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Multimedia: 8 people who work on Chinese New Year
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Who works on Chinese New Year? We ask eight people how they feel about being stuck at work during the long holiday.

Who works on Chinese New Year? We ask eight people how they feel about being stuck at work during the long holiday.

Mr Tan Chin Giok, 67, is one of the many workers who will be working on Chinese New more

Today in Pictures: January 24, 2014
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A model shows a creation from the collection of designer Aziz Bekkaoui on the catwalk during the opening of the Amsterdam Fashion Week in Amsterdam, on January 23 2014. - AFP PHOTO/ANP KIPPA KOEN VAN WEEL
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A woman reacts as she rides a motorcycle through a flooded street in Jakarta, Greenpeace activists dress as polar bears campaigns at the World Economic Forum in Davos. These and more, in Today in Pictures.

Today in Pictures: January 23, 2014
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A pro-European integration protester walks among burning tyres at the site of clashes with riot police in Kiev on January 22, 2014. - Reuters / Valentyn Ogirenko
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Riots in Kiev, protests in Bangkok, and winter in Poland, all these and more on Today In Pictures.

Today in Pictures: January 22, 2014
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An Afghan vegetable vendor waits for customers at the roadside on the outskirts of Jalalabad, Nangarhar provice, on January 21, 2014. - AFP Photo / Noorullah Shirzada
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California experiences a drought, while the east coast of the United States freezes in a deluge of heavy snow - these and more on Today In Pictures.
Today in Pictures: January 21, 2014
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Lebanese men try to extinguish fire from burning cars following an explosion on January 21, 2014 in Haret Hreik, a south Beirut neighbourhood considered a stronghold of the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah. Two people were killed in the apparent suicide car bombing, Lebanon´s National News Agency said. AFP PHOTO/STR
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Bomb blasts in Lebanon, Protests in Kiev, Flooding in the Philippines. These and more pictures from around the world.

Today in Pictures: January 20, 2014
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A handout picture taken and released on January 19, 2014 by the French Marine Nationale shows an aerial view of the Ayguade seaport in Hyeres, after floods struck southeastern France. One man died Sunday and more than 150 people had to be airlifted to safety. A second man disappeared while out on his boat and 4,000 homes have been left without power. - AFP PHOTO / MARINE NATIONALE
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Protestors in Kiev, Japanese Macaques at the hot springs and the eruption of Mount Sinabung. These and more pictures from around the world.

Today in Pictures: January 20, 2014
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Protestors in Kiev, Japanese Macaques at the hot springs and the eruption of Mount Sinabung. These and more pictures from around the world.

Today in Pictures: January 17, 2014
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L-R: Enthressan Shanmugam, 4, and nine-year-old Samiyappa Yuvarajan react as they have their hair shorn at Sri Thendayuthapani Temple at Tank Road during this year´s Thaipusam festival on January 17. Hindu devotees have their heads shaved on Thaipusam as an act of sacrifice and fulfillment of their prayers. ST Photo: Mugilan Rajasegeran
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Thaipusam procession in Singapore, floods in Mindanao, stunts performed at the Bahrain International Airshow. These and more pictures from around the world.

Today in Pictures: January 16, 2014
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A worker yawns next to a 3D painting depicting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe outside a shopping mall under construction in Guangzhou, Guangdong province January 15, 2014. Picture taken January 15, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer
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3D art in China, Lucasfilm Singapore opens its new regional headquarters in Singapore, Swasthani Brata Katha festival in Nepal. These and more pictures from around the world.

Today in Pictures: January 14, 2014
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Real Madrid´s Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo cries after receiving the 2013 FIFA Ballon d´Or award for player of the year from Brazilian football legend Pele (R) and France Football president Francois Moriniere (back-R) during the FIFA Ballon d´Or award ceremony at the Kongresshaus in Zurich on January 13, 2014. AFP PHOTO/OLIVIER MORIN
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A teary Cristiano Ronaldo in Zurich, Pongal celebrations in Mumbai, fire at the Marina Bay Suites. These and more pictures from around the world.

Today in Pictures: January 13, 2014
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Chickens are seen in the midst of plants covered by ash from Mount Sinabung near Sigarang-Garang village in Karo district, Indonesia´s North Sumatra province, January 12, 2014. More than 22,000 villagers have been evacuated since authorities raised the alert status for the volcano to the highest level in November 2013, local media reported on Friday. REUTERS/Roni Bintang
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Ash from Mount Sinabung in North Sumatra, No Pants Subway Ride in New York, kissing contest in Wuhan. These and more from around the world.

Multimedia: First Cat Cafe in Singapore
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The first cat cafe in Singapore opened on Christmas Day, 2013. Called Cat Cafe Neko no Niwa and located in Boat Quay, it has 13 cats, each once abandoned, unloved and malnourished. By opening the cafe, owner Tan Sue Lynn, 36, hopes to give these cats the love and attention they had missed out on. In return, guests get to bring home memories of a purring, contented cat.

