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📸 Announcing the global winners of the 2024 World Press Photo Contest:
- Photo of the Year:
@msalem66
- Story of the Year: Lee-Ann Olwage
- Long-Term Project Award: Alejandro Cegarra
- Open Format Award:
@yeah_kochetova
Discover the projects:
#WPPh2024
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Just announced: the World Press Photo of the Year is ‘Straight Voice’ by Yasuyoshi Chiba, Japan, Agence France-Presse. Discover the stories that matter, chosen by an independent jury:
#WPPh2020
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2/3 “I think this image touched many people's hearts, as it did mine, because it humanizes a larger story” - John Moore (
@jbmoorephoto
), World Press Photo of the Year winner:
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"There is one small detail in the picture. There was a gun on the wall. It reads 'paz’. It means peace."
#WPPh2018
jury member
@Kilicbil
on
@rschemidt
's World Press Photo of the Year:
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Just announced: the World Press Photo of the Year is Ronaldo Schemidt’s (
@rschemidt
) ‘Venezuela Crisis’!
See the winners in each category of the 2018 Photo Contest & 2018 Digital Storytelling Contest:
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Just announced: the World Press Photo Foundation is proud to present the winner of the World Press Photo of the Year: ‘The First Embrace’ by Mads Nissen (
@MadsNissenPhoto
),
@politiken
/
@panospictures
! Discover the
#WPPH2021
winning image:
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While the exhibition “Be Water!” The Strategy of Resistance in the Hong Kong Protests' at the World Press Photo House in Amsterdam has been postponed, we’ve been sharing some of its content to our Instagram feed this week. Take a look:
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1/3 Just announced: the World Press Photo of the Year is ‘Crying Girl on the Border’ by John Moore (USA) (
@jbmoorephoto
), Getty Images:
#WPPh2019
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This week on our Instagram feed, we are bringing some of the content of the “Be Water!” The Strategy of Resistance in the Hong Kong Protests' exhibition, showcasing work by photographers & artists about the tactics of the demonstrators. Take a look:
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Congrats Warren Richardson, World Press Photo of the Year 2015 winner
@WarrenImages
#WPPh16
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We’re proud to reveal the six nominees for the World Press Photo of the Year and, for the first time, the three nominees for the World Press Photo Story of the Year:
#WPPh2019
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Congratulations to the 2019 World Press Photo Contest and 2019 Digital Storytelling Contest Nominees!
Discover the stories that matter, chosen by an independent jury of photography and digital storytelling professionals:
#WPPh2019
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Neil Aldridge (
@AldridgePhoto
) 'Waiting For Freedom' was awarded 1st Prize in
#WPPh2018
Photo Contest's 'Environment, Singles' category:
See the full gallery of 2018 Photo Contest winners:
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"It just gives you that sense of more power to the people. To the ones who speak out."
#WPPh2018
jury member
@emanmohammedD
on
@rschemidt
's World Press Photo of the Year, and 1st Prize 'Spot News, Singles':
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See all 309 award-winning photos of the 2017 Photo Contest exclusively in our online gallery:
#WPPh2017
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The 1st Prize in 'Spot News, Stories' of the
#WPPh2018
Photo Contest was awarded to
@davidjaybecker
for 'Massacre in Las Vegas':
See the full gallery of 2018 Photo Contest winners:
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Photo of the Day | Two brothers live in a traditional yaodong (‘kiln cave’), a 2000-year-old housing type in China with earth-lined walls, creating good insulating properties. See more about 'Earth Kiln' by Huaifeng Li, awarded in
#WPPh2018
Contest:
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The 1st Prize in 'Nature, Singles' of the
#WPPh2018
Photo Contest was awarded to Corey Arnold (
@coreyfishes
) for 'Dumpster Diver':
See the full gallery of 2018 Photo Contest winners:
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"It’s quite symbolic...The man, he has a mask on his face. He’s come to sort of represent not just himself & himself on fire, but sort of this idea of Venezuela burning"
#WPPh2018
jury member
@whitneycjohnson
on
@rschemidt
's World Press Photo of the Year:
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(1/2) The countdown is on–the World Press Photo of the Year will be revealed in less than a week. Each of the 6 winners in the Singles category of
#WPPh2022
Contest are eligible for the award:
@AbubakrFawaz
,
@FatimaMshbair
,
@k_tsakalidis
,
@photobracken
,
@manitografo
& Anonymous
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Photo of the Day | From ‘Saujana Sumpu’, by
#WPPh6x6
