The Boardmasters surfing competition held in Newquay, Cornwall, is now part of a larger five-day surf, skate and music festival. All Photos Matt Cardy/Getty Images A surfer catches a wave during the competition in Newquay.

Since Rodrigo Duterte became president last year, his brutal campaign against drugs has claimed thousands of lives. Human rights groups say he is guilty of crimes against humanity, yet that is scant comfort to those mourning loved ones. All…

Maasai Mara, Kenya A herd of wildebeest are silhouetted on the horizon against a patchwork of purples, reds, oranges and yellows in a stunning sunset on the plain. Photo: Ingo Gerlach / Barcroft Images

Luweero district, Uganda Local church leaders in Uganda comfort 54-year-old Solome Sekimuli, thrown out of her home by her brothers-in-law after the death of her diabetic husband, Ben. In many regions of the world, widowhood makes women…

Kabul, Afghanistan An Afghan shopkeeper reacts behind the broken windows of his shop near the site of a suicide bomb attack. Photo: Omar Sobhani/Reuters

‘Inside the sense of constant emergency that can seem to exist … you sometimes find a sense of privacy. As if you were for a moment alone. And that’s often where I look to take my picture,’ says Dan Ziskie. All photos: Dan Ziskie

Moscow, Russia People fly kites during the 2017 Pyostroye Nebo kite festival in Tsaritsyno Park Photo: Asya Dobrovolskaya/TASS

Texas, USA Wanda Carpenter hugs her seven-year-old daughter Samantha at the Fulton Learning Center after waiting out Hurricane Harvey. Photo: DDP USA/Rex/Shutterstock

Host Katy Perry orbits the audience dressed as the VMA moonman trophy during the awards ceremony held at the Forum in Inglewood, California. Photo: Chelsea Lauren/REX/Shutterstock

Coral reefs in Laughing Bird Caye and San Pedro in Belize showing an increase in coral growth from restoration. Photo: Fragments of Hope/Lisa Carne