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Istanbul Photo Awards shines spotlight on region

The Istanbul Photo Awards have succeeded in drawing global attention to recent developments in the Middle East, said Georges De Keerle, an executive for Getty Images.

A jury of international professionals gathered last week to select the winning photographs of Anadolu Agency's second Istanbul Photo Awards sponsored by Turkish Airlines.      

Stunning Rio’s Carnival photos reveal people in the 1950s knew how to party

Even though these images show that the Carnival of the 1950s cannot match modern celebrations for scale, they reveal that the party atmosphere has always existed and people were having a lot of fun.

The images show bare-chested men dressed in a variety of costumes and uniforms and women dressed up in cat outfits, feather headdresses and masks, as posted in Daily Mail.