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Photos by Fershad Irani

Norway

Looking down a two-lane highway road that turns right towards a bridge which arches towards the sky.

A fjord stretches out to the horizon, with a bridge crossing in the distance. The foreground is a grassy field with a few trees.

A house and bridge is reflected in the still waters of a fjord. The sky is overcast, and the water is calm.

Wooden boat huts sit on the edge of a fjord, with a small boat moored in front of them. The water is calm and the sky is overcast. Mountains in the background have low cloud cover.

A white hut with red trimming and a black roof sits in a pulloff area by a road. It has a Norwegian flag flying from its roof. Inside are a collection of fruits and berries for sale. There's no person at the stall, it's based on an honesty system.

A view from up high, looking down into a town by a bay in a fjord. The hills and land around the town are green, with low misty cloud floating above. There's a cruise ship parked in the center of the picture, in the middle of the bay in the fjord.

A church spire bathed in sunlight. The red wood of the church building contrasts with the blue sky behind.

Two seagulls sitting on a railing, the Atlantic Ocean behind them.

A concrete path leads to the water's edge between low shurbs. Small embankments dot the water, with a faint pinkish hue lighting the sky at sunset.

A car waits in a numbered line in an otherwise empty parking lot. They are waiting in a cark park by the water for the incoming ferry.

A woman with her back turned to the camera looks out across a fjord under grey, cloudy skies.

A man stands with a girl on a wooden pier, while a boy carefully navigates a small, yellow, inflatable boat towards them.

A powerful, low waterfall cascades down under a stone bridge. The shot is framed by the branches of two trees in the foreground.

Looking down a wet road with a car driving off into the distance. A grassy embankment coverd in yellow flowers leads to a boad shed on the left of the frame. Meanwhile the right side if dominated by a towering mountain.

A very faint rainbow rises into the sky above hills sparsely covered in pine trees.

Looking up at the viking style roof of a Stave Church. The entire construction is of dark wood.

A stave church sits atop a green hill.

A red, two-story house sits behind a hedge in on a grassy hill. In front of the hedge are while bails of hay.

A photo taken from a ferry, looking over the water towards a valley with mountains on either side folding away into the distance. Some light rain gives the distant town and mountains a misty coating.

A waterfall crashes down beneath a viewing platform.

A toilet cubicle with an image of a cow decorating one side, and a small bird decorating the other.

Germany

A small single-mast boat sails in a lake at sunset. The lake is lit up in a orange hue, while the sky behind fades from blue to orange. Tree mask the foreground of the shot.

Wind turbines spinning in the distance, in a green field. Taken from a moving train.

A rental scooter leans up against an electricity box, while a pigeon walks alongside it. A red building in the background with dark windows and white flower boxes.

A building sits between two canals that branch off. The scene is dark, with only the sunset in the background illuminating part of the shot.

People sit facing a lake under the summer sun & clear skies. A gyser in the middle of the lake shoots water into the sky, creating a small rainbow.

A large concrete construction rises up into the frame. It is covered topped with trees and greenery.

A lookout over the skyline of Hamburg. Several spires poke out admist the otherwise lowrise buildings.

Boats are moared in a lake as the sun sets behind buildings in the distance. In the foreground the shapes of some people can be seen sitting looking out over the lake.

Rays of sunlight shine through a clock tower sitting above a glass covering. Whispy clouds over the blue sky in the background.

A sign saying 'Rathaus' is in the foreground of the image, place on a steel railing. In the background is an old brick building with a sign saying 'Schlussel Keller'.

A concrete building dominates the sky. It's base is bare, but the top is covered with trees.

St Pauli | Olympus Pen EE-3 | Kodak Portra 400

Looking down a street line with parked cars towards the setting sun.

Church spires stick up above the skyline that's also dotted with trees. The setting sun in the background casts a orange and purple hue.

A person walks through the left of this photo that captures a leafless tree standing in front of a cream coloured church building.

A stream flows under a bridge on the right of the frame. It is flanked by cream coloured buildings on the right, and a cobbled road and more old German-style buildings on the left.

