editorial highlights - Jeremy Piper

King Charles III and Queen Camilla arrive at Sydney airport to begin their Royal tour , 2024.
King Charles III meets waiting crowd after he attends an official reception celebrating the Bicentenary of the Legislative Council at NSW Parliament House in Sydney during his Australian visit.
King Charles III addresses members of the New South Wales Parliament at the official reception celebrating the Bicentenary of the Legislative Council at NSW Parliament House in Sydney during his Australian visit.
Anti-war protesters clash with police at the miltary arms convention in Melbourne, Sept,2024.
Anti-war protesters clash with police at the miltary arms convention in Melbourne, Sept,2024.
Anti-war and pro-Palestine supporters light flares on the forecourt of the Sydney Opera House as the Israeli flag was projected onto the sails of the Opera House, in Sydney, October 9, 2023
“Rally For A Free Palestine” protesters burn the Israeli flag on the forecourt of The Sydney Opera House in Sydney, October 9, 2023, following the recent outbreak of war between Israel and Palestine.
A man sets alight the American flag outside the US Consolate in Sydney, 1991. Protesters took to the streets during President George W. Bush Australian visit.
A Fire and Rescue truck is engulfed by the GROSE VALLEY FIRE as it crosses the Bells Line of Road in the Blue Mountains region of Bilpin, Sydney, Australia, 19 December, 2019.
A woman comforts her rescued foal as the bushfire approaches her home on Bredbo, NSW,January, 2020. Not able to leave her two horses and pet dogs she has decided to stay, hoping the fire moves further north.
Volunteer fire fighters from the Rural Fire Service battle with the GROSE VALLEY FIRE as it threatens homes in the Blue Mountains region of Bilpin, Sydney, Australia,
19 December, 2019.
A bushfire on the New South Wales North Coast destroys cars on a rural property in the small town of Possums Brush,Australia, 12 November, 2019.
A young girl plays on her phone during Evening Prayer
(Salatu-l-Isha) in Lakemba.
A visitor to the Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum sits in a "sento" public bath in Tokyo ,September, 2018.

Jeremy Piper/ National Geographic.
Yogyakata , Indonesia, October 2018.
Tobacco leaf drying in the village of Tuksongo.
Jeremy Piper/National Geographic.
Mount Bromo in East Java in Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park covers an area of 800 square km. Photo Jeremy Piper for National Geographic
Children play amongst the floodwaters that have engulfed their NSW property.
East Timorese pro-independence supporters throw their fists in the air as the UN flag is raised in Dili, East Timor. The UN has arrives to monitor the upcoming Independence referendum.
Family members grieve at the loss of their son , who was shot and killed by Indonesian military at a pro-independence rally weeks out from the historic Independence Referendum.
A young Timorese mother holds her child in an abandoned school house in a small village outside the East Timorese capital Dili,1999. Having been forced to flee her home after raids by pro Indonesian militia and Indonesian Kodim troops destroyed her village weeks out from the historic Independence Referendum that would finally see the small island country that lies 400 nautical miles from the Australian town of Darwin be finally free from the 24 brutal years under the Indonesian regime.
Children play amongst the destroyed banana plantation in Mele, Vanuatu, Thursday, March 19, 2015. Tropical Cyclone Pam destroyed outright all the fruiting trees, leafy vegetables and the staple root crops leaving the small Pacific Republic in need of International Aid.
Locals on the small Pacific Island of Vanuatu piece together their villages after Tropical Cyclone Pam wrecked havoc across the island in March 2015. The Category Five Cyclone destroyed outright all the fruiting trees, leafy vegetables and the staple root crops leaving them to rebuild crops and homes.
Beachgoers at Bondi Beach practice social distancing during the covod lockdown.
People queue at the vaccination hub at Sydney Olympic, Sydney, July 23, 2021.
A father and his son wear face masks in the shopping aisles of Woolworths in Forestville. A limit of 2 pasta sauces were allowed during the Covid lockdown as stocks of foods were cleared from the shelves during panic buying, NSW, 31 March, 2020.
Pope Benedict arrives in the Popemobile at the Final Sunday Mass at Randwick racecourse at the World Youth Day in Sydney, Australia.
Pope Benedict arrives in the Popemobile at the Final Sunday Mass at Randwick racecourse at the World Youth Day in Sydney, Australia.
Prince William and Princess Kate walk at the base of Uluru in the Northern Territory during the Australian visit.
Danish Royal visit to the Sydney Opera House.
A worker is seen on the shells of the Sydney Opera House . Maintanence continues on the iconic building that remains closed through covid lockdown.
An army procession for the return of a fallen Australian soldier, Sydney.
Woman Australia Open winner waves to the cameras.
Rapahel Nadal during the Australian Open in Melbourne.
Families gather to welcome home the returning HMAS Newscastle .
A Cowboy rides a bronco during a rodeo in Australia's country town of "Roma". The annual Easter weekend event draws the best riders from around the country.
Hot Roll Coils are formed in the Hot Strip Mill during the manufacturing stage of production at the Bluescope Steel Port Kembla Steelworks near Sydney, Australia.
Train commute in Tokyo