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Martin Divíšek
Prague, Czech Republic
Martin Divíšek was born in Prague, Czech Republic, in May 1985. He studied at the College of Media and Journalism in Prague before beginning a career in photojournalism. He started working as a photojournalist for a local tabloid newspaper in 2005. A year after, he joined the largest Czech daily newspaper Denik. For many years he has been collaborating with the Czech National Ballet. In January 2017, he joined european pressphoto agency and became an epa staff photographer for Czech Republic and Slovakia in June 2019, covering news, sports and entertainment events.
Martin won the First Prize in the Arts & Culture (Series) category of the Czech Press Photo Awards 2019.
Men wear masks as they sit in the metro in Prague, Czech Republic, 17 March 2020. According to media reports, the Czech government decided to impose a two-week quarantine in the country on the evening of 15 March, and ban all international travel from 16 March 2020. Currently 383 cases of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which causes the Covid-19 disease, have been officially confirmed in Czech Republic. EPA-EFE/MARTIN DIVISEK
Anastasiya Shash of Belarus warms up during a break of the EuroVolley Women 2019 match between Slovakia and Belarus in Bratislava, Slovakia, 26 August 2019. EPA-EFE/MARTIN DIVISEK
Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis attends a gala concert for re-opening of the State Opera after reconstruction in Prague, Czech Republic, 05 January 2020. The State Opera re-opened 05 January, exactly 132 years after its first opening, with a gala concert presenting the key moments of the building's history. The renovation works started in the spring of 2017. State Opera, one of the most beautiful theater buildings in Europe, has new technologies like touchscreen displays on all of seats and a rebuilt rotating stage. The building was last renovated in the 1970s. Reconstruction lasted almost three years and cost 1.3 billion CZK (51.26 milion EUR), compared to the original cost increased by 400 million CZK. The historical Prague's State Opera first opened its doors to the public in 1888 as a German stage. EPA-EFE/MARTIN DIVISEK
A twelve-days-old male Nubian giraffe calf (C) is framed by two adults in the animals' enclosure at the zoo in Prague, Czech Republic, 25 February 2019. According to Prague Zoo, the baby was born on 13 February 2019 and it is 84th giraffe birth in the zoo's history. EPA-EFE/MARTIN DIVISEK
A man waves Czech flag as thousands of demonstrators gather to protest against Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis and new minister of justice, in the one of the biggest political demonstration against the government since the fall of communism in 1989 during Velvet Revolution, at the Letna plain in Prague, Czech Republic, 23 June 2019. According to reports, tens of thousands people protest against appointing Marie Benesova as new justice minister and to demand the resignation of Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis due to alleged conflicts of interest involving his former Agrofert conglomerate he founded and at the same time he is investigated of fraud in connection with subsidies paid by the European Union. The report suggests the country should return about 17.5 million euro that Agrofert received in EU funds. EPA-EFE/MARTIN DIVISEK
Alina Nanu, first soloist of the Czech National Ballet, waits for a costume rehearsal of 'Swan Lake' at the National Theatre in Prague, Czech Republic, 12 March 2019. Swan Lake ballet is one of the famous of all classical ballets, the most frequently performed and the most popular worldwide. The new Czech National Ballet production is a revival of the story’s version created by the world-renowned choreographer John Cranko, the founder of the Stuttgarter Ballett. The Czech National Ballet is the first big company to have been granted the approval to stage the piece outside Germany. Up to the present day, the Czech National Theatre has staged 12 adaptations of Swan Lake. EPA-EFE/MARTIN DIVISEK
Australian MotoGP rider Jack Miller of Pramac Racing in action during the free practice of the Motorcycling Grand Prix of the Czech Republic, 03 August 2019. The race will take place on 04 August 2019. EPA-EFE/MARTIN DIVISEK
The so-called 'Super Blood Wolf Moon' is seen over city center in Prague, Czech Republic, 21 January 2019. The entire lunar eclipse was visible from North and South America, as well as parts of western Europe and north Africa. EPA-EFE/MARTIN DIVISEK
