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) 2021 Thomson Reuters From a reality TV star's journey to the White House, to mass protests, pumped up crowds, the siege on the U.S. Capitol and two impeachments, Reuters photographers were on the ground covering the most important stories during U.S. President Donald Trump's one-term tenure. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/protests-rallies-and-two-impeachments-trumps-presidency-in-photographs Tue, 19 Jan 2021 13:27:30 +0000 Among the young sumo wrestlers lifting weights in the ring, 10-year-old Kyuta Kumagai stands out. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/meet-kyuta-the-10-year-old-85-kilo-sumo-in-training Mon, 18 Jan 2021 22:40:44 +0000 A red tie, often tied too long. A raised fist, often held high to a supportive crowd. A scowling face. A raised voice. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/trump-sought-the-worlds-attention-and-got-it-now-the-white-house-reality-show-ends Mon, 18 Jan 2021 13:40:13 +0000 On a warm November afternoon, Parul Haldar balanced precariously on the bow of a small wooden dinghy, pulling in a long net flecked with fish from the swirling brown river. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/tigers-attack-as-indians-are-forced-into-forests-by-climate-change Wed, 13 Jan 2021 22:40:29 +0000 Since the pandemic forced him into remote learning, 10-year-old Jhay Ar Calma has often had to climb on to the corrugated iron roof of his home in a poor neighbourhood of Manila to get an internet signal. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/mountain-trekking-to-catch-a-signal-meet-the-philippine-students-determined-to-study-as-school-gates-stay-locked Wed, 06 Jan 2021 22:35:07 +0000 Inside the shrine of Chao Mae Thap Thim (pictured below) in Bangkok, a figurine of the sea goddess Mazu sits in the centre of a gold-framed altar of deities in a room festooned with lanterns and Chinese scriptures. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/in-old-bangkok-a-goddess-resists-a-wave-of-gentrification Wed, 30 Dec 2020 22:45:11 +0000 Ty-La Morris has always been special. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/in-simone-biles-path-a-fearless-young-gymnast-learns-new-2020-routine Wed, 30 Dec 2020 13:08:44 +0000 From doctors weary of seeing patients die to relatives who lost their loved ones, thousands of Brazilians, like nurse Jane Cristina Dias Alves, have volunteered for COVID vaccine trials in one of the world's worst-affected countries in the hope their quiet heroism will save lives. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/in-brazil-vaccine-trial-volunteers-hope-to-save-lives Thu, 24 Dec 2020 11:32:30 +0000 Lives that had been focused on school, university, sports or even going to K-pop concerts vanished overnight for members of Gen Z as the global pandemic struck. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/scarred-by-2020-gen-z-looks-to-a-covid-free-future Thu, 24 Dec 2020 06:40:06 +0000 For more than 300 "ice miners" in Harbin, work begins in the numbing cold before dawn every day on the frozen Songhua, a broad river that winds its way through the northeastern Chinese city. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/chinas-ice-sculptors-build-frozen-castles-in-the-cold Tue, 22 Dec 2020 22:45:14 +0000 In the tiny kitchen of a Hong Kong high-rise apartment, the air was heavy with the aromas of a mother making her daughter's favorite childhood dishes. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/leaving-hong-kong-a-family-makes-a-wrenching-decision Mon, 21 Dec 2020 11:45:58 +0000 In a crowded Wuhan beer hall, Zhang Qiong wipes birthday cake from her face after a food fight with her friends. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/one-night-in-wuhan-covid-19s-original-epicentre-re-learns-how-to-party Wed, 16 Dec 2020 22:35:36 +0000 A red suit with white trim and a silky beard have long been Santa's trademark style, but the jolly figure bringing holiday cheer around the world comes in many guises, much like the varied shapes and sizes of the Christmas presents he bears. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/christmas-wishes-from-santas-around-the-world Tue, 15 Dec 2020 11:45:17 +0000 https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/reuters-photographer-captures-police-shooting-of-gunman-at-manhattan-church Mon, 14 Dec 2020 18:53:42 +0000 The U.S. presidential election was defined at first by a paralyzing coronavirus pandemic that upended traditional campaigning and then by President Donald Trump's frenzied but failing efforts to reverse his loss to Democrat Joe Biden. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/us-election-year-shaped-by-pandemic-and-trumps-defiance Thu, 10 Dec 2020 11:30:17 +0000 What's for dinner? Lego sushi, credit card burgers, or a well-done piece of PVC pipe? https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/how-much-plastic-are-you-eating Tue, 08 Dec 2020 09:30:34 +0000 The summer of 2020 saw the United States' biggest protests for racial justice and civil rights in a generation. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/us-saw-summer-of-black-lives-matter-protests-demanding-change Mon, 07 Dec 2020 12:37:11 +0000 On Jan. 1, 2020, as the world welcomed a new decade, Chinese authorities in Wuhan shut down a seafood market in the central city of 11 million, suspecting that an outbreak of a new "viral pneumonia" affecting 27 people might be linked to the site. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/how-covid-upended-life-as-we-knew-it-in-a-matter-of-weeks Thu, 03 Dec 2020 10:43:25 +0000 Under his shirt, pizza shop owner Guillermo Rodriguez is a walking shrine to Diego Maradona. His entire back is covered in tattoos depicting the soccer great, whose death last week at the age of 60 inspired enormous grief in Argentina and beyond. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/argentines-celebrate-eternal-love-for-maradona-with-tattoos Mon, 30 Nov 2020 15:34:33 +0000 https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/a-picture-and-its-story-2020-part-two Mon, 23 Nov 2020 09:25:55 +0000 https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/a-picture-and-its-story-2020-part-one Mon, 23 Nov 2020 09:25:54 +0000 Jackline Bosibori wept when she found out she was pregnant. The 17-year-old's mother, who is raising six kids alone, collapsed in their one-room home. They had been repeatedly threatened with eviction and couldn't afford another mouth to feed. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/schools-close-and-student-pregnancies-rise-in-lockdown-kenya Mon, 16 Nov 2020 09:17:21 +0000 Glaciers in China's bleak, rugged Qilian mountains are disappearing at a shocking rate as global warming brings unpredictable change and raises the prospect of crippling, long-term water shortages, scientists say. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/the-thaw-of-the-third-pole-chinas-glaciers-in-retreat Mon, 09 Nov 2020 22:45:12 +0000 With flawless makeup and costume that blends cabaret with catwalk and rainbow pride with royal court pageantry, Aunchalee Pokinwuttipob symbolises how Thailand's protests are about much more than calls for a change of government. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/meet-the-thai-drag-race-star-marching-for-democracy-and-equality Thu, 05 Nov 2020 22:45:48 +0000 Here are some of the striking moments captured by our photographers as U.S. voters went to the polls and the stories behind the images: https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/the-stories-behind-the-standout-images-from-the-us-election Thu, 05 Nov 2020 19:52:12 +0000