Since 1955 the World Press Photo Contest has recognised the best single exposure pictures that contributed to the prior year of visual journalism.
The results of the 2018 World Press Photo Contest are being announced in a new way. Today (14 February) the World Press Photo Foundation has announced three nominees for each of the eight photo contest categories, and – for the first time – a shortlist of six nominees for the World Press Photo of the Year.
World Press Photo of the Year nominees: The six images shortlisted for the top award cover the Rohingya refugee crisis, the girls kidnapped by Boko Haram, the Westminster terror attack, the battle for Mosul and the Venezuela crisis.
World Press Photo of the Year nominee – Rohingya Crisis by Patrick Brown, Panos Pictures, for Unicef. 28 September 2017: The bodies of Rohingya refugees are laid out after the boat in which they were attempting to flee Myanmar capsized about eight kilometres off Inani Beach, near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Around 100 people were on the boat before it capsized. There were 17 survivors.
© Patrick Brown, Panos Pictures, for Unicef
World Press Photo of the Year nominee – Boko Haram Strapped Suicide Bombs to Them. Somehow These Teenage Girls Survived, by Adam Ferguson, for The New York Times. 21 September 2017: Aisha (14) stands for a portrait in Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria. After being kidnapped by Boko Haram, Aisha was assigned a suicide bombing mission, but managed to escape and find help instead of detonating the bombs.
© Adam Ferguson, for The New York Times
World Press Photo of the Year nominee – Witnessing the Immediate Aftermath of an Attack in the Heart of London, by Toby Melville, Reuters. 22 March 2017:
A passerby comforts an injured woman after Khalid Masood drove his car into pedestrians on Westminster Bridge in London, killing five and injuring multiple others.
© Toby Melville, Reuters
World Press Photo of the Year nominee – The Battle for Mosul - Lined Up for an Aid Distribution, by Ivor Prickett, for The New York Times
. 15 March 2017: Civilians who had remained in west Mosul after the battle to take the city line up for aid in the Mamun neighbourhood. In early July, after months of fighting, the Iraqi government declared the city of Mosul fully liberated from Isis, although conflict continued in pockets of the city. Thousands of civilians were killed during the battle for Mosul, while large areas of the city were left in ruins.
© Ivor Prickett, for The New York Times
World Press Photo of the Year nominee – The Battle for Mosul - Young Boy Is Cared for by Iraqi Special Forces Soldiers, by Ivor Prickett, for The New York Times. 12 July 2017: An unidentified young boy, who was carried out of the last Isis-controlled area in the Old City by a man suspected of being a militant, is cared for by Iraqi Special Forces soldiers.
© Ivor Prickett, for The New York Times
World Press Photo of the Year nominee – Venezuela Crisis, by Ronaldo Schemidt, Agence France-Presse. 3 May 2017: José Víctor Salazar Balza (28) catches fire amid violent clashes with riot police during a protest against President Nicolas Maduro, in Caracas, Venezuela.
© Ronaldo Schemidt, Agence France-Presse
To select the winners of the 61st World Press Photo Contest, the judges reviewed 73,044 photographs by 4,548 photographers from 125 different countries.
The 2018 photo contest features a new category this year: the Environment, documenting human impact, positive or negative, on the environment. Small changes have been made to the focus of the Contemporary Issues and Nature categories. The Daily Life category has been discontinued.
Nature single image nominees:
Nature singles nominee – Dumpster Diver. Corey Arnold. 14 February 2017: A bald eagle feasts on meat scraps in the garbage bins of a supermarket in Dutch Harbor, Alaska, USA.
© Corey Arnold
Nature singles nominee – Flying Fish in Motion. Michael Patrick O'Neill. 18 August 2017: A flying fish swims below the surface in the Gulf Stream late at night, offshore from Palm Beach, Florida, USA.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill
Nature singles nominee – Jump
. Thomas P. Peschak. 18 April 2017: Rockhopper penguins live up to their name as they navigate the rugged coastline of Marion Island, a South African Antarctic Territory in the Indian Ocean.
© Thomas P. Peschak
Nature stories nominees:
Nature stories nominee – Sacred No More. Jasper Doest. 15 January 2016 - 2 October 2017: In recent years, the Japanese macaque, best known as the snow monkey, has become habituated to humans. An increasing macaque population in the countryside means the monkeys raid crops to survive; in cities, macaques are tamed and trained for the entertainment industry.
© Jasper Doest
Nature stories nominee – Sacred No More. Jasper Doest. 15 January 2016 - 2 October 2017: In recent years, the Japanese macaque, best known as the snow monkey, has become habituated to humans. An increasing macaque population in the countryside means the monkeys raid crops to survive; in cities, macaques are tamed and trained for the entertainment industry.
© Jasper Doest
Nature stories nominee – Sacred No More. Jasper Doest. 15 January 2016 - 2 October 2017: In recent years, the Japanese macaque, best known as the snow monkey, has become habituated to humans. An increasing macaque population in the countryside means the monkeys raid crops to survive; in cities, macaques are tamed and trained for the entertainment industry.
© Jasper Doest
Nature stories nominee – Sacred No More. Jasper Doest. 15 January 2016 - 2 October 2017: In recent years, the Japanese macaque, best known as the snow monkey, has become habituated to humans. An increasing macaque population in the countryside means the monkeys raid crops to survive; in cities, macaques are tamed and trained for the entertainment industry.
