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  • The World Press Photographs Of The Year Are Amazing

    19 Feb 2016 by Sloane Hunter in Digital Photography, Media
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    Between the refugee crisis in Europe, pushed into extremes by the war in Syria, which was in turn a result of the damaging effects of global warming, the World Press Photo 2016 judges have had a lot of ranging subjects of photographs on which they’ve had to deliberate long and hard for the winners in each category.

    To add to that, there were the Paris attacks, the devastating earthquake in Nepal and the clashes in the US set off by police shootings. Here a few of them:

    Word Press Photograph of the Year

    Spot news, first prize, singles - Warren Richardson Hope for a new life: migrants crossing the border from Serbia into Hungary Photograph: Warren Richardson/World Press Photo 2016

    Spot news, first prize, singles – Warren Richardson
    Hope for a new life: migrants crossing the border from Serbia into Hungary
    Photograph: Warren Richardson/World Press Photo 2016

     

    Nature, third prize, singles - Sergio Tapiro The power of nature: Colima volcano in Mexico explodes at night with lightning, ballistic projectiles and incandescent rockfalls Photograph: Sergio Tapiro/AP/World Press Photo 2016

    Nature, third prize, singles – Sergio Tapiro
    The power of nature: Colima volcano in Mexico explodes at night with lightning, ballistic projectiles and incandescent rockfalls
    Photograph: Sergio Tapiro/AP/World Press Photo 2016

     

    Contemporary issues, third prize, singles - John J Kim March against police violence: Lamon Reccord stares down a police sergeant during a protest following the fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald by police in Chicago, Illinois, US

    Contemporary issues, third prize, singles – John J Kim
    March against police violence: Lamon Reccord stares down a police sergeant during a protest following the fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald by police in Chicago, Illinois, USPhotograph: John J Kim/Chicago Tribune/World Press Photo 2016

     

    Daily life, first prize, singles - Kevin Frayer Chinese men pull a tricycle in a neighborhood next to a coal-fired power plant in Shanxi, China Photograph: Kevin Frayer/Getty Images/World Press Photo 2016

    Daily life, first prize, singles – Kevin Frayer
    Chinese men pull a tricycle in a neighborhood next to a coal-fired power plant in Shanxi, China
    Photograph: Kevin Frayer/Getty Images/World Press Photo 2016

     

    Contemporary issues, first prize, singles - Zhang Lei Tianjin, a city in northern China, shrouded in haze Photograph: Zhang Lei/World Press Photo 2016

    Contemporary issues, first prize, singles – Zhang Lei
    Tianjin, a city in northern China, shrouded in haze
    Photograph: Zhang Lei/World Press Photo 2016

    To see the rest, check The Guardian’s full list.

    [source: theguardian]

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