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Spot News category award winner pictures desolate man in blast's apocalyptic aftermath The winner of the World Press Photo contest 'Spot News - Stories' category is 'Port Explosion in Beirut' by Lorenzo Tugnoli. An injured man stands inside the wrecked site of the port of Beirut while firefighters work to put out the fires that engulfed the warehouses after the explosion. Lorenzo Tugnoli/Contrasto for The Washington Post Abdullah walks in the ruins of his former house. Since the day of the explosion he is squatting in the damaged building were he once lived with his family, with no water or e...
COVID hug wins World Press Photo of the Year The World Press Photo Awards honor the best visual journalism worldwide. The past year was not only marked by the pandemic, but also the climate crisis and forgotten conflicts. World Press Photo of the Year Danish photographer Mads Nissen won in the category General News, singles, with his photo of an 85-year-old woman being embraced for the first time in months through a "hug curtain" by a nurse at the Viva Bem care home in Sao Paulo. It is a "rare positive photo about the COVID-19 era," said the jury. Under President Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil is one...
2021 World Press Photo Contests nominees announced We are proud to introduce the nominees for the 64th World Press Photo Contest and 11th Digital Storytelling Contest - including the nominees for the World Press Photo of the Year, World Press Photo Story of the Year, World Press Photo Interactive of the Year and World Press Photo Online Video of the Year. “The nominated images, stories and productions we introduce today present different perspectives of one of the most important years in recent history, marked by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the social rights movements around the...
World Press Photo 2021: Outstanding Images Nominees For Photo Of The Year As 2020 joined the pantheon of years pivotal in history, the nominees for the 64th annual World Press Photo Contest are a reflection of those remarkably difficult 12 months. In rewarding professional photo journalists for the best images of visual journalism, whether entered as singles or stories, judges asses their accurate, fair, and visually compelling insights about our world. “In an unprecedented year marked by the COVID-19 pandemic and social justice protests around the globe, the nominees share a diversity of i...