© Jasper Doest
Nature stories nominee – Galapagos: Rocking the Cradle. Thomas P. Peschak, for National Geographic. 13 April - 22 August 2016: Four major ocean currents converge along the Galapagos archipelago, creating the conditions for an extraordinary diversity of animal life.
© Thomas P. Peschak, for National Geographic
Nature stories nominee – Galapagos: Rocking the Cradle. Thomas P. Peschak, for National Geographic. 13 April - 22 August 2016: Four major ocean currents converge along the Galapagos archipelago, creating the conditions for an extraordinary diversity of animal life.
© Thomas P. Peschak, for National Geographic
Nature stories nominee – Galapagos: Rocking the Cradle. Thomas P. Peschak, for National Geographic. 13 April - 22 August 2016: Four major ocean currents converge along the Galapagos archipelago, creating the conditions for an extraordinary diversity of animal life.
© Thomas P. Peschak, for National Geographic
Nature stories nominee – Galapagos: Rocking the Cradle. Thomas P. Peschak, for National Geographic. 13 April - 22 August 2016: Four major ocean currents converge along the Galapagos archipelago, creating the conditions for an extraordinary diversity of animal life.
© Thomas P. Peschak, for National Geographic
Nature stories nominee – Warriors Who Once Feared Elephants Now Protect Them. Ami Vitale, for National Geographic. 29 September 2016 - 23 February 2017: Orphaned and abandoned elephant calves are rehabilitated and returned to the wild, at the community-owned Reteti Elephant Sanctuary in northern Kenya.
© Ami Vitale, for National Geographic
Nature stories nominee – Warriors Who Once Feared Elephants Now Protect Them. Ami Vitale, for National Geographic. 29 September 2016 - 23 February 2017: Orphaned and abandoned elephant calves are rehabilitated and returned to the wild, at the community-owned Reteti Elephant Sanctuary in northern Kenya.
© Ami Vitale, for National Geographic
Nature stories nominee – Warriors Who Once Feared Elephants Now Protect Them. Ami Vitale, for National Geographic. 29 September 2016 - 23 February 2017: Orphaned and abandoned elephant calves are rehabilitated and returned to the wild, at the community-owned Reteti Elephant Sanctuary in northern Kenya.
© Ami Vitale, for National Geographic
Nature stories nominee – Warriors Who Once Feared Elephants Now Protect Them. Ami Vitale, for National Geographic. 29 September 2016 - 23 February 2017: Orphaned and abandoned elephant calves are rehabilitated and returned to the wild, at the community-owned Reteti Elephant Sanctuary in northern Kenya.
© Ami Vitale, for National Geographic
Environment single image nominees:
Environment singles nominee – Waiting For Freedom. Neil Aldridge. Waiting For Freedom. Neil Aldridge. 21 September 2017: A young white rhino, drugged and blindfolded, about to be released in Okavango Delta, Botswana, after its relocation from South Africa for protection from poachers.
© Neil Aldridge
Environment singles nominee – Attack of the Zombie Mouse. Thomas P. Peschak. A juvenile gray-headed albatross on Marion Island, South African Antarctic Territory, is left injured after an attack by mice from an invasive species that has begun to feed on living albatross chicks and juveniles.
© Thomas P. Peschak
Environment singles nominee – Back in Time. Thomas P. Peschak
. 11 March 2017: A historic photograph of an African penguin colony, taken in the late 1890s, is a stark contrast to the declining numbers seen in 2017 in the same location, on Halifax Island, Namibia. The colony once numbered more than 100,000 penguins.
© Thomas P. Peschak
Environment stories nominees:
Environment stories nominee – Amazon: Paradise Threatened. Daniel Beltrá. 19 January - 18 February 2017: Deforestation in the Amazon, Brazil. After declining from major peaks in 1995 and 2004, the rate of deforestation in the Amazon increased sharply in 2016.
© Daniel Beltrá
Environment stories nominee – Amazon: Paradise Threatened. Daniel Beltrá. 19 January - 18 February 2017: Deforestation in the Amazon, Brazil. After declining from major peaks in 1995 and 2004, the rate of deforestation in the Amazon increased sharply in 2016.
© Daniel Beltrá
Environment stories nominee – Amazon: Paradise Threatened. Daniel Beltrá. 19 January - 18 February 2017: Deforestation in the Amazon, Brazil. After declining from major peaks in 1995 and 2004, the rate of deforestation in the Amazon increased sharply in 2016.
© Daniel Beltrá
Environment stories nominee – Amazon: Paradise Threatened. Daniel Beltrá. 19 January - 18 February 2017: Deforestation in the Amazon, Brazil. After declining from major peaks in 1995 and 2004, the rate of deforestation in the Amazon increased sharply in 2016.
© Daniel Beltrá
Environment stories nominee – Hunger Solutions. Luca Locatelli, for National Geographic. 2 October 2016 - 9 March 2017: Innovative agricultural practice in the Netherlands has reduced dependency on water for key crops as well as dramatically reducing the use of chemical pesticides and antibiotics. At ‘Food Valley’, an expansive cluster of agricultural technology start-ups and experimental farms hint at possible solutions to the globe’s hunger crisis.
