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The pictorial spread incorporates images captured by photojournalists in Israel and around the globe during the course of the 12 months prior to the exhibition.

Coronavirus hug image wins press award Second time Danish photographer gets prestigious honor By MIKE CORDER, Associated Press Published: April 18, 2021, 6:05am Share: 24 Photos The First Embrace, shows Rosa Luzia Lunardi, 85, embraced by nurse Adriana Silva da Costa Souza, at Viva Bem care home, Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Aug. 5, 2020. The photo won the World Press photo of the year. (Mads Nissen, Politiken, Panos Pictures, World Press Photo) Photo Gallery THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A photo symbolizing “love and compassion” of an 85-year-old Brazilian woman getting h...

April 17, 2021 Mike Corder THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS (AP) – A photo symbolising “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. The choice of a winning photo portraying the global pandemic was almost inevitable for the contest covering a year in which news around the globe was dominated by the virus that has killed nearly three million pe...

Apr 15, 2021 1 hr ago Judges looked at 74,470 photographs by 4,315 photographers before selecting winners in eight categories. Here are 24 of the best images from the past year. In this image released by World Press Photo, Thursday April 15, 2021, by Mads Nissen, Politiken, Panos Pictures, which won the World Press Photo of the Year award, and the first prize in the General News Singles category, titled The First Embrace, shows Rosa Luzia Lunardi (85) embraced by nurse Adriana Silva da Costa Souza, at Viva Bem care home, Sao Paulo, Brazil, on August 5, 2020.  Mads N...

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 P...