The World Press Photo award was also awarded in three other categories. The awards went to pictures of the price of peace in Afghanistan, the water crisis in Central Asia and fishermen in Egypt.
Photographer of the AP news agency Evgeniy Maloletka is won Lehkuvan of the year (you will switch to another service) i.e. the World Press Photo award for his picture after the attack on the maternity hospital in Mariupol.
In the photo, rescue workers carry a pregnant, wounded woman from a hospital that was damaged in an attack by Russia on March 9, 2022.
The World Press Photo Foundation also distributed global awards in three other categories.
Danish Mads Nissen received the Photo Story of the Year award from the photo series (you will switch to another service) “The price of peace in Afghanistan”. It tells about everyday life in Afghanistan. Nissen has previously received the foundation’s Newspaper of the Year award twice.
Armenian Anush Babajanyan won the award for the longest project (you move to another service) of images that tell about people’s relationship with water in four landlocked Central Asian countries. The countries share the same water source.
The prize for the open format series went to an Egyptian Mohamed Mahdy from interactive from a project that describes (you move to another service) life of fishermen.
In addition, it was shared regional awards (you switch to another service).