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Al Jazeera
19-04-2025
- Politics
- Al Jazeera
LIVE: Israel kills 64 in Gaza as homes, tent camps, barbershop bombed
Medical sources tell Al Jazeera that at least 64 people have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza since dawn on UN's World Food Programme issues an urgent warning that 'Gaza needs food now' as hundreds of thousands of people are at risk of Jazeera's correspondent in Gaza says people in the war-torn territory are 'psychologically broken' amid unrelenting Israeli bombing and having no food for their children due to the Israeli blockade on aid Health Ministry says at least 51,065 Palestinians have been confirmed dead and 116,505 wounded in Israel's war on Gaza since it began 18 months Gaza Government Media Office updated its death toll to more than 61,700, saying thousands of people missing under the rubble are presumed dead. At least 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the Hamas-led October 7, 2023, attacks, and more than 200 were taken captive. Update: Date: 3m ago (00:07 GMT) Title: WATCH: Image of Gaza air strike survivor wins 2025 World Press Photo of the Year Content: A poignant image of a nine-year-old amputee from Gaza is the 2025 World Press Photo of the Year. Mahmoud Ajjour lost both of his arms in an Israeli air strike. His portrait was taken by Palestinian photographer Samar Abu Elouf for The New York Times. Ajjour spoke with Al Jazeera about rebuilding his life and his dream of returning home. Watch below: This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. End of dialog window. This is a modal window. This modal can be closed by pressing the Escape key or activating the close button. Update: Date: 6m ago (00:04 GMT) Title: A recap of recent developments Content: Update: Date: 9m ago (00:00 GMT) Title: Welcome to our live coverage Content: Hello, and thank you for joining our live coverage of Israel's war on Gaza as well as Israeli attacks on the occupied West Bank and the wider region. Follow this page for around-the-clock updates on the latest developments. You can find all our updates from Friday, April 18, here.
Al Jazeera
18-04-2025
- General
- Al Jazeera
Image of Gaza airstrike survivor wins 2025 World Press Photo of the Year
NewsFeed Image of Gaza airstrike survivor wins 2025 World Press Photo of the Year A poignant image of a nine-year-old amputee from Gaza is the 2025 World Press Photo of the Year. Mahmoud Ajjour lost both arms in an Israeli airstrike. His portrait was taken by Palestinian photographer Samar Abu Elouf for The New York Times. Ajjour spoke with Al Jazeera about rebuilding his life and his dream of returning home.
Yahoo
18-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Palestinian photographer Samar Abu Elouf wins 2025 World Press Photo of Year
A moving portrait of nine-year-old Mahmoud Ajjour, a young Gazan boy who lost both arms in an Israeli airstrike, has been named World Press Photo of the Year 2025. The image, taken by Palestinian photographer Samar Abu Elouf for The New York Times, shows Mahmoud bathed in warm light, facing a window in quiet contemplation. The photograph is not only a powerful act of photojournalism, but a personal story too. Abu Elouf, who was evacuated from Gaza in December 2023, now lives in the same apartment complex as Mahmoud in Doha. There, she has been documenting the stories of Gazans who made it out for treatment, including Mahmoud, who was injured while fleeing an Israeli attack in Gaza City in March 2024. As he turned back to urge his family to run, an explosion severed one arm and mutilated the other. Today, in Qatar, Mahmoud is learning to navigate his new life — playing games on his phone, writing, and even opening doors with his feet. His dream? To get prosthetics and live life as any other child. The war in Gaza has taken a disproportionate toll on children, with the United Nations estimating that by December 2024, Gaza had the highest per capita number of child amputees in the world. 'This is a quiet photo that speaks loudly,' said Joumana El Zein Khoury, Executive Director of World Press Photo. 'It tells the story of one boy, but also of a wider war that will have an impact for generations. Looking at our archive, in the 70th year of World Press Photo, I am confronted by too many images like this one." She added: 'I remain endlessly grateful for the photographers who, despite the personal risks and emotional costs, record these stories to give all of us the opportunity to understand, empathise, and be inspired to action.' Global jury chair Lucy Conticello, Director of Photography for M, Le Monde's weekend magazine, echoed this sentiment: 'This young boy's life deserves to be understood, and this picture does what great photojournalism can do: provide a layered entry point into a complex story, and the incentive to prolong one's encounter with that story. In my opinion, this image by Samar Abu Elouf was a clear winner from the start.' Two finalists were also honoured alongside the winning image: Night Crossing by John Moore for Getty Images, and Droughts in the Amazon by Musuk Nolte for Panos Pictures, Bertha Foundation. In Night Crossing, Chinese migrants are seen huddling for warmth during a cold rain after crossing the US–Mexico border — an intimate glimpse into the often-politicised realities of migration. In Droughts in the Amazon, a young man carries food to his mother in the village of Manacapuru, once accessible by boat. He now walks two kilometres along a dry riverbed — a haunting vision of the world's largest rainforest in crisis. These stories were selected from over 59,000 images submitted by nearly 3,800 photographers across 141 countries. The winning works will be showcased at the World Press Photo Exhibition 2025, which opens at MPB Gallery at Here East in London from 23 May–25 August. The travelling exhibition will visit over 60 locations around the world.
