(Baonghean.vn) - As usual, the World Press Photo contest was once again held and awarded to 41 photojournalists from 21 countries for 7 categories on February 18. Notably, in this award ceremony, 7 photojournalists won high prizes for taking photos related to the situation in Syria - a topic that rarely leaves an impression in a prestigious contest like World Press Photo. Let's take a look at the winning photos of photojournalists around the world depicting how dark and tragic the world of Syria is.
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| Surpassing nearly 83,000 photos by 5,775 photojournalists from 128 countries, the photo depicting a man trying to get his child through a barbed wire fence on the border between Hungary and Syria, taken on August 28, 2015, became the "Photo of the Year". According to the photojournalist Werren Richarson, he camped with a group of about 200 refugees for 5 days. Werren took this photo at around 3 a.m. without using a flash to avoid attracting the attention of refugees trying to cross the border. Photo: Werren Richarson |
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| In the News category, the winning photo depicts a neighborhood after a bombing by the Syrian army in Douma, a suburb of Damascus, Syria on October 30, 2015. Photo: Sameer Al-Doumy/AP |
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| A series of photos by AFP photographer Abo Doumany showing Syrians after bombings won second prize in the General Information category. The photo shows a Syrian man carrying the body of a child after a bomb attack by the Syrian army on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, on November 7, 2015. Photo: Abo Doumany/AFP |
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| A girl injured in a bomb attack waits for treatment at a hospital in Douma, on the outskirts of Damascus, on August 22, 2015. Photo: Abo Doumany/AFP |
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| Also winning second place in the “General Information” category was this photo of a man with a head injury walking down a street in Douma, a suburb of Damascus, after an airstrike. Photo: Sameer Al-Doumy/AP |
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| Third prize in the “News” category was this photo of Syrians trying to cross the border in Türkiye on July 14, 2015. Photo: Bulent Kilic/AFP |
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| In the “People” category, a portrait of a Syrian family in a refugee camp in Lebanon on December 15, with an empty chair symbolizing a family member missing in Syria, won third place. Photo by Dario Mitidieri |
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| The second prize winner in the “General Information” category was this photo of a group of refugees trying to reach the Greek island of Lesbos under cover of darkness to avoid the coast guard on December 6, 2015. Photo by Paul Hansen/Dagens Nyheter. |
Chu Thanh
(According to Le Monde)