© Luca Locatelli, for National Geographic
Environment stories nominee – Hunger Solutions. Luca Locatelli, for National Geographic. 2 October 2016 - 9 March 2017: Innovative agricultural practice in the Netherlands has reduced dependency on water for key crops as well as dramatically reducing the use of chemical pesticides and antibiotics. At ‘Food Valley’, an expansive cluster of agricultural technology start-ups and experimental farms hint at possible solutions to the globe’s hunger crisis.
© Luca Locatelli, for National Geographic
Environment stories nominee – Hunger Solutions. Luca Locatelli, for National Geographic. 2 October 2016 - 9 March 2017: Innovative agricultural practice in the Netherlands has reduced dependency on water for key crops as well as dramatically reducing the use of chemical pesticides and antibiotics. At ‘Food Valley’, an expansive cluster of agricultural technology start-ups and experimental farms hint at possible solutions to the globe’s hunger crisis.
© Luca Locatelli, for National Geographic
Environment stories nominee – Hunger Solutions. Luca Locatelli, for National Geographic. 2 October 2016 - 9 March 2017: Innovative agricultural practice in the Netherlands has reduced dependency on water for key crops as well as dramatically reducing the use of chemical pesticides and antibiotics. At ‘Food Valley’, an expansive cluster of agricultural technology start-ups and experimental farms hint at possible solutions to the globe’s hunger crisis.
© Luca Locatelli, for National Geographic
Environment stories nominee – Wasteland. Kadir van Lohuizen, NOOR Images. 23 February 2016 - 9 July 2017: Humans are producing more waste than ever before. Differences between waste management systems documented between 2016 and 2017 in Jakarta, Tokyo, Lagos, New York, São Paulo and Amsterdam investigate how societies manage – or mismanage – their waste.
© Kadir van Lohuizen, NOOR Images
Environment stories nominee – Wasteland. Kadir van Lohuizen, NOOR Images. 23 February 2016 - 9 July 2017: Humans are producing more waste than ever before. Differences between waste management systems documented between 2016 and 2017 in Jakarta, Tokyo, Lagos, New York, São Paulo and Amsterdam investigate how societies manage – or mismanage – their waste.
© Kadir van Lohuizen, NOOR Images
Environment stories nominee – Wasteland. Kadir van Lohuizen, NOOR Images. 23 February 2016 - 9 July 2017: Humans are producing more waste than ever before. Differences between waste management systems documented between 2016 and 2017 in Jakarta, Tokyo, Lagos, New York, São Paulo and Amsterdam investigate how societies manage – or mismanage – their waste.
© Kadir van Lohuizen, NOOR Images
Environment stories nominee – Wasteland. Kadir van Lohuizen, NOOR Images. 23 February 2016 - 9 July 2017: Humans are producing more waste than ever before. Differences between waste management systems documented between 2016 and 2017 in Jakarta, Tokyo, Lagos, New York, São Paulo and Amsterdam investigate how societies manage – or mismanage – their waste.
© Kadir van Lohuizen, NOOR Images
Spot news singles images:
Spot new singles nominee – Car Attack. Ryan M. Kelly, The Daily Progress. 12 August 2017: People are thrown into the air as a car ploughs into a group of protesters demonstrating against the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville in Virginia, USA.
© Ryan M. Kelly, The Daily Progress
Spot new singles nominee – Venezuela Crisis. Ronaldo Schemidt, Agence France-Presse. 3 May 2017: José Víctor Salazar Balza (28) catches fire amid violent clashes with riot police during a protest against President Nicolas Maduro, in Caracas, Venezuela.
© Ronaldo Schemidt, Agence France-Presse
Spot new singles nominee – Mideast Crisis Iraq Mosul. Goran Tomasevic, Reuters. 3 March 2017: An Iraqi Special Forces soldier some moments after shooting dead a suspected suicide bomber, during the offensive to retake Mosul.
© Goran Tomasevic, Reuters
Spot news stories nominees:
Spot news stories nominee – Demonstrator Catches Fire, by Juan Barreto, Agence France-Presse. 3 May 2017:
José Víctor Salazar Balza (28) catches fire after the gas tank on a police motorcycle explodes, during a protest against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, in Caracas.
© Juan Barreto, Agence France-Presse
Spot news stories nominee – Demonstrator Catches Fire, by Juan Barreto, Agence France-Presse. 3 May 2017:
José Víctor Salazar Balza (28) catches fire after the gas tank on a police motorcycle explodes, during a protest against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, in Caracas.
© Juan Barreto, Agence France-Presse
Spot news stories nominee – Demonstrator Catches Fire, by Juan Barreto, Agence France-Presse. 3 May 2017:
José Víctor Salazar Balza (28) catches fire after the gas tank on a police motorcycle explodes, during a protest against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, in Caracas.
© Juan Barreto, Agence France-Presse
Spot news stories nominee – Demonstrator Catches Fire, by Juan Barreto, Agence France-Presse. 3 May 2017:
José Víctor Salazar Balza (28) catches fire after the gas tank on a police motorcycle explodes, during a protest against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, in Caracas.
