Africa, Long-Term Projects, Women's Bodies as Battlefields © Cinzia Canneri, Association Camille Lepage
Yohanna (22) resting next to her mother after she received treatment for complications arising from kidney removal. Shot by Eritrean police at the border, she woke up at a hospital where she learned that one of her kidneys had been removed. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 31 October 2017.
North and Central America_Long-Term Projects, Life and Death in a Country Without Constitutional Rights © Carlos Barrera, El Faro, NPR
A boy (16) was captured, beaten, and tortured by members of El Salvador’s naval force. Usulután, El Salvador, 8 November 2022.
North and Central America, Singles, Attempted Assassination of Donald Trump © Jabin Botsford, for The Washington Post
Members of the United States Secret Service help Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump off stage moments after a bullet from an attempted assassin hit his ear during a campaign rally. Butler, Pennsylvania, United States, 13 July 2024.
The assassination attempt on Donald Trump, and the media coverage that followed, is believed to have marked a turning point in the presidential campaign that would shape not only the election to come, but the United States’ political future. Shortly after the shooting, the 2024 Republican presidential nominee defiantly shouted “Fight, fight, fight!” as he was escorted off the stage. Notably, this image, captured seconds later, presents a rare and candid moment of fragility in a campaign that focused on vitality and strength.
South America, Stories, Droughts in the Amazon © Musuk Nolte, Panos Pictures, Bertha Foundation
A young man brings food to his mother who lives in the village of Manacapuru. The village was once accessible by boat, but because of the drought, he must walk 2 kilometers along the dry riverbed of the Solimões River to reach her. Amazonas, Brazil, 5 October 2024.
Africa, Singles, Tamale Safalu © Marijn Fidder
Bodybuilder Tamale Safalu trains in front of his home. Kampala, Uganda, 25 January 2024.
Despite losing his leg after a terrible motorcycle accident in 2020, Tamale Safalu remained committed to competitive bodybuilding, becoming the first disabled athlete in Uganda to compete against able-bodied athletes. His strength and determination in the face of adversity challenges stereotypes and serves as an inspiration to people from all walks of life. “By competing as a bodybuilder on stage, I want to encourage other people with disabilities to recognize their own talents and never put their heads down,” says Tamale.
Asia-Pacific and Oceania, Singles, Korea Adoption Fraud © Jae C. Hong, Associated Press
Nicole Motta (left) and her birth father Jang Dae-chang wipe away tears after an emotional reunion, some 40 years after they were separated. Seoul, 31 May 2024.
Asia-Pacific and Oceania, Singles, Gabriel Medina During the Paris 2024 Olympic Games © Jerome Brouillet, Agence France-Presse
Brazil's Gabriel Medina bursts out triumphantly from a large wave in the fifth heat of round three of men’s surfing, during the 2024 Olympic Games. Teahupo’o, Tahiti, French Polynesia, 29 July 2024.
Medina scored a near-perfect 9.9 in the heat, and went on to pick up bronze, ceding the gold medal to France’s Kauli Vaast. This photograph circulated widely, attracting more than 9.5 million likes on Medina’s Instagram alone. Surfing made its Olympic debut at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. For the 2024 Paris games, the surfing contests were held almost 26,000 kilometers from France, in Tahiti in semi-autonomous French Polynesia, a region renowned for its challenging waves.
Europe, Singles, Beyond the Trenches © Florian Bachmeier
Anhelina (6), who is traumatized and suffers panic attacks after having to flee her village, lies in bed in her new home. Borshchivka, Ukraine, 7 March 2024.
Ongoing conflict in their home village near Kupiansk (a frontline city in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine) forced Anhelina’s family to seek refuge. She now lives with her grandmother, Larisa, in Borshchivka, 95 kilometers from Kupiansk, while her mother lives and works in Kharkiv, about an hour’s journey away. The photographer wished to shed light on children who have grown up surrounded by violence, their innocence fractured but their spirit enduring as they adapt to a new life.
West, Central, and South Asia, Long-Term Projects, Bullets Have No Borders © Ebrahim Alipoor
Some goods kolbars carry across the border are freely available in Iran, but fuel a thriving black market in the region that avoids import duties. Kurdistan, Iran, 1 June 2019.
Kolbars (border couriers) carry goods, such as household appliances, mobile phones, and clothes, on their backs through treacherous terrain from Iraq and Turkey into Iranian Kurdistan. The Iranian government bans import of many such goods to protect local production and save foreign currency in the face of Western sanctions. Decades-long marginalization of Kurds means widespread unemployment in the region, driving many to kolbari. In addition, many kolbars see the activity as legitimate, as they feel ties with fellow Kurds across nation-state borders they do not acknowledge. However, kolbars risk being shot by security forces and border patrols.
