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The Daily Standard has published our selection of 'World Pictures' for almost ten years. It started as a result of seeing so many pictures on the Associated Press wire service that illustrate breaking news, current events, natural wonders, foreign cultures and the human condition. But most of these images could never have fit in our print edition. As of a week ago, The Daily Standard switched to a tier of service from the AP more appropriate for a newspaper of our size. Unfortunately this tier does not have carte blanche access to AP pictures, and we will be retiring our 'World Pictures' feature. Thank you for learning about our world with us through 'World Picts'.
--Jason Snyder,
Webmaster, The Daily Standard
Wednesday, August 23rd, 2023
Firefighters and a firefighter heavy vehicle try to control the wildfire next of Agia Paraskevi Christian Orthodox monastery in Acharnes, a suburb of northern Athens, Greece, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. Water-dropping planes from several European countries joined hundreds of firefighters Wednesday battling wildfires raging for days across Greece that have left 20 people dead, while major blazes were also burning in Spain's Tenerife and in northwestern Turkey near the Greek border. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)