World Press Photo finalists portray family role in tragedy and climate crisis

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The suffering of Palestinian women during the Israeli war in Gaza, the disaster that urges us to combat the climate crisis and the concept of family applied to challenges such as immigration, the trauma of armed conflict or diseases have dominated the nominations of the latest installment of the awards. There is 24 winning projects and six honorable mentions, although this year the jury has decided to include two other special mentions. In total, there are 33 professionals awarded in four different categories: Individuals (Singles), Graphic Reports (Stories), Long-Term Projects (Long-Term Projects) and Open Format (Open Format). The names of the four global winners will be announced on April 18.

The Spanish photographer Jaime Rojo, based in Mexico, has been awarded in North and Central America for his graphic report Saving the Monarchs, a work on the migration of monarch butterflies. Alejandro Cegarra, Venezuelan photojournalist, is the author of the long-term project The Two Walls, which documents the vulnerability of migrant communities, while trying to highlight their resilience. In South America, the award-winning photo is named after the Brazilian Lalo de Almeida and denounces the drought in the Amazonwith an image of a fisherman walking along a dry riverbed, near the indigenous community of Porto Praia.

In another veinthe Peruvian Marco Garro has been awarded for Silent Crimes, open format stories of the persecution of LGTBQI+ people in the Peruvian Amazon. In addition, Photographer Mohammed Salem is the author of the winning photo in Asia, A Palestinian woman embraces the body of her niece, which explains the horror of war.