Southeast Asia & Oceania Talent Yoppy Pieter, about the impact of rural migration on the cultural heritage of the Minangkabaus:
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Congratulations to each of the winners of the 61st annual World Press Photo Contest & the 8th annual World Press Photo Digital Storytelling Contest–just announced at our annual Awards Show in Amsterdam:
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The World Press Photo Foundation is proud to reveal the nominees in each category of the 2018 Photo Contest and 2018 Digital Storytelling Contest– including, for the first time, six nominees for the World Press Photo of the Year:
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The 2017 World Press Photo of the Year is by
@AP
's
@BurhanOzbilici
of an assassination in
#Turkey
#WPPh2017
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Production of the Week | ‘Battleground PolyU’ by
@djclark
/
@ChinaDaily
is a 360 degree experience that immerses the viewer in the blockade at Hong Kong Polytechnic University in November 2019. Nominated for World Press Photo Interactive of the Year:
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Photo of the Day | A greater roadrunner approaches the border wall at Naco, Arizona, United States, on 28 April 2019. By Alejandro Prieto (
@Alejand74002528
), awarded in the
#WPPh2020
Photo Contest:
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This week we are sharing work by Nicolas Asfouri on our Instagram account, including his project ‘Hong Kong Unrest’, awarded 1st prize, stories in the General News category of the 2020 Photo Contest. Discover his work:
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The World Press Photo of the Year winner is
@EMaloletka
,
@AP
, for this confronting image from the siege of Mariupol, for perfectly capturing the human suffering caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in a single image. Learn more:
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@AFergusonPhoto
's 'Boko Haram Strapped Suicide Bombs to Them. Somehow These Teenage Girls Survived' was awarded 1st Prize in
#WPPh2018
Photo Contest's 'People, Stories' category
See the full gallery of 2018 Photo Contest winners:
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Congratulations to the winners in the Portraits, singles category of the
#WPPh2021
Photo Contest: Oleg Ponomarev, 1st prize; Iván Macías (
@elivanmacias
), 2nd prize; & Tatiana Nikitina, 3rd prize. Discover their work, selected by an independent jury:
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Photo of the Day | From ‘Women of Libya’ by
#APJD
member Nada Harib (Libya), interweaving stories expressing Libyan women’s courage, from the beauty of their traditions, to the social challenges that they face:
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Photo of the Day | From ‘Hong Kong Unrest’ by Nicolas Asfouri (
@NAsfouri
),
@afpfr
, awarded in the General News, stories category of the
#WPPh2020
Photo Contest & part of our special exhibition ‘
#PeoplePower
: Documenting protest since 1957.’ Find out more:
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Heba Khamis' 'Banned Beauty' was awarded 1st Prize in
#WPPh2018
Photo Contest's 'Contemporary Issues, Stories' category:
See the full gallery of 2018 Photo Contest winners:
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Congratulations to Ronaldo Schemidt (
@rschemidt
) World Press Photo of the Year winner, pictured with our Managing Director
@LarsBoering
; Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands; & last year's Photo of the Year winner
@BurhanOzbilici
Photo: Frank van Beek / Hollandse Hoogte
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Congratulations to the
#WPPh2020
World Press Photo Contest and Digital Storytelling Contest winners! Discover the stories that matter, chosen by an independent jury:
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We’re proud to announce the six nominees for World Press Photo of the Year: . The winners will be announced on 15 April
#WPPh2021
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Alain Schroeder's 'Kid Jockeys' was awarded 1st Prize in
#WPPh2018
Photo Contest's 'Sports, Stories' category:
See the full gallery of 2018 Photo Contest winners:
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Announcing the World Press Photo of the Year 2014, by Danish photographer
@MadsNissenPhoto
!
http://t.co/tIaWn56X4f
http://t.co/wmhlQ3oLvR
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The winners in the Contemporary Issues, singles category of the
#WPPh2021
Photo Contest are: 1st prize, Pablo Tosco (
@PavlobskiRoisen
); 2nd prize, Jérémy Lempin; & 3rd prize, Vaghinak Ghazaryan (
@mrchemus
). Congratulations to all!
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Photo of the Day | From ‘Life in Plastic’ by
#WPPh6x6
Africa Talent Gulshan Khan (
@let_zephyrspin
), about plastic waste reclaimers in Johannesburg, South Africa, who reuse plastic as a way to earn money for food and shelter:
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Just announced:
@PeteSouza
, the Chief Official White House Photographer for President Obama & the Director of the White House Photo Office, is this year's
#WPPhFestival
keynote speaker.
