'Hope for a new Life' wins World Press Photo of the Year, others follow suite
19 Feb 2016 12:43 PM IST
The picture shows a man passing a baby through the fence at the Serbia-Hungary border.
In this image released by World Press Photo shows the World Press Photo of the Year titled \"Hope for a new Life\" by photographer Warren Richardson. The picture also won a first prize in the Spot News singles category and shows a man passing a baby through the fence at the Serbia-Hungary border in Roszke, Hungary, Aug. 28, 2015.- \"Citizen Journalism in Brazil's Favelas\" by photographer Sebastian Liste for Noor agency which won third prize in the Daily Life Stories category shows the leader of the Papo Reto collective receiving an image of a 22-year-old taxi driver who was shot dead by a police officer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Feb. 8, 2015. A group of friends from Alemao, a slum in Rio de Janeiro, formed a media collective called Papo Reto, or \"straight talk\". Social media allow them to report stories from their community otherwise ignored by traditional media.
- \"Emily and Kate and Eddie and Reid\" by photographer Sara Naomi Lewkowicz which won a third prize in the Contemporary Issues stories category shows Kate often keeping Emily company while she took baths. Late in the pregnancy, particularly once Emily was overdue, she said that baths were one of the easiest ways to relax her body. Kate, who became pregnant three weeks later than Emily, showed less, and the two would often compare their baby bumps and talk to each other's bellies. Maplewood, New Jersey, USA, Nov. 29, 2015.
- \"Aftermath of Airstrikes in Syria\" by photographer Sameer Al-Doumy for AFP which won the first prize in the Spot News stories category shows a wounded man walking out of a dust cloud following reported airstrikes in the town of Hamouria, Syria, Dec. 9, 2015.
- \"Storm Front on Bondi Beach\" by photographer Rohan Kelly for the Daily Telegraph which won first prize in the Nature singles category shows a massive cloud tsunami looming over Sydney as a sunbather reads, oblivious to the approaching cloud on Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia, Nov. 6, 2015.
- \"Avalanche, 25-27 April, Everest Base Camp, Nepal\" by photograher Roberto Schmidt for AFP which won second prize Spot News stories category shows a man suffering from severe head trauma being bundled in a sleeping bag used as a makeshift stretcher while being taken by rescuers to a medical tent moments after the avalanche in Nepal, 25 April 2015.
- \"Under the Cover of Darkness\" by photographer Paul Hansen for Dagens Nyheter which won second prize General News singles category shows refugees traveling in darkness through Europe to avoid detection, Lesbos, Greece, Dec. 6, 2015.
- \"A Life in Death\" by photographer Nacy Borowick which won second prize Long Term Projects shows Howie and Laurel Borowick sitting next to the bathroom telephone as they receive the most recent news from their oncologist. New York, US, March 8, 2013. A daughter photographs her own parents who were in parallel treatment for stage-four cancer, side by side. The project looks at love, life, and living, in the face of death. It honors their memory by focusing on their strength and love, both individually and together, and shares the story of their final chapters, within a year of each other.
- \"IS Fighter Treated at Kurdish Hospital\" by photographer Mauricio Lima for The New York Times which won a first prize in the General News singles category shows a doctor rubbing ointment on the burns of a 16-year-old Islamic State fighter named Jacob in front of a poster of Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, at a Y.P.G. hospital compound on the outskirts of Hasaka, Syria, August 1, 2015.
- \"A Life in Death\" by photographer Nacy Borowick which won second prize Long Term Projects shows Howie and Laurel Borowick embrace in the bedroom of their home. In their 34- year marriage, they were diagnosed with stage-four cancer at the same time. New York, USA, March 8, 2013. A daughter photographs her own parents who were in parallel treatment for stage-four cancer, side by side. The project looks at love, life, and living, in the face of death. It honors their memory by focusing on their strength and love, both individually and together, and shares the story of their final chapters, within a year of each other.
- \"Amazon's Munduruku Tribe\" by photographer Mauricio Lima for The New York Times which won second prize in the Daily Life singles category shows indigenous Munduruku children playing in the Tapajos river in the tribal area of Sawre Muybu, Itaituba, Brazil, Feb. 10, 2015. The tribesmen of the Munduruku, who for centuries have sanctified the Tapajos River on which their villages sit, are fighting for survival. Brazil's government plans to flood much of their land to build a $9.9 billion hydroelectric dam, the Sao Luiz do Tapajos, as part of a wider energy strategy across the Amazon rainforest.
- \"La Maya Tradition\" by Associated Press photographer Daniel Ochoa de Olza which won second prize People stories shows young girls between the age of 7 and 11 are chosen every year as 'Maya' for the 'Las Mayas', a festival derived from pagan rites celebrating the arrival of spring, in the town of Colmenar Viejo, Spain. The girls are required to sit still for a couple of hours in a decorated altar.
- \"La Maya Tradition\" by Associated Press photographer Daniel Ochoa de Olza which won second prize People stories shows young girls between the age of 7 and 11 are chosen every year as 'Maya' for the 'Las Mayas', a festival derived from pagan rites celebrating the arrival of spring, in the town of Colmenar Viejo, Spain. The girls are required to sit still for a couple of hours in a decorated altar.
