Tutti i vincitori del World Press Photo 2021. FOTO

Il primo premio è andato a uno scatto che ritrae l'abbraccio tra una donna anziana e un'infermiera in Brasile, firmato da Mads Nissen. Nelle diverse categorie del premio appaiono le altre notizie più importanti dello scorso anno: le proteste per l'omicidio di George Floyd, l'emergenza climatica, le lotte per i diritti Lgbt. Le foto saranno esposte in una mostra itinerante in giro per il mondo che però seguirà le restrizioni per il coronavirus nei diversi Paesi

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Sono stati annunciati i vincitori dell'edizione 2021 del premio di fotogiornalismo World Press Photo, organizzato dall’omonima fondazione olandese dal 1955. Nelle foto vincitrici, come sempre, tutte le notizie più importanti dell’anno precedente: dalla pandemia alle proteste per l’uccisione di George Floyd. I vincitori dei premi più importanti, Photo of the Year e Photo Story of the Year, sono stati annunciati online a causa delle restrizioni per la pandemia

Covid, in mostra gli scatti nelle terapie intensive di Milano. FOTO

epa09137088 A handout photo made available by World Press Photo (WPP) organization shows a picture by Mads Nissen, winner of the General News - First Prize Singles category in the World Press Photo 2021 Contest as it was announced by World Press Photo on 15 April 2021.

Rosa Luzia Lunardi (85) is embraced by nurse Adriana Silva da Costa Souza, at Viva Bem care home, São Paulo, Brazil, on 5 August.

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This was the first hug Rosa had received in five months. In March, care homes across the country had closed their doors to all visitors as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, preventing millions of Brazilians from visiting their elderly relatives. Carers were ordered to keep physical contact with the vulnerable to an absolute minimum. At Viva Bem, a simple invention, The Hug Curtain', allowed people to hug each other once again. The new coronavirus had first appeared in Wuhan, China, at the end of 2019, and by January 2020 had begun to spread around the world. On 11 March, the World Health Organisation declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic. The disease transmitted mainly via close contact, respiratory droplets, and aerosols could be fatal, and people over the age of 70 were one of the groups considered most vulnerable to the disease. Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, dismissed claims about the severity of the pandemic and the danger posed by the virus, undermined quarantine measures adopted at state level, and encouraged Brazilians to continue working to keep the economy afloat. Brazil ended 2020 with one of the worst records globally in dealing with the virus, with some 7.7 million reported cases and 195,000 deaths. EPA/Mads Nissen/ Politiken/ Panos Pictures / WPP / HANDOUT NO CROPPING / NO MANIPULATING / USE ONLY FOR SINGLE PUBLICATION IN CONNECTION WITH THE WORLD PRESS PHOTO AND ITS ACTIVITIES HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES

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La foto dell'anno (World Press Photo of the Year), è quella di Mads Nissen che ha conquistato anche il primo premio della sezione "General News". L'immagine è stata scattata in una casa di cura di San Paolo, in Brasile, e immortala il primo abbraccio che un'anziana ospite 85enne riceveva in 5 mesi

La reviviscenza dopo il crollo del Ponte Morandi. Foto di Andrea Botto

epa09137086 A handout photo made available by World Press Photo (WPP) organization shows a picture by Ami Vitale, winner of the Nature - First Prize Singles category in the World Press Photo 2021 Contest as it was announced by World Press Photo on 15 April 2021.

A Rothschild s giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi) is transported to safety in a custom-built barge from a flooded Longicharo Island, Lake Baringo, in western Kenya, on 3 December 2020.

Rothschild s giraffes are a subspecies of the northern giraffe, and are classified as endangered. The giraffe is the world s tallest land mammal and the Rothschild s giraffe is one of the loftiest subspecies, growing up to six meters in height. Longicharo Island was once a peninsula. Rising water levels in Lake Baringo over the past ten years have cut the peninsula off to form an island. Particularly heavy rainfall in 2019 caused further floods, stranding nine giraffes. The local community worked with conservationists from the Kenya Wildlife Service, the Northern Rangelands Trust, and Save Giraffes Now, to build the barge and transport the marooned animals to a sanctuary in the Ruko conservancy on the shores of the lake. The rains had also led to an abundance of food on the island, so edible treats could not be used to entice the giraffes onto the barge. Instead, the giraffes had to be tranquilized, which is a dangerous procedure given their anatomy, as they are at risk of choking on their own saliva, and changes in blood pressure can cause brain damage. A vet was on hand to immediately counteract the drug; the animals were then hooded and led onto the barge with guide ropes. EPA/Ami Vitale / CNN / WPP / HANDOUT NO CROPPING / NO MANIPULATING / USE ONLY FOR SINGLE PUBLICATION IN CONNECTION WITH THE WORLD PRESS PHOTO AND ITS ACTIVITIES HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES

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Per la sezione "Natura" il primo premio è andato a Ami Vitale con la foto di una giraffa trasportata su una barca in Kenya

Scianna: “Anche una carta di identità svela i paradossi dell’immagine”

epa09137087 A handout photo made available by World Press Photo (WPP) organization shows a picture by Oleg Ponomarev, winner of the Portrait - First Prize Singles category in the World Press Photo 2021 Contest as it was announced by World Press Photo on 15 April 2021.

