Reuters - The State of the World
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| ‘A landmark volume …’ | | – Digital Photographer Magazine |
‘Sometimes amusing, sometimes shocking,
always fascinating’ | | – The Gloss Magazine |
| ‘Illustrates the spectacular beauty that can be snapped with cold aplomb in the middle of a bombardment’ | | – The Guardian |
| ‘Outstanding … reveals that the power of the image is as important as ever’ | | – The Lancet |
More than half a decade into a new millennium, as well as a new century, what can we say about the state of our world? What are the challenges that we must now confront on a global scale, and which emerging solutions seem to offer the greatest promise?
What is the pattern of war and peace? What is the balance of power – and the balance of trade? What roles do religion and our deepest beliefs play in our lives today? How are our ways of living adapting in a globalizing, increasingly technological world? What do we remember about our collective past and how can we learn lessons for the future?
Drawing on the unrivalled resources of Reuters, the world’s biggest international news agency, The State of the World explores nine major themes that together provide a balance sheet for the questions all human beings ask. With incisive articles by leading Reuters journalists and brilliant photographs selected from an archive of literally millions, this landmark publication brings into focus the fast-paced and dramatic developments that have transformed our world in the first years of the new millennium.
Reuters has been breaking stories for over 150 years.
Its journalists were first in reporting armistice in World War One, the death of Gandhi, and the capture of Saddam Hussein.
Its photographers have won numerous awards, including the prestigious World Press Photo of the Year for 2004 and 2005.
Reuters has 2,300 staff journalists, photographers and camera operators based in 197 bureaux serving 130 countries. It is not aligned or affiliated with any country, culture or movement. The State of the World features images by 227 Reuters photographers of almost 70 nationalities, and specially written articles by nine Reuters journalists.
Also of interest:
The Great LIFE Photographers
The Earth from the Air
Tales from a Globalizing World |
|  |  | | | | ISBN 0500543208 | | ISBN-13 978-0500543207 | | | | 25.0 x 25.0 cm | | Hardback | | 384pp | | 537 illustrations, 537 in colour | | First published 2006 | | | | £24.95 | | | |  | | | | 
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