Find out more, & buy your Friday & Two-Day Festival tickets:
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2nd prize, General News stories, goes to
@SergeyPonomarev
for important work in
#Mosul
,
#Iraq
#WPPh2017
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Photo of the Day | From ‘Warriors Who Once Feared Elephants Now Protect Them’ by
@Amivee
, about the community-owned
@RetetiSanctuary
in Kenya where orphaned & abandoned elephant calves are rehabilitated & returned to the wild. See the 2018 awarded story:
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The winners in the General News, singles category of the 2021 Photo Contest have been announced: 1st Prize, Mads Nissen (
@MadsNissenPhoto
),
@politiken
/
@panospictures
; 2nd Prize Joshua Irwandi; & 3rd Prize, Newsha Tavakolian,
@MagnumPhotos
, for
@time
:
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Congratulations to the winners in the Spot News, stories category of the
#WPPh2021
Photo Contest: 1st prize, Lorenzo Tugnoli (
@LorenzoTug
), Contrasto; 2nd prize, Ernesto Benavides,
@afpfr
; & 3rd prize, John Minchillo (
@johnminchillo
),
@AP
:
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The World Press Photo Interactive of the Year is 'Battleground PolyU', by
@djclark
/
@ChinaDaily
. Discover the stories that matter, chosen by an independent jury:
#WPPh2020
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Photo of the Day | From ‘Finding Freedom in the Water’ by Anna Boyiazis, about the Panje Project in Zanzibar that provides opportunities for women & girls to learn to swim. Awarded in the
#WPPh2018
Photo Contest:
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(1/2) “Peyo decides who he visits, passing in front of the rooms & stopping when he feels he can help,” says
#WPPh2021
winner Jeremy Lempin about Peyo, a horse used in animal-assisted therapy, in the Séléne Palliative Care Unit at the Centre Hospitalier de Calais, France.
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“Mainstream media reported the armed violence when the victims were non-Papuan, but when the victims were Papuan there were no media reports.” -
#WPPh6x6
’s Albertus Vembrianto (
@vembriwaluyas
) on Witness:
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Photo of the Day | Two brothers live in a traditional yaodong (‘kiln cave’), carved into a hillside on the Loess Plateau in central China. By Huaifeng Li, and awarded in the 2018 Photo Contest:
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#WPPh2017
opens in Helsinki today, adding to our exhibitions in
#Alkmaar
#MexicoCity
#Santiago
#Edinburgh
&
#Puebla
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Photo of the Day | An Iranian woman sits in a busy square in Tehran, defying the mandatory hijab law. Photo by
@AhmadHalabisaz
, of a woman who says that on hearing ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’ it enlightened her. Awarded in the
#WPPh2023
Contest:
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Congratulations to the
@FriedPhotoAwardPeace
Image of the Year 2018 winner, Anna Boyiazis! See the full list of winners:
#InternationalDayOfPeace
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"When I saw the pictures, I felt shocked–for the young man, for the accident, for the level of violence the conflict had escalated to." - Venezuelan
@rschemidt
spoke to
@AFPphoto
about his World Press Photo of the Year nomination:
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Photo of the Day | Two brothers live in a traditional yaodong (‘kiln cave’), carved into a hillside on the Loess Plateau in central China. By Huaifeng Li, awarded in the People category of the
#WPPh2018
Photo Contest:
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Photo of the Day | From ‘Tatsuniya’ by Rahima Gambo,
#WPPh6x6
talent from Africa, tapping into a collective memory of student-hood, playfulness and youth:
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Presenting the global winners of the
#WPPh2022
Contest:
- ‘Kamloops Residential School’ by
@photobracken
- ‘Saving Forests with Fire’ by
@mattabbottphoto
- ‘Amazonian Dystopia’ by Lalo de Almeida
- ‘Blood is a Seed’ by Isadora Romero
Discover their work:
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The World Press Photo Long-Term Project Award goes to ‘The Two Walls’ by Alejandro Cegarra,
@nytimes
/
@Bloomberg
.
Initiated in 2018, this project documents the plight of deeply vulnerable migrant communities with respect and sensitivity.
See more:
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Photo of the Day | An Iranian woman sits in front of a busy square in Tehran, defying the mandatory hijab law, on 27 December 2022. Photo by
@AhmadHalabisaz
, awarded an honorable mention in the
#WPPh2023
Contest:
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Photo of the Day | Two brothers live in a traditional yaodong (‘kiln cave’), carved into a hillside on the Loess Plateau in central China. Discover more about this photograph by Huaifeng Li, awarded in the People category of the
#WPPh2018
Photo Contest:
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Congratulations to John Stanmeyer, author of the World Press Photo of the Year 2013!
http://t.co/Gkeyfgf682
#WPPh14
http://t.co/HvNhzzJp3K
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The winners in the Sports, singles category of the
#WPPh2021
Photo Contest are: 1st prize, Adam Pretty,
@GettyImages
; 2nd prize, Stephen McCarthy (
@sportsfilesteve
),
@sportsfile
; & 3rd prize, Tomasz Markowski. Congratulations! See their work:
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We're very concerned to hear that Lu Guang, former World Press Photo winner, has disappeared while visiting China's Xinjiang region:
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Have you heard about the African Photojournalism Database? Photo editors, take note. The APJD, a joint initiative by World Press Photo and Everyday Africa, is a directory of over 350 emerging and professional African visual journalists. Find out more here:
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Photo of the Day | Viktor (23) carries his wife Oksana Balandina (23) in a Lviv hospital, Ukraine. 'War Wounds' by
@EmilioMorenatti
, portrays people who have undergone amputations as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. See more:
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We are excited to present the ‘Kamloops Residential School’ by Amber Bracken (
@photobracken
) for
@nytimes
as the World Press Photo of the Year!
