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Ong Wee Jin

Wee Jin has been a photojournalist with SPH since 2008 and appreciates opportunities to meet and learn from everyday people. He enjoys the excitement of sports photography and won Best In Sports Photography at the Wan-Ifra Asian Media Awards 2023. He prefers a clean storytelling photography style.

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The Week in Pictures: Indonesia unrest and Malaysia’s National Day

TOPSHOT - A police officer stands with a megaphone as the building of the West Nusa Tenggara Provincial Council office burns after being set on fire by protesters in Mataram on Lombok Island, West Nusa Tenggara, on August 30, 2025. Indonesia was rocked by protests in major cities including the capital Jakarta on August 29 after footage spread of a motorcycle taxi driver being run over by a police tactical vehicle in earlier rallies against low wages and financial perks for lawmakers. (Photo by Sadim / AFP)
TOPSHOT - A police officer stands with a megaphone as the building of the West Nusa Tenggara Provincial Council office burns after being set on fire by protesters in Mataram on Lombok Island, West Nusa Tenggara, on August 30, 2025. Indonesia was rocked by protests in major cities including the capital Jakarta on August 29 after footage spread of a motorcycle taxi driver being run over by a police tactical vehicle in earlier rallies against low wages and financial perks for lawmakers. (Photo by Sadim / AFP)

Today in Pictures, Aug 25, 2025

Onlookers taking photos of a sun halo at Clementi, Singapore, on Aug 25, 2025. The natural phenomenon is produced when sunlight interacts with ice crystals in the atmosphere. The crystals are made of ice rather than water droplets, due to their high altitude.
Onlookers taking photos of a sun halo at Clementi, Singapore, on Aug 25, 2025. The natural phenomenon is produced when sunlight interacts with ice crystals in the atmosphere. The crystals are made of ice rather than water droplets, due to their high altitude.

The Week in Pictures: Hunger in Gaza and students’ military training in Russia

epa12314654 Members of the Central Military Band and the Central Ensemble of the National Military and Patriotic Center of the Kazakhstan Armed Forces perform during the opening of the International Military Music Festival 'Spasskaya Tower' on the Red Square in Moscow, Russia, 21 August 2025. The festival runs from 21 to 31 August 2025. EPA/YURI KOCHETKOV
epa12314654 Members of the Central Military Band and the Central Ensemble of the National Military and Patriotic Center of the Kazakhstan Armed Forces perform during the opening of the International Military Music Festival 'Spasskaya Tower' on the Red Square in Moscow, Russia, 21 August 2025. The festival runs from 21 to 31 August 2025. EPA/YURI KOCHETKOV

The Week in Pictures: Swimming in river Seine and wildfires in Europe

TOPSHOT - People swim at the Bras Marie safe bathing site on the river Seine in Paris on August 12, 2025. France continues to suffocate with 14 departments in the southwest and southeast on red alert for heatwave on August 12, 2025, an exceptional heat wave, even for the month of August, which is prompting authorities to increase precautionary measures. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP)
TOPSHOT - People swim at the Bras Marie safe bathing site on the river Seine in Paris on August 12, 2025. France continues to suffocate with 14 departments in the southwest and southeast on red alert for heatwave on August 12, 2025, an exceptional heat wave, even for the month of August, which is prompting authorities to increase precautionary measures. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP)

World Photography Day: Celebrating the art of image-making

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Today in Pictures, July 25, 2025

Children sitting in a basin reacting as they are pulled through a flooded area on Manila North Road following heavy rains brought by Typhoon Co-may in Minalin, Pampanga, Philippines, July 25, 2025.
Children sitting in a basin reacting as they are pulled through a flooded area on Manila North Road following heavy rains brought by Typhoon Co-may in Minalin, Pampanga, Philippines, July 25, 2025.

Today in Pictures, July 23, 2025

Neutral Athlete B Team competing in the final of the team technical artistic swimming event during the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore on July 22, 2025.
Neutral Athlete B Team competing in the final of the team technical artistic swimming event during the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore on July 22, 2025.

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