© Juan Barreto, Agence France-Presse
Spot news stories nominee – Massacre in Las Vegas, David Becker, Getty Images. 1 October 2017: Fifty-eight people were killed and over 500 wounded after gunman Stephen Paddock opened fire on a crowd of more than 20,000 concertgoers at the Route 91 Harvest Country Music Festival at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
© David Becker, Getty Images
Spot news stories nominee – Massacre in Las Vegas, David Becker, Getty Images. 1 October 2017: Fifty-eight people were killed and over 500 wounded after gunman Stephen Paddock opened fire on a crowd of more than 20,000 concertgoers at the Route 91 Harvest Country Music Festival at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Spot news stories nominee – Massacre in Las Vegas, David Becker, Getty Images. 1 October 2017: Fifty-eight people were killed and over 500 wounded after gunman Stephen Paddock opened fire on a crowd of more than 20,000 concertgoers at the Route 91 Harvest Country Music Festival at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
© David Becker, Getty Images
Spot news stories nominee – Massacre in Las Vegas, David Becker, Getty Images. 1 October 2017: Fifty-eight people were killed and over 500 wounded after gunman Stephen Paddock opened fire on a crowd of more than 20,000 concertgoers at the Route 91 Harvest Country Music Festival at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
© David Becker, Getty Images
Spot news stories nominee – Witnessing the Immediate Aftermath of an Attack in the Heart of London, Toby Melville, Reuters. 22 March 2017: The immediate aftermath of the attack at Westminster Bridge in London, UK, when Khalid Masood drove his car into pedestrians, killing five and injuring multiple others.
© Toby Melville, Reuters
Spot news stories nominee – Witnessing the Immediate Aftermath of an Attack in the Heart of London, Toby Melville, Reuters. 22 March 2017: The immediate aftermath of the attack at Westminster Bridge in London, UK, when Khalid Masood drove his car into pedestrians, killing five and injuring multiple others.
© Toby Melville, Reuters
Spot news stories nominee – Witnessing the Immediate Aftermath of an Attack in the Heart of London, Toby Melville, Reuters. 22 March 2017: The immediate aftermath of the attack at Westminster Bridge in London, UK, when Khalid Masood drove his car into pedestrians, killing five and injuring multiple others.
© Toby Melville, Reuters
General news single image nominees:
General news singles nominee – Rohingya Crisis. Patrick Brown, Panos Pictures, for Unicef. 28 September 2017: The bodies of Rohingya refugees are laid out after the boat in which they were attempting to flee Myanmar capsized about eight kilometers off Inani Beach, near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Around 100 people were on the boat before it capsized. There were 17 survivors.
© Patrick Brown, Panos Pictures, for Unicef
General news singles nominee – Watch Houses Burn. Md Masfiqur Akhtar Sohan, NurPhoto Agency. 9 September 2017:
A group of Rohingya at the Leda makeshift settlement in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, watch as houses burn just across the border in Myanmar.
© Md Masfiqur Akhtar Sohan, NurPhoto Agency
General news singles nominee – Not My Verdict. Richard Tsong-Taatarii, Star Tribune. 18 June 2017
: John Thompson is embraced in St Anthony Village, Minnesota, USA, after speaking out at a memorial rally for his close friend Philando Castile, two days after police officer Jeronimo Yanez was acquitted of all charges in the shooting of Castile.
© Richard Tsong-Taatarii, Star Tribune
General news stories nominees:
General news stories nominee – Rohingya Refugees Flee Into Bangladesh to Escape Ethnic Cleansing. Kevin Frayer, Getty Images. 19 September - 2 November 2017: ‘Clearance operations’ against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar conducted by the Burmese army led to hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing into Bangladesh on foot or by boat. Many died in the attempt. In Bangladesh, refugees were housed in makeshift settlements.
© Kevin Frayer, Getty Images
General news stories nominee – Rohingya Refugees Flee Into Bangladesh to Escape Ethnic Cleansing. Kevin Frayer, Getty Images. 19 September - 2 November 2017: ‘Clearance operations’ against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar conducted by the Burmese army led to hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing into Bangladesh on foot or by boat. Many died in the attempt. In Bangladesh, refugees were housed in makeshift settlements.
© Kevin Frayer, Getty Images
General news stories nominee – Rohingya Refugees Flee Into Bangladesh to Escape Ethnic Cleansing. Kevin Frayer, Getty Images. 19 September - 2 November 2017: ‘Clearance operations’ against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar conducted by the Burmese army led to hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing into Bangladesh on foot or by boat. Many died in the attempt. In Bangladesh, refugees were housed in makeshift settlements.
© Kevin Frayer, Getty Images
General news stories nominee – Rohingya Refugees Flee Into Bangladesh to Escape Ethnic Cleansing. Kevin Frayer, Getty Images. 19 September - 2 November 2017: ‘Clearance operations’ against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar conducted by the Burmese army led to hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing into Bangladesh on foot or by boat. Many died in the attempt. In Bangladesh, refugees were housed in makeshift settlements.
© Kevin Frayer, Getty Images
General news stories nominee – Lives in Limbo. Francesco Pistilli. 12 - 17 January 2017. The tightening of the so-called Balkan route into the European Union stranded thousands of refugees attempting to travel through the country to seek a new life in Europe. Many spent the freezing Serbian winter in derelict warehouses behind Belgrade's main train station.