A woman trains a horse in a riding hall at the National stud farm in Kladruby nad Labem, Czech Republic, 17 July 2019. The farm for breeding and training of ceremonial carriage horses in Kladruby nad Labem was listed as World Heritage Site by UNESCO on 06 July 2019 during the 43rd session of the World Heritage Committee in Baku, Azerbaijan. An imperial stud farm was established in 1579 during the time of the Habsburgs. The 1,310 hectares area near the Elbe River, created for breeding and training of ceremonial draft horses before 440 years, consists of flat, sandy soils and includes fields, fenced pastures, forests and training spaces at the farm. The horse breeding and training tradition in Kladruby is one of the leading in Europe and has survived for centuries to this day. At present, there are about 500 horses in the stud farm. EPA-EFE/MARTIN DIVISEK
A boy dressed in hay suit is prepared for an Easter procession called 'Marching Judas' in the village of Stradoun, Czech Republic, 31 March 2018. On the morning of the Holy Saturday, people from the village gather at the local cow house to dress up the oldest teenager boy in the village in hay suit and put on his head a high cap from reed, the boy in this suit symbolizes Judas who betrayed Jesus Christ. After that, young boys push wooden rattles and walk through the village house by house and recite carol about Judas betray. This old Czech Easter tradition, which occur in few villages in Pardubice region, was registred in the UNESCO List of the Intagible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2012. EPA-EFE/MARTIN DIVISEK
Competitors in action during the women's 10km Pursuit race at the IBU Biathlon World Cup in Nove Mesto na Morave, Czech Republic, 22 December 2018. EPA-EFE/MARTIN DIVISEK
Czech Prime Minister and ANO party founder, Andrej Babis, speaks to reporters after a meeting with Czech President Milos Zeman at Prague Castle, in Prague, Czech Republic, 11 July 2019. Politicians were trying to solve the dispute over the resignation of the Minister of Culture, which threatens the presence of the Czech Social Democratic Party (CSSD) in the coalition and could lead to the end of the government. EPA-EFE/MARTIN DIVISEK
Dancers of the Czech National Ballet perform during a rehearsal of 'Swan Lake' at the National Theatre in Prague, Czech Republic, 04 March 2019. Swan Lake ballet is one of the famous of all classical ballets, the most frequently performed and the most popular worldwide. The new Czech National Ballet production is a revival of the story’s version created by the world-renowned choreographer John Cranko, the founder of the Stuttgarter Ballett. The Czech National Ballet is the first big company to have been granted the approval to stage the piece outside Germany. Up to the present day, the Czech National Theatre has staged 12 adaptations of Swan Lake. EPA-EFE/MARTIN DIVISEK
Slovak President-elect Zuzana Caputova prepares to the TV debate after Slovakia's presidential election run-off at RTVS television in Bratislava, Slovakia, 31 March 2019. Zuzana Caputova is winner in the presidential run-off elections and set to become Slovakia's first female president. EPA-EFE/MARTIN DIVISEK
A zoo keeper catches a pelican to move it to its winter enclosure at Zoo in Dvur Kralove, Czech Republic, 31 October 2018. Two tens of zoo keepers catched 25 pelicans around the Zoo area. EPA-EFE/MARTIN DIVISEK
A restorer works on statue on Charles Bridge early in the foggy morning in Prague, Czech Republic, 25 October 2019. Meteorologists predict sunny weather with temperatures around 18 degrees Celsius in the next days in Czech Republic. EPA-EFE/MARTIN DIVISEK
Jordann Perret (L) and Jonathan Janil of France (C) in action against Ladislav Nagy of Slovakia (R) during the IIHF World Championship group A ice hockey match between France and Slovakia at the Steel Arena in Kosice, Slovakia, 17 May 2019. EPA-EFE/MARTIN DIVISEK
A man plays guitar by the memorial wall dedicated to former Beatle musician John Lennon with new graffiti of former Czech President Vaclav Havel in Prague city center, Czech Republic, 19 March 2019. About 20 Czech and foreign artists painted the wall to commemorate the 30th anniversary of fall of communist regime which Czech Republic and other eastern countries commemorate this year. Prague's colorfully painted John Lennon's Wall is symbol of Western culture and freedom under the former communist regime. EPA-EFE/MARTIN DIVISEK
Switzerland's Roger Federer (down) and Spain's Rafael Nadal of the Team Europe celebrate after winning the Laver Cup tennis tournament in Prague, Czech Republic, 24 September 2017. EPA-EFE/MARTIN DIVISEK
Costumed revellers attend a carnival celebration in central Prague, Czech Republic, 02 March 2019. Carnival celebrations across the Czech Republic mark the departing winter, forthcoming spring and beginning of Lent. EPA-EFE/MARTIN DIVISEK
