Alessio Mamo
@alessiomamo.bsky.social
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.
Alessio is a regular contributor to The Guardian.
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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
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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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November 22, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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
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My dispatch from an underground hospital in eastern Ukraine, with extraordinary photos by @alessiomamo.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
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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October 26, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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, a hospital treats Ukrainian soldiers injured by Russian drones
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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October 25, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Six metres below ground, a hospital treats Ukrainian soldiers injured by Russian drones
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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
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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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October 12, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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
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Another grim day for Kyiv and Ukraine. Here's my report from the capital with photos by
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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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September 28, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Another grim day for Kyiv and Ukraine. Here's my report from the capital with photos by
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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...
"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...
‘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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September 28, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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...
"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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‘I was never worried’: 10 years on since Syrian siblings’ 2,700-mile escape to Germany
‘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
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August 31, 2025 at 5:24 AM
‘I was never worried’: 10 years on since Syrian siblings’ 2,700-mile escape to Germany
"How Gaza looks from the sky"
This week on @guardianweekly with @lorenzo_tondo
Here the story:
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This week on @guardianweekly with @lorenzo_tondo
Here the story:
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August 16, 2025 at 9:28 AM
"How Gaza looks from the sky"
This week on @guardianweekly with @lorenzo_tondo
Here the story:
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
This week on @guardianweekly with @lorenzo_tondo
Here the story:
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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...
‘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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August 14, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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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August 6, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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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
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
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August 6, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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
Gaza seen through our eyes.
With @tondo_lorenzo for @theguardian.com
Here the article:
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With @tondo_lorenzo for @theguardian.com
Here the article:
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August 7, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Gaza seen through our eyes.
With @tondo_lorenzo for @theguardian.com
Here the article:
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With @tondo_lorenzo for @theguardian.com
Here the article:
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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...
‘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
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March 8, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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...
‘We cleared rubble with our bare hands’: Iraqis rejoice as shattered Mosul rises from the ruins
‘We cleared rubble with our bare hands’: Iraqis rejoice as shattered Mosul rises from the ruins
City damaged during occupation by Islamic State group reopens 850-year-old mosque in time for Ramadan as reconstruction gathers pace
In the small courtyard of Sara’s grandmother’s house, children are running and playing as if time had never passed. “The…
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March 2, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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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.
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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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March 2, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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.
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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...
‘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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February 24, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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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🚨 As well as intense human suffering, three years of war have had a catastrophic environmental effect, killing wildlife, felling trees & increasing emissions.
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#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #DemsUnited
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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
www.theguardian.com
February 24, 2025 at 5:40 PM
🚨 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
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#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #DemsUnited
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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...
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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January 18, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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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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...
‘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
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January 16, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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...
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
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Story by Marta Bellingreri with my pics for @theguardian.com
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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
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January 9, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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
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Story by Marta Bellingreri with my pics for @theguardian.com
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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/
January 7, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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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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...
‘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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November 24, 2024 at 1:00 PM
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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