Indian Festival Dussehra

Millions of Hindus have celebrated Dussehra, the culmination of the
nine-day festival of Navaratri. Dussehra marks the triumph of good
over evil. Effigies are burnt and statues cast adrift in rivers around
the country, inviting the 'Mother Goddess' to reinvigorate the soil's
fertility

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Rainforests

A series of exhibitions will take place around Europe to showcase the
images taken by Daniel Beltrá, the winner of this year’s Prince’s
Rainforests Project Award at the Sony World Photography Awards. The
images showcase the best of his fully-funded trip to three of the
world’s major rainforests, with photos from the Amazon, Democratic
Republic of Congo and Indonesia. The exhibition opens to the public at
Kew on the 3rd of October and runs until the 6th of December

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British Wildlife Photography Winners

Some winning entries from the British Wildlife Photography Contest.

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Nature and Wildlife_Thrive

A stunning exhibition featuring images from some of the world's finest
nature and wildlife photographers is from Thrive! which took place at
London's Saatchi gallery over the weekend. The exhibition organised by
BG Group and Conservation International aims to showcase examples of
nature's beauty and fragility, but to underscore how human wellbeing
and the natural world are inextricably linked.

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