Photo Story: Image from Sudan uprising wins World Press Photo 2020

cde.news desk 17 April 2020, 19:00 · 3 min read

A handout photo made available by World Press Photo (WPP) organization shows a picture by Yasuyoshi Chiba that won the 'Picture of the Year' award in the World Press Photo 2020 Contest as it was announced by World Press Photo on 16 April 2020. EPA-EFE/YASUYOSHI CHIBA / AFP / HANDOUT

An image from last year’s popular uprising in Sudan has won the prestigious World Press Photo of the Year Award.

The photo, titled “Straight Voice”, was taken by AFP photographer Yasuyoshi Chiba.

It shows a demonstrator reciting protest poetry, while a crowd of fellow protesters illuminate him with the light from their phones.

Judges said Chiba’s “poetic” photo showed the power of youth and art.

SPOT NEWS - SECOND PRIZE, SINGLES — A handout photo made available by World Press Photo (WPP) organization shows a picture by Farouk Batiche, that won the SPOT NEWS – SECOND PRIZE, SINGLES award in the World Press Photo 2020 Contest as it was announced by World Press Photo on 16 April 2020. In the photo Women are evacuated as security forces look out for perpetrators of an attack on the DusitD2 luxury hotel and business compound, in Nairobi, Kenya, on 15 January 2019. EPA-EFE/DAI KUROKAWA

The World Press Photo Contest rewards photographers for the best single exposure pictures contributing to the past year of visual journalism.

SPOT NEWS - FIRST PRIZE, SINGLES — A handout photo made available by World Press Photo (WPP) organization shows a picture by Farouk Batiche, that won the SPOT NEWS – FIRST PRIZE, SINGLES award in the World Press Photo 2020 Contest as it was announced by World Press Photo on 16 April 2020. Students scuffle with riot police during an anti-government demonstration in Algiers, Algeria, on 21 May 2019. EPA-EFE/FAROUK BATICHE / DPA

The announcement included the winners of the World Press Photo of the Year, World Press Photo Story of the Year, World Press Photo Interactive of the Year, and World Press Photo Online Video of the Year. The winning images and productions were selected by an independent jury of visual journalism and digital storytelling professionals.

Photo Story of the Year 2020 winner — A handout photo made available by World Press Photo (WPP) organization shows a picture by Romain Laurendeau that won the ‘Story of the Year’ award in the World Press Photo 2020 Contest as it was announced by World Press Photo on 16 April 2020. Friends relax and watch television in their diki, a private space they have created in a converted storeroom, in Bab el-Oued, Algiers, Algeria, on 6 December 2016. EPA-EFE/ROMAIN LAURENDEAU

ENVIRONMENT - FIRST PRIZE, SINGLES — A handout photo made available by World Press Photo (WPP) organization shows a picture by Esther Horvath that won the ENVIRONMENT – FIRST PRIZE, SINGLES award in the World Press Photo 2020 Contest as it was announced by World Press Photo on 16 April 2020. A polar bear and her cub come close to equipment placed by scientists from Polarstern, a ship that is part of a scientific expedition investigating the consequences of Arctic climate change, in the central Arctic Ocean, on 10 October 2019. EPA-EFE/ESTHER HORVATH / THE NEW YORK TIMES

PORTRAITS - FIRST PRIZE, SINGLES — A handout photo made available by World Press Photo (WPP) organization shows a picture by Tomek Kaczor, that won the PORTRAITS – FIRST PRIZE, SINGLES award in the World Press Photo 2020 Contest as it was announced by World Press Photo on 16 April 2020. Ewa, a 15-year-old Armenian girl who has recently woken from catatonic state brought on by Resignation Syndrome, sits in a wheelchair, flanked by her parents, in a refugee reception center in Podkowa Lena, Poland, on 1 June 2019. EPA-EFE/TOMEK KACZOR / DUZY FORMAT

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