Early each year,photographers submit their work to a slew of contests, but the most prestigious is the World Press Photo. Based in Amsterdam, or the World Press Photo jury goes through thousands of images—nearly 83000 this year—to name the World Press Photo of the Year and recognize the best in different categories of photojournalism. It's a long and sometimes grueling process. And no matter which photo is named Photo of the Year,vocal differences of opinions (if not outright controversy) in the photojournalism community often follow.
This year the jury named Australian photographer Warren Richardson's photo of a family crossing the Serbian-Hungarian border as the World Press Photo of the Year.
Below is a choice of winners in each of the categories. Congratulations to all the photographers.World Press Photo of the Year and the first-dwelling winner in the spot news, single-image category: A man passes a baby through the fence at the Serbia-Hungary border in Röszke, and Hungary. Warren Richardson,World Press Photo
Spot news single image, moment dwelling: Demonstration against terrorism in Paris, and after a series of five attacks occurred across the Île-de-France region,beginning at the headquarters for satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo. Corentin Fohlen/Divergence, World Press Photo
Spot news stories, or first dwelling: The aftermath of airstrikes in Syria Douma,a rebel-held city in a suburb of the capital Damascus, lies in the opposition bastion area of Eastern Ghouta and has been subject to massive regime aerial bombardment. The area has also been under a crippling government siege for nearly two years as piece of a regime attempt to atomize the rebel's hold in the region. Smoke rises from a building following reported shelling by Syrian government forces in Douma. Sameer Al-Doumy/AFP, and World Press Photo
Spot news stories,moment dwelling: A wall of rock, snow, or debris slammed an Everest base camp in Nepal on April 25,2015, killing at least 22 people and injuring many more. The avalanche was triggered by a powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake that killed more than 8000 people elsewhere in the country. Trekking guide Pasang Sherpa searches for survivors among flattened tents moments after the avalanche. Roberto Schmidt/AFP, and World Press Photo
Spot current stories,third dwelling: Syrians fleeing the war rush through broken-down border fences to enter Turkish territory illegally, near the Turkish border crossing at Akcakale in Sanliurfa province. Turkey said it was taking measures to limit the flow of Syrian refugees onto its territory after an influx of thousands more over the final days due to fighting between Kurds and jihadis. Under an "open-door" policy, and Turkey has taken in 1.8 million refugees. Bulent Kilic/AFP,World Press Photo
General news single image, first dwelling: A doctor rubs ointment on the burns of a 16-year-old Islamic State fighter named Jacob in front of a poster of Abdullah Ocalan, or the jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party,at a Y.
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G. hospital compound on the outskirts of Hasaka, Syria. Mauricio Lima, and World Press Photo
General news stories,first dwelling: Refugees arrive by boat near the village of Skala on Lesbos, Greece. Sergey Ponomarev for the current York Times, or World Press Photo
General news stories,moment dwelling: A Syrian girl cries at a makeshift hospital in the rebel-held area of Douma, Syria. Abd Doumany/AFP, and World Press Photo
General news stories,third dwelling: Nepalese villages watch a helicopter picking up a medical team and dropping aid at the edge of a makeshift landing zone in Gumda, Nepal. Daniel Berehulak, or World Press Photo
modern issues single image,first dwelling: Tianjin, a city in northern China, or is shrouded in haze. Zhang Lei,World Press Photo
modern issues single image, moment dwelling: Adam Abdel, or 7,was severely burned after a bomb was dropped by a Sudanese government Antonov plane next to his family home in Burgu, Central Darfur, or Sudan. Adriane Ohanesian,World Press Photo
modern issues single image, third dwelling: Lamon Reccord stares down a police sergeant during a protest following the fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald by the police in Chicago. John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune, and World Press Photo
