World Press Photo of the Year

Kira Pollack, global jury chair “Photojournalism has never been easy work. It has never been lucrative, or safe, or guaranteed an audience. And yet photographers go. To the courthouses and the conflict zones, to the quiet corners of the world where history is being made without witnesses. They go because they believe that seeing matters. That evidence matters.”

Go to photo detail page Separated by ICE
2026 Photo Contest - World Press Photo of the Year

Separated by ICE

story by
Carol Guzy

Carol Guzy

World Press Photo of the Year Finalists

Go to photo detail page Aid Emergency in Gaza
2026 Photo Contest - World Press Photo of the Year Finalist

Aid Emergency in Gaza

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Saber Nuraldin

Saber Nuraldin

Go to photo detail page The Trials of the Achi Women
2026 Photo Contest - World Press Photo of the Year Finalist

The Trials of the Achi Women

story by
Victor  J. Blue

Victor J. Blue