Images from Gaza, Ukraine, Madagascar and the US border were chosen by a worldwide jury from more than 60,000 entries
The announcement of the winning photograph, taken by Mohammed Salem for Reuters, which shows a woman in Gaza cradling the dead body of her five-year-old niece.The announcement of the winning photograph, taken by Mohammed Salem for Reuters, which shows a woman in Gaza cradling the dead body of her five-year-old niece., migration, family and dementia have topped this year’s World Press Photo awards – one of the world’s most prestigious photography competitions.
Salem, who is Palestinian, described the photo – taken days after his own wife had given birth – as a “powerful and sad moment that sums up the broader sense of what was happening in the Gaza Strip”. The jury said the image had been composed with care and respect, offering both a metaphorical and literal glimpse into unimaginable loss.
Kochetova, who is a regular contributor to the Guardian, said she had not made a choice to photograph war, but “war started and it always was mine”. She said since the moment Russia invaded Ukraine in 2014 she had been thinking about how the media shapes stories. The images will be shown as part of the World Press Photo’s annual exhibition, which is expected to go to more than 60 locations worldwide, including Amsterdam, London, Mexico City, Rio de Janeiro, Hong Kong and Sydney.Fiona Shields, the chair of the global jury and head of photography at the Guardian, said the winning images had “such power to convey a specific moment, while also resonating beyond their own subject and time”.
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