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) 2019 Thomson Reuters 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 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 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 https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/pictures-of-the-decade-part-two Tue, 03 Dec 2019 15:35:16 +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 Father-of-three Alex Nunez (seen below) was returning from work in October during a military curfew imposed to curb violent protests in Chile's capital Santiago when, his family say, he was chased by three police officers who beat him badly. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/human-rights-abuse-accusations-proliferate-in-chile-unrest Fri, 15 Nov 2019 17:39:12 +0000 His face weathered from years at sea, kimono-clad Japanese fisherman Masaichi Kawasaki kneels before an altar adorned with images of the Virgin Mary, crossing himself as he softly intones chants handed down through centuries. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/japans-hidden-christians-fear-for-religions-fate Thu, 14 Nov 2019 22:45:33 +0000 Ousline Georges, 22 (pictured below), only started to take cycling seriously a year ago, wary of the many hurdles she faced such as the prohibitive cost of a decent bicycle and the treacherous roads in her home country of Haiti, the poorest in the Americas. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/haitis-cyclists-brave-protests-and-poor-roads-in-race-for-gold Fri, 08 Nov 2019 11:45:30 +0000 https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/chilean-police-officers-set-on-fire-by-molotov-cocktails Wed, 06 Nov 2019 09:00:54 +0000 Under a soft winter sun in northern Norway, U.S. Marines train in the ice and snow as they learn how to fight in the freezing cold. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/on-norways-border-with-russia-unease-over-military-buildup Wed, 06 Nov 2019 06:45:26 +0000 Hundreds of migrants from the Middle East and Asia living in a freezing camp in the forests of Bosnia are short of food and bedding and at growing risk as the bitter Balkan winter approaches, aid workers say. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/winter-poses-new-threat-to-migrants-in-bosnian-forest-camp Fri, 01 Nov 2019 06:45:32 +0000 In the heart of Beirut's manicured downtown, something is stirring in a bullet-pocked concrete shell of a building known as "the Egg". https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/protests-bring-beiruts-abandoned-egg-back-to-life Thu, 31 Oct 2019 10:45:34 +0000 Genex Tower (pictured below) is unmissable on the highway from Belgrade airport to the centre of the city. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/yugoslavias-brutalist-relics-fascinate-the-instagram-generation Wed, 30 Oct 2019 07:24:52 +0000 On a wooded lake shore in northern Japan, the government is building a modernist shrine (pictured below) that has divided the indigenous Ainu community whose vanishing culture it was designed to celebrate. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/japan-builds-ethnic-harmony-tribute-to-indigenous-ainu Mon, 28 Oct 2019 22:45:53 +0000 For Bill Elliott, who has sold flowers on the streets of London since he was 13, the promise of Brexit is fading. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/on-a-london-high-street-brexit-fatigue-sets-in Fri, 25 Oct 2019 15:11:22 +0000 In a poor Buenos Aires suburb, Cristian Molina's jeans and denim jacket hide his unhealthily slight frame, his legacy from years of a poor diet that left him susceptible to the tuberculosis infection he contracted earlier this year, a disease of poverty that is making a comeback in Argentina. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/white-death-in-argentina-the-hunger-of-poverty-feeds-tuberculosis Thu, 24 Oct 2019 13:45:18 +0000 Reduced to a string of stagnant mustard-coloured pools, fouled in places with pesticide runoff and stinking with the rotting carcasses of cattle and fish, the Darling River is running dry. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/thirst-turns-to-anger-as-australias-mighty-river-runs-dry Wed, 23 Oct 2019 22:45:18 +0000 Arlette Kavugho (pictured holding a baby) was discharged from an Ebola ward in eastern Congo in March, but her troubles did not end there. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/ebola-survivors-battle-grief-and-stigma-in-eastern-congo Fri, 18 Oct 2019 06:45:33 +0000 Bolivian leader Evo Morales came to power in 2006 with a pledge to champion marginalized indigenous groups including his own important Andean tribe the Aymara, which helped carry him to the presidency. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/bolivias-aymara-torn-over-their-man-evo-as-he-clings-to-power Thu, 17 Oct 2019 10:45:17 +0000 Irma Rivera is praying. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/migrant-mother-misses-home-but-prays-not-to-be-sent-back Thu, 10 Oct 2019 10:45:01 +0000 Once a month, Mohamed Esimbo Matongu leaves his home in the western Congolese city of Mbandaka and hunts for wild animals. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/in-congo-part-time-hunters-boost-income-with-bushmeat Wed, 09 Oct 2019 06:45:13 +0000 Uminur Kuchukova, 61, could have retired years ago, but she continues to teach at this dying Russian village's once bustling school for the sake of its last pupil, a 9-year-old boy. When she leaves next year, the school will close. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/russian-villages-last-teacher-stays-on-for-her-one-remaining-pupil Mon, 07 Oct 2019 06:45:04 +0000 The Moulin Rouge, the French cabaret famous for its high-kicking cancan dancers and flesh-exposing ostrich feather costumes, this week marks 130 years since it first opened its doors to audiences. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/keeping-the-show-on-track-at-the-moulin-rouge-for-130-years Thu, 03 Oct 2019 06:45:26 +0000