The annual visual feast of the Lianzhou International Photo Festival, Presence and Presentation, will zero in on news photography this year.

Works of top lensmen from across the world will go on display in Lianzhou, Guangdong province, from Dec 5 to 10.

Bao Kun from the China Photographers Association hopes the festival will rekindle an interest in news photography and underscore its significant historical role.

Highlights include retrospective exhibitions of Don Mccullin, the internationally-regarded British war photography journalist and photos taken by well-known Chinese photographer He Yanguang, whose works are grouped under the theme, How Far Can a Photographer Go.

Slides shows and seminars will run alongside exhibitions of pictures taken by more than 100 photographers from at least 10 countries worldwide.