• The World Press Photo of the Year. © Ronaldo Schemidt. ‘Venezuela Crisis’. May 3, 2017. José Víctor Salazar Balza (28) catches fire amid violent clashes with riot police during a protest against President Nicolás Maduro, in Caracas, Venezuela. President Maduro had announced plans to revise Venezuela’s democratic system by forming a constituent assembly to replace the opposition-led National Assembly, in effect consolidating legislative powers for himself. Opposition leaders called for mass protests to demand early presidential elections. Clashes between protesters and the Venezuelan national guard broke out on 3 May, with protesters (many of whom wore hoods, masks or gas masks) lighting fires and hurling stones. Salazar was set alight when the gas tank of a motorbike exploded. He survived the incident with first- and second-degree burns. Commissioned by Agence France Presse.
    The World Press Photo of the Year. © Ronaldo Schemidt. ‘Venezuela Crisis’. May 3, 2017. José Víctor Salazar Balza (28) catches fire amid violent clashes with riot police during a protest against President Nicolás Maduro, in Caracas, Venezuela. President Maduro had announced plans to revise Venezuela’s democratic system by forming a constituent assembly to replace the opposition-led National Assembly, in effect consolidating legislative powers for himself. Opposition leaders called for mass protests to demand early presidential elections. Clashes between protesters and the Venezuelan national guard broke out on 3 May, with protesters (many of whom wore hoods, masks or gas masks) lighting fires and hurling stones. Salazar was set alight when the gas tank of a motorbike exploded. He survived the incident with first- and second-degree burns. Commissioned by Agence France Presse.
  • Boko Haram Strapped Suicide Bombs to Them. Somehow These Teenage Girls Survived. World Press Photo of the Year Nominee. © Adam Ferguson. 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. Commissioned by The New York Times.
    Boko Haram Strapped Suicide Bombs to Them. Somehow These Teenage Girls Survived. World Press Photo of the Year Nominee. © Adam Ferguson. 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. Commissioned by The New York Times.
  • Rohingya Crisis. World Press Photo of the Year Nominee. © Patrick Brown. 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. The Rohingya are a predominantly Muslim minority group in Rakhine State, western Myanmar. They number around one million people, but laws passed in the 1980s effectively deprived them of Myanmar citizenship. Violence erupted in Myanmar on 25 August after a faction of Rohingya militants attacked police posts, killing 12 members of the Myanmar security forces. Myanmar authorities, in places supported by groups of Buddhists, launched a crackdown, attacking Rohingya villages and burning houses. Commissioned by Panos Pictures, for UNICEF.
    Rohingya Crisis. World Press Photo of the Year Nominee. © Patrick Brown. 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. The Rohingya are a predominantly Muslim minority group in Rakhine State, western Myanmar. They number around one million people, but laws passed in the 1980s effectively deprived them of Myanmar citizenship. Violence erupted in Myanmar on 25 August after a faction of Rohingya militants attacked police posts, killing 12 members of the Myanmar security forces. Myanmar authorities, in places supported by groups of Buddhists, launched a crackdown, attacking Rohingya villages and burning houses. Commissioned by Panos Pictures, for UNICEF.
  • The Battle for Mosul. World Press Photo of the Year Nominee. © Ivor Prickett. 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. Commissioned by The New York Times.
    The Battle for Mosul. World Press Photo of the Year Nominee. © Ivor Prickett. 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. Commissioned by The New York Times.
  • Witnessing the Immediate Aftermath of an Attack in the Heart of London. World Press Photo of the Year Nominee. © Toby Melville. A passerby comforts an injured woman after Khalid Masood drove his car into pedestrians on Westminster Bridge in London, UK, killing five and injuring multiple others. Commissioned by Reuters.
    Witnessing the Immediate Aftermath of an Attack in the Heart of London. World Press Photo of the Year Nominee. © Toby Melville. A passerby comforts an injured woman after Khalid Masood drove his car into pedestrians on Westminster Bridge in London, UK, killing five and injuring multiple others. Commissioned by Reuters.
  • Feeding China. © George Steinmetz, for National Geographic. CONTEMPORARY ISSUES - SECOND PRIZE, STORIES. Rapidly rising incomes in China have led to a changing diet and increasing demand for meat, dairy and processed foods. China needs to make use of some 12 percent of the world’s arable land to feed nearly 19% of the global population. New technologies and agricultural reform offer a partial solution, but problems remain as farmers and the young flock to work in cities, leaving an aging rural population, and as land becomes contaminated by industry. 13 June 2016. Thousands of people converge on Xuyi County, in the eastern province of Jiangsu, for an annual crayfish festival.
