The Lebanese Caretaker Prime Minister acknowledged Qatar’s unrelenting support to his country and his people.
HH the Amir reiterated Qatar’s solidarity with Lebanon and its brotherly people. He called on all Lebanese people to prioritize the national interest and to accelerate the formation of a new government to allow stability in Lebanon.
Lebanese Caretaker Prime Minister hailed Qatar s continued support for Lebanon without fanfare & its assistance for Lebanese people without discrimination, nor investing in their suffering or employing political calculations. #QNAhttps://t.co/6qgtqiIu9Whttps://t.co/d5qSMjeAPHpic.twitter.com/ZWR5l4RMd2 Qatar News Agency (@QNAEnglish) April 19, 2021
The World Photography Organisation is pleased to reveal the finalist and shortlisted photographers in the Professional competition for the Sony World Photography Awards 2021. Now in its 14th year, the Awards’ Professional competition rewards a remarkable body of work for technical excellence and a fresh perspective on contemporary subjects.
The winner of Photographer of the Year 2021 will be selected from the group of Professional finalists and revealed on the 15 April. To mark the occasion a specially commissioned program featuring the winners and hosted by art historian Jacky Klein and entertainer Nish Kumar will be available to stream via the World Photography Organisation digital platforms on the 15 April.
World Press Photo Story of the Year nominees
The World Press Photo Story of the Year award honors the photographer whose visual creativity and skills produced a story with excellent editing and sequencing that captures or represents an event or issue of great journalistic importance that year. The three nominees for World Press Photo Story of the Year are:
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Chris Donovan, Canada
The Flint Jaguars basketball team in Flint, Michigan, United States, embodies efforts to nurture stability, encourage mutual support and strengthen community spirit in a city struggling to survive. Basketball is an integral part of Flint culture, and the city once produced dozens of big names at collegiate and professional levels. For decades, four high school teams battled as fierce rivals. Now there is only one high school in town. In 2020, the team fought to turn around what had up until then been a nearly winless history. By March, they were prepared to head to the divi
Through several donation initiatives, over 94 million were raised in the country in the initial days of the humanitarian crisis.
Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS), had launched its ‘Heart for Lebanon’ campaign, aiming to provide relief, medical and food aid, emergency shelter, among other forms of humanitarian aid to support at least 300,000 affected people.
Now, QRCS has sent the third shipment of aid to Lebanon. This batch contained 50 tonnes of food items, to benefit as many as 1,050 families or 5,250 persons.
Additionally, some 100 beds were delivered to hospitals near the explosion site to help them continue providing medical services during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The development is likely to further delay the investigation into the horrific explosion that killed more than 200 people and wounded over 6,000 in Beirut