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Alessio Mamo

@alessiomamo.bsky.social

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World Press Photo award-winner photographer based between Sicily and Middle East. He covers issues related to refugees and social-political affairs. Alessio is a regular contributor to The Guardian.

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Luke Harding @lukeharding1968.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

My Sunday essay on #Ukraine's long-range drone strikes against Russia. “We are making history here. This is where democracy beats totalitarianism," Lt Col Ray said, as a drone vanished over the horizon, engine thrumming. It left black smoke & a whiff of gunpowder www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

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‘This is where democracy beats totalitarianism’: Ukraine’s drone strike force takes the fight to Russia

Exclusive: at a launch site in the Ukrainian countryside, members of the elite ‘Magyar’s Birds’ brigade are turning Russia’s vast size into a weakness

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Photojournalism News @pjournalismnews.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

THE GUARDIAN: A 12-year-old casualty of war recovers in hospital: Alessio Mamo’s best photograph www.theguardian.com/artanddesign... @theguardian.com @alessiomamo.bsky.social #photojournalism #journalism #photography‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬

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A 12-year-old casualty of war recovers in hospital: Alessio Mamo’s best photograph

‘Manal suffered severe burns to her arms and face after a missile explosion in Iraq. Yet in many ways she seemed just like a regular young girl’

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 22/07/2026

A 12-year-old casualty of war recovers in hospital: Alessio Mamo’s best photograph

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A 12-year-old casualty of war recovers in hospital: Alessio Mamo’s best photograph

‘Manal suffered severe burns to her arms and face after a missile explosion in Iraq. Yet in many ways she seemed just like a regular young girl’

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Luke Harding @lukeharding1968.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

My interview with Robert "#Madyar" Brovdi, the man who may - or may not - attack Moscow tomorrow and Vladimir Putin's Red Square victory parade with long-range Ukrainian drones. We met in Madyar's underground operations centre. Photos by @alessiomamo.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

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Meeting ‘Madyar’: the Ukrainian drones boss raining on Putin’s parade

After Zelenskyy, Robert Brovdi is Moscow’s top assassination target owing to his long-range attacks deep within Russia

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Luke Harding @lukeharding1968.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

My piece on land robots, which have become a vital part of #Ukraine's fight against Russia. They can evacuate wounded soldiers, deliver food and ammo, and lay and remove mines. "It's like gazing at alien technology," one soldier said. Pix: @alessiomamo.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

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‘The frontline is like Terminator’: fighting robots give Ukraine hope in war with Russia

Use of unmanned ground vehicles has grown exponentially since 2024 turning the war into a technological contest

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Luke Harding @lukeharding1968.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

I spoke to #Ukrainian mums about why they decided to stay in Kyiv during wartime. One, Ivanna, said giving birth was a "patriotic act" and she owed it to soldiers on the frontline to raise her kids in Ukraine. Another added: "I do not think Russia will defeat us" www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

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‘We are not scared’: the Ukrainians building families in the shadow of war

Birthrates have fallen since Russia’s invasion but some have held on to hope and are bringing up children despite risks

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 09/02/2026

‘We’ve lost everything’: anger and despair in Sicilian town collapsing after landslide

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‘We’ve lost everything’: anger and despair in Sicilian town collapsing after landslide

People in Niscemi struggle to comprehend loss of homes and businesses and feel disaster could have been avoided

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Luke Harding @lukeharding1968.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

I wrote about campaigners trying to save Kyiv's rich architectural heritage. They face obstacles: Russian bombs, unscrupulous developers, corrupt officials and hostile or indifferent politicians. “We are trying to live like normal people despite the war," one said www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

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Saving Kyiv’s heritage: a city rebuilding itself in the shadow of war

Volunteers and neighbours are restoring the century-old homes as an act of defiance against Russia’s assault

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Luke Harding @lukeharding1968.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

My dispatch from the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv. Russia has destroyed the region's energy infrastructure, bombing sub-stations, and leaving people without heat and in the dark. a sad story, with beautiful chiaroscuro pictures by @alessiomamo.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

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‘They decided to kill us with cold’: Ukrainians struggle against Russian assault on power network