Discover the winning image and read the
#WPPh2022
Contest jury’s reasoning behind awarding this work:
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What is a photographer’s role in telling environmental stories? Photographer and former World Press Photo Contest jury member Cristina Mittermeier (
@cmittermeier
) reflects upon the power of visual storytelling for conservation photography:
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Photo of the Day | Red Shirt protesters clash with Thai government forces on 16 May 2010, in the Silom commercial district of Bangkok. By
@CorentinFohlen
, part of the special exhibition ‘People, Power:’
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Photo of the Day | By Jérémy Lempin, one of the
#WPPh2021
nominees. Marion, who has metastatic cancer, embraces her son Ethan in the presence of Peyo, a horse used in animal-assisted therapy, in Calais, France. Find out more:
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Former World Press Photo winner Lu Guang who has been missing more than a month was arrested in China:
You can see a few of his powerful images on our Instagram account this weekend:
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Congratulations to the 2021 World Press Photo Contest & 2021 Digital Storytelling Contest nominees!
Discover the stories that matter, chosen by an independent jury of photography & digital storytelling professionals:
#WPPh2021
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Photo of the Day | Marion, who has metastatic cancer, embraces her son Ethan in the presence of Peyo, a horse used in animal-assisted therapy, in the Séléne Palliative Care Unit in Calais, France. Discover the image by
#WPPh2021
winner Jérémy Lempin:
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Photo of the Day | The third floor of the General Library of the Universidad de Oriente, Sucre, Venezuela, March 2022. Lack of investment, crumbling infrastructure, looting, and fire have ravaged the library. See more about the photo by
@FabiolaFerrero
:
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Photo of the Day | From
#WPPh2020
nominated story ‘Chile: The Rebellion Against Neoliberalism’ by Fabio Bucciarelli (
@fabio_buccia
) for L’Espresso (
@espressonline
), about the biggest civil unrest in Chile’s recent history:
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For the first time, the World Press Photo Exhibition will travel to Iraq, opening on 2 June in Baghdad, before travelling to Erbil and Sulaymaniyah. This special exhibition will present a selection from the 2017, 2018 & 2019 World Press Photo Contests.
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From 73,044 pictures taken by 4,548 visual journalists from 125 countries, the World Press Photo Exhibition 2018 presents the winning
#WPPh2018
Photo Contest pictures selected by an independent jury. Find your nearest location:
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It’s easy to be distracted by technology and equipment, but photographer and journalist
@davidcorfield
cautions against that. He gives some tips on how to get back to basics
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Congratulations to the 2020 World Press Photo Contest & 2020 Digital Storytelling Contest nominees!
Discover the stories that matter, chosen by an independent jury of photography & digital storytelling professionals:
#WPPh2020
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Photo of the Day | This image of an elephant on his way to work in the timber trade, by Olivier Blaise, was awarded 1st prize in the 1996 Photo Contest. Elephants’ trunks are suited to be used as snorkels, enabling them to swim up to 32km a day:
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"It was phenomenal to watch the facial expressions & body language of the women & girls shift from fear & utter trepidation ... to what ultimately revealed itself as confidence & joy" -
#WPPh2018
Photo Contest winner Anna Boyiazis:
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Photo of the Day | Orphan baby orangutans get a ride to a patch of forest where they can play for a day in Ketapang, Indonesia. The story 'Tough Times for Orangutans' by
@TimLamanPhoto
,
@NatGeo
was awarded in the 2016 Photo Contest:
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Happy World Photography Day! Our photo of the week is Neil Aldridge's image (
@AldridgePhoto
) "Waiting for Freedom", winner of first prize singles in 2018 Photo Contest, Environment category. See the story here:
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Story of the week | Juan Barreto's (
@jbarreto1974
)
#WPPh2018
winning photo of José Víctor Salazar Balza catching fire after a motorcycle explodes, during a street protest is Caracas, Venezuela. Salazar survived the incident:
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Photo of the Day | From ‘State of Decay’ by Alejandro Cegarra (
@alecegarra
). The story, documenting what is happening in Venezuela, was awarded in the Long-Term Projects category of the
#WPPh2019
Photo Contest.
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Congratulations to photojournalist
@Muheisen81
, a former Joop Swart Masterclass participant, on being awarded Unicef Picture of the Year 2017!
Honored to be awarded the UNICEF Picture Of The Year 2017 with the image of Zahra Mahmoud.
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