Palestinian photographer Samar Abu Elouf wins world’s top photo prize
Title: Mahmoud Ajjour, Aged Nine – Mahmoud Ajjour, who was injured during an Israeli attack on Gaza City in March 2024, finds refuge and medical help in Doha, Qatar, on June 28, 2024. [Samar Abu Elouf/The New York Times ]
Title: Droughts in the Amazon – A young man brings food to his mother who lives in the village of Manacapuru. The village was once accessible by boat, but because of the drought, he must walk two kilometres along the dry riverbed of the Solimoes River to reach her, in Amazonas, Brazil, on October 5, 2024. [Musuk Nolte, Panos Pictures/ Bertha Foundation]
Title: Tamale Safalu – Bodybuilder Tamale Safalu trains in front of his home. in Kampala, Uganda, on January 25, 2024. [Marijn Fidder]
Title: Gabriel Medina during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games – Brazil”s Gabriel Medina bursts out triumphantly from a large wave in the fifth heat of round three of men’s surfing, during the 2024 Olympic Games, in Teahupo’o, Tahiti, French Polynesia, on July 29, 2024. [Jerome Brouillet/Agence France-Presse]
Title: The Impact of Nickel Mining on Halmahera Island: Workers ride towards a nickel smelting and processing plant amid heavy rains that continued for two days, causing flooding in Weda, Halmahera, Indonesia, on August 12, 2024. [Mas Agung Wilis Yudha Baskoro/China Global South Project]
Title: Beyond the Trenches – Anhelina, six, who is traumatised and suffers panic attacks after having to flee her village, lies in bed in her new home, in Borshchivka, Ukraine, on March 7, 2024. [Florian Bachmeier]
Title: Attempted Assassination of Donald Trump – 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, on July 13, 2024. [Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post]
Title: Botafogo Fans: Pride and Glory – Botafogo fans celebrate their team’s victory in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on November 30, 2024. [Andre Coelho/EFE]
Title: The Last Hope – Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado greets supporters from atop a vehicle during a campaign rally for the opposition presidential candidate, Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, in Merida, Venezuela, on June 25, 2024. [Gabriela Oraa/Reuters]
Title: Drone Attacks in Beirut – People glance anxiously upwards during an Israeli drone strike, as they take refuge away from buildings in Beirut’s Dahiyeh neighbourhood, in Lebanon on September 29, 2024. Jets and drones often fly at low altitudes, causing fear and distress. [Murat Şengul/Anadolu Agency]
Title: The Canvas of Power – People vandalise 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, on August 5, 2024. [Suvra Kanti Das/The Daily Prothom Alo]
Source: Al Jazeera