Images with context.

Each story uses its own relevant photograph. Context photographs show the named place, industry or subject and are not presented as photographs of the reported event.

Suva food market

Suva Market, photographed in October 2013. Contextual archive photograph illustrating household food costs; not the September 2026 policy announcement.

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Photo: UN Women / Olivia Owen · Original image ↗ · CC BY-SA 2.0 ↗

Solar power investment

A solar array in Lincoln, Nebraska. Contextual photograph of renewable energy investment; not a Fiji project.

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Photo: American Public Power Association / Lincoln Electric Systems · Original image ↗ · Unsplash License ↗

Reserve Bank of Fiji headquarters

Reserve Bank of Fiji headquarters in Suva, photographed in May 2011. Contextual archive photograph; not the 2026 transfer announcement.

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Photo: VMFoliaki · Original image ↗ · CC BY-SA 2.0 ↗

Online financial security

A padlock on a keyboard illustrates digital account security. Contextual photograph; not the Suva investor education event.

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Photo: Sasun Bughdaryan · Original image ↗ · Unsplash License ↗

Rooftop solar infrastructure

Rooftop solar panels in Nelspruit, South Africa. Contextual photograph of an eligible renewable energy activity; not a Fiji installation.

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Photo: Sergio Martins · Original image ↗ · Unsplash License ↗

Business financial planning

Financial analysis documents and a calculator. Contextual photograph for the cash flow explainer.

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Photo: Berke Citak · Original image ↗ · Unsplash License ↗

Food donation volunteers

Volunteers pack food donations. Contextual photograph for the informed giving explainer; no endorsement of an organisation is implied.

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Photo: Joel Muniz · Original image ↗ · Unsplash License ↗

Accounting ledger

Accounting ledger sheets and a calculator. Contextual photograph for the balance sheet explainer.

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Photo: Joachim Schnürle · Original image ↗ · Unsplash License ↗

Singapore Marina Bay skyline

Singapore's Marina Bay waterfront. Illustrative file photograph; resized for RBF News.

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Photo: Leslie Heintz / Unsplash · Original image ↗ · Unsplash License ↗

Operational Chinese container terminal

A container vessel at Yantian Port in Shenzhen, China. Illustrative trade and industrial-logistics file photograph; resized for RBF News.

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Photo: T Y / Unsplash · Original image ↗ · Unsplash License ↗

Indian cashless-payment illustration

A debit card and smartphone in Tamil Nadu, India. Illustrative cashless-payment photograph; this is not a photograph of a UPI transaction. Resized for RBF News.

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Photo: JAFFAR SATHICK / Unsplash · Original image ↗ · Unsplash License ↗

Japanese yen banknotes and monetary policy

Japanese yen banknotes. Illustrative monetary-policy file photograph; resized for RBF News.

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Photo: Cullen Cedric / Unsplash · Original image ↗ · Unsplash License ↗

Sydney CBD and urban employment context

George Street in Sydney's central business district, Australia. Illustrative file photograph; resized for RBF News.

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Photo: Jesse Hammer / Unsplash · Original image ↗ · Unsplash License ↗

Jakarta business skyline

Jakarta, Indonesia. Illustrative city file photograph; resized for RBF News.

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Photo: David Kristianto / Unsplash · Original image ↗ · Unsplash License ↗

Vietnam container terminal and trade

A container carrier at Hai Phong International Container Terminal, Vietnam, photographed in July 2022. File photograph; resized for RBF News.

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Photo: Nathan Cima / Unsplash · Original image ↗ · Unsplash License ↗

Kuala Lumpur business district

Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Illustrative file photograph; resized for RBF News.

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Photo: K8 / Unsplash · Original image ↗ · Unsplash License ↗

Asian humanitarian relief supplies

World Food Programme and UK Aid supplies at Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal, on 14 May 2015. Historical file photograph illustrating humanitarian logistics; resized for RBF News.

