The globally renowned World Press Photo Exhibition returns to Edinburgh this autumn. One of the world’s leading showcases of photojournalism and documentary photography, the World Press Photo Exhibition 2026 presents the award-winning images and stories that have captured some of the most significant events, issues and experiences shaping our world today. Prominent themes in this year's free exhibition include: the global overstep of power, the climate crisis, and conflict, but also resistance, rebuilding, recovery, and resilience. See the world as you've never seen it before. Join Fiona Johnston, audio describer, at The King's Gallery in the Palace of Holyroodhouse, as she describes various images in the exhibition The Edwardians: Age of Elegance. Join artist Sheena Russell at the National Museum of Scotland to take a new look at the collections and be guided through a range of drawing activities within the museum's galleries!

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