The best photographs of 2021 - Amateur Photographer
The AP Team, core AP Contributors and Picture Editors share the striking photographs that caught their attention in 2021.
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The AP Team, core AP Contributors and Picture Editors share the striking photographs that caught their attention in 2021.
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...