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Today in Pictures: May 17, 2013
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A child watches jellyfish swim in a large tank at the Vancouver Aquarium in Vancouver, British Columbia May 16, 2013. The tank contains around 2,000 spotted jellyfish and is part of a major display of 15 various species from around the world. REUTERS/Andy Clark
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Floods in China's Fujian province, tornadoes devastate Texas, and an American Idol is crowned. These, and more pictures, from around the world.
Today in Pictures: May 16, 2013
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A Palestinian sets fire to a tyre during clashes between hundreds of Palestinians and Israeli soldiers outside the Ofer prison after a march marking the 65th Nakba day or "Day of Catastrophe" on May 15, 2013 in Betunia near the West Bank city of Ramallah. AFP PHOTO/ ABBAS MOMANI
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Shoe factory collapse in Cambodia, unrest in Palestine, and wrestling in New York. These, and more pictures, from around the world.
Today in Pictures: May 15, 2013
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Richard Gasquet of France hits a return to Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria during their men´s singles match at the Rome Masters tennis tournament May 14, 2013. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi
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Cyclone Mahasen in Myanmar, Mundan ceremony in India, Thai traffic police in baby delivery training course. These, and more pictures, from around the world.

Today in Pictures: May 14, 2013
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Young South Korean novice monks pray before playing a football match during a course called "Children Becoming Buddhist monks" at the Jogye Temple in Seoul on May 14, 2013. The children are staying at the temple to learn about Buddhism for 14 days ahead of celebrations for Buddha´s birthday on May 17. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE
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Children and Buddhism in South Korea, Chinese men smash Maserati to protest against bad service, and a first ever music video filmed in space. These, and more pictures, from around the world.
Today in Pictures: May 13, 2013
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Three women show their body painting, which depicts a tiger, during the Athens Tattoo Convention in Athen May 12, 2013. REUTERS/John Kolesidis
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Philippines election, Colombia Afro Hairstyle contest, and Athens Tattoo Convention. These, and more pictures, from around the world.

Photo Essays: Digging On Amid Death and Despair
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April 25, 2013. Two victims amid the rubble of a garment factory building collapse in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh. Photo: Taslima Akhter
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More than two weeks after the collapse of an eight-storey building housing five garment factories in Savar, Bangladesh, the death toll continues to rise.It now stands at more than a thousand. The exact more

Today in Pictures: May 10, 2013
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Pakistani, Khairullah Juma, 13, his shadow cast on the ground, walks his painted donkey to a whole sale fruit and vegetable market hoping to rent it, on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, May 9, 2013. Khairullah, painted his donkey to make it beautiful and attract customers. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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Painted donkey, building on fire, and elections in Pakistan. These, and more pictures from around the world.
Today in Pictures: May 9, 2013
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Russian WWII veterans walk after the Victory Day parade at Red Square on Thursday, May 9, 2013. Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the annual military parade hat Russia will be a guarantor of world security. Putin´s short speech came at the culmination of Victory Day, marking the defeat of Nazi Germany 68 years ago. It is Russia´s most important secular holiday, honoring the huge military and civilian losses of World War II and showing off the country´s modern arsenal. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
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Statue of Alex Ferguson in England, Victory Day parade in Russia. These, and more pictures from around the world.

Today in Pictures: May 8, 2013
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People ride past the unfinished office building of People´s Daily, the official newspaper of the communist party of China, in Beijing, May 8, 2013. Some Chinese bloggers ridiculed that the building´s outline, which they claim resembled the male genital, matched perfectly with the China Central Television (CCTV) tower that has been nicknamed "Big Underpants." REUTERS/Petar Kujundzic
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Odd-shaped building in China, Park Geun-hye in USA, explosion in Mexico City. These, and more pictures from around the world.
Today in Pictures: May 7, 2013
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Israeli soldiers from the Golani Brigade take part in a drill simulating urban warfare, close to the ceasefire line between Israel and Syria, in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights May 6, 2013. Israel sought to persuade Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Monday that recent air strikes around Damascus did not aim to weaken him in the face of a two-year rebellion, and played down the prospects of an escalation. REUTERS/Baz Ratner
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Missing women found in USA, Swiss Guard at the Vatican, tension in Israel. These, and more pictures from around the world.

Photo Essays: Malaysia Decides
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Chief Minister of the State of Penang and the current Secretary-General of the Malaysian Democratic Action Party (DAP) Lim Guan Eng speaks at a big opposition ceramah near Larkin stadium on May 1, 2013. Photo: Neo Xiaobin/ The Straits Times

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Malaysia's ruling coalition retained its 56-year hold on power in hard-fought elections on 5 May 2013. The ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition led by Prime Minister Najib Razak ceded just two seats in the election to more

Multimedia: A Mother's Love Revisited
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Mdm Tay Et, 55, poses for a portrait with her 24-year-old son, Kevin Lee, who suffers from Duchenne muscular dystrophy on 5 May 2013.

