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Best press photos from across the world
An Australian freelance photographer's haunting, moonlit image of a baby being passed by migrants underneath a razor-wire fence on the Hungary-Serbia border won the prestigious World Press Photo award for 2015, organizers announced on Thursday.
The black and white photo, which was never published, was taken by Warren Richardson on August 28, 2015, near the border crossing point at Roszke in Hungary as migrants tried to get into Europe before Hungarian authorities could complete a secure fence along the length of the country's border with Serbia.
This year's competition drew some 82,951 entries from 5,775 photographers from 128 countries.
Judges called Richardson's grainy picture, taken in the dead of night without a flash, “incredibly powerful visually” and a “haunting image. “Richardson had camped with a group of migrants for five days on the border near Roszke in Hungary when he snapped this group as they slipped through the boundary fence.
“We played cat-and-mouse with the police the whole night,” Richardson said.
“I was exhausted by the time I took the picture,” he added.
“It was around three o'clock in the morning and you can't use a flash while police are trying to find these people, because I would just have given them away,” he said, adding he shot his picture using just the light of the Moon.
Here are some of the photos from the competition.
World Press Photo of the Year and Spot News, 1st prize singles, World Press Photo Awards (Warren Richardson - Hope for a New Life)A man passes a baby through the fence at the Serbia/Hungary border in Roszke.─Reuters
Photo titled "Chameleon Under Pressure" by photographer Christian Ziegler for National Geographic which won the third prize in the Nature stories category.─AP
Photo titled "Reporting Europe's Refugee Crisis" by photographer Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times which won the first prize in the General News Stories category shows refugees arriving by boat near the village of Skala on Lesbos, Greece.─AP
Photo titled "Tough Times for Orangutans" by photographer Tim Laman which won the first prize in the Nature Stories category shows a Bornean orangutan climbing over 30 meters up a tree in the rain forest of Gunung Palung National Park, Indonesia.─AP
Photo titled "A Life in Death" by photographer Nacy Borowick which won second prize Long Term Projects shows Howie and Laurel Borowick sitting next to the bathroom telephone as they receive the most recent news from their oncologist. New York.─AP
Photo titled "Tianjin Explosion" by photographer Chen Jie which won third prize in the General News singles category shows an aerial view of the destruction after the explosion in Tianjin, China.─AP
Photo titled "March Against Police Violence" by photographer John J. Kim for the Chicago Tribune which won a third prize in the Contemporary Issues singles category shows Lamon Reccord staring down a police sergeant during a protest following the fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald by police in Chicago.─AP
Sports, 1st prize singles, World Press Photo Awards (Christian Walgram - FIS World Championships)Ondrej Bank of Czech Republic crashes during the downhill race of the alpine combined at the FIS World Champioships 2015 in Beaver Creek.─ Reuter
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Best press photos from across the world
An Australian freelance photographer's haunting, moonlit image of a baby being passed by migrants underneath a razor-wire fence on the Hungary-Serbia border won the prestigious World Press Photo award for 2015, organizers announced on Thursday.
The black and white photo, which was never published, was taken by Warren Richardson on August 28, 2015, near the border crossing point at Roszke in Hungary as migrants tried to get into Europe before Hungarian authorities could complete a secure fence along the length of the country's border with Serbia.
This year's competition drew some 82,951 entries from 5,775 photographers from 128 countries.
Judges called Richardson's grainy picture, taken in the dead of night without a flash, “incredibly powerful visually” and a “haunting image. “Richardson had camped with a group of migrants for five days on the border near Roszke in Hungary when he snapped this group as they slipped through the boundary fence.
“We played cat-and-mouse with the police the whole night,” Richardson said.
“I was exhausted by the time I took the picture,” he added.
“It was around three o'clock in the morning and you can't use a flash while police are trying to find these people, because I would just have given them away,” he said, adding he shot his picture using just the light of the Moon.
Here are some of the photos from the competition.
World Press Photo of the Year and Spot News, 1st prize singles, World Press Photo Awards (Warren Richardson - Hope for a New Life)A man passes a baby through the fence at the Serbia/Hungary border in Roszke.─Reuters
Photo titled "Chameleon Under Pressure" by photographer Christian Ziegler for National Geographic which won the third prize in the Nature stories category.─AP
Photo titled "Reporting Europe's Refugee Crisis" by photographer Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times which won the first prize in the General News Stories category shows refugees arriving by boat near the village of Skala on Lesbos, Greece.─AP
Photo titled "Tough Times for Orangutans" by photographer Tim Laman which won the first prize in the Nature Stories category shows a Bornean orangutan climbing over 30 meters up a tree in the rain forest of Gunung Palung National Park, Indonesia.─AP
Photo titled "A Life in Death" by photographer Nacy Borowick which won second prize Long Term Projects shows Howie and Laurel Borowick sitting next to the bathroom telephone as they receive the most recent news from their oncologist. New York.─AP
Photo titled "Tianjin Explosion" by photographer Chen Jie which won third prize in the General News singles category shows an aerial view of the destruction after the explosion in Tianjin, China.─AP
Photo titled "March Against Police Violence" by photographer John J. Kim for the Chicago Tribune which won a third prize in the Contemporary Issues singles category shows Lamon Reccord staring down a police sergeant during a protest following the fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald by police in Chicago.─AP
Sports, 1st prize singles, World Press Photo Awards (Christian Walgram - FIS World Championships)Ondrej Bank of Czech Republic crashes during the downhill race of the alpine combined at the FIS World Champioships 2015 in Beaver Creek.─ Reuter
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