diff --git a/css/components/_cards.css b/css/components/_cards.css
index 14f27ff9..29d09d25 100644
--- a/css/components/_cards.css
+++ b/css/components/_cards.css
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@
     margin-bottom: 24px;
     border-radius: 8px;
     overflow: hidden;
+    /* Permanent soft drop shadow so the image lifts off the teal News section
+       background — needed when a card image has blue edges that would otherwise
+       merge into the section colour. */
+    box-shadow: 0 6px 20px rgba(9, 18, 26, 0.28);
 }
 .news-card-media img { height: 220px; margin-bottom: 0; display: block; }
 .news-card .news-ph {