A cobbled street curves between old, German-style houses.

A dirt road goes off into the distance between fields and two trees.

An old, stone castle sits atop a tree covered hill.

An old soviet-style apartment building sits across the road behind some leafless trees.

Looking down a river under a blue, clouded sky. On the left, a white train sits atop a brick embankment. On the right of the image are apartment buildings in the shade.

A sunlit photo looking down a paved path in a garden. Leafless winter free can be seen throughout the photo, with some apartments on the left of the path as well.

A house sign with the numbers '15 - 17' printed on a white plaque is stuck to a light green wall. The shot is framed by the branches of trees at the top and bottom - a cherry blossom tree at the bottom, and a spindly green bush at the bottom

A shot taken from a moving train, high grass blurred in the foreground with a white wind turbine sitting in a field behind.

Stone characters spell out 'Berlin', beneath an overhead S-bahn railway bridge.

Stone blocks of different sizes arrange in a grid pattern, taken in the early morning glow.

A goddess riding a horse-drawn chariot sits on top of a stone foundation. The shot looks upwards towards the subject, with the top two-thirds of the picture taken up by a clear blue sky.

A couple walk away from the camera down a wide dirt path. The neat lawn next to it is dotted with leafless winter trees.

A grey photo looking towards a tower in the distance that features a large round ball below its tall spire. In the foreground, tree branches go across the shot with two residential buildings framing the picture.

England

Three gravestones are in the foreground of this picture, with lush grass and a stone wall leading separating them from a house.

The white dome of St Paul's Cathedral in London rises up between office buildings.

People walking on a bridge, with the white domed roof of St Paul's Cathedral in the background.

Two people, silhoutted, sitting on the floor in a tunnel. The walls are covered in bright grafitti, with some light coming in from an opening on the right of the frame.

A grafitti wall featuring a Spongebob artwork next to a Banksy-style artwork of a girl holding a rhino with a red ribbon.

An ice cream van stopped on Westminster Bridge with the London Eye in the background.

Pigeons roosting around a windown on the upper floor of a stone brick house.

People sunbathing in a park outside the Houses of Parliament in London.

An old stone house sitting at the end of a sandy path. Tree branches overhead frame the shot.

A stream flows through the town of Upper Slaughter in The Cotswolds. Stone brick houses line the roads to either side.

Sauce bottles sit neatly on a table. Retro figurines and trinkits line the wall.

Stone walls turn at sharp angles in this picture. The view is looking up at the walls & sky.

A flock of sheep stand mid picture in a field that is blazing orange in sunset light. A lone tree stands at the center of the shot in the distance.

A red phone booth stands at the entrance of a laneway. Inside teh phone booth are books.

A lone tower stands in a field with grey skies. The Union Jack flag flies atop it.

Rolling green fields with patchworked by fences. Blue skies with fluffy clouds overhead.

A sheep stands in the center of the frame, looking directly into the camera.

A dirt driveway goes into the distance, under the cover of trees. Tall grass lines both sides of the driveway.

Two ladies walking down a lane that falls away out of the shot. Its entrance is between two old brick buildings, one which has a street sign saying 'High Street'.

The Cotswolds | Olympus Pen EE-3 | Kodak Portra 400

A woman stands behind a sheep taking a photo of the person taking a photo of her. The scene is bathed in the orange glow of sunset.

A red sports car is parked in front of an old stone brick house.

The figure of a man is in the distance, walking away from the camera as the sunsets to his left.

Sheep grazing in a field bathed in orange light from the setting sun.

A stone tower stands in a field.

Denmark

Four bollards lined up across two lanes of a road. Each bollard is bent slightly off center.

A rose bush grows up a yellow wall.

People enjoying the late afternoon sun walk past and line up at food vans that are parked besides the gravel pathway.

A man walks over a bridge towards the camera. There is a roadway next to him that has some cars on it. A strange round control tower is to his right, just off the edge of the bridge.

A couple lays on the grass in a park surrounded by trees. A palace is centered in the back of the photo.

The green slopes of a ski hill run down away from the smoke stacks of the factory below.