    Feeding China. © George Steinmetz, for National Geographic. CONTEMPORARY ISSUES - SECOND PRIZE, STORIES. Rapidly rising incomes in China have led to a changing diet and increasing demand for meat, dairy and processed foods. China needs to make use of some 12 percent of the world’s arable land to feed nearly 19% of the global population. New technologies and agricultural reform offer a partial solution, but problems remain as farmers and the young flock to work in cities, leaving an aging rural population, and as land becomes contaminated by industry. 13 June 2016. Thousands of people converge on Xuyi County, in the eastern province of Jiangsu, for an annual crayfish festival.
  • Feeding China. © George Steinmetz, for National Geographic. CONTEMPORARY ISSUES - SECOND PRIZE, STORIES. Rapidly rising incomes in China have led to a changing diet and increasing demand for meat, dairy and processed foods. China needs to make use of some 12 percent of the world’s arable land to feed nearly 19% of the global population. New technologies and agricultural reform offer a partial solution, but problems remain as farmers and the young flock to work in cities, leaving an aging rural population, and as land becomes contaminated by industry. 20 June 2016. Workers process meat in the main cutting room of Jinluo Meat, in Shandong, eastern China. China is the world’s largest producer and consumer of pork, and the market is growing rapidly.
    Feeding China. © George Steinmetz, for National Geographic. CONTEMPORARY ISSUES - SECOND PRIZE, STORIES. Rapidly rising incomes in China have led to a changing diet and increasing demand for meat, dairy and processed foods. China needs to make use of some 12 percent of the world’s arable land to feed nearly 19% of the global population. New technologies and agricultural reform offer a partial solution, but problems remain as farmers and the young flock to work in cities, leaving an aging rural population, and as land becomes contaminated by industry. 20 June 2016. Workers process meat in the main cutting room of Jinluo Meat, in Shandong, eastern China. China is the world’s largest producer and consumer of pork, and the market is growing rapidly.
  • White Rage - USA. © Espen Rasmussen, Panos Pictures, VG. CONTEMPORARY ISSUES - THIRD PRIZE, STORIES. Degrees of rage in three US states: a journey made in the weeks after the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. The rally was the first gathering of far-right groups from all over the country in decades, held in part to demonstrate opposition to the removal of the statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee. The photographer travelled through Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland meeting a range of people, from extreme right activists to patriots and those angry at the way the US is governed, in an attempt to understand why white anger has risen to the surface. 24 September 2017. Lorri Cottrill (45), leader of the US neo-Nazi National Socialist Movement, smokes an e-cigarette in her home in Charleston, West Virginia.
    White Rage - USA. © Espen Rasmussen, Panos Pictures, VG. CONTEMPORARY ISSUES - THIRD PRIZE, STORIES. Degrees of rage in three US states: a journey made in the weeks after the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. The rally was the first gathering of far-right groups from all over the country in decades, held in part to demonstrate opposition to the removal of the statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee. The photographer travelled through Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland meeting a range of people, from extreme right activists to patriots and those angry at the way the US is governed, in an attempt to understand why white anger has risen to the surface. 24 September 2017. Lorri Cottrill (45), leader of the US neo-Nazi National Socialist Movement, smokes an e-cigarette in her home in Charleston, West Virginia.
  • White Rage - USA. © Espen Rasmussen, Panos Pictures, VG. CONTEMPORARY ISSUES - THIRD PRIZE, STORIES. Degrees of rage in three US states: a journey made in the weeks after the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. The rally was the first gathering of far-right groups from all over the country in decades, held in part to demonstrate opposition to the removal of the statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee. The photographer travelled through Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland meeting a range of people, from extreme right activists to patriots and those angry at the way the US is governed, in an attempt to understand why white anger has risen to the surface. 29 September 2017. Tommy Kinder, a patriot and proud of his country, poses with his rifle in his home in Fort Creek, West Virginia.
    White Rage - USA. © Espen Rasmussen, Panos Pictures, VG. CONTEMPORARY ISSUES - THIRD PRIZE, STORIES. Degrees of rage in three US states: a journey made in the weeks after the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. The rally was the first gathering of far-right groups from all over the country in decades, held in part to demonstrate opposition to the removal of the statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee. The photographer travelled through Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland meeting a range of people, from extreme right activists to patriots and those angry at the way the US is governed, in an attempt to understand why white anger has risen to the surface. 29 September 2017. Tommy Kinder, a patriot and proud of his country, poses with his rifle in his home in Fort Creek, West Virginia.
