Dispatches from the front line: 40 years of photography from Reuters

, The Sunday Times

Since the news agency Reuters founded its picture service on January 1 1985, it has published more than 14 million photographs. Starting with film and mechanical cameras, its purpose has remained the same since the beginning: to present the best news picture coverage of the world. Reuters photographers have continuously delivered, taking extraordinary pictures that tell incredible stories without bias, and winning multiple Pulitzer Prizes in the process. To mark the 40th anniversary of the service, a book of some of its most powerful photography is being published.
In the Moment: 40 Years of Reuters Photojournalism (Thames & Hudson £50) is published on Thursday. Order a copy at timesbookshop.co.uk

An aerial view shows the Costa Concordia as it lies on its side next to Giglio Island taken from an Italian navy helicopter

The wreck of the Costa Concordia cruise liner lies off the Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy. By Alessandro Bianchi, 2013

ALESSANDRO BIANCHI / REUTERS

Syrian migrants cross under a fence as they enter Hungary at the border with Serbia, near Roszke

Syrian migrants enter Hungary at the border with Serbia, near Roszke. By Bernadett Szabo, 2015

BERNADETT SZABO / REUTERS

A picture and its story: Grief in Gaza and the loss of a child

A Palestinian woman cradles the shrouded body of her five-year-old niece killed in an Israeli strike on Gaza. By Mohammed Salem, 2023

MOHAMMED SALEM / REUTERS

Sgt. William Olas Bee, a U.S. Marine from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, has a close call after Taliban fighters opened fire near Garmser in Helmand Province

A US marine takes cover from Taliban gunfire in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. By Goran Tomasevic, 2008

GORAN TOMASEVIC / REUTERS

FIRE DEPARTMENT CHAPLAIN CARRIED FROM WORLD TRADE CENTER.

Father Mychal Judge, a chaplain at the New York fire department, is carried from the World Trade Center. His death is the first to be officially recorded during the 9/11 attacks. By Shannon Stapleton, 2001

SHANNON STAPLETON / REUTERS

People gather to get water from a huge well in the village of Natwarghad

A crowd of villagers gathers round a well to collect water in Gujarat, India. By Amit Dave, 2003

AMIT DAVE / REUTERS

A U.S. SOLDIER WATCHES A STATUE OF PRESIDENT SADDAM HUSSEIN FALL IN.CENTRAL BAGHDAD.

US Marines topple a bronze statue of Saddam Hussein in Firdos Square, Baghdad, during the Iraq war. By Goran Tomasevic, 2003

GORAN TOMASEVIC / REUTERS

U.S. President Donald Trump welcomes 11-year-old Frank Giaccio as he cuts the Rose Garden grass at the White House in Washington

Frank Giaccio, aged 11, unwittingly ignores President Trump as he fulfils his dream to mow the White House lawn. By Carlos Barria, 2017

CARLOS BARRIA / REUTERS

Woman brings child to emergency feeding centre in Niger.

A malnourished boy clutches his mother’s lips at an emergency feeding clinic in Tahoua, Niger. By Finbarr O’Reilly, 2005

FINBARR O’REILLY / REUTERS

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