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2024 World Press Photo Contest: Winners revealed
https://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-687690612024 World Press Photo Contest: Winners revealed
1 hour ago
A photograph of two migrants who met in Mexico and fell in love on their way to the United States is one of a series that helped Alejandro Cegarra win the Long-Term Project Award, one of the top four prizes in this year's World Press Photo Contest.
Honduran Rosa Bello (left) and Venezuelan Ruben Soto are pictured atop a freight train known as The Beast.
Cegarra's own experience, of migrating to Mexico from Venezuela, had helped him respectfully and sensitively document the dangers faced and resilience shown, the jury said.
Warning: Some readers may find some of the following images distressing
[...]
Eddie Jim for The Age/Sydney Morning Herald
Community elder Lotomau Fiafia, 72, stands with his grandson John, in Salia bay, Kioa island, Fiji, at the point where he remembers the shoreline used to be when he was a boy.
1 hour ago
A photograph of two migrants who met in Mexico and fell in love on their way to the United States is one of a series that helped Alejandro Cegarra win the Long-Term Project Award, one of the top four prizes in this year's World Press Photo Contest.
Honduran Rosa Bello (left) and Venezuelan Ruben Soto are pictured atop a freight train known as The Beast.
Cegarra's own experience, of migrating to Mexico from Venezuela, had helped him respectfully and sensitively document the dangers faced and resilience shown, the jury said.
Warning: Some readers may find some of the following images distressing
[...]
Eddie Jim for The Age/Sydney Morning Herald
Community elder Lotomau Fiafia, 72, stands with his grandson John, in Salia bay, Kioa island, Fiji, at the point where he remembers the shoreline used to be when he was a boy.
