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Rainy streets: umbrellas, wet pavements and reflections
Why it matters: When the downpour arrives the city changes pace; lights multiply on the tarmac and footsteps quicken.
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Lucas Moreau 6 photos Sports
Match day at the stadium: stands, turf and floodlights
Why it matters: From a distance football becomes a spectacle of architecture: huge roofs, colourful seats and carefully mown grass.
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Jamal Carter 12 photos Health
Seasonal kitchen: fresh and colourful from stall to plate
Why it matters: From market vegetables to fruit platters, the colours of eating with the seasons.
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Chloé Martin 10 photos News
The city under snow: a white silence
Why it matters: When the snow falls the streets slow down; ploughs get to work, bicycles disappear and lights look warmer.
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Sofia Marchetti 10 photos Culture
Historic stone bridges: centuries-old arches over rivers
Why it matters: From village streams to broad rivers, examples of stonework that has stood the test of time.
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Niamh Gallagher 10 photos Sports
On the bike route: pedalling from parks to forest tracks
Why it matters: A rest by the lake, rides along tree-lined paths and bikes waiting on every street corner.
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Daniel Osei 10 photos Culture
Guitars at the museum: the story of strings
Why it matters: Acoustic and electric guitars, banjos and old photographs line the cases on a journey through music history.
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Amara Nwosu 10 photos Lifestyle
Mountain villages before winter
Why it matters: Houses clinging to hillsides, paths leading up to high pastures and valleys waiting for the first snow.
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Ingrid Halvorsen 12 photos Health
A walk in the autumn forest: colours that soothe the mind
Why it matters: Frames to accompany a slow walk through woods where the leaves have turned gold, copper and crimson.
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Rafael Ortega 12 photos World
Guardians of the coast: lighthouses around the world
Why it matters: From Crete to Iceland, Kerala to the Great Lakes: towers standing firm against wind and waves.
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Isabel Duarte 10 photos Business
Tea gardens: green terraces on the hillsides
Why it matters: From Sri Lanka to Vietnam, Rwanda to Japan, the rhythmic green patterns of tea plantations.
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Yasmin Haddad 12 photos World
Ancient theatres: centuries on the stone steps
Why it matters: The seating, stages and surroundings of theatres from the Greek and Roman world.
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Freya Collins 12 photos Lifestyle
Spring flowers: pink on the branches, poppies in the meadows
Why it matters: From cherry blossom to wild poppies, the first colours of the season.
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Mateo Silva 12 photos World
City lights at night: the world's cities after dark
Why it matters: From Hong Kong to Toronto, Frankfurt to Bangkok, a light map of cities that come alive at night.
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Grace Mwangi 11 photos Business
Harvest time in the vineyards: from grapes to landscapes
Why it matters: Frames showing the season's work and scenery in Europe's vineyards.
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Leo Novak 12 photos World
Bird migration and wetlands: the season of wings
Why it matters: From flocks of geese filling the sky to flamingos feeding in shallow lakes, scenes from along the flyways.
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Callum Reid 10 photos Business
Beekeeping: honey season at the hives
Why it matters: From mountain slopes to woodland edges, beekeepers' colourful hives and combs full of work.
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Diego Fernández 12 photos Lifestyle
Mountain roads: hairpins and high meadows
Why it matters: Tarmac winding beneath the clouds, dirt tracks plunging into forest and pastures opening onto the peaks.
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Ruth Abernathy 10 photos Business
Port cranes and containers: the waterfront face of trade
Why it matters: Giant gantry cranes, feeder ships coming alongside and terminals that work through the night.
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Viktor Lind 11 photos Culture
Ceramics in the workshop: from clay to form
Why it matters: Clay taking shape on the wheel, pots on market stalls and thousand-year-old pieces in museum cases.
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