http://widerimage.reuters.com/ In-depth visual reports from across the world by Reuters, the world's largest news agency. Updated daily with new stories. en-us Copyright (c) 2020 Thomson Reuters A masked protester stretches his arm out through a cloud of tear gas, trying to reach a comrade fatally injured by a blow to the head during clashes with security services in Iraq. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/young-man-killed-as-baghdad-protests-rage Thu, 23 Jan 2020 18:46:39 +0000 The soporific buzz of bees fills the abandoned train station at Kiu, a two-hour drive from Kenya's capital Nairobi. Rusting rail sleepers lay on the grass outside; a slender snake slithers away after footsteps disturb his sunbaked snooze. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/some-kenyans-say-chinese-built-railway-leaves-them-in-the-dust Wed, 22 Jan 2020 11:45:56 +0000 Dotted around Taiwan lie the remains of abandoned bunkers originally built to repel an invasion from China, during a period in the island's history when it was under martial law and fear of a Chinese attack was a part of daily life. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/from-tool-of-war-to-photo-op-taiwanese-repurpose-old-bunkers Thu, 09 Jan 2020 22:35:38 +0000 For two weeks, builder Rod Dunn (pictured below) has been living at a showground in a borrowed caravan, wearing an old coat donated by a friend. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/from-australian-bushfire-ashes-a-community-rises-in-solidarity Thu, 16 Jan 2020 22:45:12 +0000 More than two decades after Hong Kong returned from British to Chinese rule in 1997, a long border fence still threads between mainland China and the city today. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/in-hong-kongs-tranquil-borderlands-two-systems-co-exist Mon, 06 Jan 2020 00:15:32 +0000 On the east side of Houston, the white plumes of the Texas oil and chemical refineries are a constant backdrop for residents of the Manchester neighborhood. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/these-houston-residents-dream-of-moving-to-where-the-air-is-clear Fri, 03 Jan 2020 11:40:01 +0000 Yang Zhaoyu quit his job in a big Chinese city nine months ago and moved to a small community that preaches sustainable living and mindful consumption. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/city-dwellers-find-simpler-life-in-rural-china-commune Mon, 30 Dec 2019 00:15:59 +0000 Surrounded by dozens of his descendants, Adrian LeBaron gave thanks to God as he prepared to celebrate Christmas for the first time since suspected Mexican drug cartel hitmen murdered his daughter and four grandchildren last month. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/mexico-mormon-family-has-tearful-christmas-after-cartel-murders Fri, 27 Dec 2019 18:25:59 +0000 For decades it was known as Little Shanghai, a gritty, waterfront neighbourhood that was the landing spot for many mainland Chinese emigrating to Hong Kong. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/young-democrats-shake-up-hong-kong-politics Mon, 23 Dec 2019 22:45:08 +0000 Chinese-ruled Hong Kong introduced a bill into the legislature in February that would have allowed the extradition of defendants to mainland China for the first time to face trial in courts controlled by the Communist Party. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/hong-kong-protest-tide-turns-into-sea-of-flames Mon, 23 Dec 2019 17:26:08 +0000 Protests swept the globe in 2019, with millions of people taking to the streets from Catalonia to Colombia, and Haiti to Hong Kong. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/portraits-from-the-frontlines-of-global-protests Fri, 20 Dec 2019 14:21:01 +0000 After wading through mudflats, Fan Xinde, a 36-year-old fisherman (below), sifts old copper coins from the debris scooped from the bed of a dwindling river that feeds China's biggest freshwater lake, the Poyang. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/fishermen-cry-foul-as-china-bids-to-fix-drought-hit-lake Fri, 20 Dec 2019 00:14:57 +0000 Last August, Francys Rivero, an unemployed single mother of four, feared for her baby's life. Two months after his birth, even though she was breastfeeding him regularly, Kenai de Jesus wasn't gaining weight. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/malnutrition-curses-the-children-of-venezuela Wed, 18 Dec 2019 18:45:29 +0000 History has marched on since they arrived in the middle of the last century, seeking refuge for what they thought would be a few weeks, but staying for a lifetime. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/side-by-side-glimpses-of-palestinian-refugee-camps-then-and-now Thu, 12 Dec 2019 12:40:55 +0000 From the protests convulsing Hong Kong to that exchange between U.S. First Lady Melania Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Reuters photographers covered the biggest news stories of 2019, and captured some of its most viral moments as well. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/a-picture-and-its-story-2019-part-two Wed, 11 Dec 2019 18:06:19 +0000 From the protests convulsing Hong Kong to that exchange between U.S. First Lady Melania Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Reuters photographers covered the biggest news stories of 2019, and captured some of its most viral moments as well. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/a-picture-and-its-story-2019-part-one Wed, 11 Dec 2019 18:05:37 +0000 In a pink-walled room of a government office at the foot of the Himalayas, Indian women spend their days canceling the passports of runaway husbands. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/the-runaway-husbands Tue, 10 Dec 2019 07:45:18 +0000 Zak Tiemann picked up his daughters from school early this Halloween. Zayleeana, 3, and Zoey, 5, were beaming with excitement as they donned their "Frozen" costumes and went trick-or-treating in their small hometown of Seguin, Texas. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/caring-alone-for-two-small-girls-texas-father-grapples-with-loss Mon, 09 Dec 2019 15:03:18 +0000 Fire is not natural in the Amazon. Virgin rainforest, no matter how fierce the sun, is too wet to catch alight. If the forest burns it is almost always because of humans. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/fires-in-the-amazon-a-barrier-to-climate-change-up-in-smoke Fri, 06 Dec 2019 06:45:16 +0000 https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/pictures-of-the-decade-part-two Tue, 03 Dec 2019 15:35:16 +0000 From Haiti's devastating earthquake to war in Syria, Reuters photographers have covered the biggest news stories of the decade, capturing images of armed conflict, natural disasters, the plight of migrants and the drama of sport. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/pictures-of-the-decade-part-three Tue, 03 Dec 2019 15:31:35 +0000 From Haiti's devastating earthquake to war in Syria, Reuters photographers have covered the biggest news stories of the decade, capturing images of armed conflict, natural disasters, the plight of migrants and the drama of sport. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/pictures-of-the-decade-part-one Tue, 03 Dec 2019 15:20:27 +0000 Danica Martinez (below),16, grew up in a house that grows taller every few years. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/rising-seas-threaten-early-end-for-sinking-village-in-philippines Sat, 30 Nov 2019 00:01:43 +0000 Hwang Hyeon-dong (below) lives in a 6.6-square-metre (71-square foot) cubicle near his university campus in Seoul, which comes with a shared bathroom and kitchen plus all the rice he can eat, that he rents for 350,000 won ($302) a month. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/no-money-no-hope-s-koreas-dirt-spoons-turn-against-moon Tue, 26 Nov 2019 23:34:11 +0000 Wearing cross and clerical collar, Hong Kong pastor Alan Keung says he brings God's love to the masses in a different way these days, using saline to wash away tear gas fired at crowds of protesters on tumultuous streets, or helping injured police. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/sermons-with-saline-hong-kong-pastor-offers-aid-and-prayers Tue, 19 Nov 2019 00:15:49 +0000