News about Photos
Photo exhibition dedicated to Victory Day to take place in Almaty and Astana in early May
A photo exhibition dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Victory in the World War II will open in Almaty on May 6 and in Astana on May 7.
29 April 2015 01:01
Miss Kazakhstan Regina Vandysheva poses for Miss World-2015
Miss Kazakhstan-2014 Regina Vandysheva has had her photos taken for one of the world’s top beauty pageants Miss World-2015.
20 April 2015 12:17
Flooding in Kazakhstan as seen from satellite
Satellite photos of flooding in Karaganda Oblast have been published by Kazakhstani national space company.
16 April 2015 12:02
Almaty residents respond with outrage to National Geographic photo
A photo of National Geographic magazine posted on Instagram has provoked a storm of controversy among Almaty residents.
09 April 2015 13:45
Instagram hits 300 million users, passes Twitter
Instagram, the photo-sharing social network owned by Facebook, announced it has more than 300 million users.
11 December 2014 12:09
7 y.o. Kazakhstani Kristi models for GAP
7 y.o. Kristi from Kazakhstan has modeled for GAP.
11 December 2014 01:57
Famed Galapagos tortoise 'Pepe the Missionary' dies
"Pepe the Missionary," a giant tortoise who rose to fame as one of the most photographed animals on Galapagos Islands, has died at age 60.
23 August 2014 11:45
NATO releases photos of suspected Russian tanks in Ukraine
NATO released photographs Saturday of what it said were suspected Russian tanks in eastern Ukraine, having warned earlier that confirmation of their presence would mark a "serious escalation" of the crisis.
16 June 2014 12:42
New pictures confirm North Korea nuclear activity
A North Korean nuclear test within days "cannot be ruled out" analysts said Saturday, after new satellite imagery showed heightened activity at the test site.
26 April 2014 13:58
FBI seeks victims of major international pedophile
The FBI was Thursday hastily seeking to identify victims of a serial pedophile who drugged and molested dozens of children over four decades teaching at international schools around the world.
25 April 2014 14:57
Peru tells Machu Picchu tourists to keep clothes on
Peru has increased surveillance at popular archeological sites to counter a new trend of tourists taking nude photos at Machu Picchu.
12 March 2014 12:00
French magazine reveals Hollande 'affair' with actress
French magazine Closer on Friday said President Francois Hollande was having an affair with actress Julie Gayet, promising to back its claim with photographs after months of swirling rumours.
10 January 2014 12:13
China's Jade Rabbit rover sends first moon photos
China's Jade Rabbit rover sent back its first pictures from the moon, as officials on Monday lauded the first lunar soft landing in nearly four decades as a step forward for "mankind as a whole".
18 December 2013 16:06
Astana hosts World Press Photo Exhibition
World Press Photo exhibition 2013 has started in Astana. It is held in Central Asia for the first time.
11 December 2013 18:52
Taking pictures to remember may help you forget
Taking a picture to help you remember something might end up having the opposite effect, according to research published in the United States.
11 December 2013 11:29
First photos of Aigerim Kozhakhan at Miss Universe
First photo sessions of the Miss Universe 2013 beauty contest participants have been made in Moscow.
31 October 2013 21:06
Rihanna ordered out of UAE mosque complex over photo shoot
Pop star Rihanna was asked to leave Abu Dhabi's Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque complex for posing for "inappropriate" pictures outside one of the world's largest Muslim places of worship.
22 October 2013 16:54
Smithsonian adds Irving Penn images to collection
The Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington said Friday it's ramping up its photography collection with the acquisition of 100 images from the late Irving Penn.
11 August 2013 12:00
More than 3,700 Marilyn Monroe photos to be auctioned
More than 3,700 photos of American pop icon Marilyn Monroe will be sold this weekend along with their copyrights.
27 July 2013 10:32
Mobile app to help fight against racism in France
A French anti-racism association is launching a mobile application it hopes will help eradicate racist graffiti by enabling users to take photos of offensive tags, geo-locate them and get them removed.
25 May 2013 11:04