© Francesco Pistilli
General news stories nominee – Lives in Limbo. Francesco Pistilli. 12 - 17 January 2017. The tightening of the so-called Balkan route into the European Union stranded thousands of refugees attempting to travel through the country to seek a new life in Europe. Many spent the freezing Serbian winter in derelict warehouses behind Belgrade's main train station.
© Francesco Pistilli
General news stories nominee – Lives in Limbo. Francesco Pistilli. 12 - 17 January 2017. The tightening of the so-called Balkan route into the European Union stranded thousands of refugees attempting to travel through the country to seek a new life in Europe. Many spent the freezing Serbian winter in derelict warehouses behind Belgrade's main train station.
© Francesco Pistilli
General news stories nominee – Lives in Limbo. Francesco Pistilli. 12 - 17 January 2017. The tightening of the so-called Balkan route into the European Union stranded thousands of refugees attempting to travel through the country to seek a new life in Europe. Many spent the freezing Serbian winter in derelict warehouses behind Belgrade's main train station.
© Francesco Pistilli
General news stories nominee – The Battle for Mosul. Ivor Prickett, for The New York Times
. 16 January 2017 - 16 September 2017: In early July, after months of fighting, the Iraqi government declared the city of Mosul fully liberated from ISIS, although conflict continued in pockets of the city. Thousands of civilians were killed during the battle for Mosul, while large areas of the city were left in ruins.
© Ivor Prickett, for The New York Times
General news stories nominee – The Battle for Mosul. Ivor Prickett, for The New York Times
. 16 January 2017 - 16 September 2017: In early July, after months of fighting, the Iraqi government declared the city of Mosul fully liberated from ISIS, although conflict continued in pockets of the city. Thousands of civilians were killed during the battle for Mosul, while large areas of the city were left in ruins.
© Ivor Prickett, for The New York Times
General news stories nominee – The Battle for Mosul. Ivor Prickett, for The New York Times
. 16 January 2017 - 16 September 2017: In early July, after months of fighting, the Iraqi government declared the city of Mosul fully liberated from ISIS, although conflict continued in pockets of the city. Thousands of civilians were killed during the battle for Mosul, while large areas of the city were left in ruins.
© Ivor Prickett, for The New York Times
General news stories nominee – The Battle for Mosul. Ivor Prickett, for The New York Times
. 16 January 2017 - 16 September 2017: In early July, after months of fighting, the Iraqi government declared the city of Mosul fully liberated from ISIS, although conflict continued in pockets of the city. Thousands of civilians were killed during the battle for Mosul, while large areas of the city were left in ruins.
© Ivor Prickett, for The New York Times
Contemporary issues single image nominees:
Contemporary issues singles nominee – Lagos Waterfronts under Threat. Jesco Denzel. 24 February 2017: A boat with expats from Lagos Marina is steered through the canals of Makoko community – an ancient fishing village that has grown into an enormous informal settlement – on the shores of Lagos Lagoon, Lagos, Nigeria.
© Jesco Denzel
Contemporary issues singles nominee – More Than a Woman. Giulio Di Sturco. 3 February 2017: Dr Suporn Watanyusakul shows patient Olivia Thomas her new vagina after gender reassignment surgery at a hospital in Chonburi, near Bangkok, Thailand.
© Giulio Di Sturco
Contemporary issues singles nominee – North Korea. Roger Turesson, Dagens Nyheter. 9 April 2017: A crowd awaits the start of the Pyongyang Marathon at the Kim Il-sung Stadium, while an official guards the exit, in Pyongyang, North Korea.
© Roger Turesson, Dagens Nyheter
Contemporary issues stories nominees:
Contemporary issues stories nominee – Banned Beauty. Heba Khamis. 6 November - 7 December 2016: The practice of breast ironing for girls between the ages of eight and 12 in Cameroon is carried out in the belief that this will delay maturity and help prevent rapes or sexual advances.
© Heba Khamis
Contemporary issues stories nominee – Banned Beauty. Heba Khamis. 6 November - 7 December 2016: The practice of breast ironing for girls between the ages of eight and 12 in Cameroon is carried out in the belief that this will delay maturity and help prevent rapes or sexual advances.
© Heba Khamis
Contemporary issues stories nominee – Banned Beauty. Heba Khamis. 6 November - 7 December 2016: The practice of breast ironing for girls between the ages of eight and 12 in Cameroon is carried out in the belief that this will delay maturity and help prevent rapes or sexual advances.
© Heba Khamis
Contemporary issues stories nominee – Banned Beauty. Heba Khamis. 6 November - 7 December 2016: The practice of breast ironing for girls between the ages of eight and 12 in Cameroon is carried out in the belief that this will delay maturity and help prevent rapes or sexual advances.
