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We rescued this animal from the fence it was trapped in and its chances of survival are good. Alexandra, a veterinarian who by good fortune was travelling with our group, calmed the antelope and held it closely to stop it struggling. Jesper Hornskov, our guide, obtained a pair of wire cutters from Mr. Pang, the lead driver. The implement cut through the fence like it was string. My job was to photograph this animal welfare and conservation crisis.
There is virtually no hunting pressure on large mammals on the Tibetan Plateau. The problem is that as the local human population switches from traditional pastoral modes to more profitable farming methods they are now constraining their formally free-ranging livestock herds with fencing. This has a disastrous impact on antelopes, gazelles and other large ungulates. The complex migration patterns that allowed them to cover distance and altitude in response to changing seasons and forage opportunities are now being closed down. For some individuals, such as this one, it means horrible direct encounters with fences. For populations as a whole it can mean extirpation as the amount of rangeland available to wild animals rapidly shrinks.
Visible in this picture is the neck and back of the animal. It looks bad but the main injury is to its fur - horribly painful, but not life-threatening in the early summer. The real damage was lower. At first we thought the wires had cut into the chest cavity because there was a lot of blood on the ground. After some anxious discussion about putting the animal down Alexandra confirmed that the wounds, though deep, were recoverable. I’m not posting a picture of that damage, it made me a bit sick to record it. I think this image is strong enough to convey the necessary message about the situation.
Once the wires were cut Alexadra released the antelope and it bounded strongly away, running quickly for at least 500 metres then stopping to stare at us and the fence. The International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List classifies this species as endangered.
Two delivery riders sit on the pavement, backs against glass and steel, their bikes resting nearby like loyal companions on standby. The city behind them is loud even in silence—sale signs, reflections, lights, commerce—yet in the foreground everything slows. The contrast is striking: movement paused in a world designed to keep spinning.
The black-and-white treatment strips away distraction and pushes the viewer toward texture, posture, and mood. The reflections in the shopfront add layers—almost like parallel lives unfolding behind the riders—while the riders themselves feel grounded, human, and momentarily removed from the rush they usually inhabit.
Approx. 100,000 personnes ont défilé dans le calme à Copenhague le 12/12/2009 contre le sommet COP15, sous le thème "Changeons le système, pas le climat". Après quelques incidents initiaux en fin de cortège dus à quelques membres du black block, près d'un millier de personnes ont cependant été bloquées puis arrêtées après plus de 3h assis par terre, dans le froid et sans accès à des toilettes, générant une forte polémique.
Merci de lire les explications en début d'album et de parcourir les photos par ordre chronologique / Please read the explanation at the beginning of the set and view the pictures in chronological order.
Part of COP15: Climate Justice
With the "arrestation" of the Marxian Dialectic, negativity no longer acts as a force for positive social change. Instead it is "absorbed" by society, manifesting itself in numerous destructive forms such as aggression, crime, mental illness, drug addiction, racism, sexism, etc,.
From the series Empty [#1.1-1.6]:
The artifacts of bustling commerce are juxtaposed against the apparent emptiness of a major port city. The red/copper/green palette evokes a muddled American banknote. These cues suggest an examination of our relationship with commerce: its necessity, how it benefits humanity, the need to make sure it is constrained by a substantive focus on human well-being.
Squaring the Circle: Delivering on Growth, Jobs and Climate. Ravi Gurumurthy, Chief Executive Officer, Nesta, United Kingdom
Rania A. Al-Mashat, Minister of International Cooperation of Egypt. Patrick Simon, Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company, United Kingdom. Ibrahim Al Zu’bi, Senior Vice-President, Sustainability and Climate, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), United Arab Emirates. Tej Parikh, Economics Leader Writer, Financial Times, United Kingdom
Wednesday 3 May 2023
10.15 - 11.00
Stakeholder Dialogue
World Economic Forum Headquarters, Eiger
Copyright: World Economic Forum/Jean-Luc Auboeuf
The Growth Summit: Jobs and Opportunity for All 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland
I met an 'anarchist' once in the Old England pub. I asked him what made him an anarchist and he said 'putting scratches on BMWs'. He then had a rant about capitalism and I sort of regretted starting a chinwag with him.
I could have pointed out that the beer he was drinking and the fags he was smoking were both produced by two of the biggest companies on the planet. And the bike he'd rode in to town on was made from ore ripped out the ground by the third biggest company on the planet. And that he was wearing mass-produced desiger labels which were all style and no substance and the buying of which was the cause of at least one tosser in a BMW at the manufacturers end.
But instead of that I made a wave at a complete stranger and said something along the lines of 'Dave, wow, fancy seeing you here' went over, missed 'Dave, and nipped to the bog for a piss.
Graffiti on top of the parking ramp that Winston Smith was killed at on June 3rd, 2020.
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This image is part of a continuing series following the unrest and events in Minneapolis following the May 25th, 2020 murder of George Floyd.
Jonas Prising, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, ManpowerGroup, USA, Ahmad Belhoul, Minister of Education of the United Arab Emirates, Zanny Minton Beddoes, Editor-in-Chief, The Economist, United Kingdom, Belen Garijo, Chair of the Executive Board and Chief Executive Officer, Merck, Germany, C. Vijayakumar, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, HCLTech, India, speaking in the Preparing 1 Billion People for Tomorrow’s Economy session at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2023 in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, 17 January. Congress Centre - Aspen 1. Copyright: World Economic Forum/Sandra Blaser