Tightrope walker Tatiana-Mosio Bongonga from the French troup Cie Basinga advances on a rope above the Prague Castle during the official opening of the International Festival of New Circus and Theatre Letni Letna in Prague, Czech Republic, 14 August 2019. Her tightrope was situated at a height of 35 metres and long 350 metres and run over the Vltava river. EPA-EFE/MARTIN DIVISEK
A musher competes with his dogs during the Sedivackuv Long 2019 sled dog race near the Czech-Polish border in the Orlicke mountains, around the village of Destne v Orlickych horach, Czech Republic, 26 January 2019 (issued on 27 January 2019). The four-day race with about 700 dogs this year and 100 mushers from 11 countries, including Czech Republic, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Netherlands, Croatia, Hungary and Poland, is the longest in the Czech Republic and one of the hardest races of its kind in Europe. Competitors have to cover 200 kms with one-night bivouac. EPA-EFE/MARTIN DIVISEK
Lei Yao of China Golden Dragons looks on during the 2. Liga ice hockey match between China Golden Dragons and HC Tabor in Slany, Czech Republic, 11 September 2019. A selection of Chinese ice hockey players have been sent to the Czech Republic in a bid to hone their skills and improve their team performances, as China prepares to host the Winter Olympics in Beijing in 2022. Coming from a country with little to no hockey culture, the promising youngsters have traveled to the other side of the world as part of an effort to import top level European ice hockey expertise to China so that the Olympic hosts can be competitive when the Games begin. The China Golden Dragons are being trained by Czech coach Jiri Sejba as part of a program led by a team of experts, including NHL legend Jaromir Jagr. The team will compete in the Czech 2. Liga for the 2019/20 season, which runs until January. The group will be put through a specially designed training program to strengthen their individual and team skills at the Rytiri Kladno hockey club, about 30km outside Prague. The Czech Hockey Union has been working with the Chinese Ice Hockey Association for two years to bring Chinese coaches and players to the Czech Republic for training in the summer. EPA-EFE/MARTIN DIVISEK
A shadow of man after laying a white rose in front of the memorial to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the destruction of the city during World War II at the Heidefriedhof cemetery, in Dresden, Germany, 13 February 2020. An estimate 25,000 people were killed when Allied Forces bombed the centre of Dresden at the end of WWII on 13 and 14 February 1945. The thousands of victims of the allied bomb raids are commemorated annually on 13 February. EPA-EFE/MARTIN DIVISEK
People carry large flag of European Union as thousands of demonstrators march through city center to protest against Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis after no-confidence vote of his government in Czech parliament in Prague, Czech Republic, 23 November 2018. According to reports, the Czech opposition parties have called for Babis' resignation and a confidence vote following reports on his son in Switzerland, who claims he had been held in Crimea to prevent him giving evidence in a fraud case into the politician. Babis is suspected of alleged misuse of EU subsidies in a total of 50 million Czech crowns (1.9 milion euro) which were invested into the Capi hnizdo (Stork's Nest) farm in Central Bohemia. The EU's fraud office OLAF is investigating the case. According to reports, Babis denies allegations and said that his son suffers from mental illness. Czech coalition government survived a no-confidence vote in Parliament. EPA-EFE/MARTIN DIVISEK
Masked revellers attend a traditional carnival in Roztoky, near Prague, Czech Republic, 16 February 2019. Carnivals across Czech Republic mark departing winter, forthcoming spring and beginning of Lent. EPA-EFE/MARTIN DIVISEK
A nun wearing a protective face mask watch the match between Czech Petra Kvitova and Czech Barbora Krejcikova at the Czech Tennis President's Cup charity tournament in Prague, Czech Republic, 26 May 2020. EPA-EFE/MARTIN DIVISEK
Maria Andrejczyk of Poland in action during the women's Javelin Throw event at the IAAF World Challenge Golden Spike athletics meeting in Ostrava, Czech Republic, 20 June 2019. EPA-EFE/MARTIN DIVISEK
Claudia Pina of Spain reacts during the UEFA European Women's U17 Soccer Championship final between Germany and Spain in Plzen, Czech Republic, 14 May 2017. Germany won 3-1 on penalties. EPA/MARTIN DIVISEK