  • Attack of the Zombie Mouse. © Thomas P. Peschak. ENVIRONMENT - SECOND PRIZE, SINGLES 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. Mice were introduced to the island by sealers in the 1800s and co-existed with the birds for almost 200 years. In 1991, South Africa eradicated feral cats from Marion Island, but a subsequent plan to do the same to the mouse population failed to materialize. An expanding population and declining food sources led the abnormally large mice to attack albatrosses and burrowing petrels. An environmental officer has now been appointed to monitor the mouse population and conduct large-scale poison bait trials.
    Attack of the Zombie Mouse. © Thomas P. Peschak. ENVIRONMENT - SECOND PRIZE, SINGLES 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. Mice were introduced to the island by sealers in the 1800s and co-existed with the birds for almost 200 years. In 1991, South Africa eradicated feral cats from Marion Island, but a subsequent plan to do the same to the mouse population failed to materialize. An expanding population and declining food sources led the abnormally large mice to attack albatrosses and burrowing petrels. An environmental officer has now been appointed to monitor the mouse population and conduct large-scale poison bait trials.
  • 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. The African penguin, once southern Africa’s most abundant seabird, is now listed as endangered. Overall, the African penguin population is just 2.5 percent of its level 80 years ago; research conducted on Halifax Island by the University of Cape Town indicates the population has more than halved in the past 30 years. Historically, the demand for guano (bird excrement used for fertilizer) was a cause of the decline: the birds burrow into deposits of guano to nest. Human consumption of eggs and overfishing of surrounding waters are also seen as causes. In the seas around Halifax Island sardine and anchovy—the chief prey of the African penguin—are now almost absent.
    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. The African penguin, once southern Africa’s most abundant seabird, is now listed as endangered. Overall, the African penguin population is just 2.5 percent of its level 80 years ago; research conducted on Halifax Island by the University of Cape Town indicates the population has more than halved in the past 30 years. Historically, the demand for guano (bird excrement used for fertilizer) was a cause of the decline: the birds burrow into deposits of guano to nest. Human consumption of eggs and overfishing of surrounding waters are also seen as causes. In the seas around Halifax Island sardine and anchovy—the chief prey of the African penguin—are now almost absent.
  • Amazon: Paradise Threatened. © Daniel Beltrá. ENVIRONMENT - THIRD PRIZE, STORIES. After declining from major peaks in 1995 and 2004, the rate of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon increased sharply in 2016, under pressure from logging, mining, agriculture and hydropower developments. The Amazon forest is one of Earth’s great ‘carbon sinks’, absorbing billions of tonnes of carbon dioxide each year and acting as a climate regulator. Without it, the world’s ability to lock up carbon would be reduced, compounding the effects of global warming. 20 January 2017. Zamapa iron ore strip mine, just 30 kilometers from the Tumucumaque National Park in Amapá, Brazilian Amazon. In August, President Michel Temer issued a decree allowing mining across a formerly protected area of Amapá that was approximately the size of Switzerland. Although the decree was later revoked, there are concerns that protection may again be lifted.
    Amazon: Paradise Threatened. © Daniel Beltrá. ENVIRONMENT - THIRD PRIZE, STORIES. After declining from major peaks in 1995 and 2004, the rate of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon increased sharply in 2016, under pressure from logging, mining, agriculture and hydropower developments. The Amazon forest is one of Earth’s great ‘carbon sinks’, absorbing billions of tonnes of carbon dioxide each year and acting as a climate regulator. Without it, the world’s ability to lock up carbon would be reduced, compounding the effects of global warming. 20 January 2017. Zamapa iron ore strip mine, just 30 kilometers from the Tumucumaque National Park in Amapá, Brazilian Amazon. In August, President Michel Temer issued a decree allowing mining across a formerly protected area of Amapá that was approximately the size of Switzerland. Although the decree was later revoked, there are concerns that protection may again be lifted.
  • Amazon: Paradise Threatened. © Daniel Beltrá. ENVIRONMENT - THIRD PRIZE, STORIES. After declining from major peaks in 1995 and 2004, the rate of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon increased sharply in 2016, under pressure from logging, mining, agriculture and hydropower developments. The Amazon forest is one of Earth’s great ‘carbon sinks’, absorbing billions of tonnes of carbon dioxide each year and acting as a climate regulator. Without it, the world’s ability to lock up carbon would be reduced, compounding the effects of global warming. 5 February 2017. Scarlet ibises fly above flooded lowlands, near Bom Amigo, Amapá, Brazilian Amazon.
