Jury

2025 World Press Photo Contest jury

We’re pleased to introduce the 31 professionals from around the world who will review this year’s submissions and select the winning photographs and stories.

In each of the six regions of our contest model, a selection of entries per category will first be made by a regional jury, chaired by the regional jury chair.

The juries are made up of professionals from and/or working in the region they are judging, who are well-equipped to place the stories into a cultural, political and social context.

Once the regional juries have made their selection of entries, the global jury, composed of the six regional jury chairs and one additional member, the global jury chair, decides on the 2025 World Press Photo Contest winners. From those, they will then choose the World Press Photo of the Year and the two runners-up. 

The global jury is assisted by a secretary. The secretary is responsible for all procedural matters and ensures the rules and procedures are fairly and properly applied. The secretary does not contribute to debate on the merits of any entry, and has no vote in the balloting.

Regional juries

Africa jury

Asia Pacific and Oceania jury

Europe jury

North and Central America jury

South America jury

West, Central and South Asia jury

Global jury

Global jury chair

Lucy Conticello
Italy/United States/United Kingdom, director of Photography,
M Le magazine, Le Monde

Africa jury chair

Ala Kheir
Sudan, photographer, educator and curator

Asia Pacific and Oceania jury chair

Candida Ng
Singapore, deputy photo director, AFP Asia-Pacific

Europe jury chair

Finbarr O'Reilly
Ireland, photographer and
author

North and Central America jury chair

Nina Berman
United States, documentary photographer and professor, Columbia University

South America jury chair

Lalo de Almeida
Brazil, documentary photographer

West, Central and South Asia jury chair

Laura Boushnak
Palestine, photographer

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