The World Press Photo of the Year 2018 goes to Venezuelan photographer Ronaldo Schemidt
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The World Press Photo of the Year 2018 goes to Venezuelan photographer Ronaldo Schemidt
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World Press Photo of the Year & first prize in the Spot News Single: Ronaldo Schemidt, Venezuela
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Contemporary Issues, first prize singles: Jesco Denzel, Germany
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Contemporary Issues, second prize singles: Giulio Di Sturco, Italy
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Contemporary Issues, third prize singles: Roger Turesson, Sweden
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Contemporary Issues, first prize stories: Heba Khamis, Egypt
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Contemporary Issues, second prize stories: George Steinmetz, United States
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Contemporary Issues, third prize stories: Espen Rasmussen, Norway
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Environment, first prize singles: Neil Aldridge United Kingdom
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Environment, second prize singles: Thomas P. Peschak, Germany/South Africa
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Environment, third prize singles: Thomas P. Peschak, Germany/South Africa
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Environment, first prize stories: Kadir van Lohuizen, the Netherlands
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Environment, second prize stories: Luca Locatelli, Italy
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Environment, third prize stories: Daniel Beltrá Spain/United States
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General News, first prize singles: Patrick Brown, Australia
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General News, second prize singles: Richard Tsong-Taatarii, United States
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General News, third prize singles: Md Masfiqur Akhtar Sohan, Bangladesh
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General News, first prize stories: Ivor Prickett, Ireland
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General News, second prize stories: Kevin Frayer, Canada
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General News, third prize stories: Francesco Pistilli, Italy
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Long-Term Projects, first prize stories: Carla Kogelman, the Netherlands
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Long-Term Projects, second prize stories: Fausto Podavini, Italy
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Long-Term Projects, third prize stories: Javier Arcenillas, Spain
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Nature, first prize singles: Corey Arnold, United States
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Nature, second prize singles: Thomas P. Peschak, Germany/South Africa
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Nature, third prize singles: Michael Patrick O’Neill, United States
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Nature, first prize stories: Ami Vitale, United States
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Nature, second prize stories: Jasper Doest, the Netherlands
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ature, third prize stories: Thomas P. Peschak, Germany/South Africa
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People, first prize singles: Magnus Wennman, Sweden
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People, second prize singles: Alessio Mamo, Italy
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People, third prize singles: Li Huaifeng, China
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People, first prize stories: Adam Ferguson, Australia
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People, second prize stories: Anna Boyiazis, United States
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The World Press Photo of the Year 2018 goes to Venezuelan photographer Ronaldo Schemidt
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People, third prize stories: Tatiana Vinogradova, Russia
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Sports, first prize singles: Oliver Scarff, United Kingdom
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Sports, second prize singles: Stephen McCarthy, Ireland
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Sports, third prize singles: Erik Sampers, France
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Sports, first prize stories: Alain Schroeder, Belgium
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Sports, second prize stories: Juan D. Arredondo, Colombia
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Sports, third prize stories: Nikolai Linares, Denmark
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Spot News, second prize single: Ryan Kelly, United States
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Spot News, third prize singles: Goran Tomasevic, Serbia
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Spot News, first prize stories: David Becker, United States
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Spot News, second prize stories: Toby Melville, United Kingdom
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Spot News, third prize stories: Juan Barreto
The jury of the 61st World Press Photo Contest has selected an image by Venezuelan photographer Ronaldo Schemidt as the 2018 World Press Photo of the Year. Schemidt, a staff photographer for Agence France-Presse based in Mexico, won with his image entitled “Venezuela Crisis,” showing a protester on fire during clashes with police in Caracas, Venezuela.
Schemidt’s winning photo — which also won first prize in the Spot News Stories category — shows José Víctor Salazar Balza, 28, on fire amid violent clashes with riot police during a protest against President Nicolás Maduro, in Caracas, Venezuela. Salazar was set alight when the gas tank of a motorbike exploded. He survived the incident with first- and second-degree burns.
The 2018 Photo Contest drew entries from around the world: 4,548 photographers from 125 countries submitted 73,044 images. The jury gave prizes in eight categories to 42 photographers from 22 countries.
The prize-winning photographs are assembled into an exhibition that travels to 100 locations in 45 countries and is seen by more than 4 million people each year. The winning pictures are also published in the annual yearbook, which is available in multiple languages. The World Press Photo Exhibition 2018 opens in De Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam, on April 14, 2018. For more information about the traveling exhibition, please follow this link.
Discover all of the winners and the nominated photos in an image gallery at the World Press Photo website.
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