
© Konstantinos Tsakalidis, Greece, for Bloomberg News
World Press Photo always presents us with thought-provoking and emotional images after announcing its annual contest results. But while we wait for April and the overall winners, there’s another treat for all fans of documentary photography and photojournalism.
The regional winners for the 65th World Press Photo Contest have been announced, and they cover four different categories: Singles, Stories, Long-Term Projects, and Open Format. This means dozens of striking images, and you can see them all below.
Each year, The World Press Photo Contest receives tens of thousands of submissions from every corner of the world. This year, the winners were chosen out of 64,823 photos and open format entries, including 4,066 photographers from 130 countries. The 2022 World Press Photo Contest works with six worldwide regions – Africa, Asia, Europe, North and Central America, South America, and Southeast Asia and Oceania.
“It is exhilarating to see the way in which the new regional contest set up is producing the changes that we were hoping for,” said Joumana El Zein Khoury, executive director of the World Press Photo Foundation. “Changes that we believe will offer different perspectives on, and a deeper connection to, photojournalism and documentary photography from all over the world.”
Global winners of the World Press Photo Contest will be announced in April. But the regional winners deserve just as much attention, so take a look at their photos below and make sure to visit the contest’s website for more information.
North and Central America
Singles – Kamloops Residential School

© Amber Bracken, Canada, for The New York Times
Stories – The People Who Feed the United States
- © Ismail Ferdous, Bangladesh, Agence VU’
- © Ismail Ferdous, Bangladesh, Agence VU’
- © Ismail Ferdous, Bangladesh, Agence VU’
- © Ismail Ferdous, Bangladesh, Agence VU’
Long-Term Projects – Political Year Zero
- © Louie Palu, Canada
- © Louie Palu, Canada
- © Louie Palu, Canada
- © Louie Palu, Canada
- © Louie Palu, Canada
- © Louie Palu, Canada
- © Louie Palu, Canada
- © Louie Palu, Canada
Open Format – The Flower of Time. Guerrero’s Red Mountain
- © Yael Martínez, Mexico, Magnum Photos
- © Yael Martínez, Mexico, Magnum Photos
- © Yael Martínez, Mexico, Magnum Photos
- © Yael Martínez, Mexico, Magnum Photos
- © Yael Martínez, Mexico, Magnum Photos
- © Yael Martínez, Mexico, Magnum Photos
South America
Singles – San Isidro Settlement Eviction

© Vladimir Encina, Colombia
Stories – The Promise
- © Irina Werning, Argentina, Pulitzer Center
- © Irina Werning, Argentina, Pulitzer Center
- © Irina Werning, Argentina, Pulitzer Center
- © Irina Werning, Argentina, Pulitzer Center
Long-Term Projects – Amazonian Dystopia
- © Lalo de Almeida, for Folha de São Paulo/Panos Pictures
- © Lalo de Almeida, for Folha de São Paulo/Panos Pictures
- © Lalo de Almeida, for Folha de São Paulo/Panos Pictures
- © Lalo de Almeida, for Folha de São Paulo/Panos Pictures
- © Lalo de Almeida, for Folha de São Paulo/Panos Pictures
- © Lalo de Almeida, for Folha de São Paulo/Panos Pictures
- © Lalo de Almeida, for Folha de São Paulo/Panos Pictures
- © Lalo de Almeida, for Folha de São Paulo/Panos Pictures
Open Format – Blood is a Seed
- © Isadora Romero, Ecuador
- © Isadora Romero, Ecuador
- © Isadora Romero, Ecuador
- © Isadora Romero, Ecuador
Europe
Singles – Evia Island Wildfire

