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Photokina 2016


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The suspect in the beheading of a businessman, Yassine Salhi, a towel over his head to mask his face, is escorted by police officers as they leave his home in Saint-Priest, outside the city of Lyon, central France, Sunday, June 28, 2015. A security official tells The Associated Press the move to his home aims to find his passport, to determine if he traveled abroad. The suspect allegedly crashed a truck into a U.S.-owned chemical warehouse on Friday, setting off an explosion, and hung his employer’s head on the factory’s gate. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)


Opinion: Selfies and Violent Extremism

Opinion: Selfies and Violent Extremism

Recent news reports indicate that Yassin Salhi, the man who beheaded his boss and tried to attack a factory in France in late June, took a selfie with the victim’s severed head and sent the picture to someone believed to be fighting with the Islamic State of Iraq and...
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US President Barack Obama, right, and British Prime Minister David Cameron pose for a picture with Denmark’s Prime Minister Helle Thorning Schmidt, center, next to US First Lady Michelle Obama during the memorial service of South African former president Nelson Mandela at the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg on December 10, 2014. (AFP Photo)


Opinion: Me, My Selfie, and I

Opinion: Me, My Selfie, and I

I, like many others perhaps, used to be embarrassed to be seen stretching out my hand in order to take a photo of myself with my camera or my smartphone. I used to do it discreetly, and mostly hid the photos or deleted them, as if I was trying to conceal something I...