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Picture Dept: Nominated for a Webby!

Picture Dept is one aspect of the NewsBeast social media team. Together, with Newsweek, Cheat Sheet, and Newsweek Archivist, we’re finalists for a Webby in the “Social:  News & Information” category. 

None of this would be possible without the talent, generosity, and enthusiasm of all of the great photographers, curators, galleries, and publishers we’ve worked with—the above montage features just a few selections from our archive over the past year.

It’s a great honor to be nominated (e.g. the internet version of the Oscars) but we’re up against some pretty stiff competition: CNN, NBC, The New York Times, and…The New York Times. 

So please, if you’re a fan of Picture Dept, please take a moment and visit the Webby’s website to vote for the NewsBeast entry.

What an awesome photosheet that is. 

See it bigger on Picture Dept.

It may be raining in New York City, but the Midwest is suffering from a devastating drought. More photos. 

(Photo: Daniel Acker, Bloomberg / Getty Images) 

thedailywhat:

POTUS Pic of the Day: So the President walks into a bar… and he meets Madalyn Starkey, a University of Colorado student who will forever be known as the girl who posed for the greatest photo ever taken of a sitting president.

[thanks, brett! uproxx]

Yeah, this. 

imwithkanye:

President Obama strikes Heisman pose. [via]

Notice anything strange about this photo of Obama campaign workers? We did. 

(Photo: Obama 2012 campaign)

Photo of the Day: 

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina: 11,541 red chairs are displayed along a main street representing the 11,541 Sarajevans killed during the Bosian war which started 20 years ago today. (Amel Emric / AP Photo)

More Photos of the Day

braiker:

Click the photo for never-before seen photos from the Freedome Rides. Incredible.

life:

Happy Birthday Martin Luther King Jr.

Pictured: Among his landmark early addresses, King’s speech that day, known as “Give Us the Ballot,” urged President Eisenhower and members of Congress to protect the most basic rights of democracy for all American citizens:

“We come humbly to say to the men in the forefront of our government that the civil rights issue is not an ephemeral, evanescent domestic issue that can be kicked about by reactionary guardians of the status quo,” King said in his powerful, rich preacher’s voice. “It is rather an eternal moral issue which may well determine the destiny of our nation…. The hour is late. The clock of destiny is ticking out. We must act now, before it is too late.”

(see more — NEVER SEEN: MLK & the Freedom Rides)

Tehran, Iran: Shiite Muslims beat themselves and participate in the mourning ritual of Ashura at the Karbala mosque to commemorate the killing of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Mohammed in the 7th century. (Dec. 6, 2011)

Abedin Taherkenareh, EPA / Landov

More Photos of the Day.

Cairo, Egypt: Protester throws a gas canister towards riot police during clashes in downtown Cairo. (Nov. 20, 2011)

Tara Todras-Whitehill / AP Photo

More Photos of the Day.

Chon-Tash, Kyrgyzstan: Visitors pray at a newly opened memorial site dedicated to the victims of an April 2010 uprising. More than 80 anti-government demonstrators were killed during the revolt which ousted President Kurmanbek Bakiyev. (Nov. 16, 2011)

Vyacheslav Oseledko, AFP / Getty Images

More Photos of the Day. 

St. Petersburg, Russia: Hundreds of paper lanterns are launched into the sky as part of a flash mob.

Dmitry Lovetsky / AP

More Photos of the Day.

Tehran, Iran: Members of the Iranian army academy perform maneuvers during a graduation ceremony (Nov. 10, 2011).

Reuters / Landov 

More Photos of the Day.

Lalitpur, Nepal: A medium performs the religious dance “Narsingh Avatar” during the last day of the traditional Kartic dance festival at Patan Durbar Square in Lalitpur. Observed for eight days, the festival is the longest dance festival in Nepal.

(Navesh Chitrakar, Reuters / Landov)