© Heba Khamis
Contemporary issues stories nominee – White Rage - USA. Espen Rasmussen, VG. 23 September - 1 October 2017: Degrees of anger in three US states: a journey made in the weeks after the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
© Espen Rasmussen, VG
Contemporary issues stories nominee – White Rage - USA. Espen Rasmussen, VG. 23 September - 1 October 2017: Degrees of anger in three US states: a journey made in the weeks after the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
© Espen Rasmussen, VG
Contemporary issues stories nominee – White Rage - USA. Espen Rasmussen, VG. 23 September - 1 October 2017: Degrees of anger in three US states: a journey made in the weeks after the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
© Espen Rasmussen, VG
Contemporary issues stories nominee – White Rage - USA. Espen Rasmussen, VG. 23 September - 1 October 2017: Degrees of anger in three US states: a journey made in the weeks after the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
© Espen Rasmussen, VG
Contemporary issues stories nominee – Feeding China. George Steinmetz, for National Geographic. 13 June 2016 - 9 July 2017: Rapidly rising incomes in China have led to a changing diet and increasing demand for meat, dairy and processed foods. The food and agricultural industry is under pressure.
© George Steinmetz, for National Geographic
Contemporary issues stories nominee – Feeding China. George Steinmetz, for National Geographic. 13 June 2016 - 9 July 2017: Rapidly rising incomes in China have led to a changing diet and increasing demand for meat, dairy and processed foods. The food and agricultural industry is under pressure.
© George Steinmetz, for National Geographic
Contemporary issues stories nominee – Feeding China. George Steinmetz, for National Geographic. 13 June 2016 - 9 July 2017: Rapidly rising incomes in China have led to a changing diet and increasing demand for meat, dairy and processed foods. The food and agricultural industry is under pressure.
© George Steinmetz, for National Geographic
Contemporary issues stories nominee – Feeding China. George Steinmetz, for National Geographic. 13 June 2016 - 9 July 2017: Rapidly rising incomes in China have led to a changing diet and increasing demand for meat, dairy and processed foods. The food and agricultural industry is under pressure.
© George Steinmetz, for National Geographic
People single image nominees:
People singles nominee – Earth Kiln. Li Huaifeng. 11 November 2017: Two brothers live in a traditional yaodong (‘kiln cave’), carved into a hillside on the Loess Plateau in central China. The earth-lined walls have good insulating properties, enabling residents to survive cold winters.
© Li Huaifeng
People singles nominee – Manal, War Portraits. Alessio Mamo, Redux Pictures. 10 July 2017: Manal (11), a victim of a missile explosion in Kirkuk, Iraq, wears a mask for several hours a day to protect her face, following extensive plastic surgery, at Al-Mowasah Hospital, Amman, Jordan.
© Alessio Mamo, Redux Pictures
People singles nominee – Resignation Syndrome. Magnus Wennman, Aftonbladet
. 2 March 2017: Djeneta (right) has been bedridden and unresponsive for two and a half years, and her sister Ibadeta for more than six months, with uppgivenhetssyndrom (resignation syndrome), in Horndal, Sweden. It is a condition believed to exist only amongst refugees in Sweden.
© Magnus Wennman, Aftonbladet
People stories nominees:
People stories nominee – Finding Freedom in the Water
. Anna Boyiazis. 17 October - 29 December 2016: Traditionally, girls in the Zanzibar archipelago are discouraged from learning how to swim. The Panje Project provides opportunities for local women and girls to learn swimming skills in full-length swimsuits, so that they can enter the water without compromising their cultural or religious beliefs.
© Anna Boyiazis
People stories nominee – Finding Freedom in the Water
. Anna Boyiazis. 17 October - 29 December 2016: Traditionally, girls in the Zanzibar archipelago are discouraged from learning how to swim. The Panje Project provides opportunities for local women and girls to learn swimming skills in full-length swimsuits, so that they can enter the water without compromising their cultural or religious beliefs.
© Anna Boyiazis
People stories nominee – Finding Freedom in the Water
. Anna Boyiazis. 17 October - 29 December 2016: Traditionally, girls in the Zanzibar archipelago are discouraged from learning how to swim. The Panje Project provides opportunities for local women and girls to learn swimming skills in full-length swimsuits, so that they can enter the water without compromising their cultural or religious beliefs.
© Anna Boyiazis
People stories nominee – Finding Freedom in the Water
. Anna Boyiazis. 17 October - 29 December 2016: Traditionally, girls in the Zanzibar archipelago are discouraged from learning how to swim. The Panje Project provides opportunities for local women and girls to learn swimming skills in full-length swimsuits, so that they can enter the water without compromising their cultural or religious beliefs.
© Anna Boyiazis
People stories nominee – Boko Haram Strapped Suicide Bombs to Them. Somehow These Teenage Girls Survived. Adam Ferguson, for The New York Times. 29 August - 22 September 2017: Portraits of girls kidnapped by Boko Haram militants, taken in Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria. The girls were strapped with explosives and ordered to blow themselves up in crowded areas, but managed to escape and find help instead of detonating the bombs.
© Adam Ferguson, for The New York Times
People stories nominee – Boko Haram Strapped Suicide Bombs to Them. Somehow These Teenage Girls Survived. Adam Ferguson, for The New York Times. 29 August - 22 September 2017: Portraits of girls kidnapped by Boko Haram militants, taken in Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria. The girls were strapped with explosives and ordered to blow themselves up in crowded areas, but managed to escape and find help instead of detonating the bombs.