The first cat cafe in Singapore opened on Christmas Day, 2013. Called Cat Cafe Neko no Niwa and located in Boat Quay, it has 13 cats, each once abandoned, unloved and malnourished. By opening the cafe, owner more

Today in Pictures: January 10, 2014
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A woman (R) confronts Turkish riot policemen as they spray tear gas on demonstrators trying to march on January 9, 2014, in Istanbul, to the French consulate demanding justice for three female Kurdish rebels killed a year ago in Paris. Between 500 to 600 Kurdish protesters had gathered in front of Istanbul´s Galatasaray High School, shouting "We want justice" for the three victims. As the protesters marched towards the French consulate, they were met with tear gas and plastic bullets fired by security forces seeking to disperse the crowd. AFP PHOTO / OZAN KOSE
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Protests in Istanbul, Rubber Duck installation in Sydney, Batman in Rio's slums. These and more pictures from around the world.

Photo Essays: Finding Paradise
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Sher Zaman, 50, squeezed 10 people into his LPG-powered auto-rickshaw on his flight from Swat Valley to the city of Mardan. He now stays in the tent village of Sheik Yasin, Mardan, Pakistan. More than two million refugees have poured out of Swat Valley as the Pakistan army launched a massive operation to eliminate Taliban militants, after the breakdown of a peace deal in early May 2009. The exodus of refugees is the Pakistan´s largest since the Partition in 1947.
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Photos and text by Edwin Koo.

NOT everyone can call home “paradise”. But when I first met the people of Swat, in 2009, almost everyone lamented how they had lost paradise – a land of snowy mountains, fresh crisp more

Today in Pictures: January 9, 2014
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (2nd L) watches a basketball game between former U.S. NBA basketball players and North Korean players of the Hwaebul team of the DPRK with Dennis Rodman (R) at Pyongyang Indoor Stadium in this undated photo released by North Korea´s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang January 9, 2014. REUTERS/KCNA
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Dennis Rodman watching a basketball game with Kim Jong Un in North Korea, Mount Sinabung in North Sumatra spewing hot lava, casualities from fighting between rival gangs inside Pedrinhas prison in Brazil. These and more pictures from around the world.

Today in Pictures: January 8, 2014
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Anti-government protesters blow whistles as they gather in Bangkok´s business district January 8, 2014. Caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has called an election for February 2 but the protesters, aware she would probably win on the back of support in the rural north and northeast, want her to step down and be replaced by an appointed "people´s council" to push through electoral reforms. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj
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Protests in Bangkok, refugees in Juba, sumo ceremony in Tokyo. These and more pictures from around the world.

Today in Pictures: December 31, 2013
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Kashmiris transport their belongings to a safer place after their houses were destroyed by a fire at Dhobi Ghat, on the outskirts of Srinagar on December 30, 2013. - Reuters / Danish Ismail
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Water, wind, fire, and earth - on the eve of a new year, we look at how people around the world interact with the elements around them while waiting for the crossover to 2014.

Today in Pictures: December 26, 2013
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Employee Won Jong-hwa wearing a Santa Claus costume poses with a fennec fox during a Christmas event at the Everland amusement park in Yongin, South Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2013. Christmas is one of the biggest holidays in South Korea as over half the population are Christians. - AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon
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On this Boxing Day, Through The Lens highlights a selection of images taken in 2013 with the theme - 'Animals'. This is more, in Today in Pictures.
Today in Pictures: December 24, 2013
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Visitors look at penguins wearing Santa Claus (in red) and Christmas tree (in green) costumes during a promotional event for Christmas at an amusement park in Yongin, south of Seoul, December 18, 2013. - REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
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Through The Lens celebrates the eve of Christmas by bringing a selection of stunning images taken in 2013 with the theme - 'Christmas'. This is more, in Today in Pictures.
Photo Gallery: Resident Birds of Singapore
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The Olive-backed Sunbird (Nectarinia jugularis) was featured on the $20 “Bird Series” currency notes that were released by the Monetary Authority of Singapore between 1976 and 1984. - Photo: Lim Yong
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Singapore celebrated its inaugural Native Birds’ Day on Nov 23, in the hope of stirring up greater interest in the appreciation and protection of these feathered residents. Despite Singapore’s more

We feature the work of independent Singaporean photographers regularly in our Spotlight section. 

This month, we feature Rebecca Toh, Singapore-based photographer who is hugely influenced by the way films look and feel.


If you have someone whom you would like to recommend for Spotlight, email us at stlens@sph.com.sg.

  1. Multimedia: First Cat Cafe in Singapore
  2. Today in Pictures: January 13, 2014
  3. Today in Pictures: January 9, 2014
  4. Flashback: 40 Years of The Singapore Zoo
  5. Today in Pictures: December 26, 2013