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Haunting image of Kamloops residential school memorial named World Press Photo of the Year

Summary by Ground News

The image was one of a series of the Kamloops Residential School shot by Canadian photographer Amber Bracken for The New York Times. The winners were chosen out of 64,823 photographs and open format entries by 4,066 photographers from 130 countries. Australian photographer Matthew Abbott won the Photo Story of the Year prize.

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Haunting Canada residential school shot wins World Press Photo

A haunting image of red dresses hung on crosses along a roadside, with a rainbow in the background, commemorating children who died at a residential school created to assimilate Indigenous children in Canada won the prestigious World Press Photo award Thursday.

2 years ago·Canada

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CBC News

Haunting image of Kamloops residential school memorial named World Press Photo of the Year | CBC News

A haunting image of red dresses hung on crosses along a roadside with a rainbow in the background, commemorating children who died at a residential school in British Columbia, won the prestigious World Press Photo of the Year award Thursday.

2 years ago·Canada

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NDTV

Picture Of Dresses On Crosses Wins World Press Photo

A poignant image of girls' dresses draped on crosses near Kamloops in Canada, where the remains of some 215 children were found last year on Thursday won the 2022 World Press Photo of the Year award.

2 years ago·New Delhi, India

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Associated Press News

Haunting Canada boarding school shot wins World Press Photo

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A haunting image of red dresses hung on crosses along a roadside, with a rainbow in the background, commemorating children who died at a residential school created to assimilate Indigenous children in Canada won the prestigious World Press Photo award Thursday.

2 years ago·United States

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Global News

Photo of red dresses hung on crosses along B.C. roadside wins world photo award | Globalnews.ca

Amber Bracken, a freelance photojournalist who is based in Edmonton, captured the photo of red dresses hung on crosses along a roadside to commemorate the children who died.

2 years ago·Toronto, Canada

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