© Adam Ferguson, for The New York Times
People stories nominee – Boko Haram Strapped Suicide Bombs to Them. Somehow These Teenage Girls Survived. Adam Ferguson, for The New York Times. 29 August - 22 September 2017: Portraits of girls kidnapped by Boko Haram militants, taken in Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria. The girls were strapped with explosives and ordered to blow themselves up in crowded areas, but managed to escape and find help instead of detonating the bombs.
© Adam Ferguson, for The New York Times
People stories nominee – Boko Haram Strapped Suicide Bombs to Them. Somehow These Teenage Girls Survived. Adam Ferguson, for The New York Times. 29 August - 22 September 2017: Portraits of girls kidnapped by Boko Haram militants, taken in Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria. The girls were strapped with explosives and ordered to blow themselves up in crowded areas, but managed to escape and find help instead of detonating the bombs.
© Adam Ferguson, for The New York Times
People stories nominee – Girls. Tatiana Vinogradova. 29 March - 7 December 2017:
Sex workers pictured in their apartments, in St Petersburg, Russia.
© Tatiana Vinogradova
Sports single image nominees:
Sports singles nominee – Steaming Scrum. Stephen McCarthy, SportsFile. 17 June 2017: The British & Irish Lions and Maori All Blacks engage during a match at Rotorua International Stadium in Rotorua, New Zealand.
© Stephen McCarthy, SportsFile
Sports singles nominee – Marathon des Sables. Erik Sampers. Runners in the Marathon de Sables (The Marathon of Sands), Sahara Desert, Morocco, which began on 9 April.
© Erik Sampers
Sports singles nominee – Royal Shrovetide Football. Oliver Scarff, Agence France-Presse. 28 February 2017
: Members of opposing teams, the Up’ards and Down’ards, grapple for the ball during the historic, annual Royal Shrovetide Football Match in Ashbourne, Derbyshire, UK.
© Oliver Scarff, Agence France-Presse
Sports stories nominees:
Sports stories nominee – Peace Football Club. Juan D. Arredondo. 16 - 25 September 2017: The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), having laid down weapons after more than 50 years of conflict in Colombia, is transforming itself into a new political party and is participating in professional football clubs made up of victims of conflict as well as former rebels.
© Juan D. Arredondo
Sports stories nominee – Peace Football Club. Juan D. Arredondo. 16 - 25 September 2017: The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), having laid down weapons after more than 50 years of conflict in Colombia, is transforming itself into a new political party and is participating in professional football clubs made up of victims of conflict as well as former rebels.
© Juan D. Arredondo
Sports stories nominee – Peace Football Club. Juan D. Arredondo. 16 - 25 September 2017: The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), having laid down weapons after more than 50 years of conflict in Colombia, is transforming itself into a new political party and is participating in professional football clubs made up of victims of conflict as well as former rebels.
© Juan D. Arredondo
Sports stories nominee – Peace Football Club. Juan D. Arredondo. 16 - 25 September 2017: The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), having laid down weapons after more than 50 years of conflict in Colombia, is transforming itself into a new political party and is participating in professional football clubs made up of victims of conflict as well as former rebels.
© Juan D. Arredondo
Sports stories nominee – The Boys and the Bulls. Nikolai Linares Larsen. 18-22 February 2017: Despite the drop in popularity of bullfighting, young boys in Almeria, Spain, continue to learn skills at a local bullfighting school three times a week, and when they are not in the arena continue their efforts on the streets of the city.
© Nikolai Linares Larsen
Sports stories nominee – The Boys and the Bulls. Nikolai Linares Larsen. 18-22 February 2017: Despite the drop in popularity of bullfighting, young boys in Almeria, Spain, continue to learn skills at a local bullfighting school three times a week, and when they are not in the arena continue their efforts on the streets of the city.
© Nikolai Linares Larsen
Sports stories nominee – The Boys and the Bulls. Nikolai Linares Larsen. 18-22 February 2017: Despite the drop in popularity of bullfighting, young boys in Almeria, Spain, continue to learn skills at a local bullfighting school three times a week, and when they are not in the arena continue their efforts on the streets of the city.
© Nikolai Linares Larsen
Sports stories nominee – The Boys and the Bulls. Nikolai Linares Larsen. 18-22 February 2017: Despite the drop in popularity of bullfighting, young boys in Almeria, Spain, continue to learn skills at a local bullfighting school three times a week, and when they are not in the arena continue their efforts on the streets of the city.
© Nikolai Linares Larsen
Sports stories nominee – Kid Jockeys. Alain Schroeder, Reporters. 17-25 September 2017: Child jockeys (aged 5-10) ride bareback, barefoot and with little protective gear, on small horses, during traditional Maen Jaran horse races, on Sumbawa Island, Indonesia.
© Alain Schroeder, Reporters
Sports stories nominee – Kid Jockeys. Alain Schroeder, Reporters. 17-25 September 2017: Child jockeys (aged 5-10) ride bareback, barefoot and with little protective gear, on small horses, during traditional Maen Jaran horse races, on Sumbawa Island, Indonesia.
© Alain Schroeder, Reporters
Sports stories nominee – Kid Jockeys. Alain Schroeder, Reporters. 17-25 September 2017: Child jockeys (aged 5-10) ride bareback, barefoot and with little protective gear, on small horses, during traditional Maen Jaran horse races, on Sumbawa Island, Indonesia.