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Photo: Staff Sgt. Jeffrey D. Anderson / U.S. Marine Corps / DVIDS (public domain) · Original image ↗ · U.S. government public domain ↗

Asian small-business retail market

A market stall in Bangkok, Thailand. Illustrative small-business file photograph; resized for RBF News.

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Photo: Markus Winkler / Unsplash · Original image ↗ · Unsplash License ↗

Singapore container port

A cargo port in Bukit Merah, Singapore, photographed in 2017. Contextual archive photograph for the 2024 throughput report; not Tuas Port or the reporting announcement.

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Photo: CHUTTERSNAP / Unsplash · Original image ↗ · Unsplash License ↗

Singapore financial district

Marina Bay Financial Centre, Singapore, photographed in 2018. Contextual financial-sector archive photograph; not MAS headquarters or the fintech network launch.

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Photo: Isabel Lee / Unsplash · Original image ↗ · Unsplash License ↗

Shanghai business skyline

Pudong, Shanghai, photographed in 2020. Contextual archive photograph illustrating China’s economy; not the GDP announcement.

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Photo: Beth Macdonald / Unsplash · Original image ↗ · Unsplash License ↗

Chinese electric vehicle

A BYD electric vehicle in Shenzhen, photographed in November 2024. Contextual archive photograph; not a vehicle-sales reporting event.

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Photo: Joshua Fernandez / Unsplash · Original image ↗ · Unsplash License ↗

Merchant QR-code payment display

A merchant QR-code payment display, photographed in November 2025. Contextual file photograph for this retrospective; not a December 2024 transaction or reporting event.

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Photo: Adhitya Sibikumar / Unsplash · Original image ↗ · Unsplash License ↗

Indian coworking and entrepreneurship

A coworking meeting in Bengaluru, India, photographed in 2020. Contextual archive photograph; these people are not identified as participants in Startup India.

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Photo: Smartworks Coworking / Unsplash · Original image ↗ · Unsplash License ↗

Kyoto visitor economy

Visitors in Kyoto, Japan, photographed in March 2024. Contextual archive photograph illustrating Japan’s tourism economy; not the annual visitor-data announcement.

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Photo: Matt Cramblett / Unsplash · Original image ↗ · Unsplash License ↗

Bank of Japan headquarters

Bank of Japan head office in Tokyo, photographed on 29 August 2011. Contextual archive photograph; not the March 2024 monetary-policy meeting.

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Photo: yt_siden / Flickr · Original image ↗ · CC BY-SA 2.0 ↗

Australian currency and monetary policy

Australian dollar banknotes. Illustrative file photograph first published in 2018; not a photograph of the February 2025 policy announcement. Cropped, resized and JPEG-optimized for RBF News.

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Photo: Melissa Walker Horn / Unsplash · Original image ↗ · Unsplash License ↗

Melbourne commercial laneway and urban economy

A commercial laneway off Collins Street in Melbourne, Australia. Illustrative file photograph first published in February 2024; resized and JPEG-optimized for RBF News.

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Photo: Ravi K / Unsplash · Original image ↗ · Unsplash License ↗

Jakarta business district and economic growth

Sudirman Central Business District in Jakarta, Indonesia. Illustrative file photograph first published in November 2023. Resized and JPEG-optimized for RBF News.

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Photo: Abdur Rofi / Unsplash · Original image ↗ · Unsplash License ↗

Bank Indonesia regional building and monetary policy

Bank Indonesia building in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Illustrative file photograph first published in July 2023; not the Jakarta policy-meeting venue. Resized and JPEG-optimized for RBF News.

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Photo: Aini Rahmadini / Unsplash · Original image ↗ · Unsplash License ↗

Vietnam inland waterways and local river commerce

Boats on a Mekong waterway in Vietnam. Illustrative file photograph first published in July 2023; not a photograph of the funded infrastructure project. Resized and JPEG-optimized for RBF News.