© Konstantinos Tsakalidis, Greece, for Bloomberg News
Stories – As Frozen Land Burns
- © Nanna Heitmann, Russia/Germany, Magnum Photos
- © Nanna Heitmann, Russia/Germany, Magnum Photos
- © Nanna Heitmann, Russia/Germany, Magnum Photos
- © Nanna Heitmann, Russia/Germany, Magnum Photos
Long-Term Projects – Ukraine Crisis
- © Guillaume Herbaut, France, Agence VU’
- © Guillaume Herbaut, France, Agence VU’
- © Guillaume Herbaut, France, Agence VU’
- © Guillaume Herbaut, France, Agence VU’
Open Format – The Book of Veles
- © Jonas Bendiksen, Norway
- © Jonas Bendiksen, Norway
- © Jonas Bendiksen, Norway
- © Jonas Bendiksen, Norway
- © Jonas Bendiksen, Norway
- © Jonas Bendiksen, Norway
- © Jonas Bendiksen, Norway
- © Jonas Bendiksen, Norway
Africa
Singles – Sudan Protests

© Faiz Abubakr Mohamed, Sudan
Stories – Afraid to go to School
- © Sodiq Adelakun Adekola, Nigeria, Agence France-Presse
- © Sodiq Adelakun Adekola, Nigeria, Agence France-Presse
- © Sodiq Adelakun Adekola, Nigeria, Agence France-Presse
- © Sodiq Adelakun Adekola, Nigeria, Agence France-Presse
Long-Term Projects – The Zebu War
- © Rijasolo, Madagascar/France, Riva Press
- © Rijasolo, Madagascar/France, Riva Press
- © Rijasolo, Madagascar/France, Riva Press
- © Rijasolo, Madagascar/France, Riva Press
- © Rijasolo, Madagascar/France, Riva Press
- © Rijasolo, Madagascar/France, Riva Press
- © Rijasolo, Madagascar/France, Riva Press
- © Rijasolo, Madagascar/France, Riva Press
Open Format – The Longing of the Stranger Whose Path Has Been Broken
- © Rehab Eldalil, Egypt
- © Rehab Eldalil, Egypt
- © Rehab Eldalil, Egypt
- © Rehab Eldalil, Egypt
- © Rehab Eldalil, Egypt
- © Rehab Eldalil, Egypt
- © Rehab Eldalil, Egypt
- © Rehab Eldalil, Egypt
Asia
Singles – Palestinian Children in Gaza

© Fatima Shbair, Palestine, Getty Images
Stories – The Cinema of Kabul
- © Bram Janssen, the Netherlands, The Associated Press
- © Bram Janssen, the Netherlands, The Associated Press
- © Bram Janssen, the Netherlands, The Associated Press
- © Bram Janssen, the Netherlands, The Associated Press
Long-Term Projects – Boundaries: Human-Tiger Conflict
- © Senthil Kumaran, India
- © Senthil Kumaran, India
- © Senthil Kumaran, India
- © Senthil Kumaran, India
- © Senthil Kumaran, India
- © Senthil Kumaran, India
- © Senthil Kumaran, India
- © Senthil Kumaran, India
Open Format – Blue Affair
- © Kosuke Okahara, Japan
- © Kosuke Okahara, Japan
- © Kosuke Okahara, Japan
- © Kosuke Okahara, Japan
- © Kosuke Okahara, Japan
Southeast Asia and Oceania
Singles – Slingshots

Anonymous, for The New York Times
Stories – Saving Forests with Fire
- © Matthew Abbott, Australia, for National Geographic/Panos Pictures
- © Matthew Abbott, Australia, for National Geographic/Panos Pictures
- © Matthew Abbott, Australia, for National Geographic/Panos Pictures
- © Matthew Abbott, Australia, for National Geographic/Panos Pictures
Long-Term Projects – Haze
- © Abriansyah Liberto, Indonesia
- © Abriansyah Liberto, Indonesia
- © Abriansyah Liberto, Indonesia
- © Abriansyah Liberto, Indonesia
- © Abriansyah Liberto, Indonesia
- © Abriansyah Liberto, Indonesia
- © Abriansyah Liberto, Indonesia
- © Abriansyah Liberto, Indonesia
Open Format – The Will to Remember
- © Charinthorn Rachurutchata, Thailand
- © Charinthorn Rachurutchata, Thailand
- © Charinthorn Rachurutchata, Thailand
- © Charinthorn Rachurutchata, Thailand
- © Charinthorn Rachurutchata, Thailand
- © Charinthorn Rachurutchata, Thailand
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