The word “photography” is of Greek origin and literally means “writing with light”. Lighting affects the viewer’s perception of the photographic subject, sets the mood of the picture conveys the texture of objects and emphasizes the details.
Climber to conquer the peak Cerro Stanhardt. (Thomas Senf / Photopress for Mammut / Associated Press)
Merchant prepares free rice for the poor on the road in Islamabad. (Muhammed Muheisen / Associated Press)
Buddhist monks studying in a monastery in Mandalay, Myanmar. (Gemunu Amarasinghe / Associated Press)
Syrian children who travel to Lebanon with his parents. (Hassan Ammar / Associated Press)
Midwife holds a newborn baby in a hospital in Gabu. (Rebecca Blackwell / Associated Press)
A woman walks past a tray of food in the holy place of the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem. (Ammar Awad / Reuters)
Kashmiri Orphan girls studying in his room at the shelter. (Farooq Khan / EPA)
Woman rolls handcart in Madrid. (Susana Vera / Reuters)
The rays of sunlight falling on a house in Hong Kong. (Tyrone Siu / Reuters)
A man is sitting in the bus, which provides a home for him and his wife, in Hefei. (Stringer / Reuters)
Russian-speaking immigrants attend Festival of Russian folk music. (Oded Balilty / Associated Press)
Spotlight shines portrait of the late leader Kim Il Sung in Pyongyang. (Ng Han Guan / Associated Press)
Fireman fighting a fire at a garment factory on the outskirts of Dhaka. (Hasan Raza / Associated Press)
A man runs up the hill at dawn in Sydney. (Tim Wimborne / Reuters)
Fish beats the dock, which for two weeks has been closed for repairs after the hurricane. (Lannis Waters / The Palm Beach Post / Associated Press)
Boats sail on the Nile River in Cairo, Egypt. (Bernat Armangue / Associated Press)
Boy playing on a crowded promenade in Colombo. (Philip Brown / Reuters)
Passersby look at the holiday showcase Bloomingdale’s in New York. (Chip East / Reuters)
People go on the street decorated with garlands before the Hindu festival of lights Diwali in Mumbai. (Danish Siddiqui / Reuters)
People walk on snow-covered hill near the Swiss village Hirtsel south of Zurich. (Arnd Wiegmann / Reuters)
Devout prayer to break the water after the rising sun on Chhath festival in Kathmandu, Nepal. (Navesh Chitrakar / Reuters)
Merchant awaits buyers in Bhaktapur, Nepal. (Niranjan Shrestha / Associated Press)
Taoist hermit sits on her bed during the daily meditation, which lasts seven to eight hours, Zhongnan Mountains in China. (Rooney Chen / Reuters)
Ascetic sadhu is on its ashram, hermitage, in the temple complex of Pashupatinath in Kathmandu, Nepal. (Navesh Chitrakar / Reuters)
Little Ballerina posing before going on stage in Alexandra, South Africa. (Denis Farrell / Associated Press)
