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15 uplifting images from Dog Photography Awards 2026

The international competition's gallery of fifteen uplifting dog portraits runs from elegant poodles to playful corgis; nobody on this desk is emotionally prepared.

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  1. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorFinally, some good news: the Dog Photography Awards for twenty twenty-six are out, and there are fifteen uplifting images, from elegant poodles to playful corgis.

  2. Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistThe poodles are fine. I can hold it together for the poodles. Look at the posture, the dignity, the way the light finds the ears.

  3. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorYou're doing great, buddy. Next up, the playful corgis!

  4. Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistLittle legs. Running toward a camera that loved them, in a field that never asked for anything.

  5. Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistI'm sorry, I need a moment by the cooler.

  6. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorA tailgate full of grown men, and the weatherman is the one crying over a corgi!

  7. Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistI want the winners to know that I am proud of them. And the losers. And the ones who blinked.

  8. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorFifteen photos, Brock, and you're only on number four.

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