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World Press Photo @worldpressphoto.bsky.social · Apr 17

The #WPPh2025 Photo of the Year is ‘Mahmoud Ajjour, Aged Nine’ by Samar Abu Elouf, for @nytimes.com. The jury was moved by this portrait of a Palestinian boy which speaks to the devastating long-term costs of war on civilians. worldpressphoto.org/collection/photo-contest/2025/Samar-Abu-Elouf/1

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World Press Photo @worldpressphoto.bsky.social · 16h

Discover the #WPPh2025 awarded project by Tommy Trenchard, Panos Pictures, @npr.org exploring complex human-wildlife tensions:
worldpressphoto.org/collection/photo-contest/2025/Tommy-Trenchard/7

The Elephant Whisperers of Livingstone | World Press Photo

Residents of the Linda suburb in Livingstone, Zambia, watch a herd of elephants passing close by. The neighbourhood has emerged as a hotspot of human-elephant conflict.

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World Press Photo @worldpressphoto.bsky.social · 16h

Residents of the Linda suburb of Livingstone, Zambia, watch a herd of elephants passing close by on 31 August 2024.

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World Press Photo @worldpressphoto.bsky.social · 3d

Photographer Lee-Ann Olwage shares the story behind her award-winning image featured in our upcoming print sale, in @theguardian.com: theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/oct/08/drag-queen-site-of-violence-lee-ann-olwages-best-photograph-africa

A drag queen stands at a site of violence: Lee-Ann Olwage’s best photograph

‘Belinda wanted to be Miss Drag Queen Africa. Part of the competition involved visiting places where violence had happened. “If we don’t reclaim them,” she said, “it’s like we don’t exist”’

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World Press Photo @worldpressphoto.bsky.social · 4d

This image by Tatsiana Chypsanava, @pulitzercenter.org, @nzgeo.bsky.social, shows Mihiata Teepa (16) and her Tūhoe Māori Rugby League U16 teammates performing a haka during practice before a game, in Rotorua, New Zealand.

See the project at the #WPPh2025 Exhibition:
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World Press Photo @worldpressphoto.bsky.social · 5d

By Anush Babajanyan, for VII Photo, National Geographic Society, awarded in the #WPPh2023 Contest:
worldpressphoto.org/collection/photo-contest/2023/Anush-Babajanyan-LTPA/8

Battered Waters | World Press Photo

Sonunbek Kadyrov pilots his water taxi, serving the village of Kyzyl-Beyit, Kyrgyzstan. Local access to the main road was blocked by flooding during construction of the Kurpsayskaya Dam in the 1960s.

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World Press Photo @worldpressphoto.bsky.social · 5d

Photo of the Day | Sonunbek Kadyrov pilots his water taxi, serving the village of Kyzyl-Beyit, Kyrgyzstan. Local access to the main road has been blocked since the 1960s.

World Press Photo @worldpressphoto.bsky.social · 5d

Learn more about the exhibition in this feature on @theartnewspaper.bsky.social , by Philippa Kelly: theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/23/as-world-press-photo-turns-70-is-it-time-for-photojournalism-to-move-forward-from-a-history-of-harm

As World Press Photo turns 70, is it time for photojournalism to move forward from a history of harm?

The sought after award is celebrating its anniversary with an introspective exhibition—but questions remain about its value in today’s world

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World Press Photo @worldpressphoto.bsky.social · 5d

Our 70th-anniversary exhibition, ‘What Have We Done?’, is on display in #Groningen and #Johannesburg until 19 October and will open in #Dhaka on 14 November.

As World Press Photo turns 70, is it time for photojournalism to move forward from a history of harm?

The sought after award is celebrating its anniversary with an introspective exhibition—but questions remain about its value in today’s world

theartnewspaper.com

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World Press Photo @worldpressphoto.bsky.social · 6d

The online mentorship phase of the 2025 Joop Swart Masterclass is now nearing its end, and the group will soon come together in Amsterdam for an intensive week of workshops, visits, and talks.

📆 Save the date for the project presentations on 7 November!

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World Press Photo @worldpressphoto.bsky.social · 7d

Learn more about the 2019 awarded photograph, by @WallySkalij, @latimes: worldpressphoto.org/collection/photo-contest/2019/wally-skalij/1

Wally Skalij EN | World Press Photo

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World Press Photo @worldpressphoto.bsky.social · 7d

Photo of the Day | Evacuated horses stand tied to a pole, as smoke from a wildfire billows above them, on Zuma Beach, in Malibu, California, USA, during the 2018 wildfire season.

