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ALAMY EDITORIAL

The home of news, sports, and entertainment content. With over 24 years in the industry, Alamy have built a vast collection of rights-managed photography that can be licensed for editorial use such as magazines and newspapers.

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Discover news imagery of breaking stories and global topics.

SPORT

Be at the heart of the action with sports images from the past and present.

ENTERTAINMENT

Step into the world of Entertainment imagery. From celebrity pictures to movie premiers.

Your weekly digest

Discover the latest stories in News, Sport and Entertainment from around the world with this week's digest.

Explore the week in pictures

news

Former President Donald Trump attends the first day of his criminal trial, at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City, United States.

sport

I Am Maximus ridden by Paul Townend, jump the Chair, on their way to winning the Randox Grand National Handicap Chase at Aintree Racecourse, Liverpool, UK.

entertainment

Hannah Waddingham attending the Olivier Awards at the Royal Albert Hall, London, UK.

special

Actress Mary Mina hands an olive branch to the first torch bearer, Greek olympic gold medalist Stefanos Douskos, at the official ceremony of the flame lighting for the Paris Olympics.

Live coverage

Looking for the latest news? Alamy also have extensive experience in getting the latest editorial images onto the Alamy Live News feed and available to you quickly. Our live news feed gives you access to editorial content shot by local photographers as it happens.

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Frequently asked questions

What is editorial photography?

Editorial photography covers a wide range of different styles but primarily focuses on documenting current events. Alamy Editorial's vision is to offer true, authentic content of what's happening around the globe.

What does editorial use only mean?

Most of the images on Alamy can be used editorially as you don’t usually need a model or property release, but there are some images that have been restricted for editorial use, this means they can't be licensed for commercial use. If this is the case, you’ll be able to see this on the image page. You’ll notice a blue box above the pricing section of the image page, which will notify you of any restrictions that are in place.

We can help clear editorial imagery for commercial use, so if you've seen an editorial image you'd like to use commercially, get in touch.

What does the Alamy Editorial license allow?

Predominately with editorial use, images are used to support text, so most usages are by customers such as newspapers, magazines and textbooks.