Herel Hughes
@herelhughes
Journalist 📷 🎥 🖊 | 邱蕾樂 | protest conflict human rights | RPCV | English, Español , Kreyol, 國語 📍Taiwan Available for assignment. herelhughes.com
Air raid alarms blare out over Taipei to mark the beginning of this year’s annual civilian defense drill simulating an air attack.
Taipei residents line up to buy 粽子 zongzi, a type of sticky rice dumpling wrapped in bamboo leaves, that is traditionally eaten during the Dragon Boat Festival. 🐉 #taiwan #dragonboat
June 4, 2026 Taiwan — Torrential rain did not stop hundreds of people from gathering in Taipei 🇹🇼 to commemorate the 37th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre in Beijing.
May 17, 2026 New Taipei, Taiwan — Hundreds of One Piece fans gathered at Tamsui Waterfront park in New Taipei City for a One Piece exhibition in celebration of the newly opened Danjiang Bridge.
Thousands of people gather in central Taiwan as part of the Dajia Mazu Pilgrimage 大甲媽祖遠境. For nine days and eight nights, the sea goddess Mazu is carried 340 kilometers across central Taiwan, stopping at temples and blessing communities.
Nestled in the mountains of the Dominican Republic lies the world's only larimar mine, a striking blue semiprecious stone that has transformed from a symbol of Dominican identity into one of the country’s biggest industries. 🇩🇴 See my full story: www.herelhughes.com/photography/...
As part of the two-day festival, participants in full protective gear stand in front of towers full of rockets that once lit, shoot out like a swarm of bees from a nest. The explosions are believed to help drive away bad luck and misfortune, and being struck means blessings for the year ahead.
Lunar New Year has come to an end in southern Taiwan with one of the world’s most dangerous festivals, the Yanshui Beehive Fireworks Festival 鹽水蜂炮. 🐝 🧨 Each year, thousands of people travel to the small town of Yanshui 鹽水 in the hopes of being struck by exploding bottle rockets.
Lunar New Year preparations are underway at Longshan Temple 龍山寺 in Taipei. 🇹🇼 Ahead of the holiday, visitors bring offerings and pray for a prosperous year. For the zodiac signs facing an unlucky upcoming year 🐴 🐀 🐂 🐇 , they have to “A Tai Sui” 安太歲, or pacify this year’s guardian deity.
Taiwans’s defense ministry has responded with their own poster in response to China’s drills
Major PLA exercise “Justice Mission-2025” (正义使命-2025) begins around Taiwan today. The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Eastern Theatre Command is dispatching its Army, Navy, Air Force, and Rocket Force for the joint mission beginning today, December 29.
Large earthquake felt in Taipei. Taiwan government puts it at a magnitude 7.0 www.cwa.gov.tw/V8/E/E/index...
It’s been just over a year Dominican President Luis Abinader announced a plan to deport 10,000 Haitian migrants per week. Nearly 370,000 people have been deported this year, according to government estimates.
“Are you Dominican? Where are the drugs?” “Eres dominicana? Dónde están las drogas?” Dominican immigration agents check IDs and search cars at a road stop near Barahona, Dominican Republic on November 13, 2025.
November 12, 2025, Bahoruco, Dominican Republic — A resident of the batey watches as a truck full of immigration police pass the small sugar cane community. In the past year, bateys have become a target after Dominican President Luis Abinader announced a plan to deport 10,000 Haitians per week.
En la frontera de la República Dominicana 🇩🇴 y Haiti 🇭🇹 On the border of the Dominican Republic and Haiti
En la frontera de la República Dominicana 🇩🇴 y Haiti 🇭🇹 On the border of the Dominican Republic and Haiti
En la frontera de la República Dominicana 🇩🇴 y Haiti 🇭🇹 On the border of the Dominican Republic and Haiti