World Press Photo Contest winners of 2025 run the gamut from big conflicts to small moments of grace

Flying between sky and water, border crossers balancing on rocks - the images also indicate that wherever we go in the world, it is similar to encountering traumas and difficulties. And behind them there is always a tragic human fate.

World Press Photo announces 2025 winners: See striking images

Forty-two winners were chosen from more than 59,000 entries received from 3,778 photographers from across 141 countries, World Press Photo said.

The photos awarded by the prestigious photojournalism competition tell the story of many protests, wars and consequences of the climate crisis

The World Press Photo contest is 70 years old and has announced on Thursday the 42 winners – in 2024 there were 30 – of the photographic images and projects corresponding to 2025 and distributed by regions of the world. These are: Africa; Asia-Pacific and Oceania; Europe; North and Central America; South America; Western, Central and South Asia. In each of them there are three individual award winners for a single photo (Singles), three others f…

World Press Photo Contest winners of 2025 run the gamut from big conflicts to small moments of grace

A Canadian-Iranian photojournalist is among the regional victors, with finalists to come on April 17

Winners of the 2025 World Press Photo Contest

Some of the winning and honored entries in this year’s annual photo competition