Chernihiv residents say they are without power for 14 hours a day as they gather in ‘invincibility points’ to charge up and warm up

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Luke Harding @lukeharding1968.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

My dispatch from an underground hospital in eastern Ukraine, with extraordinary photos by @alessiomamo.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

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Six metres below ground: inside the secret hospital treating Ukrainian soldiers injured by Russian drones

Doctors at the secret facility are able to perform amputations while others monitor zigzagging drones overhead

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 25/10/2025

Six metres below ground, a hospital treats Ukrainian soldiers injured by Russian drones

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Six metres below ground, a hospital treats Ukrainian soldiers injured by Russian drones

Doctors at the secret facility are able to perform amputations while others monitor zigzagging drones overhead

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Luke Harding @lukeharding1968.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

My latest report from eastern #Ukraine with photos by @alessiomamo.bsky.social. In August Russia seized a chain of villages near Dobropillia. Since then Ukraine has taken much of this salient back. It's a modest success - proof, Kyiv claims, that it isn't losing www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

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‘Our job is to maximise their losses’: how Ukraine’s forces attempt to claw back against Russian advances

Along Donetsk’s frontline, a small counteroffensive by Ukrainian troops aims to help change perceptions about the war among Kyiv’s western allies

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Luke Harding @lukeharding1968.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Another grim day for Kyiv and Ukraine. Here's my report from the capital with photos by @alessiomamo.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

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Zelenskyy condemns Russia’s ‘vile and brutal’ 12-hour bombardment of Ukraine

Moscow targets Kyiv and other regions with about 500 drones and 40 missiles, killing at least four people

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Luke Harding @lukeharding1968.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Today's Guardian Read is my dispatch from the frontline in Ukraine with photos by @alessiomamo.bsky.social "In between bombardments, Sloviansk enjoys moments of magical calm. Dawn begins with the cooing of collared doves; dusk brings a pulsing symphony of cicadas" www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

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‘You have to live’: Ukrainians on frontline practice normality despite Russian bombings

In once-occupied Sloviansk, war has become so routine that nobody pays attention to air-raid sirens

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 31/08/2025

‘I was never worried’: 10 years on since Syrian siblings’ 2,700-mile escape to Germany

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‘I was never worried’: 10 years on since Syrian siblings’ 2,700-mile escape to Germany

Ten years after Angela Merkel declared ‘We can do this’ at the height of the 2015 migration into Europe, Syrian refugee Somar Kreker looks back at his 44-day odyssey

Alessio Mamo @alessiomamo.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

"How Gaza looks from the sky" This week on @guardianweekly with @lorenzo_tondo Here the story: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

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Luke Harding @lukeharding1968.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

My piece from Kramatorsk. Putin is demanding Ukrainian troops and civilians leave the eastern city, as part of a "peace deal" to be discussed on Friday with Donald Trump in Alaska. meanwhile, Russia attacks with drones and bombs. Photos by @alessiomamo.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

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‘It’s a robot war’: eastern Ukraine faces onslaught of Russian glide bombs, rockets and kamikaze drones

Putin has escalated strikes on Donetsk region and is likely to demand Ukraine hands it over in talks with Trump

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Shane Darcy @shanedarcy.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

The obliteration of Gaza. Photo by @alessiomamo.bsky.social

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Photojournalism News @pjournalismnews.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

THE GUARDIAN: A wasteland of rubble, dust and graves: how Gaza looks from the sky www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a... @theguardian.com @alessiomamo.bsky.social‪ #photojournalism #journalism #photography‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬

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A wasteland of rubble, dust and graves: how Gaza looks from the sky

The Guardian joins a Jordanian military airdrop for a rare chance to observe a landscape devastated by Israel’s offensive

Alessio Mamo @alessiomamo.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Gaza seen through our eyes. With @tondo_lorenzo for @theguardian.com Here the article: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

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Luke Harding @lukeharding1968.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

My dispatch from the Black Sea and a Ukrainian patrol boat that shoots down Russian drones. I also spoke to the vice admiral who sank the Moskva warship. "When Kyiv had a university Moscow was a bog & home to croaking frogs," he said. Pix: @alessiomamo.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

