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Oh what a picture! Amazing travel shots of Spain shared on Instagram

Travellers shared their best sightseeing photos from around the globe to celebrate World Tourism Day this week. The Local takes a look at some of the best images of Spain.

Published: 30 September 2015 15:14 CEST
Oh what a picture! Amazing travel shots of Spain shared on Instagram
Photo: travelsewhere/Instagram

Travel bloggers were asked to share their favourite holiday snaps on social media with the hashtag #helloworldrelay to mark World Tourism Day on Monday. The craze has really taken off with hundreds of shots from around the globe tagged with #helloworldrelay.

San Antonio, Ibiza

 

The famous #sunset at #cafedelmar on the #sunsetstrip of #sanantonio #ibiza #spain. #ibiza2015 #helloworldRELAY

Una foto publicada por Rosalyn Mow (@rosalynmow) el 11 de Sep de 2015 a la(s) 7:29 PDT

San Salvador, Mallorca

Montserrat, near Barcelona

The Alhambra, Granada

 

#helloworldRELAY #alhambra #spain #nagical #andalucia #sunbreak

Una foto publicada por @bgladman el 21 de Sep de 2015 a la(s) 6:01 PDT

Smurf town! 

Seville's Plaza de España

Setenil de las Bodegas
 

Mallorca

The Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba

Cap de Formentor, Mallorca

To share your photographs with The Local: Please #thelocalspain on Instagram or @thelocalspain on twitter.

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Danish photographer wins World Press Photo award

Danish photographer Mads Nissen has won the prestigious World Press Photo of the Year award.

Published: 15 April 2021 17:20 CEST
Danish photographer wins World Press Photo award
See below for the full version of the award-winning photograph. Photo: Mads Nissen/Ritzau Scanpix

Nissen took the winning photograph on an assignment in Brazil in which he portrayed the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on life in some of the South American country’s hardest-hit areas.

The photograph shows Rosa Luzia Lunardi (85) and nurse Adriana Silva da Costa Souza at Viva Bem care home, São Paulo, Brazil, on August 5th 2020.

The two people holding are each other while wearing face masks and separated by a plastic sheet.

Nissen, who works as a staff photographer for newspaper Politiken, has now won the international award twice.

“To me, this is a story about hope and love in the most difficult times. When I learned about the crisis that was unfolding in Brazil and the poor leadership of president Bolsonaro who has been neglecting this virus from the very beginning, who’s been calling it ‘a small flu,’ I really felt an urge to do something about it,” Nissen commented via the World Press Photo website.

World Press Photo jury member Kevin WY Lee said the “iconic image of COVID-19 memorializes the most extraordinary moment of our lives, everywhere.”

“I read vulnerability, loved ones, loss and separation, demise, but, importantly, also survival—all rolled into one graphic image. If you look at the image long enough, you’ll see wings: a symbol of flight and hope,” Lee said via the award’s website.

Photo: Mads Nissen/Ritzau Scanpix

The annual World Press Photo contests reward visual journalism and digital storytelling.

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