Ignat, a transgender man, sits with his girlfriend Maria in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on 23 April 2020.

Ignat was bullied throughout his school years, and confronted by the school psychologist following rumors that he spoke about himself using the masculine gender. Ignat opened up to the psychologist about his gender identity the first stranger to whom he had told everything but asked to keep it a secret. The whole school found out, and the insults and humiliations became permanent. Many LGBTQ+ people in Russia keep low profiles because of stigmatization against nontraditional sexuality. An amendment to the Russian constitution, made in July 2020, stipulates that marriage is a union between a man and a woman, with no other options possible. Although an attempt was made to make a further amendment preventing transgender people from changing their status on legal documents, it was not passed. Transgender people can marry, but the road there is difficult. Transgender people also face very specific challenges when accessing their economic, social, and cultural rights, as their gender is not legally recognized. This results in transgender people having no access to transition-related healthcare services, or offical support against discrimination. EPA/Oleg Ponomarev / WPP / HANDOUT NO CROPPING / NO MANIPULATING / USE ONLY FOR SINGLE PUBLICATION IN CONNECTION WITH THE WORLD PRESS PHOTO AND ITS ACTIVITIES HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES

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Il vincitore della categoria "Ritratti" è Oleg Ponomarev. Nell'immagine un uomo transgender con la sua fidanzata a San Pietroburgo

Home22, diario del secondo lockdown nelle immagini di fotografi 22enni

epa09137091 A handout photo made available by World Press Photo (WPP) organization shows a picture by Evelyn Hockstein, winner of the Spot News - First Prize Singles category in the World Press Photo 2021 Contest as it was announced by World Press Photo on 15 April 2021.

A man and woman disagree on the removal of the Emancipation Memorial, in Lincoln Park, Washington DC, USA, on 25 June 2020.

The Emancipation Memorial shows Lincoln holding the Emancipation Proclamation in one hand, with his other hand over the head of a Black man in a loincloth, kneeling at his feet. Critics argue that the statue is paternalistic, demeaning in its depiction of Black Americans, and that it doesn t do justice to the role that Black people played in their own liberation. Those against removal say it is a positive depiction of people being freed from the shackles of slavery, and that removing such monuments can amount to an erasing of history. The drive to remove the statue came amid a wave of calls to take down monuments of Confederate generals nationwide, a move largely welcomed by activists from the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement, who see Confederate and other such monuments as reminders of an oppressive history. They call for a more honest accounting of American history. Officials had erected barriers around the Emancipation Memorial in advance of demonstrations. Residents posted notes on the fence expressing their views, and on 25 June around 100 people gathered at the monument arguing about what it meant. In February 2021, congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton reintroduced a bill in the US Congress to have the statue removed and taken to a museum. EPA/Evelyn Hockstein / The Washington Post / WPP / HANDOUT NO CROPPING / NO MANIPULATING / USE ONLY FOR SINGLE PUBLICATION IN CONNECTION WITH THE WORLD PRESS PHOTO AND ITS ACTIVITIES HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES

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Per la categoria "Spot News" il primo premio è andato a Evelyn Hockstein: nella foto una manifestante chiede la rimozione dell'Emancipation Memorial (che raffigura il presidente Abraham Lincoln mentre libera uno schiavo afroamericano, inginocchiato e incatenato ai suoi piedi), mentre discute con un uomo che desidera mantenerlo

epa09137090 A handout photo made available by World Press Photo (WPP) organization shows a picture by Ralph Pace, winner of the Environment - First Prize Singles category in the World Press Photo 2021 Contest as it was announced by World Press Photo on 15 April 2021.

A curious California sea lion swims towards a face mask at the Breakwater dive site in Monterey, California, USA, on 19 November. EPA/Ralph Pace / WPP / HANDOUT NO CROPPING / NO MANIPULATING / USE ONLY FOR SINGLE PUBLICATION IN CONNECTION WITH THE WORLD PRESS PHOTO AND ITS ACTIVITIES HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES

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Il primo premio della sezione "Ambiente", è andato a Ralph Pace con lo scatto di un leone marino in California che nuota verso una mascherina

epa09137089 A handout photo made available by World Press Photo (WPP) organization shows a picture by Pablo Tosco, winner of the Comtemporary Issues - First Prize Singles category in the World Press Photo 2021 Contest as it was announced by World Press Photo on 15 April 2021.