    Amazon: Paradise Threatened. © Daniel Beltrá. ENVIRONMENT - THIRD PRIZE, STORIES. After declining from major peaks in 1995 and 2004, the rate of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon increased sharply in 2016, under pressure from logging, mining, agriculture and hydropower developments. The Amazon forest is one of Earth’s great ‘carbon sinks’, absorbing billions of tonnes of carbon dioxide each year and acting as a climate regulator. Without it, the world’s ability to lock up carbon would be reduced, compounding the effects of global warming. 5 February 2017. Scarlet ibises fly above flooded lowlands, near Bom Amigo, Amapá, Brazilian Amazon.
  • Rohingya Refugees Flee Into Bangladesh to Escape Ethnic Cleansing. © Kevin Frayer, Getty Images. GENERAL NEWS - SECOND PRIZE, STORIES Attacks on the villages of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, and the burning of their homes, led to hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing into Bangladesh on foot or by boat. Many died in the attempt. According to UNICEF, more than half of those fleeing were children. In Bangladesh, refugees were housed in existing camps and makeshift settlements. Conditions became critical; basic services came under severe pressure and, according to a Médecins Sans Frontières physician based there, most people lacked clean water, shelter and sanitation, bringing the threat of disease. 2 October 2017. Rohingya refugees carry their belongings as they walk on the Bangladesh side of the Naf River after fleeing Myanmar.
    Rohingya Refugees Flee Into Bangladesh to Escape Ethnic Cleansing. © Kevin Frayer, Getty Images. GENERAL NEWS - SECOND PRIZE, STORIES Attacks on the villages of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, and the burning of their homes, led to hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing into Bangladesh on foot or by boat. Many died in the attempt. According to UNICEF, more than half of those fleeing were children. In Bangladesh, refugees were housed in existing camps and makeshift settlements. Conditions became critical; basic services came under severe pressure and, according to a Médecins Sans Frontières physician based there, most people lacked clean water, shelter and sanitation, bringing the threat of disease. 2 October 2017. Rohingya refugees carry their belongings as they walk on the Bangladesh side of the Naf River after fleeing Myanmar.
  • Rohingya Refugees Flee Into Bangladesh to Escape Ethnic Cleansing. © Kevin Frayer, Getty Images. GENERAL NEWS - SECOND PRIZE, STORIES Attacks on the villages of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, and the burning of their homes, led to hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing into Bangladesh on foot or by boat. Many died in the attempt. According to UNICEF, more than half of those fleeing were children. In Bangladesh, refugees were housed in existing camps and makeshift settlements. Conditions became critical; basic services came under severe pressure and, according to a Médecins Sans Frontières physician based there, most people lacked clean water, shelter and sanitation, bringing the threat of disease. 20 September 2017. A young refugee cries as he climbs on a truck distributing aid near the Balukhali refugee camp, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.
    Rohingya Refugees Flee Into Bangladesh to Escape Ethnic Cleansing. © Kevin Frayer, Getty Images. GENERAL NEWS - SECOND PRIZE, STORIES Attacks on the villages of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, and the burning of their homes, led to hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing into Bangladesh on foot or by boat. Many died in the attempt. According to UNICEF, more than half of those fleeing were children. In Bangladesh, refugees were housed in existing camps and makeshift settlements. Conditions became critical; basic services came under severe pressure and, according to a Médecins Sans Frontières physician based there, most people lacked clean water, shelter and sanitation, bringing the threat of disease. 20 September 2017. A young refugee cries as he climbs on a truck distributing aid near the Balukhali refugee camp, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.
  • Ich Bin Waldviertel. © Carla Kogelman. LONG-TERM PROJECTS - FIRST PRIZE Hannah and Alena are two sisters who live in Merkenbrechts, a bioenergy village of around 170 inhabitants in Waldviertel, an isolated rural area of Austria, near the Czech border. The girls have two older brothers, but spend much of their time together in a carefree life, swimming, playing outdoors and engrossed in games around the house. A bioenergy village is one which produces most of its own energy needs from local biomass and other renewable sources. The photographer has been photographing Hannah and Alena since 2012. She visits them for a few weeks, usually at summertime, every year, watching them growing up and spending time together. 16 July 2014. Alena and Steffi play in the sand.
    Ich Bin Waldviertel. © Carla Kogelman. LONG-TERM PROJECTS - FIRST PRIZE Hannah and Alena are two sisters who live in Merkenbrechts, a bioenergy village of around 170 inhabitants in Waldviertel, an isolated rural area of Austria, near the Czech border. The girls have two older brothers, but spend much of their time together in a carefree life, swimming, playing outdoors and engrossed in games around the house. A bioenergy village is one which produces most of its own energy needs from local biomass and other renewable sources. The photographer has been photographing Hannah and Alena since 2012. She visits them for a few weeks, usually at summertime, every year, watching them growing up and spending time together. 16 July 2014. Alena and Steffi play in the sand.

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