World Press Photo 2026: Fires, conflict and migration mark prestigious annual award
By Jesús Maturana
Published on 10/04/2026 - 7:08 GMT+2
A total of 42 incredible photographers have been chosen to vye for the overall 2026 World Press Photo Award. The longlist of regional winners portrays everything from the fires in Galicia to the protests in Madagascar. The photo of the year will be announced on 23 April in Amsterdam.
The world's most prestigious photojournalism competition has announced its 42 regional winners, divided into three categories - individual photographs, photo stories and long-term projects - and six geographical regions. Snip...
To arrive at these 42 entries, an independent jury evaluated 57,376 images submitted by 3,747 photographers from 141 countries. The president of the jury, Kira Pollack, did not mince her words when assessing the selection:
"This is a critical moment, for democracy, for truth, for the question of what we are willing to see and point to as a society and what we are willing to ignore. The photographers recognised here have done their part. They have left their testimony. Now it is our turn to look.
...
https://www.euronews.com/culture/2026/04/10/world-press-photo-2026-fires-conflict-and-migration-mark-prestigious-annual-award
= new reply since forum marked as read
One which stood out in my mind is "an image of a damaged classroom in Meis al-Jabal, Lebanon, which was destroyed during conflict.
The photo is part of a documentary project titled "Hijacked Education" which highlights the impact of war on educational institutions. Schools in conflict zones are often converted to military use, abandoned, or destroyed, depriving children of education."
(Description from google images.)