Fatima and her son prepare a fishing net on a boat in Khor Omeira bay, Yemen, on 12 February.

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Fatima has nine children. In order to provide for them, she makes a living off fishing. Although her village was devastated by armed conflict in Yemen, Fatima returned to resume her livelihood, buying a boat with money she earned from selling fish. The conflict between Houthi Shia Muslim rebels and a Sunni Arab coalition led by Saudi Arabia dates from 2014, and has led to what UNICEF has termed the world s largest humanitarian crisis. Some 20.1 million people (almost two-thirds of the population) required food assistance at the beginning of 2020, with approximately 80 percent of the population relying on humanitarian aid. A Saudi coalition blockade on Yemen between 2015 and 2017 imposed import restrictions on food, medicines, and fuel. Resulting shortages exacerbated the humanitarian crisis. In many cases, conditions of near-famine were caused not so much by the unavailability of food, but because it became unaffordable, priced out of reach to most Yemenis by import restrictions, soaring transport costs due to fuel scarcity, a collapsing currency, and other man-made supply disruptions. In 2020 conflict intensified, and the situation was made worse by unprecedented heavy rainfall, which made some 300,000 people homeless, locust infestations that destroyed crops, and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. EPA/Pablo Tosco / WPP / HANDOUT NO CROPPING / NO MANIPULATING / USE ONLY FOR SINGLE PUBLICATION IN CONNECTION WITH THE WORLD PRESS PHOTO AND ITS ACTIVITIES HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES

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Il primo premio della sezione Contemporary Issue è andato a Pablo Tosco con una foto dallo Yemen che ritrae una donna che fa la pescatrice per mantenere la sua famiglia

epa09137093 A handout photo made available by World Press Photo (WPP) organization shows a picture by Adam Pretty, winner of the Sports - First Prize Singles category in the World Press Photo 2021 Contest as it was announced by World Press Photo on 15 April 2021.

Georg climbs a log pile while training for bouldering, in Kochel am See, Bavaria, Germany, on 15 September.

Bouldering entails climbing on small rock formations and boulders of usually no more than six meters in height, without ropes or harnesses. Historically, it began as a training activity for more ambitious climbing and mountaineering pursuits, but has evolved into a sport in its own right. Rock-climbing gyms and sports facilities in Munich were closed as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, so athletes had become creative in their training methods. EPA/Adam Pretty / Getty Images / WPP / HANDOUT NO CROPPING / NO MANIPULATING / USE ONLY FOR SINGLE PUBLICATION IN CONNECTION WITH THE WORLD PRESS PHOTO AND ITS ACTIVITIES HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES

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Nella sezione "Sport" si è aggiudicato la vittoria Adam Pretty: la foto ritrae un uomo che si arrampica su una catasta di tronchi mentre si allena per il "boulder", una particolare arrampicata su piccole formazioni rocciose e massi senza corde o imbracature

epa09137092 A handout photo made available by World Press Photo (WPP) organization shows a picture by Nuno André Ferreira, winner of the Spot News -Third Prize Singles category in the World Press Photo 2021 Contest as it was announced by World Press Photo on 15 April 2021.

A child sits inside a car close by a forest fire in Oliveira de Frades, Portugal, on 7 September 2020.

A wildfire began in Oliveira de Frades, about 100 kilometers from Porto in eastern Portugal, on 7 September, and spread some 30 kilometers west, to Sever do Vouga, and 40 kilometers southwest, to Águeda, in the neighboring district. At least 300 firefighters, 100 land vehicles and ten firefighting planes battled the blaze in a landscape dominated by eucalyptus trees. The uncontrolled spread of eucalyptus trees which supply raw material for an economically important pulp industry, but which are extremely flammable are a major factor in the rapid spread of wildfires. Portugal has a wildfire season lasting from June to September. Its hot climate, consistent warm winds coming off the Atlantic, and a well-forested landscape make it particularly susceptible to fire. Extreme temperatures and severe drought contributed to the 2020 fire season. A 2020 report released jointly by the Portuguese Association of Nature and the World Wide Fund for Nature states that Portugal is the European country worst affected by wildfires: more than three percent of its forest burns every year. EPA/Nuno Andre Ferreira / LUSA / WPP / HANDOUT NO CROPPING / NO MANIPULATING / USE ONLY FOR SINGLE PUBLICATION IN CONNECTION WITH THE WORLD PRESS PHOTO AND ITS ACTIVITIES HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES

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Al terzo posto della sezione "Spot News" la foto di Nuno André Ferreira che ritrae un bambino in un'auto durante un incendio a Oliveira de Frades, in Portogallo