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Media: Courier International – ‘Les Nouveaux Déséquilibres’. Image by Jason Florio

Media: Courier International - Image of a West African rescued migrant, in the Mediterranean Sea, © Jason Florio

Media: ‘Les Noveaux Déséquilibres – Quand L’Afrique S’Eveillera‘ (The New Imbalances – When Will Africa Awaken) – Courier International, print edition, Oct-Nov 2022. Words by Adam Tooze. Image © Jason Florio Related: Destination Europe by Jason Florio Jason Florio is currently in the UK For assignment queries, photography prints, and image licensing – Contact here

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R.I.P Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II – 1926-2022. Images by Jason Florio

A portrait of Queen Elizabeth the second, in a window on a street next to Windsor Castle the day following her death. People flocked to Windsor to pay their respects and leave flowers next to the castle gates. Image ©Jason Florio

RIP Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 21 April, 1926-8 September 2022. On the day following the announcement of her death, people flocked to Windsor to leave flowers and pay their respects, at the gates of Windsor Castle. Queen Elizabeth II, the UK’s longest-serving monarch, died at Balmoral Castle aged 96, after reigning for 70 years.Continue reading “R.I.P Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II – 1926-2022. Images by Jason Florio”

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Photos of the Day: Mangrove Oysters – from source to market, The Gambia. Images ©Jason Florio

A woman's hand, holding an open mangrove oyster, The Gambia, West Africa. Image ©Jason Florio

Going back hundreds of years, along this coastline, people have collected oysters from the tentacles of the mangroves, which flank River Gambia…the tributaries are great sites for the oysters to grow. Oyster harvesting is traditionally a female-driven process – from collection, preparation, to selling of the oysters… hear more from Jason Florio as he talks to Neal James of PhotographyContinue reading “Photos of the Day: Mangrove Oysters – from source to market, The Gambia. Images ©Jason Florio”

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Bloomberg: China’s Quest for Iron – film & photography by Jason Florio

Bloomberg: China's Quest for Iron. Image © Jason Florio

Guinea’s Simandou mountains hold the largest untapped iron-ore deposit on the planet. Now a consortium of China-connected companies is moving ahead with a plan that jeopardizes one of the most biologically rich ecosystems in Africa. – words by Sheridan Prasso – Bloomberg China’s Quest for Iron Worries Mount About Mining for Iron in Guinea “WeContinue reading “Bloomberg: China’s Quest for Iron – film & photography by Jason Florio”