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World Press Photo @worldpressphoto.bsky.social · 7d

By Carlos Barrera, for El Faro, NPR, awarded in the #WPPh2025 Contest: worldpressphoto.org/collection/photo-contest/2025/Carlos-Barrera/25

Life and Death in a Country Without Constitutional Rights | World Press Photo

Mothers of hundreds of those captured during the “state of emergency” march in protest, demanding better conditions for the prisoners. San Salvador, El Salvador.

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World Press Photo @worldpressphoto.bsky.social · 7d

Mothers of hundreds of those captured during the “state of emergency” march in protest, demanding better conditions for the prisoners in San Salvador, El Salvador, on 9 December 2024.

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World Press Photo @worldpressphoto.bsky.social · 11d

Learn more: worldpressphoto.org/collection/photo-contest/2022/bram-janssen/8

The Cinema of Kabul | World Press Photo

Rahmatullah Ezati inspects a roll of film for damage, in the projection room of the Ariana Cinema in Kabul, Afghanistan. Even though the Taliban closed the government-owned cinema a few months earlier...

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World Press Photo @worldpressphoto.bsky.social · 11d

Photo of the Day | From the project ‘The Cinema of Kabul’ by Bram Janssen, The Associated Press, awarded in the 2022 Contest, documenting the Ariana Cinema, which remained closed, its staff in limbo following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021.

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World Press Photo @worldpressphoto.bsky.social · 11d

70 Prints for 70 Years: Own a piece of visual history with 70 iconic images from our archive!

To mark our 70-year anniversary, we’re organizing a limited-time print sale from 17–26 November 2025.

📩 Discover more via our newsletter: bit.ly/wpph-newsletter

World Press Photo @worldpressphoto.bsky.social · 11d

Visit the World Press Photo Exhibition 2025, touring globally and currently on display in #Toronto, #Budapest, #Copenhagen, #Lodi, #MexicoCity, #Brasília, #Montreal, #Flensburg, #Wellington, #Vienna, #Sinnai, #BuenosAires, and #Turin!

Plan your visit:
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World Press Photo @worldpressphoto.bsky.social · 12d

Discover the project by Ashley Peña, for New York Magazine, awarded in the 2023 Contest: worldpressphoto.org/collection/photo-contest/2023/Ashley-Pena/14

The Voice of New York Is Drill | World Press Photo

<p>Young Devyn (20) is inspired by her Caribbean heritage and dreams of making space for women in the drill scene. New York, United States.</p>

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World Press Photo @worldpressphoto.bsky.social · 12d

Photo of the Day | Young Devyn (20), photographed in New York, United States, is inspired by her Caribbean heritage and dreams of making space for women in the drill scene.

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World Press Photo @worldpressphoto.bsky.social · 13d

To accompany your visit to our 70th anniversary exhibition, ‘What Have We Done?’, World Press Photo has created a free visual thinking guide to encourage reflection and engagement by placing yourself as an active viewer.

Download it here: worldpressphoto.org/70th-anniversary/publication

World Press Photo @worldpressphoto.bsky.social · 14d

From the project ‘The Shadows Already Have Names’ by Samuel Nacar, for Revista 5w, awarded in the #WPPh2025 Contest:
worldpressphoto.org/collection/photo-contest/2025/Samuel-Nacar/10

The Shadows Already Have Names | World Press Photo

Personal files left piled in the infamous “Palestine Branch” interrogation and detention center, in Damascus, Syria. Detainees were interrogated and tortured on underground levels of the t...

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World Press Photo @worldpressphoto.bsky.social · 14d

Personal files left piled in the infamous “Palestine Branch” interrogation and detention center in Damascus, Syria, on 18 December 2024.

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World Press Photo @worldpressphoto.bsky.social · 18d

By Rijasolo, Riva Press, awarded in the 2022 Contest: worldpressphoto.org/collection/photo-contest/2022/Rijasolo/20

The Zebu War | World Press Photo

<p>Breeder Louis Kasay and eight herdsmen lead their zebu to market across the difficult terrain of the Bongolava Plateau, in west-central Madagascar, on 28 November 2020. </p>

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World Press Photo @worldpressphoto.bsky.social · 18d

Photo of the Day | Breeder Louis Kasay and eight herdsmen lead their zebu, highly valued across the region, to market across the rugged terrain of the Bongolava Plateau, in west-central Madagascar.

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World Press Photo @worldpressphoto.bsky.social · 18d

In her essay, ‘Photographs Are Not Passive Reflections of Reality,’ Dr. Lauren Walsh provides context for the repeated visual themes identified in our archive and highlighted in our 70th-anniversary exhibition: worldpressphoto.org/70th-anniversary/photographs-are-not-passive-reflections-of-reality