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) 2018 Thomson Reuters https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/2018-a-picture-and-its-story-part-1-1 Wed, 12 Dec 2018 10:50:59 +0000 https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/2018-a-picture-and-its-story-part-2 Wed, 12 Dec 2018 10:51:43 +0000 Erly Marcial of Honduras joined the United States-bound migrant caravan with her family even though the 21-year-old was nearly eight months pregnant. She gave birth to a healthy baby on the grueling trail and is now hoping for another miracle. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/new-mother-on-migrant-caravan-hopes-trumps-heart-softens Wed, 12 Dec 2018 14:45:47 +0000 Environmental enforcement agents deep in the Amazon rainforest swooped down on an illegal mine in a dawn raid in early November, in a campaign to tamp down on such activities that environmental groups say have reached epidemic scale. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/brazils-amazon-rainforest-under-siege-by-illegal-mines Tue, 11 Dec 2018 22:02:33 +0000 Usually, a golden rule for a news photographer covering a scene of angry confrontation is to get close, but not involved. Sometimes, though, it's hard to avoid. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/anger-sore-eyes-and-a-photograph-on-the-streets-of-brussels Mon, 10 Dec 2018 18:26:56 +0000 Ali Mohammad Rezaie (pictured below) does not celebrate his birthday because his Afghan parents never noted the date he was born. Yet he knows exactly when he arrived in Berlin to seek asylum: Oct 15, 2015. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/with-clubs-and-churches-berlin-becomes-home-for-migrants Thu, 06 Dec 2018 16:37:32 +0000 When the roof of a coal mine collapsed in the Georgian town of Tkibuli in July, killing four miners and injuring six, the small town was plunged into grief. Not for the first time. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/georgian-mining-town-offers-little-alternative-to-deadly-job Wed, 05 Dec 2018 16:46:50 +0000 When the Wieczorek mine, one of the oldest coal mines in Poland, closed in March, Grzegorz Chudy noticed for the first time the neighbourhood was vibrant with trees in the full bloom of spring. The smell was heady. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/farewell-to-coal-a-polish-city-wakes-up-and-smells-the-blossom Thu, 29 Nov 2018 14:40:55 +0000 Residents of India's Ghoramara Island want to leave their home as it shrinks every year due to rising seas, but many say they can't afford it. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/villagers-fear-for-survival-on-indias-disappearing-island Thu, 29 Nov 2018 03:45:05 +0000 After nearly two weeks of documenting the harrowing journey of a caravan of mostly Central American migrants headed towards the U.S.-Mexican border, I snapped a picture I will never forget. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/honduran-migrant-flees-tear-gas-with-her-children Tue, 27 Nov 2018 10:15:21 +0000 For most people, prison is a place to escape from. For South Koreans in need of a break from the demands of everyday life, a day or two in a faux jail is the escape. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/south-koreans-lock-themselves-up-to-escape-prison-of-daily-life Fri, 23 Nov 2018 06:45:11 +0000 On a sunny day in a park in Taipei, photographer Austin Haung advises a same-sex couple on how to pose for a pre-wedding photo shoot. For him, Taiwan's reputation as a beacon of liberalism in the region means a thriving business. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/taiwans-same-sex-marriage-vote-divides-families Thu, 22 Nov 2018 22:45:58 +0000 They call it the greatest rivalry in football and the people who watch it the greatest fans in the world. And this weekend, they are calling the meeting of Argentina's Boca Juniors and River Plate the greatest final ever. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/at-boca-river-superclassico-fans-take-centre-stage Thu, 22 Nov 2018 17:45:53 +0000 Former Honduran policeman Ivan says he moved homes so many times to escape the street gangs that terrorize his Central American country that he lost count. Fearful his sons would have to join the gangs or be killed, he eventually joined thousands of Hondurans fleeing to the United States. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/terror-of-gang-violence-drives-migrant-caravans-northward Wed, 21 Nov 2018 11:45:28 +0000 Chen Hong-zhi's notebooks are his life. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/taiwans-notebook-boy-commits-his-memories-in-writing Thu, 15 Nov 2018 22:45:19 +0000 Saleh al-Faqeh held the wasted arm of his baby girl as she took her last breath on Thursday at the malnutrition ward of the main hospital in Yemen's capital Sanaa. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/yemeni-father-mourns-baby-girl-who-died-of-starvation Thu, 15 Nov 2018 17:24:31 +0000 The 911 emergency call came in to the U.S. Border Patrol's Tucson station around midnight. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/deadly-crossing-ends-american-dream-for-guatemalan-migrant Thu, 15 Nov 2018 12:09:32 +0000 https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/central-american-migrants-trek-north-to-seek-a-better-life Thu, 08 Nov 2018 12:45:15 +0000 They were tortured for their political beliefs. They saw friends shot dead by security forces. They were forced to cut their hair and give up other cultural traditions. This year, they say, they caused a revolution. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/ethiopias-new-leader-relies-on-support-from-youth Fri, 02 Nov 2018 09:45:04 +0000 For nearly 30 years, Sandy Lam (pictured below) has been rising early each day for a dip in the sometimes choppy waters off the western edge of Hong Kong island, next to one of the world's busiest ports. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/hardy-hong-kong-swimmers-brave-busy-harbour Thu, 01 Nov 2018 12:45:24 +0000 Just past 4 a.m., under a star-streaked sky, the Central American migrants shouldered their bags and picked over broken sidewalks, - first as a trickle, then as a flood - to the edge of the Mexican town. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/a-day-in-the-life-of-the-migrant-caravan Mon, 29 Oct 2018 16:58:38 +0000 In Brazil's most polarizing election in decades, women have long held the decisive swing vote, with a quarter of the female electorate up for grabs just a month ago — twice the undecided rate among Brazilian men. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/polarizing-brazil-election-forces-women-off-the-fence Fri, 26 Oct 2018 12:41:41 +0000 Minnesota farmer Paul Fritsche can no longer afford health insurance as he struggles to sustain a dairy farm that has been in his family for nearly a century. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/nafta-deal-gives-little-help-to-us-dairy-farmers Thu, 25 Oct 2018 10:45:24 +0000 After a fitful night of throbbing abdominal pain, curled up in a ball inside her hurricane-battered home trying to wish away the agony, 21-year-old Angelena Sawyer could barely function, let alone tend to her infant daughter. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/volunteers-rush-to-aid-survivors-after-hurricane-michael Wed, 24 Oct 2018 15:45:12 +0000 The home of Crenilton Santos Ferreira and his wife, Claudia Adriana, sits at the end of a sandy path in the scorched northeast Brazilian state of Maranhao, the poorest in the nation. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/in-brazils-poor-northeast-right-winger-makes-inroads Wed, 24 Oct 2018 10:45:53 +0000