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Photo: Monika Guzikowska / Unsplash · Original image ↗ · Unsplash License ↗

Vietnam renewable energy and green transition

Wind turbines on Phu Quy Island, Binh Thuan, Vietnam. Illustrative file photograph first published in October 2022; not a photograph of the financing announcement or a specifically funded project. Resized and JPEG-optimized for RBF News.

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Photo: Kien Nguyen / Unsplash · Original image ↗ · Unsplash License ↗

Kuala Lumpur business skyline and economic growth

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, with Merdeka 118. Illustrative file photograph from April 2023. Resized and JPEG-optimized for RBF News.

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Photo: Filipe Freitas / Unsplash · Original image ↗ · Unsplash License ↗

Data-centre infrastructure context

Server racks. Illustrative technology file photograph first published in September 2023; not a photograph of Google’s proposed Malaysian data centre. Resized and JPEG-optimized for RBF News.

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Photo: Kevin Ache / Unsplash · Original image ↗ · Unsplash License ↗

Singapore neighbourhood community space

A communal badminton court in Jurong West, Singapore, photographed in 2022. Contextual file photograph illustrating neighbourhood community spaces; not a Temasek Foundation grant event.

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Photo: Joshua Leong / Unsplash · Original image ↗ · Unsplash License ↗

Vietnam waterborne transport

A small boat on a river in Vietnam. Contextual file photograph of waterborne transport; not a photograph of UNICEF operations or Typhoon Yagi damage.

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Photo: Flavio Vallone / Unsplash · Original image ↗ · Unsplash License ↗

Australian Red Cross premises

The Red Cross building in Randwick, Sydney, photographed on 29 September 2018. Contextual archive photograph; not the 2024 giving campaign.

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Photo: Sardaka / Wikimedia Commons · Original image ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗

Indonesian women in small business

Women at an Indonesian traditional market, published in September 2023. Contextual file photograph of small business; the women pictured are not identified as participants in the JICA programme.

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Photo: Yazid N / Unsplash · Original image ↗ · Unsplash License ↗

Indian space research display

Rocket displays on the campus of Chandigarh University, India, photographed in 2022. Contextual file photograph of space research; not a fund investment or an operational launch.

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Photo: Prajwal Dwivedi / Unsplash · Original image ↗ · Unsplash License ↗

Tokyo business district

The business district beside Tokyo Station, Japan, photographed in 2018. Contextual archive photograph; not a J-Startup Impact selection event.

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Photo: Janis Rozenfelds / Unsplash · Original image ↗ · Unsplash License ↗

Thailand's economy

Twilight envelops the modern skyline of Bangkok's Ratchadamri district. Skyscrapers dominate the scene, illuminated by c…. Contextual photograph illustrating Thailand's economy; not a photograph of a specific reported event.

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Photo: Sergei Gussev · Original image ↗ · CC BY 4.0 ↗

Thailand's tourism industry

This is a photo of a monument in Thailand identified by the ID. Contextual photograph illustrating Thailand's tourism industry; not a photograph of a specific reported event.

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Photo: Diego Delso · Original image ↗ · CC BY-SA 3.0 ↗

Manufacturing and exports in Thailand

Car factory assembly line. Opel Astra J manufactured in General Motors Manufacturing Poland plant in Gliwice.. Contextual photograph illustrating manufacturing and exports in Thailand; not a photograph of a specific reported event.

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Photo: Marek Ślusarczyk (Tupungato) Photo portfolio · Original image ↗ · CC BY 3.0 ↗

Small businesses in Thailand

Street market Bangkok. Contextual photograph illustrating small businesses in Thailand; not a photograph of a specific reported event.

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Photo: SeaDave from Fairlie, Scotland · Original image ↗ · CC BY 2.0 ↗

Thailand's financial system

SME Bank of Thailand building sign at EXIM Building, 1193 Phahonyothin Rd, Samsen Nai, Phaya Thai, Bangkok 10400, Thaila…. Contextual photograph illustrating Thailand's financial system; not a photograph of a specific reported event.

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Photo: Ian Korman · Original image ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