The photos that won the World Press Photo

Fara watches Dada Paul cleaning a fish, as she does every Sunday afternoon. His fingers tremble as she does it, but she still manages to do it and finds it soothing. Antananarivo, Madagascar, March 12, 2023. © Lee-Ann Olwage, for GEO World Press Photo

Fara and her daughter Odliatemix on the bed they share with Dada Paul. Fara is the only one who takes care of the family financially. Only one organization in Madagascar, Masoandro Mody, provides support and training to family members of people with dementia. Antananarivo, Madagascar, March 12, 2023. © Lee-Ann Olwage, for GEO World Press Photo

A person walks on a freight train known as “La Bestia”, Piedras Negras, Mexico, October 8, 2023. © Alejandro Cegarra, The New York Times/Bloomberg World Press Photo

Since 2018 the Venezuelan photographer Alejandro Cegarra has dedicated himself to The Two Wallsa project on migratory flows on the Mexican border, after having himself undertaken the journey from Venezuela to the country as a migrant in 2017.

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Ruben Soto (right), a Venezuelan migrant, with Rosa Bello, a Honduran migrant, above “The Beast”. Ruben and Rosa met in Mexico and fell in love during the journey to the United States. Samalayuca, Mexico, 8 May 2023. © Alejandro Cegarra, The New York Times/Bloomberg
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Migrants scale a section of the border wall with the help of a smuggler. Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, April 1, 2021. © Alejandro Cegarra, The New York Times/Bloomberg
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The De Coto family posing aboard the “Beast” as it heads to Ciudad Juárez. Samalayuca, Mexico, May 8, 2023. © Alejandro Cegarra, The New York Times/Bloomberg
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Mexican immigration agents inspect the train known as “La Bestia” Samalayuca, Mexico, May 13, 2023. © Alejandro Cegarra, The New York Times/Bloomberg World Press Photo

Asylum seekers wait at the gates of the Mexican Commission for Refugee Aid (COMAR) for a hearing that will grant them a humanitarian visa to stay in Mexico or travel across the country to the United States. COMAR has been accused of corruption and of delaying the approval of humanitarian visas. Tapachula, Mexico, June 18, 2019. © Alejandro Cegarra, The New York Times/Bloomberg
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Carlos Mendoza, a Venezuelan migrant, crosses the Rio Grande River to seek asylum in the United States. Piedras Negras, Mexico, October 7, 2023. © Alejandro Cegarra, The New York Times/Bloomberg World Press Photo

Ever Sosa (center) carries her daughter on her shoulders as they cross the Suchiate River from Guatemala into Mexico, joining a caravan of 3,000 migrants and asylum seekers trying to reach the United States. Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico, January 20, 2023. © Alejandro Cegarra, The New York Times/Bloomberg
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In his photos we see migrants who, not having the financial resources to pay a trafficker, resort to using freight trains to reach the United States border, crossing the Suchiate River from Guatemala to Mexico, or trying to climb over the separation barrier between United States and Mexico. In selecting him as the winner in his category, the jury felt that his experience as a migrant offered a sensitive perspective that highlighted the point of view of migrant people.

World Press Photo Open Format Award

War Is Personal © Julia Kochetova, World Press Photo

Ukrainian photographer Julia Kochetova has created a site that combines photojournalism and the documentary style of a personal diary, to show what it means to live with the Russian war in Ukraine as an everyday reality. To do so she used images, poems, audio clips and music, offering an intimate and personal perspective on the war.

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Speaking about the images awarded in this year’s edition, the executive director of World Press Photo, Joumana El Zein Khoury, underlined the fact that each of the winning photographers knows their themes intimately and personally, thus helping to arrive at a deeper understanding profound, which he hopes will lead to “empathy and compassion”.

Both she and Shields praised the work of photojournalists around the world, who often carry out their work in very risky conditions, calling for recognition of the “trauma they experience to show the world the humanitarian impact of war”.

– Read also: The regional winners of the World Press Photo

The competition is divided into six geographical areas, which are further divided into four categories based on the image format. The six geographic regions are: Africa, Asia, Europe, North and Central America, South America, Southeast Asia and Oceania. In each geographic region you can compete in four categories based on image format, which then correspond to the global winners announced today. Here you will find the gallery with the regional winners and a fifth category, the Honorable Mention, for works that according to the organization deserved recognition.

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