work

An ambitious new portrait by the acclaimed Australian photographer will preside over the revamped State Theatre – and the CEO of Arts Centre Melbourne says it’s just the beginning.

  • Meg Watson

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