World Press Photo contest 2020 winners have been revealed. I thought they might be interesting.
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Let's start with the Photo of the Year
Straight Voice
Photographer: Yasuyoshi Chiba, 19 June, 2019
>A young man, illuminated by mobile phones, recites protest poetry while demonstrators chant slogans calling for civilian rule, during a blackout in Khartoum, Sudan.
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Contemporary Issues, Singles, 1st Prize
Nothing Personal - the Back Office of War
Photographer: Nikita Teryoshin 18 February, 2019
>A businessman locks away a pair of anti-tank grenade launchers at the end of an exhibition day, at the International Defence Exhibition and Conference (IDEX) in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
2020 Photo Contest, Environment, Singles, 1st Prize
Polar Bear and her Cub
Photographer: Esther Horvath, 10 October, 2019
>A polar bear and her cub come close to equipment placed by scientists from Polarstern, a ship that is part of a scientific expedition investigating the consequences of Arctic climate change, in the central Arctic Ocean.
Nature, Singles, 1st Prize
Final Farewell
Photographer: Alain Schroeder, 10 March, 2019
>The body of a month-old orangutan lies on a rescue team’s surgical drape, near the town of Subulussalam, Sumatra, Indonesia. She died soon after being found with her injured mother on a palm oil plantation.
Would be perfect if there was a nose visible from the hidden man.
Portraits, Singles, 1st Prize
Awakening
Photographer: Tomek Kaczor, 01 June, 2019
> Ewa, a 15-year-old Armenian girl who has recently woken from catatonic state brought on by Resignation Syndrome, sits in a wheelchair, flanked by her parents, in a refugee reception center in Podkowa Leśna, Poland.
Sports, Singles, 1st Prize
Kawhi Leonard’s Game 7 Buzzer Beater
Photographer: Mark Blinch, 12 May, 2019
>Kawhi Leonard (squatting, center) of the Toronto Raptors watches his game-winning buzzer-beater shot go into the net, while playing against the Philadelphia 76ers in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals of the 2019 National Basketball Association (NBA) Playoffs, at the Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Canada.
Spot News, Singles, 1st Prize
Clash with the Police During an Anti-Government Demonstration
Photographer: Farouk Batiche, 21 May, 2019
>Students scuffle with riot police during an anti-government demonstration in Algiers, Algeria.
General News stories first price went to Nicolas Asfouri for photos of Hong Kong unrests
I can't wait for white people to be praised by national geographic for being proud ethnic minorities
Contemporary Issues, Stories, 1st Prize
The Longest War
Photographer: Lorenzo Tugnoli
Afghanistan Taleban fighters, national defence forces and civilians
Maximilian Mann is a thief.
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this is so deep....
really made me think...
we truly do live in a society..........
let's give up the first world so we can breed more niggers............
>حرية سلامة عدالة
>تسقط بس
>كس كوز ندوسو دوس
>مدنياوووو
>قوى إعلان الحرية والتغيير
>ثوار احرار حنحكم المشوار
>سلميه سلميه ضد الحرامية
Spot News, Stories, 1st Prize
Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 Crash Site
Mulugeta Ayene
Nice photo, but whu would you throw sand at your face?
Enviroment Stories 1st place
The End of Trash - Circular Economy Solutions
Luca Locatelli
>Amager Bakke, a waste-to-energy plant that replaced an old coal incineration plant, near Copenhagen, Denmark
>The dry desert climate in Arizona, USA, helps prevent corrosion and weather damage to aircraft stored at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group in Tucson. ‘The Boneyard’ handles nearly 4,400 decommissioned planes, dismantling them and reusing parts, or reassembling entire aircraft to be put back into service.
>A worker at Entocycle, a company developing technology to farm insects on a large scale for industrial protein production as a more sustainable alternative to meat, checks flies in an experimental net chamber in London, UK. She wears a mask as the floor is covered in rotting waste material to incite the flies to lay eggs.
Yum
>Staff check the algae bioreactor at a pilot plant at CLEARAS Water Recovery headquarters in Missoula, Montana, USA. The plant cleans wastewater by using algae to filter out nitrogen, phosphorus and other chemicals. The resulting algae biomass is recycled for further use, such as in bioplastic shoe soles.
>Geothermal energy warms this greenhouse in the lava fields of Grindavik, Iceland. Barley grown in inert volcanic pumice is genetically engineered to produce Epidermal Growth Factor (EGF), a protein that stimulates cell growth and which is used in luxury cosmetics. EGF has a market value of US$10,000 a gram.
People grieving in extreme circumstances does weird things.
Remember that Filipino couple that started convulsing on the ground when their son shot himself?
Contemporary Issues 3rd price
Larpers celebrate Hitlers birthday
Nature 2nd place
Birb at USA-Mexico border