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April 17, 2021
Mike Corder
THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS (AP) – A photo symbolising “love and compassion” of an 85-year-old Brazilian woman getting her first embrace in five months from a nurse through a transparent “hug curtain” was named the World Press Photo of the Year on Thursday.
It was the second time the Danish photographer who shot the image has won the prestigious award.
The choice of a winning photo portraying the global pandemic was almost inevitable for the contest covering a year in which news around the globe was dominated by the virus that has killed nearly three million people, including more than 360,000 in hard-hit Brazil.
Apr 15, 2021
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Judges looked at 74,470 photographs by 4,315 photographers before selecting winners in eight categories. Here are 24 of the best images from the past year.
In this image released by World Press Photo, Thursday April 15, 2021, by Mads Nissen, Politiken, Panos Pictures, which won the World Press Photo of the Year award, and the first prize in the General News Singles category, titled The First Embrace, shows Rosa Luzia Lunardi (85) embraced by nurse Adriana Silva da Costa Souza, at Viva Bem care home, Sao Paulo, Brazil, on August 5, 2020. Mads Nissen, Politiken, Panos Pictures, World Press Photo via AP
In this image released by World Press Photo, Thursday April 15, 2021, by Adam Pretty, Getty Images, titled Log Pile Bouldering, which won first prize in the Sports Singles category, shows Georg climbs a log pile while training for bouldering, in Kochel am See, Bavaria, Germany, on Sept. 15, 2020.Â
Coronavirus hug image named World Press Photo of the Year
A curtain of clear plastic its yellow edges folded into a shape resembling a pair of butterfly wings offers protection, as does the nurse s face mask. Author: MIKE CORDER Associated Press Published: 7:45 PM EDT April 15, 2021 Updated: 7:46 PM EDT April 15, 2021
THE HAGUE, Netherlands A photo symbolizing “love and compassion” of an 85-year-old Brazilian woman getting her first embrace in five months from a nurse through a transparent “hug curtain” was named the World Press Photo of the Year on Thursday.
It was the second time the Danish photographer who shot the image has won the prestigious award.
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