- \"Whale Whisperers\" by photographer Anuar Patjane Floriuk which won second prize in the nature singles category shows divers observing and surrounding a humpback whale and her newborn calf whilst they swim around Roca Partida in the Revillagigedo Islands, Mexico, Jan. 28, 2015.
- \"Sexual Assault in America's Military\" by photographer Mary F. Calvert which won first prize in the Long term Projects category shows homeless veteran Darlene Matthews who has been living in her car for over two years while she waits for a housing voucher from the VA. She joined the US Army in 1976 and was sent to Fort McLellan, Alabama. She was beyond horrified when she discovered that it wasn't a safe place and instead full of \"illegal punishments and all this sexual stuff. The whole atmosphere was abusive.\" Her life spiraled down after she got out of the military and found herself very depressed. Taken in Costa Mesa, California, US, Dec. 1, 2014.
- \"Sexual Assault in America's Military\" by photographer Mary F. Calvert which won first prize in the Long term Projects category shows US Army Spc. Natasha Schuette, 21, who was pressured not to report being assaulted by her drill sergeant during basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Though she was hazed by her assailant's fellow drill instructors, she refused to back down and Staff Sgt. Louis Corral is now serving four years in prison for assaulting her and four other female trainees. The US Army rewarded Natasha for her courage to report her assault and the Sexual Harassment/ Assault Response & Prevention office distributed a training video featuring her story.
- \"Chameleon Under Pressure\" by photographer Christian Ziegler for National Geographic which won the third prize in the Nature stories category shows a Furcifer Ambrensis female foraging for insects with extendable tongue, Montain d'Ambre, Madagascar, Nov. 29, 2014.
- \"Chameleon Under Pressure\" by photographer Christian Ziegler for National Geographic which won the third prize in the Nature stories category shows A juvenile Furcifer Balteatus in a recently burned landscape. Fires are often deadly for chameleons, because they can't move fast enough to escape them. The common practice of burning the landscape at the end of every dry season has affected many species of chameleons, both directly via fatalities due to burning and indirectly due to habitat loss, Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar, Nov. 16, 2015.
- \"Ivory Wars\" by photographer Brent Stirton, Getty images for National Geographic, which won a second prize in the Nature stories category shows a container filled with tons of illegal ivory. Togo is seen as a new opportunity by ivory smugglers with its new deep water port. Yet, customs officers with new container scanning technology have made the efforts of these smugglers more difficult. Lome, Togo, Jan. 29, 2014.
- \"Exposure\" by photographer Kazuma Obara which won first prize in the People stories category shows the world's worst nuclear accident which happened on 26 April 1986 at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Just 5 months after the disaster, a girl was born in Kiev just 100 km south from Chernobyl. The wind included a great amount of radioactive elements, and the girl became one of the victims of the tragedy.
- \"Waiting to Register\" by photographer Matic Zorman which won the first prize in the People singles category shows a child which is covered with a raincoat while she waits in line to register at a refugee camp in Presevo, Serbia, Oct. 7, 2015.
- \"Digging the Future\" by photographer Matjaz Krivic which won second prize in the People singles category shows a mine worker taking a smoke break before going back into the pit. Miners in Bani face harsh conditions and exposure to toxic chemicals and heavy metals. Image taken in Bani, Burkina Faso, on Nov. 20, 2015.
- \"Lost Family Portraits\" by photographer Dario Mitidieri which won third prize in the People singles category shows a portrait of a Syrian refugee family in a camp in Bekaa Valley, Lebanon, on Dec. 15, 2015. The empty chair in the photograph represents a family member who has either died in the war or whose whereabouts are unknown.
- \"Lost Family Portraits\" by photographer Dario Mitidieri which won third prize in the People singles category shows a portrait of a Syrian refugee family in a camp in Bekaa Valley, Lebanon, on Dec. 15, 2015. The empty chair in the photograph represents a family member who has either died in the war or whose whereabouts are unknown.
- \"An Antarctic Advantage\" by photographer Daniel Berehulak for The New York Times which won first prize Daily Life stories shows a priest looking on in the Bell room, after a vigil at the Russian Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity, Fildes Bay, Antartica, Dec. 3, 2015.
- \"China's Coal Addiction\" by photographer Kevin Frayer for Getty Images which won first prize in the Daily Life singles category shows Chinese men pulling a tricycle in a neighborhood next to a coal-fired power plant in Shanxi, China, on Nov. 26, 2015. A history of heavy dependence on burning coal for energy has made China the source of nearly a third of the world's total carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, the toxic pollutants widely cited by scientists and environmentalists as the primary cause of global warming.
- \"In the Same Boat\" by photographer Francesco Zizola for Noor agency which won the second prize in the Contemporary Issues category shows migrants wrapped in emergency blankets two days after being rescued catch sight of the Italian coast for the first time, Strait of Sicily, Mediterranean Sea, Aug. 23, 2015.
- \"Talibes, Modern Day Slaves\" by photographer Mario Cruz which won first prize in the Contempory Issues category shows runaway talibes standing on the bank of Senegal river, Saint Louis, Senegal, May 20,2015.
