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The Sony World Photography Awards returns to celebrate contemporary photography and the ways the arts reflect the world ...

beautiful evening view of a small remote village at the foot of the Barisan mountain in Indonesia with a panoramic view of the rice fields with the beauty of the colors and the natural light of the ...

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