Dancers of the Czech National Ballet perform during a costume rehearsal of 'Swan Lake' at the National Theatre in Prague, Czech Republic, 25 March 2019. Swan Lake ballet is one of the famous of all classical ballets, the most frequently performed and the most popular worldwide. The new Czech National Ballet production is a revival of the story’s version created by the world-renowned choreographer John Cranko, the founder of the Stuttgarter Ballett. The Czech National Ballet is the first big company to have been granted the approval to stage the piece outside Germany. Up to the present day, the Czech National Theatre has staged 12 adaptations of Swan Lake. EPA-EFE/MARTIN DIVISEK
Lamplighter Jan Tater wears historical uniform as he lights a historic gas lamp on Charles Bridge in Prague, Czech Republic, 16 December 2019. Every day at dusk during Advent, Jan Tater and his colleague light 37 historic gas lamps on the medieval Charles Bridge as an attraction for tourists. In Czech capital, the first gas lamps were ceremonially lit in 1847, when the Charles Bridge, Lesser Town and Hradcany (Castle district) were gradually lit. Prague had the largest number of lamplighters in 1927, 138, who took care of 7,456 lamps. The lighting remained in the streets of Prague until 1985. Due to the completion of the atmosphere of mainly historic streets, the gas lighting returned to the historic center in 2002. Five years later, the gas lighting also returned to Charles Bridge. At present, the modern gas lamps in Prague are almost 700. For example, gas lighting in London has already turned on in 1813, in Austria in 1833. EPA-EFE/MARTIN DIVISEK
Street artists wearing face masks perform on Charles Bridge early morning in Prague, Czech Republic, 02 April 2020. The Czech government has imposed a lockdown in an attempt to slow down the spread of the pandemic COVID-19 disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. EPA-EFE/MARTIN DIVISEK
Fans of Bohemians Prague stand on ladders as they watch the Czech first league soccer match between Bohemians Prague and Sparta Prague behind fence in Prague, Czech Republic, 06 June 2020. The Czech soccer league resumed play after the nationwide lockdown due to the ongoing coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic but fans cannot be allowed in the stadium. EPA-EFE/MARTIN DIVISEK
Dogs look out from their boxes before start of the Sedivackuv Long 2020 sled dog race near the Czech-Polish border in the Orlicke mountains, around the village of Destne v Orlickych horach, Czech Republic, 23 January 2020. Around 700 dogs and more than 100 mushers are sledding through the Orlicke Mountain (Eagle Mountain) range near the Cezch border with Poland from 21-25 January in the longest race of its kind in the Czech Republic and one of the hardest in Europe. Mushers from 11 different countries are taking part in the four-day stage dog sled race, which is in its 24th year. The race includes overnight bivouacs or camps, the supplies and equipment for which must be brought by the mushers and dogs themselves. EPA-EFE/MARTIN DIVISEK
A man takes a dip in the Baltic at the beach in Zelenogradsk, Russia, 17 June 2018. Serbia's team is based near Zelenogradsk for the FIFA World Cup 2018. EPA-EFE/MARTIN DIVISEK
Perseid meteors (down, R) streaks across the sky over the radar near the Astronomical Institute of the Academy of Science of the Czech Republic in Ondrejov, Czech Republic, late 12 August 2018. The Perseid meteor shower occurs every year in August when the Earth passes through debris and dust of the Swift-Tuttle comet. EPA-EFE/MARTIN DIVISEK
Czech President Milos Zeman (L) points his walking stick at Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka (R) as he welcomes him for their talks at the Prague Castle in Prague, Czech Republic, 04 May 2017. Sobotka according to media reports on 02 April said he found it 'unbearable that Andrej Babis remained on the post of Finance Minister', after recent allegations of Babis having evaded taxes and announced that he plans to submit the resignation of his cabinet to President Zeman. EPA/MARTIN DIVISEK
A man plays or goes zorbing inside a giant plastic ball, called a zorb, during a warm summer's day on the Vltava River in Prague, Czech Republic, 19 July 2017. Meteorologists predict summer temperatures of around 31 degrees Celsius in the Czech Republic over coming days. EPA/MARTIN DIVISEK
Locals enjoy sunny evening near the Amusement park in Kaliningrad, Russia, 26 June 2018. In Kaliningrad England will face Belgium in the FIFA World Cup 2018 Group G preliminary round soccer match on 28 June 2018. EPA-EFE/MARTIN DIVISEK
