High tides over Venice, a river in flood on the American plains, a country under water. Six images of the moment the water rises, and of the people who go out to meet it.
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Floods are the most common natural disaster on Earth, and they rarely come alone: a storm surge, a burst riverbank or weeks of monsoon rain can turn a street into a channel within hours.
These pictures span two decades and four countries. In each one, life goes on at the waterline: visitors on raised walkways, rescue crews in small boats, and whole regions seen from the air.
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Winter giants in Sapporo, elite runners in Berlin and the last days of the Tour de France. Six frames from events that draw crowds by the hundred thousand.
By Daniel Osei
Sky lanterns over Taiwan, drums and feathers in Rio, clouds of colour at Holi. Six celebrations that bring whole cities out at night and into the street.
By Daniel Osei
From Canberra to Toronto, students left their classrooms and filled the streets. Six frames from the September strikes that turned a school protest into a worldwide march.
By Daniel Osei
A path of totality from Mexico to Canada turned an April afternoon into dusk. Four frames of the crowds who stopped to look up.
By Daniel Osei
