Photography

"Velvet Eyes" — a pet reindeer belonging to Carl Emmons — stands in the back of a pickup truck outside a market and gas station in Nome, Alaska. David Gilkey/NPR hide caption

Father and son at Lake Michigan. (1947) Wayner Miller/Courtesy Of Paul Berlanga hide caption

Nanoflowers, each smaller than the thickness of a dollar bill, sprout up spontaneously on a surface dipped in salts and silicon. Courtesy of Wim Noorduin/Harvard University hide caption

Boats line up to photograph this year's Teahupoo swell in Tahiti. Courtesy of Ben Thouard hide caption

Sonny Vaahn, 25, holds his family's refugee identification in Bronx, N.Y. The card was issued to them during their initial entry into a refugee camp along the Thai-Cambodian border after the "killing fields" atrocities ended in Cambodia. Courtesy of Pete Pin hide caption

Swedish photographer Paul Hansen did not artificially manipulate his prize-winning picture "Gaza Burial," the World Press Photo Foundation said Tuesday. Critics had said the image was a composite of several photos. AFP/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

Hajime Kimura documents Japan's racehorse industry. Courtesy of Hajime Kimura hide caption

A sapeur poses for a photo while a crowd waits in line for a concert organized by KVV Mouzieto, an important sapeur who lives in Paris, to promote his first music album. The ministry of communication and many sapeurs were invited for the event. Hector Mediavilla/Picturetank hide caption

Ricardo Galvez, Giovanna Meneses Pisco and Arely Betzabe pose for a photograph in front of their former home El Ayllu. The family was back in the neighborhood to gather some of their belongings, and Giovanna spent the hours teary-eyed. As soon as families moved out, the Ministry of Transportation and Communications, with the help of paid community members, began to demolish the buildings. Courtesy of Elie Gardner hide caption

Allan Arbus on the left, with fellow M.A.S.H. stars Loretta Swit, Mike Farrell, Burt Metcalfe, Alan Alda, Kellye Nakahara Wallet and Wayne Rogers at an awards ceremony in 2009. Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images hide caption