World press photo 2020.

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Environment: Photograph Esther Horvath for The NY Times: ice bear mummy and her kid visiting the Polarstern, the expedition ship in the Antarktika.

Oldenburg. World press photo 2020, a contest existing since 1955. This year presented in the beautiful castle in Oldenburg.

The world press photo foundation supporting the condition to make journalism and storytelling possible, including the freedom of expression, freedom of inquiry, and freedom of the press.

Category Reports. Photographer Alessio Mamo for L‘Espresso. A Russian mum carrying her kid while queuing for the hospital ‚The Annex‘ in the Al-Hol refugee camp in Syria.

The need for images and stories we can trust has never been greater. Stories that matter! 150 stories today.

Category General Need: Photographer Nicolas Asfouri for Agence France-Press. Hongkong Protests in response to government proposal to allow extradition to mainland China.

Beautiful photos but also presenting difficult stories. All stories are accurate and they all matter!

Category Environment: Photographer Noah Berger for associated press. Firefighters battle the Marsh Complex Fire, near the town of Brentwood, California, USA.

This year 4282 photographers from 125 countries entered 73996 photographs to the contest. These visual photos are judged in terms of their accurate, fair, and compelling insights about our world.

Category Environment: Photographer Luca Locatelli for National Geographic. A vertical farming facility in Newark, New Jersey, USA, produces fresh vegetables in a way that uses 5% of the water needed in a field.

Impressive photos and stories. Thanks, journalists, making those stories visible!

Hope this wasn’t the only exhibition to visit this year. Fingers crossed.

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