From natural disasters to human-created drama, here are some of the most eye-catching and memorable images from the past 12 months in Switzerland.
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Thomas Kern was born in Switzerland in 1965. Trained as a photographer in Zürich, he started working as a photojournalist in 1989. He was a founder of the Swiss photographers agency Lookat Photos in 1990. Thomas Kern has won twice a World Press Award and has been awarded several Swiss national scholarships. His work has been widely exhibited and it is represented in various collections.
Landslides, fires and storms battered Switzerland this year, and while the results are certainly photogenic, that’s no comfort for the many people affected by them.
Climate change, the conflict in Ukraine and the collapse of Credit Suisse also left their mark on the Alpine country – as did a South Korean Netflix series. The picturesque lakeside village of Iseltwald is struggling to cope with busloads of tourists who want to see and take selfies on the village’s pier, the scene of a riveting romantic rendezvous.
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