A sign for a public toilet is plastered with stickers. In the background a row of pride flags blow in the breeze.

A small coffee house is in an old looking hectagonal building. It is in the middle of a bicycle parking lot, with bikes littered around it. Customers sit at the open windows facing the barista on the inside.

The spires of Rosenborg Palance rise above the brick building that once housed the King of Denmark. Visitors enter through a gate at the bottom of the photo.

Two men sit at a table with a beverage each. The roof overhead lets in plenty of natural light.

Boats line the banks of Nyhavn in Copenhagen. Besides them, tourists walk past restaurants along the shoreline.

A mural of a man leaning over a lake under a full moon is painted on the side of an apartment. The buildings around it all have a monotone dull brick colour, making the mural stand out.

A woman walks her bicycle against the backdrop of a bright yellow building.

Houseboats line a canal, parked under green trees.

Bikes parked along a wall on a cobbled pavement.

A boy climbs into the hands of a giant wooden troll statue. A mural painted behind it says 'Wonderland - The World is in our hands'.

A view of the Copenhagen skyline at sunset, church spires rise up above the otherwise low-rised buildings.

The word Danmark spelt out in individual characters for an art work.

2024 Touch World Cup

A boy dives forward with one hand holding a rugby ball. Two defenders in blue Scotland shirts reach down to try and touch him.

A boy in a blue Scotland shirt shapes to pass a rugby ball. A young player in a red and yellow Philippines vest reaches out to make a touch.

A referee wearing white points to the mark while awarding a try. They are holding their whistle to their mouth, their cheeks puffed. Players from both teams walk away, backs turned to the camera.

A boy dives forward with one hand holding a rugby ball. Two defenders in blue Scotland shirts reach down to try and touch him.

A man wearing a blue Japanese shirt dives low for the scoreline, holding a rugby ball in one hand. Two players wearing red Tonga shirts reach down to try and touch him.

A player wearing a blue Japanese shirt leans in to touch a Tongan defender. The Japanese player is holding a rugby ball in one hand, ready to place it on the ground after the touch.

Players wearing blue and white Chinese Taipei shirts stand in a circle in the middle of a field.

An Australian player wearing a yellow vest leans in to make a touch on a USA player wearing a red vest.

A Japanese player wearing a blue shirt runs through a gap between two Tongan players in red. He holds the ball in two hands, looking for a teammate to pass to.

A crowd of people sit by the sideline of a playing field, with a large Tongan flag in the center of their group.

A boy wearing a blue and white Chinese Taipei hoodie throws a pass to a teammate off screen.

Singapore

An ornately decorated roof of an Indian temple rises above palms trees against cloudy skies.

A wet, rainy road lined with palm trees and older building is in the foreground, with highrise city skyscrapers in the background.

A stone sign saying Parliament sits in front of a neat lawn. City skyscrapers line the background.

Looking down a river, flanked by an older apartment to the right. In the distance, a white bridge crosses the river, with three glass buildings poking out above it.

A man wearing all black and carrying a black backpack walks by a mural showing a street stall, painted on a white building

People sit at round tables eating, while others walk between carrying meals. The roof above is lined with red lanterns.

A photo taken while crossing the road, looking down the road towars highrise residential apartments in the distance. Pedestrians cross the road in the foreground, with older Chinese style houses on the left of the road.

Looking up at a high rise residential building. The buildings are connected by walkways & parks on some of the upper floors.

A man wheels his suitcase down an air bridge, preparing to board a plane. A sign at the top of the frame reads 'exit'.

Australia

High rise residential apartments bathed in late afternoon sunset sit behind a park that's in the shade.

Looking down a partially covered train platform. The tracks are on the right of the shot, and the largely empty platform is in the center.

Yellow and red capped bins sit outside houses down a narrow footpath.

Concrete archs rise above leafy green ferns.

A kookaburra sits on a branch against a cloudy sky.

A black swan swimming near the grassy banks of a lake, under cloudy skies.

Looking down at coastal cliffs. A beach is in the foreground, with tree covered cliffs in the backgound. The sea is to the left of the shot.

