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
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, 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
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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