Coronavirus hug image named World Press Photo of the Year
A curtain of clear plastic — its yellow edges folded into a shape resembling a pair of butterfly wings — offers protection, as does the nurse's face mask.
Author: MIKE CORDER Associated Press
Published: 7:45 PM EDT April 15, 2021
Updated: 7:46 PM EDT April 15, 2021
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A photo symbolizing “love and compassion” of an 85-year-old Brazilian woman getting her first embrace in five months from a nurse through a transparent “hug curtain” was named the World Press Photo of the Year on Thursday.
It was the second time the Danish photographer who shot the image has won the prestigious award.