Fishermen pull a net during the traditional carp haul at Velky Tisy pond near the south Bohemian town of Trebon, Czech Republic, 15 October 2018. The carp hauls take place once a year in the autumn period, primarily in the region of southern Bohemian ponds and fishermen use traditional old methods of catching the local fishes, mostly carps. Carps are kept alive until they can be sold 3 to 4 days before Christmas on 24 December. Carp is the traditional Czech Christmas Eve dinner served with potato salad. EPA-EFE/MARTIN DIVISEK
A view of remains of the former Schindler factory complex in Brnenec, Czech Republic, 20 March 2019. As media reported, Daniel Low-Beer, a 49-year-old British descendent of the original owners of the factory relinquished to the Nazis in 1938, wants to transform the abandoned factory into a museum. When the Soviet Army advanced to Poland in 1944, German businessman Oskar Schindler relocated his munitions factory from Poland into a small town of Brnenec (formerly Bruennlitz), some 190 km east of Prague, and prevented his Jewish workers from deportation to Nazi concentration camps and so he saved 1,200 Jews in the final months of the Second World War. EPA-EFE/MARTIN DIVISEK
Thousands of demonstrators gather at the Old Town Square to protest against Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis, marking the 29th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution, in Prague, Czech Republic, 17 November 2018. According to reports, Czech opposition parties have called for Babis' resignation following reports on his son in Switzerland, who claims he had been held in Crimea to prevent him giving evidence in a fraud case into the politician. Babis is suspected of alleged misuse of EU subsidy in total of 50 million Czech crowns (1.9 milion euro) which was invested into Capi hnizdo (Stork's Nest) farm in Central Bohemia. The EU's fraud office OLAF is investigating the case. According to reports, Babis denies allegations and said that his son suffers from mental illness. The Czech Republic marked the 29th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution commemorating the events of 17 November 1989, when hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets of Prague and other cities in what was then still communist Czechoslovakia to demand political reforms and greater freedoms. After the brutal suppression of a student demonstration, the communist leadership soon crumbled and the playwright and human rights activist Vaclav Havel became president shortly thereafter. EPA-EFE/MARTIN DIVISEK
Prisoners with their mentor (R) harvest honey from beehives at the courtyard of Hermanice prison in Ostrava, Czech Republic, 16 July 2019 (issued 17 July 2019). Hermanice is one of several prisons in Bohemia that are taking part in the Prison Beekeeping Program, an initiative of the Czech Ministry of Justice and the Prison Service. The prison is currently filled at 128 percent of its capacity, housing 867 prisoners instead of the intended number of 711. The inmates are incarcerated on offences ranging from driving offences to much more serious crimes like murder. The first bees have been introduced to Hermanice in April 2017. Not every inmate can take part in the beekeeping program. It is not possible for too many people to move around the hives, so the number of participants is limited. Three prisoners are ideal. Nowadays six inmates work in the program, two of them from the beginning. Beekeeping does not reduce the prisoners’ sentences but it can affect their assessment. Prisoners can receive disciplinary remuneration for their activities, which affects their conditional release. The honey produced at Hermanice cannot be sold as the prison is not allowed to engage in sales activities. Instead the honey is donated as a gift to other organizations, and prisoners can give some of their product to relatives. The honey is called 'Brucoun' (lit.: The Grouch). It is slang referring to being 'in the clink'. The name was selected in a local newspaper survey. The logo was designed by the prisoners themselves. Last year the prisoners harvested 250kg of honey. This year they expect a harvest of only 100kg because of bad weather conditions. Hermanice Prison is in a good place for beekeeping as there are a lot of lime, maple and willow trees. The original hives were bought in; the others were made by the prisoners themselves. EPA-EFE/MARTIN DIVISEK
People walk under Christmas decorations at the Christmas market at the Old Town Square in Prague, Czech Republic, 02 December 2018. Christmas markets, traditionally selling mulled wine, roasted chestnuts, hot mead, chimney cakes and Christmas tree decorations and gifts opened across the Czech Republic during the first Advent weekend. EPA-EFE/MARTIN DIVISEK
Runners cross the Charles Bridge during the Prague International Marathon in Prague, Czech Republic, 06 May 2018. About 10,600 runners took part in the race. EPA-EFE/MARTIN DIVISEK