- \"The Forgotten Mountains of Sudan\" by photographer Adriane Ohanesian which won the second prize in the Contemporary Issues singles category shows Adam Abdel, 7, who was severely burned after a bomb was dropped by a Sudanese government Antonov plane next to his family home in Burgu, Central Darfur, Sudan. Feb. 2015.
- This image titled \"March Against Police Violence\" by photographer John J. Kim for the Chicago Tribune which won a third prize in the Contemporary Issues singles category shows Lamon Reccord staring down a police sergeant during a protest following the fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald by police in Chicago, Illinois, USA, Nov. 25, 2015.
- \"Douma's Children, Syria\" by photographer Abd Doumany for AFP which won the second prize in the General News stories category shows a wounded Syrian girl holding on to a relative as she awaits treatment by doctors at a makeshift hospital in Douma, Syria, May 11, 2015.
- \"Broken Border, 13-15 June, Sanliurfa, Turkey\" by photographer Bulent Kilic for AFP which won the third prize Spot News Stories shows refugees wait to enter Turkey near the Turkish border crossing at Akcakale, Turkey, June 15, 2015.
- \"March Against Terrorism in Paris\" by photographer Corentin Fohlen, Divergence for Stern and Paris Match, which won second prize in the Spot News singles category shows a demonstration against terrorism in Paris, after a series of five attacks occurred across the Ile-de-France region, beginning at the headquarters for satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, Paris, France, Jan. 11, 2015.
- \"An earthquake's Aftermath, Nepal\" by photographer Daniel Berehulak for The New York Times which won third prize in the General News stories category shows residents foraging through their destroyed homes, gathering salvageable belongings. Bhaktapur, Nepal, April 29, 2015.
- \"Tianjin Explosion\" by photographer Chen Jie which won third prize in the General News singles category shows an aerial view of the destruction after the explosion in Tianjin, China, Aug. 15, 2015.
- \"Gang-Related Violence\" by photographer Niclas Hammarstrom which won a third prize Spot News singles category shows the body of a victim killed in gang-related violence. This is the fourth gang- related killing on the same street in one night. Police have no witnesses. San Pedro Sula, Honduras, March 4, 2015.
- \"Into the Light\" by photographer Zohreh Saberi which won the third prize in the Daily Life Singles category shows Raheleh, who was born blind, standing behind the window in the morning. She likes the warmness of the sunlight on her face. Babol, Mazandaran, Iran, Nov. 12, 2015.
- \"Haze in China\" by photographer Zhang Lei which won the first prize in the Contemporary Issues Singles category shows a city in northern China shrouded in haze, Tianjin, China, Dec. 10, 2015.
- \"North Korea Life in the Cult of Kim, by photographer David Guttenfelder, AP, which won a third prize in the Long term Projects category shows a North Korean soldier, working as a guide, walking through a forest April 4, 2012, that is said to be a former camp site where the late North Korean leader Kim Il Sung overnight while leading a battle against the Japanese at the foot of Mount Paektu, North Korea.
- \"Vetluga's Hockey\" by photographer Vladimir Pesnya which won the first prize in the Sports Stories category shows a player from the junior team from the village Sharanga expected to yield to the ice in Vetluga, Russia, Feb. 19, 2015. Vetluga's hockey players of an amateur team in provincial Russia are photographed before, during and after a game in the regional championship in Vetluga, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia.
- \"Vetluga's Hockey\" by photographer Vladimir Pesnya which won the first prize in the Sports Stories category shows the match between junior teams from Vetluga and village Sharanga in Vetluga, Russia, Feb. 19, 2015. Vetluga's hockey players of an amateur team in provincial Russia are photographed before, during and after a game in the regional championship in Vetluga, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia.
- \"Tough Times for Orangutans\" by photographer Tim Laman which won the first prize in the Nature Stories category shows a Bornean orangutan climbing over 30 meters up a tree in the rain forest of Gunung Palung National Park, West Kalimantan, Indonesia, Aug. 12, 2015.
- \"Reporting Europe's Refugee Crisis\" by photographer Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times which won the first prize in the General News Stories category shows refugees attempting to board a train headed to Zagreb, Croatia in Tovarnik, Croatia, 18 September 2015.
- \"Reporting Europe's Refugee Crisis\" by photographer Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times which won the first prize in the General News Stories category shows refugees arriving by boat near the village of Skala on Lesbos, Greece, 16 November 2015.
- \"The Power of Nature\" by photographer Sergio Tapiro which won the third prize in the Nature Singles category shows a powerful night explosion of the Colima Volcano with lightning, ballistic projectiles and incandescent rockfalls, Comala municipality in Colima, Mexico, 13 December 2015.
In this image released by World Press Photo shows the World Press Photo of the Year titled \"Hope for a new Life\" by photographer Warren Richardson. The picture also won a first prize in the Spot News singles category and shows a man passing a baby through the fence at the Serbia-Hungary border in Roszke, Hungary, Aug. 28, 2015.
The picture shows a man passing a baby through the fence at the Serbia-Hungary border.
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