© Alain Schroeder, Reporters
Sports stories nominee – Kid Jockeys. Alain Schroeder, Reporters. 17-25 September 2017: Child jockeys (aged 5-10) ride bareback, barefoot and with little protective gear, on small horses, during traditional Maen Jaran horse races, on Sumbawa Island, Indonesia.
© Alain Schroeder, Reporters
Long-term projects nominees:
Long-term projects nominee – Latidoamerica. Javier Arcenillas, Luz. 5 August 2010 - 12 August 2017: After years of social chaos, drug trafficking and corruption, many Latin Americans are determined to revolt against the problems afflicting their countries. The project describes the fear, anger and impotence of victims amid the daily terror of street gangs, murder and thievery, and also addresses the recent trend of drug tourism in countries such as Colombia.
© Javier Arcenillas, Luz
Long-term projects nominee – Latidoamerica. Javier Arcenillas, Luz. 5 August 2010 - 12 August 2017: After years of social chaos, drug trafficking and corruption, many Latin Americans are determined to revolt against the problems afflicting their countries. The project describes the fear, anger and impotence of victims amid the daily terror of street gangs, murder and thievery, and also addresses the recent trend of drug tourism in countries such as Colombia.
© Javier Arcenillas, Luz
Long-term projects nominee – Latidoamerica. Javier Arcenillas, Luz. 5 August 2010 - 12 August 2017: After years of social chaos, drug trafficking and corruption, many Latin Americans are determined to revolt against the problems afflicting their countries. The project describes the fear, anger and impotence of victims amid the daily terror of street gangs, murder and thievery, and also addresses the recent trend of drug tourism in countries such as Colombia.
© Javier Arcenillas, Luz
Long-term projects nominee – Latidoamerica. Javier Arcenillas, Luz. 5 August 2010 - 12 August 2017: After years of social chaos, drug trafficking and corruption, many Latin Americans are determined to revolt against the problems afflicting their countries. The project describes the fear, anger and impotence of victims amid the daily terror of street gangs, murder and thievery, and also addresses the recent trend of drug tourism in countries such as Colombia.
© Javier Arcenillas, Luz
Long-term projects nominee – Ich Bin Waldviertel
. Carla Kogelman. 19 July 2012 - 29 August 2017: Hannah and Alena are two sisters living in the small village of Merkenbrechts in the Waldviertel, an isolated rural area in Austria between Vienna and the Czech Republic. The story documents summer days around Austria as the girls grow up over the years.
© Carla Kogelman
Long-term projects nominee – Ich Bin Waldviertel
. Carla Kogelman. 19 July 2012 - 29 August 2017: Hannah and Alena are two sisters living in the small village of Merkenbrechts in the Waldviertel, an isolated rural area in Austria between Vienna and the Czech Republic. The story documents summer days around Austria as the girls grow up over the years.
© Carla Kogelman
Long-term projects nominee – Ich Bin Waldviertel
. Carla Kogelman. 19 July 2012 - 29 August 2017: Hannah and Alena are two sisters living in the small village of Merkenbrechts in the Waldviertel, an isolated rural area in Austria between Vienna and the Czech Republic. The story documents summer days around Austria as the girls grow up over the years.
© Carla Kogelman
Long-term projects nominee – Ich Bin Waldviertel
. Carla Kogelman. 19 July 2012 - 29 August 2017: Hannah and Alena are two sisters living in the small village of Merkenbrechts in the Waldviertel, an isolated rural area in Austria between Vienna and the Czech Republic. The story documents summer days around Austria as the girls grow up over the years.
© Carla Kogelman
Long-term projects nominee – Omo Change. Fausto Podavini. 24 July 2011 - 24 November 2017: The Omo Valley region in Ethiopia is an extremely fragile natural environment that is home to approximately 200,000 inhabitants of many diverse ethnic groups. This area is changing rapidly as a result of the construction of the Gibe III Dam, which is having a severe environmental and socio-economic impact on the region.
© Fausto Podavini
Long-term projects nominee – Omo Change. Fausto Podavini. 24 July 2011 - 24 November 2017: The Omo Valley region in Ethiopia is an extremely fragile natural environment that is home to approximately 200,000 inhabitants of many diverse ethnic groups. This area is changing rapidly as a result of the construction of the Gibe III Dam, which is having a severe environmental and socio-economic impact on the region.
© Fausto Podavini
Long-term projects nominee – Omo Change. Fausto Podavini. 24 July 2011 - 24 November 2017: The Omo Valley region in Ethiopia is an extremely fragile natural environment that is home to approximately 200,000 inhabitants of many diverse ethnic groups. This area is changing rapidly as a result of the construction of the Gibe III Dam, which is having a severe environmental and socio-economic impact on the region.
© Fausto Podavini
Long-term projects nominee – Omo Change. Fausto Podavini. 24 July 2011 - 24 November 2017: The Omo Valley region in Ethiopia is an extremely fragile natural environment that is home to approximately 200,000 inhabitants of many diverse ethnic groups. This area is changing rapidly as a result of the construction of the Gibe III Dam, which is having a severe environmental and socio-economic impact on the region.
© Fausto Podavini
The winner of the World Press Photo of the Year, and all of the category winners, will be announced at the awards show in Amsterdam on 12 April 2018.
