Jon Mills
@jonmills.swns.com
Photo Editor @SWNS the UK's largest independent news agency.
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Wake up. Make breakfast. Do email. Watch a murder. Go to a party for a 5 year old. Laugh with my daughter. See a different angle of that murder. Hear govt officials slander the victim. Play Barbies with my kid. Feed her dinner. Tear up at that victim reading last honors to a vet. Put kid to bed. USA
January 25, 2026 at 4:43 AM
Wake up. Make breakfast. Do email. Watch a murder. Go to a party for a 5 year old. Laugh with my daughter. See a different angle of that murder. Hear govt officials slander the victim. Play Barbies with my kid. Feed her dinner. Tear up at that victim reading last honors to a vet. Put kid to bed. USA
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A few of the more striking ones from this week.
When France seized a sanctioned tanker yesterday, it wasn’t enough to grab social media content. Using SWNS ensures proper rights — and help from French contacts meant I got this out fast, with photos not yet online.
Via @swnslive.bsky.social
When France seized a sanctioned tanker yesterday, it wasn’t enough to grab social media content. Using SWNS ensures proper rights — and help from French contacts meant I got this out fast, with photos not yet online.
Via @swnslive.bsky.social
January 23, 2026 at 11:35 AM
A few of the more striking ones from this week.
When France seized a sanctioned tanker yesterday, it wasn’t enough to grab social media content. Using SWNS ensures proper rights — and help from French contacts meant I got this out fast, with photos not yet online.
Via @swnslive.bsky.social
When France seized a sanctioned tanker yesterday, it wasn’t enough to grab social media content. Using SWNS ensures proper rights — and help from French contacts meant I got this out fast, with photos not yet online.
Via @swnslive.bsky.social
Our agency covered pretty much every single repatriation that went through Wootton Bassett. At one stage in 2009 it was virtually weekly, each time a different set of parents, wives, children weeping at the roadside for their loved one who was lost in a foreign land. We won't forget their sacrifice.
January 22, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Our agency covered pretty much every single repatriation that went through Wootton Bassett. At one stage in 2009 it was virtually weekly, each time a different set of parents, wives, children weeping at the roadside for their loved one who was lost in a foreign land. We won't forget their sacrifice.
Are we all cool with the police/CPS not releasing footage for contemporaneous reporting so they can licensing it to Netflix years later? www.cps.gov.uk/publication/...
January 22, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Are we all cool with the police/CPS not releasing footage for contemporaneous reporting so they can licensing it to Netflix years later? www.cps.gov.uk/publication/...
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Yesterday it was cows using tools, today its penguins using satellite imagery.
January 20, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Yesterday it was cows using tools, today its penguins using satellite imagery.
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The fifty quid I spend on dashlane a year is only outdone in utility terms by the fifty quid I spend on my dad's dashlane a year.
January 20, 2026 at 1:46 PM
The fifty quid I spend on dashlane a year is only outdone in utility terms by the fifty quid I spend on my dad's dashlane a year.
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Top three stories on the BBC website. Brits have got to wake up, or be shaken out of their torpor, pretty damn quick. They seem to have no idea how bad this could go.
January 20, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Top three stories on the BBC website. Brits have got to wake up, or be shaken out of their torpor, pretty damn quick. They seem to have no idea how bad this could go.
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"... and then FIFA tried to prevent world war 3, by giving him their own peace prize. Like fools, we mocked it."
January 19, 2026 at 8:39 AM
"... and then FIFA tried to prevent world war 3, by giving him their own peace prize. Like fools, we mocked it."
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Stunning photos from Minneapolis, including this one by John Locher for the Associated Press. www.theatlantic.com/photography/...
January 15, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Stunning photos from Minneapolis, including this one by John Locher for the Associated Press. www.theatlantic.com/photography/...
I hear so much like this on here. First the press/msm isn't one organisation. Second, unlike social media the msm is highly accountable and regulated. Third the msm media do frequently tell people what the police are saying - this is different from saying that the police account is what happened.
The Press print anything the police tell them to.
I'm reminded of the Kill the Bill protest where they lied about police injuries.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021...
I'm reminded of the Kill the Bill protest where they lied about police injuries.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021...
Police retract claims that officers suffered broken bones at Bristol protest
Avon and Somerset force said in press release officers had broken bones and one had a punctured lung
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2026 at 11:15 AM
I hear so much like this on here. First the press/msm isn't one organisation. Second, unlike social media the msm is highly accountable and regulated. Third the msm media do frequently tell people what the police are saying - this is different from saying that the police account is what happened.
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Some incredible photos here. The priest, the polar bear and the boat are the top three. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
The photographs that defined 2025 – and the stories behind them
The wars in Ukraine and Gaza and the migrant crisis continued, and demonstrations became ever more violent. But there were also incredible moments of sporting glory and light relief. Photographers rec...
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December 29, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Some incredible photos here. The priest, the polar bear and the boat are the top three. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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There must be a little bit of dust in the air here...
Happy Christmas x
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Happy Christmas x
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Cardiff couple invited man in for Christmas, he stayed for 45 years
An arrangement Rob and Dianne Parsons thought would last a few days ended up changing their lives.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 25, 2025 at 10:58 AM
There must be a little bit of dust in the air here...
