A wild moment with date paste – Sayed Asif Mahmud’s best photograph
‘This was one of 40 pictures of Yemen I showed at an exhibition in Brussels. The Yemeni ambassador came to me with tears in his eyes and said: “No one has shown my country like this”’
‘Some of the most shocking photographs ever taken’ – The Camera Never Lies review
While undeniably powerful, this show of often horrifying photographs from global conflicts and crises needs more context and a more questioning approach to their takers’ status as truth-tellers
‘All art is worthy of preserving’: what should artists do to protect what they leave behind?
Feeling sheepish: Sergio Purtell’s American dream – in pictures
The age of extinction
Winning images of the 2024 BigPicture natural world photography competition