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Paul Bellsham

@PBellsham

Picture editor - news and sport at The Guardian

 London & Kent
Joined June 2009
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Snowfall, shelter and a Winter Games: Friday’s best photos theguardian.com/news/gallery…
Snowfall, shelter and a Winter Games: Friday’s best photos

Snowfall, shelter and a Winter Games: Friday’s best photos

The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world

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BPPA press photographer of the year 2022 – in pictures theguardian.com/artanddesign… congrats @hannahmckay88
BPPA press photographer of the year 2022 – in pictures

BPPA press photographer of the year 2022 – in pictures

We take a look at some of the images from the winning portfolios at the BPPA press photographer of the year awards

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Orphaned elephants and a steel orangutan: Friday’s best photos theguardian.com/uk-news/gall… @luistatophoto @AOlmosPhotos @tabascokid @DannyLawPhoto @jacobkingphoto @michalcizekfoto @jane_chalinee @sundayalambaap @woliver_photo @GmoAriasC @WaveydavyPA
Orphaned elephants and a steel orangutan: Friday’s best photos

Orphaned elephants and a steel orangutan: Friday’s best photos

The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world

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Horse bathing and Mexican Independence Day: Friday’s best photos theguardian.com/news/gallery… @BenBirchallUK @BBDigitalArt @Carl_Court
Horse bathing and Mexican Independence Day: Friday’s best photos

Horse bathing and Mexican Independence Day: Friday’s best photos

The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world

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Beaches, bubbles and babies: on the campaign bus with Nicola Sturgeon – in pictures theguardian.com/politics/gal… @lesleympix @belperbarlow @JeffJMitch @RussellCheyne @acbphoto @AbermediaPhotos @NicolaSturgeon @theSNP
Beaches, bubbles and babies: on the campaign bus with Nicola Sturgeon – in pictures

Beaches, bubbles and babies: on the campaign bus with Nicola Sturgeon – in pictures

Scotland’s first minister is master of the photo op on the campaign trail for the 2022 local elections. We take a look back at some of her highlights

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Eid al-Fitr and a Broadway curtain call: Friday’s best photos theguardian.com/artanddesign… @John_Sib @domlipinski @brugli @BenBirchallUK @cmcgrath_photo @cguzy @hasnoor_hussain @gharabli_ahmad @martin_divisek @RAULARBOLEDA @JuanchoJTorres @AzizKarimov14 @jaethephotog @JonNazca
Eid al-Fitr and a Broadway curtain call: Friday’s best photos

Eid al-Fitr and a Broadway curtain call: Friday’s best photos

The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world

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Beijing Winter Olympics 2022: day 12 – in pictures theguardian.com/sport/galler…
Beijing Winter Olympics 2022: day 12 – in pictures

Beijing Winter Olympics 2022: day 12 – in pictures

The best images from day 12 of the Games, including slalom, biathlon, freestyle and cross-country skiing

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Beijing Winter Olympics 2022: day six – in pictures theguardian.com/artanddesign… @stansall_afp @evelynpix @julianfinney @dylanmartinez @tompeter @cliverose
Beijing Winter Olympics 2022: day six – in pictures

Beijing Winter Olympics 2022: day six – in pictures

The best images from day six of the Games, including figure skating, curling, slalom and downhill skiing

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Hurry Hard! From Ailsa Craig to Beijing, the birth of a curling stone | By @acbphoto @AFPphoto theguardian.com/sport/galler…
Hurry Hard! From Ailsa Craig to Beijing, the birth of a curling stone

Hurry Hard! From Ailsa Craig to Beijing, the birth of a curling stone

The ancient sport of curling requires the best materials to make the best stones – the granite from an uninhabited island in Scotland. Photographer Andy Buchanan sees how the stones are produced

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Indigenous Games and Typhoon Rai: Friday’s best photos theguardian.com/news/gallery… @owenhumphreys1 @jacobkingphoto @rafiqmaqbool @brunapix @BobbieAlota @Chandanphoto
Indigenous Games and Typhoon Rai: Friday’s best photos

Indigenous Games and Typhoon Rai: Friday’s best photos

The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world

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In tribute to the great photojournalist Tom Stoddart who has sadly died, here is a glance back through his powerful and brilliantly observed work theguardian.com/artanddesign…
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Cheetah cubs and aerial yoga: Friday’s best photos theguardian.com/news/gallery…
Cheetah cubs and aerial yoga: Friday’s best photos

Cheetah cubs and aerial yoga: Friday’s best photos

The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world

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Valentino Rossi – a career in pictures theguardian.com/sport/galler…
Valentino Rossi – a career in pictures

Valentino Rossi – a career in pictures

After 25 years, Valentino Rossi is hanging up his helmet and racing his last race. We take a look at the spectacular career of a motorcycling legend

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theguardian.com/world/galler… great work by @felipedana
Taliban patrols return to the streets of Kabul – in pictures

Taliban patrols return to the streets of Kabul – in pictures

The Taliban fighters who were once embedded in Afghanistan’s rugged mountains are now a feared urban police force. Felipe Dana joins them on patrol

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Goodbye Bootham Crescent: the end of an era for York City. A photo essay. By @Yorktone theguardian.com/football/202…
Goodbye Bootham Crescent: the end of an era for York City

Goodbye Bootham Crescent: the end of an era for York City

Last year, York City departed the ground that had been their home since 1932. One life-long fan captured the essence of the old stadium and the club’s long suffering supporters in their last days...

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Protests, cliff diving and abandoned dinosaurs: Friday’s best photos theguardian.com/news/gallery… @CarldeSouza1
Protests, cliff diving and abandoned dinosaurs: Friday’s best photos

Protests, cliff diving and abandoned dinosaurs: Friday’s best photos

The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world

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Protests, cliff diving and abandoned dinosaurs: Friday’s best photos theguardian.com/news/gallery… @jacobkingphoto @finnbarrw
Protests, cliff diving and abandoned dinosaurs: Friday’s best photos

Protests, cliff diving and abandoned dinosaurs: Friday’s best photos

The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world

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Police puppies and a street music rehearsal: Friday’s best photos theguardian.com/news/gallery… @PBANicholls @domlipinski
Police puppies and a street music rehearsal: Friday’s best photos

Police puppies and a street music rehearsal: Friday’s best photos

The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world

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Russia parade and starry skies: Friday’s best photos theguardian.com/news/gallery… @GrahamHuntPhoto @JeffJMitch @owenhumphreys1 @tobymelville @ratcliffephoto @woliver_photo
Russia parade and starry skies: Friday’s best photos

Russia parade and starry skies: Friday’s best photos

The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world

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