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Yahoo
12-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
World Press Photo award withdraws invitation to award ceremony for Russian
The World Press Photo-2025 international award has withdrawn an invitation to the award ceremony for Russian Mikhail Tereshchenko. Earlier, the photographer from the Russian state news agency TASS received the award for his photographs of anti-government protests in Georgia. Source: World Press Photo Details: The organisers explained their decision on the contest's website as a result of the growing "tensions on the European continent". The organisers called it an "uncomfortable fact" that a Russian working for a Russian propaganda agency was awarded for covering the protests in Georgia. World Press Photo also stated that the jury has limited information about the contestants when selecting entries, which is usually limited to nationality and gender. Meanwhile, the judges do not know the names of the photographers or their places of work. Meanwhile, Mikhail Tereshchenko's work met the competition's evaluation criteria and was authentic. The award said it would try to improve the rules and procedures for selecting participants. Joumana El Zein Khoury, the executive director of the competition, said that World Press Photo would not cancel the award to the Russian in order not to disregard the established rules. "We will work to improve our rules and procedures, but must always apply them fairly and without exception. Our contest has a global reach and its rules need to be applicable to very different contexts. Any change of rule to reflect one specific context will also have implications for very different ones," added Jumana El Zein Khoury, the Executive Director of the competition. The organisers of the prize noted that they did not agree with the phrase "liberation of Mariupol", which Russian Mikhail Tereshchenko used in an interview in March 2025. They recognised that part of Ukraine's territory is occupied by the Russian Federation, including Mariupol. "While the Russian government and TASS have disputed some of these statements, we consider them simple facts," World Press Photo added. Background: This year's World Press Photo jury selected two Russians and a Belarusian among the regional winners. The Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers (UAPF) condemned this decision and called for compliance with standards of ethics, impartiality, and transparency. The UAPF stated that awarding Russian photographers who express the position of Russian state ideology contributes to sympathy for the aggressor. In addition, the award visually paired two works. One depicts a six-year-old Ukrainian girl suffering from panic attacks after fleeing shelling. The other shows a wounded Donetsk People's Republic soldier who fought for Russia. Following criticism, the jury publicly apologised for the decision and admitted that the combination created "an overly simplistic and false equivalence". Support Ukrainska Pravda on Patreon!
Yahoo
27-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
World Press Photo announces 2025 winners: See striking images
The winners of the 2025 World Press Photo Contest have been announced, and the winning selection showcases some of the world's best photojournalism and documentary photography. Forty-two winners, nine more than last year's total of 33, were chosen from more than 59,000 entries received from 3,778 photographers from across 141 countries, World Press Photo said in a news release. Winners from the regions of Africa; Asia Pacific and Oceania; Europe; North and Central America; South America; and West, Central and South Asia were awarded across three categories: "Singles" (single frame photographs), "Stories" (between 4 and 10 single frame photographs), and "Long-term Projects" (between 4 and 10 single frame photographs). The singles and stories categories had three winners apiece, and one winner was named in the long-term project category. Selection was first done by six regional juries, and the final winners were then chosen by an independent global jury consisting of the regional jury chairs plus the global jury chair, the organization said. "Gathered from across 2024's fast changing political and media landscape, the photos invite viewers to step outside the news cycle and look more deeply at both prominent and less seen stories from across the world as well as look again at familiar events," the organization said. "These works show the power of authentic photojournalism and documentary photography - offering space for reflection in times of urgency through visual excellence and dedication to accuracy." Key themes from this year's winning selection range from politics, gender and migration, to conflict and the climate crisis. World Press Photo, now in its 70th year, said it is increasing the total number of winners from a total of 33 in 2024 to 42 this year. In the past three years, there has been one winning single and one winning story per region. However, from this year onwards, there will be three winners in each of these categories per region. "The world is not the same as it was in 1955 when World Press Photo was founded," Executive Director World Press Photo, Joumana El Zein Khoury said in a statement. "We live in a time when it is easier than ever to look away, to scroll past, to disengage. But these images do not let us do that." Khoury added the winning images "cut through the noise, forcing us to acknowledge what is unfolding, even when it is uncomfortable, even when it makes us question the world we live in - and our own role within it." The winning photographs and the stories behind them will be showcased in an exhibition that