Stories, Europe
Demonstrators try to pick up a tear-gas canister to throw it away from a protest in Tbilisi, Georgia. They also used buckets or bottles of water to neutralize t...
Stories, Africa
Protestors chant anti-government slogans while climbing a Kenya Police water cannon truck during a nationwide protest against tax hikes and the Finance Bill 202...
Long-Term Projects, Europe
Police fend off demonstrators trying to storm the cordoned-off village of Keyenberg, Germany, during a protest march to save the village from demolition. Demons...
Long-Term Projects, Southeast Asia and Oceania
Nanette Castillo speaks on a makeshift stage during a Human Rights Day protest in Quezon City, the Philippines. Since her son’s murder by unidentified sus...
Open Format, Southeast Asia and Oceania
A protest in Bangkok, Thailand. When confronting the police, Thai pro-democracy protesters have adopted the tactic of sitting down to express peace and solidari...
Honorable Mention, Southeast Asia and Oceania
Pro-democracy protesters chant and give the three-finger salute – a symbol of resistance – during an anti-coup protest in Yangon, Myanmar. The prote...
Honorable Mention, Southeast Asia and Oceania
Police search residential buildings while arresting protestors and journalists during the crackdown on anti-coup protests. Dozens of protesters and at least two...
Honorable Mention, Southeast Asia and Oceania
A protester urges the military to restore democracy, during an anti-coup protest in Yangon, Myanmar.
Honorable Mention, South America
A passer-by looks at the photograph of a missing person during a protest against forced disappearance, in Bogotá, Colombia. The protest was organized by the Nat...
Long-Term Projects, North and Central America
Pro-Trump protesters behind a police line, including one holding a canister of pepper spray, shout death threats at journalists, in a post-election protest in W...
Long-Term Projects, North and Central America
Police officers in riot gear stand between thousands of pro-Trump demonstrators and a much smaller number of counter-protesters in front of the Supreme Court, i...
Long-Term Projects, North and Central America
A statue of Confederate general Albert Pike lies in Judiciary Square with a noose around its neck, after protesters pulled it down and set it on fire, in Washin...
2nd Prize, Spot News
Demonstrators help an injured fellow protester, during clashes with riot police following a protest against the government of interim president Manuel Merino in...
Outstanding Archival Investigation
Nominee
As part of our commitment to press freedom, the World Press Photo Foundation is an official partner of the World Press Freedom Conference 2020. In collaboration...
Posted October 23, 2020
Statement and list of resources, including press freedom reports, safety and ethical guidelines for journalists, as well as funds and petitions to support the b...
Posted June 02, 2020
2nd Prize