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‘We’re here to stop Russia taking the Black Sea’: with the Ukrainian Navy as they battle for supremacy on the waves

Captain Oleksandr and his crew are on constant alert to shoot down Vladimir Putin’s swarming drones

Alessio Mamo @alessiomamo.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Our dispatch from a rebuilt Mosul with #martabellingreri For @theguardian.com

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Luke Harding @lukeharding1968.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

My dispatch from the Ukrainian city of Odesa with photos by @alessiomamo.bsky.social. Russia has stepped up its attacks with drones and missiles. Locals are furious with Trump & at his alliance with Russia. "Doesn't he understand who the aggressor is?" one said. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

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‘Trump doesn’t understand who the aggressor is’: fatigue and anger in Odesa

Russian attacks on Ukrainian city that was initially spared worst have increased since Washington-Moscow detente

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Luke Harding @lukeharding1968.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

These photos by @alessiomamo.bsky.social are haunting and beautiful. Since 2022 he has documented Russia's destruction of the environment in Ukraine. Here is his photo-essay. The cost to nature is vast: burning forests, blown-up dams, dead fish. With words from me www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

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‘We’ve lost some parts of nature for ever’: Ukraine war’s impact on environment – photo essay

As well as intense human suffering, three years of war have had a catastrophic environmental effect, killing wildlife, felling trees and increasing emissions

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DC🕊🌍🔥🌱 @dcminx.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

🚨 As well as intense human suffering, three years of war have had a catastrophic environmental effect, killing wildlife, felling trees & increasing emissions. @lukeharding1968.bsky.social @alessiomamo.bsky.social #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #DemsUnited www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

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‘We’ve lost some parts of nature for ever’: Ukraine war’s impact on environment – photo essay

As well as intense human suffering, three years of war have had a catastrophic environmental effect, killing wildlife, felling trees and increasing emissions

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Luke Harding @lukeharding1968.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Suicides, new tactics and propaganda iPads: my piece on the two North Korean soldiers dramatically captured last week on the battlefield. Ukraine is no longer fighting only Russia, but #Pyongyang too, and other malign states. Photos by @alessiomamo.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

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Suicides, new tactics and propaganda iPads: details from captured North Koreans expose new foe in Ukraine

Discovery of two injured servicemen sent from Pyongyang and disguised as Russian fighters blows apart myth that Zelenskyy’s fight is solely with Moscow

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Luke Harding @lukeharding1968.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Russian troops are advancing in eastern Ukraine and are closing in for the first time on Dnipropetrovsk oblast. They will - most assume - keep going. My report from the newly threatened town of Mezhova and an army command post. Photos by @alessiomamo.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

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‘Their human resources are unlimited’: Russia’s advances signal bleak spring for Ukrainians

If Moscow’s forces manage to take all of Donetsk oblast it would be a symbolic moment for Putin – and Kyiv

Alessio Mamo @alessiomamo.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

The team’s passionate, humble and huge effort is making the history of Iraq, they will have to work still for so many years, but their hope is only one: that the next mass grave will be the last. Story by Marta Bellingreri with my pics for @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

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Uncovering Iraq’s mass graves: the painstaking search for missing loved ones – photo essay

The country has as many as one million missing persons after decades of conflict. Forensic teams face huge challenges to document remains as families wait in hope of closure

Alessio Mamo @alessiomamo.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

My instagram account was recently hacked. This is my new profile where I will post new and old stories from my previous account: instagram.com/alessio.mamo/

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Luke Harding @lukeharding1968.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Friends! good to see you in this place. I'll be posting my dispatches from Ukraine & other reporting. Here's a piece on North Korean soldiers fighting in Russia. The Ukrainian soldiers were on their way to battle for the first time. Pix by @alessiomamo.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...

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‘They will just die uselessly’: Ukrainians ready for North Korean troops joining Russia’s war

Soldiers holding chunk of enemy territory in Kursk have been learning Korean phrases and are largely unconcerned by threat from reinforcements

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Sam Jones @swajones.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

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