Euronews
18-04-2025
- General
- Euronews
Palestinian photographer Samar Abu Elouf wins 2025 World Press Photo of Year
ADVERTISEMENT A moving portrait of nine-year-old Mahmoud Ajjour, a young Gazan boy who lost both arms in an Israeli airstrike, has been named World Press Photo of the Year 2025. The image, taken by Palestinian photographer Samar Abu Elouf for The New York Times, shows Mahmoud bathed in warm light, facing a window in quiet contemplation. The photograph is not only a powerful act of photojournalism, but a personal story too. Abu Elouf, who was evacuated from Gaza in December 2023, now lives in the same apartment complex as Mahmoud in Doha. There, she has been documenting the stories of Gazans who made it out for treatment, including Mahmoud, who was injured while fleeing an Israeli attack in Gaza City in March 2024. As he turned back to urge his family to run, an explosion severed one arm and mutilated the other. Mahmoud Ajjour, aged nine © Samar Abu Elouf, for The New York Times Today, in Qatar, Mahmoud is learning to navigate his new life — playing games on his phone, writing, and even opening doors with his feet. His dream? To get prosthetics and live life as any other child. The war in Gaza has taken a disproportionate toll on children, with the United Nations estimating that by December 2024, Gaza had the highest per capita number of child amputees in the world. 'This is a quiet photo that speaks loudly,' said Joumana El Zein Khoury, Executive Director of World Press Photo. 'It tells the story of one boy, but also of a wider war that will have an impact for generations. Looking at our archive, in the 70th year of World Press Photo, I am confronted by too many images like this one." She added: 'I remain endlessly grateful for the photographers who, despite the personal risks and emotional costs, record these stories to give all of us the opportunity to understand, empathise, and be inspired to action.' Global jury chair Lucy Conticello, Director of Photography for M, Le Monde's weekend magazine, echoed this sentiment: 'This young boy's life deserves to be understood, and this picture does what great photojournalism can do: provide a layered entry point into a complex story, and the incentive to prolong one's encounter with that story. In my opinion, this image by Samar Abu Elouf was a clear winner from the start.' Night Crossing John Moore, United States, Getty Images Two finalists were also honoured alongside the winning image: Night Crossing by John Moore for Getty Images, and Droughts in the Amazon by Musuk Nolte for Panos Pictures, Bertha Foundation. In Night Crossing, Chinese migrants are seen huddling for warmth during a cold rain after crossing the US–Mexico border — an intimate glimpse into the often-politicised realities of migration. In Droughts in the Amazon, a young man carries food to his mother in the village of Manacapuru, once accessible by boat. He now walks two kilometres along a dry riverbed — a haunting vision of the world's largest rainforest in crisis . Droughts in the Amazon Musuk Nolte, Peru/Mexico, Panos Pictures, Bertha Foundation These stories were selected from over 59,000 images submitted by nearly 3,800 photographers across 141 countries. The winning works will be showcased at the World Press Photo Exhibition 2025 , which opens at MPB Gallery at Here East in London from 23 May–25 August. The travelling exhibition will visit over 60 locations around the world.
Observer
17-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Observer
Amputee Palestinian boy photo wins award
AMSTERDAM: A haunting portrait of a nine-year-old Palestinian boy who lost both arms during an Israeli attack on Gaza City won the 2025 World Press Photo of the Year Award on Thursday. The picture, by Samar Abu Elouf for The New York Times, depicts Mahmoud Ajjour, evacuated to Doha after an explosion severed one arm and mutilated the other last year. "One of the most difficult things Mahmoud's mother explained to me was how when Mahmoud first came to the realisation that his arms were amputated, the first sentence he said to her was, 'How will I be able to hug you'?" said Elouf. The photographer is also from Gaza and was herself evacuated in December 2023. She now portrays badly wounded Palestinians based in Doha. "Working on this project was a special but painful experience. Through it, I sought to show the difficulties of the lives of wounded Palestinians outside of Gaza," she told reporters. "This is a quiet photo that speaks loudly. It tells the story of one boy, but also of a wider war that will have an impact for generations," said Joumana El Zein Khoury, World Press Photo Executive Director. The jury praised the photo's "strong composition and attention to light" and its thought-provoking subject-matter, especially questions raised over Mahmoud's future. The boy is now learning to play games on his phone, write and open doors with his feet, the jury said. "Palestinian children have paid a heavy price for the horrors they have experienced, and Mahmoud is just one of those children," said the photographer. "Mahmoud's dream is simple: he wants to get prosthetics and live his life as any other child," said the World Press Photo organisers in a statement. The jury also selected two photos for the runner-up prize. The first, entitled "Droughts in the Amazon" by Musuk Nolte for Panos Pictures and the Bertha Foundation, shows a man on a dried-up river bed in the Amazon carrying supplies to a village once accessible by boat. - AFP
