Each week, we post a small preview of selected events that the Bloomberg Photo Service will be covering during the coming week. In addition to the below, our photographers will also be covering several exclusives and breaking news stories. The full slate of assignments, will be available over the wire and in Media Source.
Photos 29 December 2015
The Benjamin Franklin is the largest container vessel to ever call at a U.S. port, with a capacity of nearly 18,000 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) it is longer than the Empire State Building and wider than an American football field. Photographer: Tim Rue/Bloomberg
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Saturday, December 26
Los Angeles, California
Images and video of the largest container ship to ever enter the U.S. docks at the port of Los Angeles.
An ambitious project is underway to recreate the mystical Hindu river, the Saraswati, about 200 kilometers (124 miles) north of New Delhi. The canal in Haryana state will, the thinking goes, eventually run hundreds of miles through three water-parched states to the Arabian Sea. Photographer: Prashanth Vishwanathan/Bloomberg
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Monday, December 28
Haryana, India
Images and video of the the mystical Hindu river, the Saraswati, about 200 kilometers (124 miles) north of New Delhi.
Tokyo, Japan
Images and video of Japan’s retail economy after consumer prices rose slightly in November after declining for three months.
Taipei, Taiwan
Images from the counting of Taiwan’s democratic progressive party‘s ‘Piggy Bank’ campaign funds.
Rome, Italy
Images from Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi’s end of year news conference.
New York, New York
Images from Men’s Wearhouse founder and former chairman George Zimmer’s interview.
An employee prepares a Create Your Taste salad inside a McDonald's Corp. Next concept restaurant in Hong Kong, China, on Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2015. McDonald's is the world's largest restaurant chain. Photographer: Justin Chin/Bloomberg
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Tuesday, December 29
Hong Kong, China
Images and video from inside a McDonald’s concept restaurant.
Sydney, Australia
Images and video of the behind-the-scenes preparations for New Year‘s celebrations in Sydney.
Frankfurt, Germany
Images of post Christmas travel and flight operations at the Frankfurt airport.
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Images of Hillary Clinton as she holds her final town hall of the year.
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Images and video of migrants as they arrive at the border of Guatemala for processing.
Green operating lights sit at the back of a switch unit in the server hall of the data storage center at the headquarters of Rostelecom PJSC, the state telecommunications operator, in Moscow. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg
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Wednesday, December 30
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Images from inside recruitment firm USG People NV, as Recruit Holdings Company agrees to a 1.42 Billion Euro acquisition.
Moscow, Russia
Images from inside Russia’s national telecommunications operator Rostelecom PJSC’s data center in Moscow.
Detroit, Michigan
Images from inside a job fair in Detroit, ahead of jobless claims.
A barge and a ship are moored for oyster harvest as buoys float on sea in this aerial photograph taken above Tongyeong, South Korea, on Monday, Dec. 28, 2015. Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg
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Thursday, December 31
Tongyoung, South Korea
Images and video from the winter oyster harvest.
Madrid, Spain
Images of sale shoppers as the Spanish economy faces government uncertainty.
New York, New York
Images from the last day of trading in 2015 at the NYSE.