will travel across 60 locations around the world over this year, including London, Rome, Berlin, Mexico City, Montreal and Jakarta with "millions more" seeing the "winning stories online," the organization said. World Press Photo, on April 17, will also announce the 2025 World Press Photo of the Year winner and two finalists at the press opening of the Flagship World Press Photo Exhibition 2025 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. All winning photographers are eligible for the Photo of the Year award. Global jury chair Lucy Conticello said jury members "were looking for pictures that people can start conversations around." "We made our choices with an eye on the final mix," Conticello said. "As much as the World Press Photo Contest award is an immense recognition for photographers, often working under difficult circumstances, it is also a recap of the world's major events, however incomplete." Founded in the Netherlands in 1955, World Press Photo is a nonprofit organization that "champions the power of photojournalism and documentary photography to deepen understanding, promote dialog, and inspire action."Saman Shafiq is a trending news reporter for USA TODAY. Reach her at sshafiq@ and follow her on X and Instagram @saman_shafiq7. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Winners of the 2025 World Press Photo Contest: See striking images
USA Today
27-03-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
World Press Photo announces 2025 winners: See striking images
World Press Photo announces 2025 winners: See striking images Key themes from this year's winning selection range from politics, and gender, and migration, to conflict, and the climate crisis. The winners of the 2025 World Press Photo Contest have been announced, and the winning selection showcases some of the world's best photojournalism and documentary photography. Forty-two winners, nine more than last year's total of 33, were chosen from more than 59,000 entries received from 3,778 photographers from across 141 countries, World Press Photo said in a news release. Winners from the regions of Africa; Asia Pacific and Oceania; Europe; North and Central America; South America; and West, Central and South Asia were awarded across three categories: "Singles" (single frame photographs), "Stories" (between 4 and 10 single frame photographs), and "Long-term Projects" (between 4 and 10 single frame photographs). The singles and stories categories had three winners apiece, and one winner was named in the long-term project category. Selection was first done by six regional juries, and the final winners were then chosen by an independent global jury consisting of the regional jury chairs plus the global jury chair, the organization said. "Gathered from across 2024's fast changing political and media landscape, the photos invite viewers to step outside the news cycle and look more deeply at both prominent and less seen stories from across the world as well as look again at familiar events," the organization said. "These works show the power of authentic photojournalism and documentary photography - offering space for reflection in times of urgency through visual excellence and dedication to accuracy." Key themes from this year's winning selection range from politics, gender and migration, to conflict and the climate crisis. Images 'cut through the noise' World Press Photo, now in its 70th year, said it is increasing the total number of winners from a total of 33 in 2024 to 42 this year. In the past three years, there has been one winning single and one winning story per region. However, from this year onwards, there will be three winners in each of these categories per region. "The world is not the same as it was in 1955 when World Press Photo was founded," Executive Director World Press Photo, Joumana El Zein Khoury said in a statement. "We live in a time when it is easier than ever to look away, to scroll past, to disengage. But these images do not let us do that." Khoury added the winning images "cut through the noise, forcing us to acknowledge what is unfolding, even when it is uncomfortable, even when it makes us question the world we live in - and our own role within it." The winning photographs and the stories behind them will be showcased in an exhibition that will travel across 60 locations around the world over this year, including London, Rome, Berlin, Mexico City, Montreal and Jakarta with "millions more" seeing the "winning stories online," the organization said. Photo of the Year winner coming in April World Press Photo, on April 17, will also announce the 2025 World Press Photo of the Year winner and two finalists at the press opening of the Flagship World Press Photo Exhibition 2025 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. All winning photographers are eligible for the Photo of the Year award. Global jury chair Lucy Conticello said jury members "were looking for pictures that people can start conversations around." "We made our choices with an eye on the final mix," Conticello said. "As much as the World Press Photo Contest award is an immense recognition for photographers, often working under difficult circumstances, it is also a recap of the world's major events, however incomplete." Founded in the Netherlands in 1955, World Press Photo is a nonprofit organization that "champions the power of photojournalism and documentary photography to deepen understanding, promote dialog, and inspire action." See some of 2025 World Press Photo Contest's winning photographs Warning: Some images may be too graphic for readers. Viewer discretion advised. Saman Shafiq is a trending news reporter for USA TODAY. Reach her at sshafiq@ and follow her on X and Instagram @saman_shafiq7.