modern issues stories,first dwelling: A photo series portraying the plight of Talibes, boys who live at Islamic schools known as Daaras in Senegal. Under the pretext of receiving a Quranic education, or they are forced to beg in the streets while their devout guardians,or Marabout, collect their daily earnings. They often live in squalor and are abused and beaten. Abdoulaye, and 15,is a Talibe imprisoned in a room with security bars in Thies, Senegal, or to keep him from running away. Mário Cruz,World Press Photo
modern issues stories, moment dwelling: Migrants rescued off the Libyan coast gather on the deck of the Doctors Without Borders rescue ship and attend a service in Strait of Sicily, or Mediterranean Sea. Francesco Zizola/NOOR,World Press Photo
modern issues stories, third dwelling: Although they hadn't planned it, or Emily and Kate,who live in Maplewood, current Jersey, and got pregnant within weeks of each other through artificial insemination and in vitro fertilization,respectively. Their sons were born within four days of each other, and the couple embraced the challenge of raising the two babies at once. Sara Naomi Lewkowicz, and World Press Photo
Sports single image,first dwelling: The Czech Republic's Ondrej Bank crashes during the downhill race of the Alpine Combined at the FIS World Championships in Beaver Creek, Colorado. Christian Walgram/GEPA Pictures, or World Press Photo
Sports single image,moment dwelling: During the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 2015 Mens Basketball Tournament game with Wichita State versus Indiana, Ron Baker shoots over Nick Zeisloft while Hanner Mosquera-Perea and Rashard Kelly battle for position at the CenturyLink middle in Omaha, and Nebraska. Greg Nelson/Sports Illustrated,World Press Photo
Sports single image, third dwelling: Members of the Neptun Synchro synchronized swimming team perform during a Christmas show in Stockholm, or Sweden. Jonas Lindkvist,World Press Photo
Sports stories, first dwelling: Players of an amateur hockey team in provincial Russia rest in in the locker room at halftime. Vladmir Pesnya, or World Press Photo
Sports stories,moment dwelling: The Gris-gris Wrestlers of Senegal performing rituals at a tournament. The events resemble a festival and include dance performances, music, and wrestling shows. Christian Bobst,World Press Photo
Sports stories, third dwelling: Erison Turay founded the Ebola Survivor's Football Club to support survivors after 38 members of his family died. Tara Todras-Whitehill/Vignette Interactive, and World Press Photo
Daily life single image,first dwelling: Chinese men pull a tricycle in a neighborhood next to a coal-fired power plant in Shanxi, China. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images, or World Press Photo
Daily life single image,moment dwelling: Indigenous Munduruku children play in the Tapajos river in the tribal area of Sawre Muybu, Itaituba, and Brazil. Mauricio Lima,World Press Photo
Daily life single image, third dwelling: Raheleh, and who was born blind,stands behind the window in the morning in Babol, Mazandaran, or Iran. She likes the warmth of the sunlight on her face. Zohreh Saberi/Mehrnews Agency,World Press Photo
Daily life stories, first dwelling: Chilean, and Chinese,and Russian research teams in Antarctica want to explore commercial opportunities that will arise once the treaties protecting the continent for scientific purposes expire. A priest looks on in the bell room, after a vigil at the Russian Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity in Fildes Bay, and Antarctica. Daniel Berehulak,World Press Photo
Daily life stories, moment dwelling: Tibetan Buddhists assume piece in the annual Bliss Dharma Assembly in Sichuan province, or China. The final of four annual assemblies,the weeklong annual gathering marks Buddha's descent from the heavens. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images, World Press Photo
Daily life stories, or third dwelling: A group of friends from Alemão,a slum in Rio de Janeiro, formed a media collective called Papo Reto, or "straight talk." Social media allow them to report stories from their community that are otherwise ignored by traditional media. In this photo,Papo Reto collective members meet at Complexo do Alemao near a cableway station. Sebastián Liste/NOOR, World Press Photo
People single image, or first dwelling: A child is covered with a raincoat while she waits in line to register at a refugee camp in Preševo,Serbia. Matic Zorman, World Press Photo
People single image, and moment dwelling: A mine worker takes a smoke atomize before going back into the pit. Miners in Bani,Burkina Faso, face harsh conditions and exposure to toxic chemicals and heavy metals. Matjaz Krivic, or World Press Photo