Against a rocky backdrop, a splash of ocean spray rises out of a blow hole. The sea is in the background.

A group of people sit on a rock outcrop looking out over the Tasman Sea.

An old yellow and green Sydney Ferry is sitting by the dock with the Sydney Harbour Bridge in the background.

Looking down a rainy road, with tram tracks in the middle. The road is flanked by tall high rise office buildings.

Sunlight baths the trees around a river and waterfall that is in the shade.

The foreground of the picture is dominated by a train station platform and train line next to it under a bridge. The bridge is covered with a large tree, and more greenery lines the side of the tracks. The sky above is clear and blue.

Sydney | Canon AV-1 | Fujifilm Fujicolor 200

An old industrial building is on the right of the shot, alongside a garden walkway. In the background is a newly designed university building on the left, with an older building to the right of it.

Kids playing cricket in a large open field, with blue skies above. Two large stadiums dominate the background of the shot.

A wide shot of the Sydney Cricket Ground during a match, with spectators filling the stands and players on the green field. The city skyline is visible in the background.

A palm tree blows in the strong breeze on a street corner. A white old house is on the left of the frame, while a man crosses the road near the right of the shot.

A pigeon sits on a ledge alongside a building.

A female wearing hiking clothes has her back to the camera. She is looking out over green trees that extend out over hills in the background.

The Three Sisters rock formation stands in the foreground, illuminated by soft light of the setting sun against a backdrop of a vast, hazy mountain range under a partly cloudy sky.

A crowd of spectators wearing blue and white sit on a hill watching a game of Rugby League.

Overlooking a Rugby field, towards a grandstand that is casting light onto the field. The sky is a mix of orange and purple hues as the sun sets in the background.

Looking up at a cloudless blue sky with different tree branches hanging overhead.

Three smoke stacks rise into a clear blue sky. They are dark brown brick, in the middle of a park. A large tree is in the foreground of the shot.

Holland

A red and white train is stopped at a platform in the sunshine. The train is only partially in the shot.

A person riding a bicycle in the midday sunlight rides away from the camera.

A small house boat sits in a canal next to a grass embankment. Cars are parked on the streets behind, in front of brown bricke apartment buildings.

A water fountain sprouts water into a lake. Trees in the background are bathe in the glow of late afternoon sunlight.

A path winds through a sunlit park. Winter trees dot the landscape, with a church spire in the background.

A look down a canal, with half the frame in sunlight and the other in shade. Boats line the sunny bank on the right with classy brick houses along the road next to the canal.

A view across a lake. An island in the middle sits in front of a very old brown brick building. Glass towers rise up in the background.

Looking down a canal lined by brick buildings. A bridge is in the middle of the frame, with a church tower in the distance background. The whole scene is filtered through late afternoon light.

A man rides towards the camera, while two other play with a remote controlled car walking away from the photographer. All the men are walking under the arch of an old brick building.

Looking down a canal lined by brick houses. The canal is reflecting the later afternoon sunset .

Taiwan

A line of yellow taxis sit beneath an overpass. Sun shines through a separation in the road above.

A pale yellow wall frames the dark entrance to an underground garage. Chinese characters above indicate what it is.

Palm trees blow in the wind against a blue sky.

Public rental bikes lined up in a row at a docking station. Their yellow tyre covers stand out against the dull concrete footpath.

An airconditioning unit sit on the roadside attached to a grey wall. Blue grafitti is painted above the box, while green leafy ferns sit on the road to the right. On its left is a street post topped with a security camera pointing away from the box.

A new high-rise apartment building is juxtaposed between two older low-rise residential apartments.

Trees stick out from the top corner apartments of an old, grey apartment building. They contrast the blue sky in the background.

A row of public rental bikes stand at docks along the wall of a metro exit. The exit sign is number '3'.

Scooters waiting at a red light with 5 seconds showing on the countdown. They are ready to go under an overpass.

A tall green glass tower stands in the backroung. A street sign pointing towards it reads 'Xinyi Rd Sect. 4'. Multiple other signs are stuck to the same street post.