Happy Christmas x
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Happy Christmas x
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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No Ram at the Inn. At Camp Plas, Dolanog, B’Dave the retired ram is now a member of the family! Lovely to get this heart warming tale in the Telegraph, Express and Star! Merry Xmas all!
December 23, 2025 at 8:10 AM
No Ram at the Inn. At Camp Plas, Dolanog, B’Dave the retired ram is now a member of the family! Lovely to get this heart warming tale in the Telegraph, Express and Star! Merry Xmas all!
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Happy Winter Solstice!
Beer can, pinhole camera photos of the Summer to Winter Solstice (2024) and the Winter to Summer Solstice (2025).
You never know quite what you're going to get with these photos, set the beer can pointing towards the sun at hopefully the correct angle and wait 6 months!
Beer can, pinhole camera photos of the Summer to Winter Solstice (2024) and the Winter to Summer Solstice (2025).
You never know quite what you're going to get with these photos, set the beer can pointing towards the sun at hopefully the correct angle and wait 6 months!
December 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Happy Winter Solstice!
Beer can, pinhole camera photos of the Summer to Winter Solstice (2024) and the Winter to Summer Solstice (2025).
You never know quite what you're going to get with these photos, set the beer can pointing towards the sun at hopefully the correct angle and wait 6 months!
Beer can, pinhole camera photos of the Summer to Winter Solstice (2024) and the Winter to Summer Solstice (2025).
You never know quite what you're going to get with these photos, set the beer can pointing towards the sun at hopefully the correct angle and wait 6 months!
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I took this picture in 2005 at which point there were a few hundred satellites in orbit. 20 years later there are over ten thousand. Never again can we enjoy the night sky free from the intrusion of modern tech as every single human ancestor before us has done.
December 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I took this picture in 2005 at which point there were a few hundred satellites in orbit. 20 years later there are over ten thousand. Never again can we enjoy the night sky free from the intrusion of modern tech as every single human ancestor before us has done.
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3/4. En esta imagen se muestra el mismo campo estelar del Cometa C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) sin limpiar.
En solo 15 minutos de adquisición, contamos 1659 trazas de satélites (unos 400 individuales).
Sobran las palabras para describir la contaminación del espacio cercano.
En solo 15 minutos de adquisición, contamos 1659 trazas de satélites (unos 400 individuales).
Sobran las palabras para describir la contaminación del espacio cercano.
November 28, 2025 at 7:26 PM
3/4. En esta imagen se muestra el mismo campo estelar del Cometa C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) sin limpiar.
En solo 15 minutos de adquisición, contamos 1659 trazas de satélites (unos 400 individuales).
Sobran las palabras para describir la contaminación del espacio cercano.
En solo 15 minutos de adquisición, contamos 1659 trazas de satélites (unos 400 individuales).
Sobran las palabras para describir la contaminación del espacio cercano.
Trump has never been convicted of corruption so there's no privilege - you want to make this statement you have to be able to prove in a court of law that you are correct. Rutger isn't been censored he's been shown how the law works.
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Trump has never been convicted of corruption so there's no privilege - you want to make this statement you have to be able to prove in a court of law that you are correct. Rutger isn't been censored he's been shown how the law works.
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steve smith, you scored 17 on your specialist subject, "getting hit by jofra archer"
November 21, 2025 at 7:52 AM
steve smith, you scored 17 on your specialist subject, "getting hit by jofra archer"
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“Sooner or later, one has to take sides, if one is to remain human.”
—Graham Greene, The Quiet American
—Graham Greene, The Quiet American
November 20, 2025 at 5:12 PM
“Sooner or later, one has to take sides, if one is to remain human.”
—Graham Greene, The Quiet American
—Graham Greene, The Quiet American
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Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
She’s fucking Mark Sanford,
I’m battling bamboo.
Violets are blue,
She’s fucking Mark Sanford,
I’m battling bamboo.
November 18, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
She’s fucking Mark Sanford,
I’m battling bamboo.
Violets are blue,
She’s fucking Mark Sanford,
I’m battling bamboo.
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A mellow end to the day here in Glastonbury.
November 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
A mellow end to the day here in Glastonbury.
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Having carefully calculated that there is absolutely nothing in the budget, floated, mooted or recommended that isn't going to hit me (rightly, though less rightly for some options) I'd just like the love shared a bit so real money got raised and the country visibly got better as a result.
November 11, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Having carefully calculated that there is absolutely nothing in the budget, floated, mooted or recommended that isn't going to hit me (rightly, though less rightly for some options) I'd just like the love shared a bit so real money got raised and the country visibly got better as a result.
"Patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone" Edith Cavell #RemembranceSunday
Edith Cavell - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 9, 2025 at 10:23 AM
"Patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone" Edith Cavell #RemembranceSunday
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I've been getting back into the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series after many years, and the most relatable part is how everyday objects like doors and elevators have been imbued with artificial intelligence and it just makes them obnoxious and frustrating to use and everyone hates it.
November 1, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I've been getting back into the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series after many years, and the most relatable part is how everyday objects like doors and elevators have been imbued with artificial intelligence and it just makes them obnoxious and frustrating to use and everyone hates it.