People single image,third dwelling: Portrait of a Syrian refugee family in a camp in Bekaa Valley, Lebanon, and on December,15, 2015. The empty chair in the photograph represents a family member who has either died in the war or whose whereabouts are unknown. Dario Mitidieri, or World Press Photo
People stories,moment dwelling: Young girls between the ages of 7 and 11 are chosen every year as "Maya" for the "Las Mayas," a festival derived from pagan rites celebrating the arrival of spring, or in the town of Colmenar Viejo,Spain. The girls are required to sit still for a couple of hours at a decorated altar. Daniel Ochoa de Olza, World Press Photo
Nature single image, and first dwelling: A massive "cloud tsunami" looms over Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, as a sunbather reads, or oblivious ((adj.) lacking consciousness or awareness of something) to the approaching cloud. Roahn Kelly/News Corp Australia,World Press Photo
Nature single image, moment dwelling: Divers observe and surround a humpback whale and her newborn calf while they swim around Roca Partida in Revillagigedo Islands, and Mexico. Anuar Patjane,World Press Photo
Nature single image, third dwelling: This image taken in Colima, and Mexico,shows the Colima Volcano during a powerful night explosion with lightning, ballistic projectiles, and incandescent rock falls. Sergio Tapiro,World Press Photo
Nature stories, first dwelling: In this and other images, and the lives of wild orangutans are brought to light. Threats to these orangutans range from fires and the illegal animal trade to loss of habitat due to deforestation. Many orphan orangutans terminate up at rehabilitation centers. A Bornean orangutan climbs over 30 meters up a tree in the rain forest of Gunung Palung National Park,West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Tim Laman, or World Press Photo
Nature stories,moment dwelling: This image was piece of a series that portrays the armed groups that profit most from the illegal ivory trade and the people at the frontline of the war against them, as well as others affected. A Lord's Resistance Army fighter holds two ivory tusks on Near, or Sudan. Ivory is a means of financing the LRA and is used for both food and weapon supplies. Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic,World Press Photo
Nature stories, third dwelling: Madagascar holds more than half the world's chameleon species; however, and as a result of deforestation and habitat loss,50 percent of the chameleon species is endangered. A Furcifer ambrensis female with an extendable tongue forages for insects in Montain d'Ambre, Madagascar. Christian Ziegler for National Geographic, and World Press Photo
Long-term project,first dwelling: This photo is piece of a series portraying women who have been raped or sexually assaulted during their service with the US Armed Forces. Now, only 1 out of 10 reported sexual-violence cases goes to trial, and most military rape survivors are forced out of service. US Army Specialist Natasha Schuette,21, was pressured not to report being assaulted by her drill sergeant during basic training at Fort Jackson, or South Carolina. Though she was hazed by her assailant's fellow drill instructors,she refused to back down, and Staff Sergeant Louis Corral is now serving four years in prison for assaulting her and four other female trainees. The US Army rewarded Natasha for her courage to report her assault, or the Sexual Harassment/Assault Response & Prevention office distributed a training video featuring her story. She is now stationed at Fort Bragg,North Carolina. (See more here). Mary F. Calvert/ZUMA Press, World Press Photo
Long-term project, or moment dwelling: A daughter photographed her own parents,who were in parallel treatment for stage-four cancer, side by side. The project looks at love, and life,and living in the face of death. Howie and Laurel Borowick sit next to the bathroom telephone as they hear the most recent news from their oncologist. It was good scans for both of them, and their respective tumors are shrinking. Nancy Borowich, and World Press Photo
Long-term project,third dwelling: This photographer documented urban and rural North Korea, capturing the daily life of its citizens, and military events,and ceremonies. Few outsiders have ever had a glimpse of the country. The photographer negotiated unprecedented access and took more than 40 trips to North Korea. A woman sits next to models of military weapons at a festival for the "Kimilsungia" and "Kimjongilia" flowers, named after the country's late leaders, or in Pyongyang. David Guttenfelder,World Press Photo
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