Il World Press Photo, tra i concorsi di fotogiornalismo e fotografia documentaria più noti al mondo, ha annunciato le 42 immagini vincitrici del 2025, selezionate tra le circa 60mila proposte ricevute da quasi 4mila fotografi provenienti da 141 paesi. Gli scatti premiati offrono prospettive inedite su temi chiave della contemporaneità, dalle guerre alla crisi climatica, raccontando le proteste in Kenya, Myanmar, Haiti, El Salvador e Georgia, l’ascesa di nuove figure politiche in Germania e Stati Uniti, ma anche la celebrazione del Pride in una località segreta di Lagos e momenti di interazione con diverse specie animali. Il vincitore del World Press Photo of the Year e i due finalisti saranno comunicati il 17 aprile durante l’inaugurazione della World Press Photo Exhibition 2025, presso il De Nieuwe Kerk di Amsterdam.
World Press Photo, le foto che hanno vinto quest’anno
Abbiamo scelto le migliori fotografie premiate dal World Press Photo. Il vincitore della Foto dell’anno sarà svelato il 17 aprile 2025 ad Amsterdam.
Winner Africa, Singles. © Temiloluwa Johnson
Winner Africa, Long Term projects. © Cinzia Canneri, Association Camille Lepage
Winner Africa, Stories © Luis Tato, Agence France-Presse
Winner Asia-Pacific and Oceania, Stories. © Chalinee Thirasupa, Reuters
Winner Asia-Pacific and Oceania, Stories. © Noel Celis, Associated Press
Winner Asia-Pacific and Oceania, Stories. © Ye Aung Thu
Winner Europe, Long-Term Projects. © Aliona Kardash, DOCKS Collective, for Stern Magazine
Winner South America, Stories. © Musuk Nolte, Panos Pictures, Bertha Foundation
Winner North and Central America, Singles. © Jabin Botsford, for The Washington Post
Winner North and Central America, Long term projects. © Carlos Barrera, El Faro, NPR
Winner South America, Stories. © Amanda M. Perobelli, Reuters
Winner West, Central, and South Asia, Long-Term Projects. © Ebrahim Alipoor
Winner West, Central, and South Asia, Stories. © Samuel Nacar, for Revista 5W
Winner West, Central, and South Asia. © Samuel Nacar, for Revista 5W
Winner South America, Long-Term Projects. © Federico Ríos
Winner South America, Stories. © Santiago Mesa
Winner West, Central, and South Asia, Singles. © Suvra Kanti Das, for The Daily Prothom Alo
Winner South America, Stories. © Santiago Mesa
Winner South America, Stories. © Santiago Mesa
Winner West, Central, and South Asia, Long-Term Projects. © Ebrahim Alipoor
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- Ilaria Bonvicini
- 27 marzo 2025
Participants at “Heavenly Bodies,” an underground drag ballroom event during Lagos Pride, celebrate the “mother of the year” winner. Lagos, Nigeria, 21 June 2024.
Yohanna (22) resting next to her mother after she received treatment for complications arising from kidney removal. Shot by Eritrean police at the border, she woke up at a hospital where she learned that one of her kidneys had been removed. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 31 October 2017.
A protestor raises a fist in defiance as Kenyan police officers use a water cannon to disperse the gathering. Pink dye in the water is often used by police at protests to mark individuals for identification. Nairobi, Kenya, 20 June 2024.
A long-tailed macaque looks into a motorbike’s side mirror, near Phra Prang Sam Yot temple. Lopburi, Thailand, 3 February 2024.
A man wades through a street flooded by heavy rains from Typhoon Toraij. Ilagan City, Isabela, northern Philippines, 12 November 2024.
Members of the Special Operations Force (SOF), a PDF unit, dig graves for four resistance fighters who died in an attack on a government military camp. Taung Soon, Kayin State, Myanmar, 26 April 2024.
Russian flags and those of various units of the Russian defence forces and Wagner Group fly over the graves of soldiers killed in Ukraine. Tomsk, Russia, 30 August 2023.
A young man brings food to his mother who lives in the village of Manacapuru. The village was once accessible by boat, but because of the drought, he must walk 2 kilometers along the dry riverbed of the Solimões River to reach her. Amazonas, Brazil, 5 October 2024.
Members of the United States Secret Service help Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump off stage moments after a bullet from an attempted assassin hit his ear during a campaign rally. Butler, Pennsylvania, United States, 13 July 2024.
Maria Elena Lozano mourns at her son’s coffin. Maria Elena’s son, Marvin Diaz Lozano, became sick in jail, was released after photographs of his mistreatment went viral on social media, and later died due to lack of proper medical treatment while imprisoned. Usulután, El Salvador, 29 July 2024.
A flooded street corner in Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 5 May 2024.
At least 2,463 kolbars were killed or injured in Iranian Kurdistan between 2011 and 2024. Every year brides become widows due to the dangerous occupation. Kurdistan, Iran, 21 March 2023.
Mohamed Khaled Krayem, free after seven years in prison for marijuana possession, finds his muscle memory instinctively reproduces the sleeping position he was forced to adopt in his crowded cell. Damascus, Syria, 15 December 2024.
A corridor of the infamous Sednaya prison, which at some point held up to 20,000 inmates, and where military defectors and dissidents were subject to brutal beatings, electric shocks, and starvation. Damascus, Syria, 14 December 2024.
Luis Miguel Arias (28) takes a break with his daughter Melissa (4) as they climb a hill. They are from Venezuela and joined the over 250,000 migrants who traversed the gap in 2022. Darién Gap, 23 September 2022.
María Camila, Luisa, and Noraisi Birry stand by the grave of their sister Yadira, while wearing the paruma shawls Yadira left behind. Yadira Birry (16) took her own life with a paruma on 7 April 2023. Chocó, Colombia, 20 June 2024.
People vandalize a statue of former Bangladesh president, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the father of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who had resigned following weeks of unrest. Dhaka, Bangladesh, 5 August 2024.
Ahitana (23) has attempted suicide several times. Originally from the Emberá Katio community, she now lives in Bogotá, where she faces hostility, mistreatment, and lack of economic opportunities. Bogotá, Colombia, 9 February 2024.
The Emberá Dobida community of Puerto Antioquia, in Chocó, has 141 inhabitants and has reported more than 15 suicide attempts since 2015. Chocó, Colombia, 21 June 2024
Thousands have lost their lives crossing these mountains. Kurdistan, Iran, 8 February 2019.