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2 days agoThe Beauty and Violence of Steve McQueen's Flower Photographs
Bounty explores the dual meanings of beauty and violence through vibrant photographs of Grenada's flora and its colonial history.
Maria, a former Venezuelan prosecutor living in Houston, Texas, won't use the word "happy". But in August, when she saw that the United States had doubled the reward for information leading to the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, she said she felt validated". The reward now sits at $50m, one of the highest bounties ever offered by the US government. To Maria, the bounty is a path to toppling a government steeped in human rights abuses, including arbitrary detention and torture.