Bearing Witness - Field Notes

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Gilded Age and Days of Rage

At the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, the photos show a country on edge: privilege upstairs, gunfire downstairs, and Trump turning violence into security leverage and a hero’s glow.

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Salwan Georges explores power of photos in conflicts at Xposure

Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Salwan Georges spoke about his experiences in conflict reporting at the Xposure International Photography Festival in 2026. Drawing from his upbringing in Iraq ....

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'An image must make you feel something – anger, anguish, grief,' says Iraqi-American photographer Salwan Georges at Xposure

Pulitzer Prize–winning photojournalist Salwan Georges brought a deeply personal perspective to global conflict reporting during a session at the Xposure...

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Guest column | Returning to Syria to reckon with the ghosts of my father’s past

In an Assad torture prison, I saw my father’s poem still on the wall.

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Syrians unearth horrors of the Assad years in their basements

Syrians had remained silent about the bodies dumped in countless basements by Assad’s forces. Rescue teams now are moving from home to home excavating remains.

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Syrians emerging from dictatorship bristle at new threat from Israel

Israeli attacks are angering Syrians and unsettling the country’s new leaders, who are dealing with multiple crises after the end of Bashar al-Assad’s rule.

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Syria holds national dialogue to chart a path after Bashar al-Assad

Nearly three months after Assad fled, much of Syria is suspended between relief at the dictatorship’s demise and anxiety over what comes next.

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Israel is building outposts in Syria, raising local fears of occupation

The new construction, visible in satellite imagery, suggests an extended presence. Israel says its forces will stay as long as needed to protect its citizens.

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Four photographers reflect on the stories they witnessed in 2024

As 2024 comes to a close, four photographers — Carolyn Van Houten, Lorenzo Tugnoli, Salwan Georges and Carmen Abd Ali — look back at the stories they covered.

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In Hama, survivors of the Assad family’s first massacre can finally speak

Bashar al-Assad’s father brutally crushed an uprising in Hama, creating a blueprint for repression. Decades later, Syrians can now start to tell their stories.

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How Syria’s rebels overcame years of a bloody stalemate to topple Assad

The Syrian regime’s collapse came more quickly than the rebels had dreamed — the circumstances were both serendipitous and part of a larger global realignment.

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For Syria’s Christians, Christmas is a time to grapple with hope and fear

Although members of the Christian community said they are happy to see the Assad regime go, many are wary of their new Islamist leaders.

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Files from Aleppo intelligence facility show extent of Assad repression

Branch 322 was one of hundreds of facilities that detained and interrogated civilians and military officers, and recruited locals to monitor their neighbors.

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War destroyed and divided Aleppo. Can Assad’s fall unite the city?

The battle for Aleppo fractured the city along social and economic lines. Whether people here can live together again will help decide the fate of a new Syria.

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When climate change upends sacred rituals, the faithful adapt

Rising temperatures and melting glaciers are altering the ways humans pray and threatening the existence of sacred traditions.

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‘In the name of God’: Native American children endured years of sexual abuse at boarding schools

Taken from their families and sent to remote boarding schools, Native American children often faced sexual abuse by priests, brothers or sisters who ran the facilities.

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