See the Winners of the 2025 World Press Photo Contest

Gulf News

17-04-2025

The contest received over 59,000 entries from 3,778 photographers across 141 countries
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1/12
World Press Photo of the Year Finalist: Chinese migrants warm themselves under a cold rain after crossing the US-Mexico border in Campo, California.
Photo by John Moore
2/12
World Press Photo of the Year Finalist: Droughts in the Amazon- A young man brings food to his mother, who lives in Manacapuru, Amazonas, Brazil. The village was once accessible by boat, but because of the drought, he must walk two kilometres along the dry riverbed of the Solimões River to reach her.
Musuk Nolte
3/12
Long-Term Projects: Life and Death in a Country Without Constitutional Rights by Carlos Barrera, El Salvador, El Faro, NPR.
Carlos Barrera
4/12
Singles: Attempted Assassination of Donald Trump by Jabin Botsford, United States, for The Washington Post. 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 in Butler, Pennsylvania, United States.
Jabin Botsford
5/12
Beyond the Trenches by Florian Bachmeier, Germany. Anhelina (6), who is traumatized and suffers panic attacks after having to flee her village, lies in bed in her new home, in Borshchivka, Ukraine.
Florian Bachmeier
6/12
Bodybuilder Tamale Safalu trains in front of his home in Kampala, Uganda.
Marijn Fidder,
7/12
A kolbar follows an arduous mountainpath. Kolbars' packs can weigh around 50 kg, and crossings take an average of eight to 12 hours. Kurdistan, Iran.
Ebrahim Alipoor
8/12
A man sprays alcohol toward long-tailed macaques to keep them from stealing goods near Phra Prang Sam Yot temple, a monkey hotspot in Lopburi, Thailand.
Chalinee Thirasupa
9/12
Residents carry their belongings as the river swells, in Ilagan City, Isabela, northern Philippines, following heavy rains from Typhoon Toraji. The typhoon knocked down trees, caused power outages, and blocked roads with debris, complicating relief efforts.
Noel Celis
10/12
A Boeing 727-200 still surrounded by floodwaters weeks after the flood at Salgado Filho International Airport in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Anselmo Cunha
11/12
People glance anxiously upwards during an Israeli drone strike, as they take refuge away from buildings in Beirut's Dahiyeh neighborhood, Lebanon. Jets and drones often fly at low altitudes, causing fear and distress.
Murat Şengül
12/12
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, in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Suvra Kanti Das