Having a disabled child can be devastating for some parents. But for one mother, Madam Tay Et, 55, it is an experience she would not trade for anything in the world. Through The Lens documented her experiences more

Spotlight: Zann Huang - A Middle East Medley
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Shatila Palestinian Refugee Camp-regarded as the camp with the worst living conditions in Lebanon is often plagued by violence such as gun shootings and stabbings - Beirut, Lebanon 2012
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A self-taught and self-funded photographer, Zann Huizhen Huang began her first serious foray into photojournalism after the Asian tsunami in January 2005. She has covered humanitarian and socio-political more

Today in Pictures: May 3, 2013
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A baby monkey, a lion cub and tiger cubs play at the Guaipo Manchurian Tiger Park in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, May 1, 2013. Picture taken May 1, 2013. REUTERS/Stringer
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Elections in Malaysia, protests in India, wildfire in USA. These, and more pictures from around the world.
Photo Essays: Big buzz at spelling bee
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The preliminary round of the RHB-The Straits Times National Spelling Championship. Nearly 1,400 pupils from more than 120 primary schools all over Singapore participated in the preliminary round of The Big Spell. This is the second year the championship was co-organised by RHB Banking Group and The Straits Times in partnership with the Ministry of Education. It is supported by the National Library Board. Photo: Neo Xiaobin/ The Straits Times
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Some 1,400 pupils were put through their paces in this year's installment of the RHB-The Straits Times National Spelling Championship. At the zonal round on April 13, for which 132 pupils made the cut, the spelling more

Today in Pictures: May 2, 2013
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A worker washes a horse named Stylish D´Oro after a morning workout at Churchill Downs Thursday, May 2, 2013, in Louisville, Ky. - AP Photo/David Goldman
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A worker washes a horse named Stylish D'Oro after a morning workout at Churchill Downs, and Hungarian aerobatics pilot and European champion air racer Zoltan Veres flies with his aircraft under the oldest Hungarian bridge, more
Today in Pictures: May 1, 2013
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Pakistani wrestlers and their kids warm up during a routine practice session in Lahore, Pakistan, Tuesday, April 30, 2013. Kushti, an Indo-Pakistani form of wrestling, is several thousand years old and is a national sport in Pakistan. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
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Wrestling in Pakistan, protests in Bangladesh, celebrations in Netherlands. These, and more pictures from around the world.
Today in Pictures: April 30, 2013
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Six adjacent warehouse units were razed in a fire on Tuesday morning. The blaze consumed the contents of the two-storeyed units within Jurong Industrial Estate, which included cloth, wood, machine parts and furniture. There are no reported injuries so far, and the exact cause of the fire is still being determined. - ST Photo: Aziz Hussein
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Six adjacent warehouse units were razed in a fire on Tuesday morning. The blaze consumed the contents of the two-storeyed units within Jurong Industrial Estate, which included cloth, wood, machine parts and furniture. more

Multimedia: Army Aunty
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The Army Market, the go-to place for army supplies, is on the verge of becoming a relic. The lease for shopkeepers operating at the iconic market along Beach Road in Singapore will expire end of 2015. Through The Lens features three female shopkeepers who have been hawking their wares there for decades.

The Army Market, the go-to place for army supplies, is on the verge of becoming a relic. The lease for shopkeepers operating at the iconic market along Beach Road in Singapore will expire end of 2015. Through The Lens more

Photo Essays: Shaken in Sichuan
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This photo taken on April 21, 2013 shows a man running with his daughter on his back during aftershocks to avoid falling rocks on their way to the city of Ya´an, southwest China´s Sichuan province. Clogged roads, debris and landslides impeded rescuers as they battled to find survivors of a powerful earthquake in mountainous southwest China that has left at least 188 dead. AFP PHOTO
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Exactly one week ago today, a powerful earthquake rocked China’s south-western province of Sichuan, leaving more than 200 people dead or missing, at least 11,800 injured and an estimated 100,000 more

We feature the work of independent Singaporean photographers regularly in our Spotlight section.

This month, we feature Zann Huang, a self-taught and self-funded photographer who began her first serious foray into photojournalism after the Asian tsunami in January 2005.

If you have someone whom you would like to recommend for Spotlight, email us at stlens@sph.com.sg.

  1. Photo Essays: Malaysia Decides
  2. Photo Essays: Digging On Amid Death and Despair
  3. Multimedia: A Mother's Love Revisited
  4. Photo Essays: The Mystery that is North Korea
  5. Multimedia: Army Aunty