A Kashmiri flood victim sits at a bonfire outside a tent in Srinagar on September 17, 2014. Army and other emergency officials have battled to rescue tens of thousands of people stranded by the floods, triggered by heavy monsoon rains, that hit the northern Himalayan region and neighbouring Pakistan. By Tauseef Mustafa/AFP/Getty Images.
“Yes” campaigners take part in a demonstration in Buchanan Street in Renfrew, Scotland on September 16, 2014. Just two days of campaigning remain before polling stations open and voters across the country will hold Scotland’s future in their hands. By Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images.
Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed El-Beltagy flashes rabia sign during a trial of the Wadi el-Natrun prison case at Cairo Police Academy in Egypt on September 15, 2014. Cairo Criminal Court adjourned the trial of Mohamed Morsi and 130 others to 21 September. By Ahmed Ramadan/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images.
Sage Sohier captured the expressions of people being treated for facial paralysis:
Sage Sohier spent three years at a facial nerve clinic, photographing people in the beginning stages of treatment of facial paralysis for her series “About Face.” The portraits of men, women, and children of all ages and ethnicities with varied causes and visible extents of paralysis are striking. Looking directly into the camera, directly at the viewer, the patients smile.
Sohier adds:
Most people I photograph are acutely aware of their imperfections and try to minimize them. Some have confided in me that, in their attempt to look more normal, they strive for impassivity and repress their smiles. They worry that this effort is altering who they are emotionally and affecting how other people respond to them.
See more of her work here.
Traer Scott photographs nocturnal animals like the giant fruit bat above:
Nocturnal animals come in all shapes and sizes and constitute a wide variety of species, from reptiles to mammals to insects. “That’s what really kept me fascinated with this project,” [Scott] said. “I was really struck by the diversity, from bugs to giant cats and everything in between. I do see [my book Nocturne] as a family album of sorts. They’re not technically family but they all share this trait.”
Many of the animals in the book, it turns out, were actually photographed during the day in order to better accommodate the schedules of their human handlers at zoos, shelters, and educational centers around the Northeast. “Sometimes, it was better to photograph them during the day because they were a little more calm,” Scott said in an interview. “That way, they didn’t get freaked out by me or the camera. The big cats were asleep all day, so there was a lot of waiting for some of them to wake up. I couldn’t exactly go in and poke them and say, ‘Hey, wake up!’ ”
See more pictures from the series here.
A Bahraini girl holds a placard during an anti-government protest in the village of Sitra, south of Manama, on September 12, 2014. “Ongoing violations of the rights to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association, and the targeting of human rights activists in Bahrain remain of serious concern,” Ravina Shamdasani, the spokeswoman for the office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said in a statement on September 5. By Mohammed Al-Shaikh/AFP/Getty Images.
Paul Sater and his dog drive around on his 2,500-acre ranch in Weld County, Colorado on September 11, 2014. By RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post/Getty Images.
US Secretary of State John Kerry waits in a helicopter in Baghdad on September 10, 2014. Kerry flew into Iraq today for talks with its new leaders on their role in a long-awaited new strategy against Islamic State jihadists to be unveiled by President Barack Obama tonight. By Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images.
An environmental activist faces a riot policeman in the Sivens forest as clearing has started in preparation of the Sivens dam construction, on September 9, 2014 near Gaillac, in the Tarn region of France. Although the construction of the dam would help supply water to nearby farms, it would remove a 13-hectares-long reservoir of biodiversity. Proponents of the dam – including the Departmental Federation of Syndicated Farmers (FDSEA) – deemed necessary to secure water supplies for farmers. Opponents – backed by French Europe Ecologie Les Verts (EELV) – are moved by the disappearance of a wetland sheltering 94 protected species and therefore denounce the projected irrigated agricultural model. By Remy Gabalda/AFP/Getty Images.
Costumed characters who work taking photos and collecting tips from people in Times Square hold a protest during a press conference announcing new legislation being introduced by city and state officials for the licensing and regulation of costumed people in Times Square on September 8, 2014. As the number of such characters has grown over the past year, a growing number of complaints and arrests of the characters have followed. By Andrew Burton/Getty Images.
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