Overview

• The 2025 contest expanded its winners to 42 across six regions, up from 33 in 2024, showcasing diverse global perspectives.
• Winning entries address critical themes including conflict, migration, climate change, and gender inequality through compelling photojournalism.
• Selected from 59,000 submissions by 3,778 photographers across 141 countries, the winners were chosen by regional and global juries.
• The winning photographs will be featured in a traveling exhibition across 60 locations worldwide, starting in Amsterdam.
• Highlighted stories include conflict in Gaza, migration through the Darién Gap, and environmental crises in the Amazon and Rio Grande do Sul.