The regional winners for the 65th World Press Photo Contest have been announced, and they cover four different categories: Singles, Stories, Long-Term Projects, and Open Format. This means dozens of striking images, and you can see them all below.
Each year, The World Press Photo Contest receives tens of thousands of submissions from every corner of the world. This year, the winners were chosen out of 64,823 photos and open format entries, including 4,066 photographers from 130 countries. The 2022 World Press Photo Contest works with six worldwide regions – Africa, Asia, Europe, North and Central America, South America, and Southeast Asia and Oceania.
“It is exhilarating to see the way in which the new regional contest set up is producing the changes that we were hoping for,” said Joumana El Zein Khoury, executive director of the World Press Photo Foundation. “Changes that we believe will offer different perspectives on, and a deeper connection to, photojournalism and documentary photography from all over the world.” Global winners of the World Press Photo Contest will be announced in April. But the regional winners deserve just as much attention, so take a look at their photos below and make sure to visit the contest’s website for more information.
North and Central America
North and Central America
Singles – Kamloops Residential School Stories – The People Who Feed the United States Long-Term Projects – Political Year Zero Open Format – The Flower of Time. Guerrero’s Red Mountain
South America
South America
Singles – San Isidro Settlement Eviction Stories – The Promise Open Format – Blood is a Seed
Europe
Europe
Singles – Evia Island Wildfire Stories – As Frozen Land Burns Long-Term Projects – Ukraine Crisis Open Format – The Book of Veles
Africa
Africa
Singles – Sudan Protests Stories – Afraid to go to School Long-Term Projects – The Zebu War Open Format – The Longing of the Stranger Whose Path Has Been Broken
Asia
Asia
Singles – Palestinian Children in Gaza Stories – The Cinema of Kabul Long-Term Projects – Boundaries: Human-Tiger Conflict Open Format – Blue Affair
Southeast Asia and Oceania
Southeast Asia and Oceania
Singles – Slingshots Stories – Saving Forests with Fire Long-Term Projects – Haze Open Format – The Will to Remember