A metro train is stopped at the train station under a supporting cable. The station hoardings are marked with a red line.

A photo looking up at the blue sky, with the upper floor balaconies of an apartment building visible in the lower half of the shot.

A street scene in a small alley. The frame is dominated by a mosque building in the background. A car drives through the frame in front of the mosque, while a residential apartment building is lit by the midday sun on the left of the shot.

Taipei | Canon AV-1 | Fujifilm Fujicolor 200

A blue truck is in the center of the picture with its back open with fruits and vegetables on display. An eldery lady is looking at the produce on display.

A cat sits comfortably on a outdoor chair on a balcony. Plants line the outside of the balcony, while an air conditioning unit is above the chair the cat is sitting on.

India

A white statue of a Hindu deity sit in a golden glass encased box next to a red gated staircase.

A man stands at the bottom step on the banks of the River Ganges, raising his arms in prayer. Other people sit in the shaded parts of the stairs, which lead down to the river from a temple entrance.

People and horses jostle for position on a dirt road at the start of a hike.

Yellow and red conical shaped roofs appear in the front of the picture. A sunlit valley is visible in the distant background.

A priest gives instructions to a female worshipper seated on the floor.

Three women in bright orange and green saries look at jewellery and bracelets in a brightly lit stall.

A bull stands in the path of two scooters trying to squeeze past it through a narrow shopping street

A half-monkey, half-man god statue is brightly lit at night while worshippers take selfies in front of it.

Men stand around in the red glow of a neon street sign, waiting for a street vendor to serve them.

People walk away from the camera, under an archway topped with a statue of a deity. They are heading towards a river that is just visible in the background.

An older man dressing in orange robes sits barefooted on the stairs in front of a hole-in-the-wall coffee shop.

Five people sit on a platform at the edge of a river at night. In front of them 5 fires a lit. Behind them a large crowd of people watch on.

A man sits at a workbench in a shop. Sitars and other stringed instruments hang in the window behind him.

A man pours tea from a pot at a streetside stall. Other men stand just off the road watching. Behind them, traffic goes past.

Two children sit atop a small enclosure facing a large mosque dome.

A mosque appears above an orange coloured wall.

Rickshaws and lorries move in narrow, crowded streets in between old buildings. The evening sun shines bright into the shot.

A man sits in a stall surround by plastic containers of different colours.

People dressed in warm winter hiking gear with backpacks walk through a market towards the morning sun.

Worshipers sit in a circle while a priest conducts a religious ceremony on the banks of a river.

A crowd of people walking in both directions on a flight of stairs. Those at the top reach above them to ring a large bell.

A ridge of snow capped mountain peaks with the last bits of light casting a pinkish hue on their tops.

People enter a very colourful temple area. Coloured flags hang from above, with the yellow temple building in the background.

A snow capped mountain rises up between two hills.

Hot baths line the banks of a flowing river, with a temple situated on the hill behind them.

A holy man sits besides the empty plates of a finished ritual. A river flows under a bridge behind him.

Japan

Two bright orange lanterns hang illuminated at the entrance of a temple at night.

A brightly lit vending machine sits off center in an otherwise dark frame.

A man waits on the platform as a train pulls into the station in front of him. The man is dressed in a black suit and pants.

The spire of a building is lit up with clouds floating around it. The building is partially blocked by a low building in the foreground.

The entrance of a Japanese public bath is lit up at night. The roofing covering the entrance is green in colour, with some Japanese characters written across it.

Men playing a game of Touch Football, with a person in a light cream shirt attacking the scoreline while a player in a dark jersey has slipped over while defending.

Three people stand separated in an otherwise empty grandstand. A sign in front of them reads

A group of players stand on the sideline, watching the team play on the field.

A lady pushes a bike down a ramp, while another ducks under a banner at the entrance of a public bath.

Trash is neatly arranged at the base of a sign post on the street side.

Tokyo | Olympus Pen EE-3 | Fujifilm Fujicolor 100

A woman walks aways from the camera having just got off the traing stopped at an otherwise empty platform.

A bike sits at the entrance of a laundromat, the machines behind it brightly lit against the night.