{"id":8750,"date":"2024-04-18T19:01:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T16:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=8750"},"modified":"2024-04-18T19:01:00","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T16:01:00","slug":"picture-of-palestinian-woman-holding-dead-child-wins-2024-world-press-photo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=8750","title":{"rendered":"Picture of Palestinian woman holding dead child wins 2024 World\u00a0Press\u00a0Photo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reuters photographer Mohammed Salem won the prestigious 2024 World Press Photo of the Year award on Thursday for his image of a Palestinian woman cradling the body of her five-year-old niece in the Gaza Strip.<br \/>\nThe picture was taken on Oct. 17, 2023, at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis in southern Gaza, where families were searching for relatives killed during Israeli bombing of the Palestinian enclave.<br \/>\nSalem\u2019s winning image portrays Inas Abu Maamar, 36, sobbing while holding Saly\u2019s sheet-clad body in the hospital morgue.<br \/>\n\u201cMohammed received the news of his WPP award with humility, saying that this is not a photo to celebrate but that he appreciates its recognition and the opportunity to publish it to a wider audience,\u201d Reuters Global Editor for Pictures and Video, Rickey Rogers, said at a ceremony in Amsterdam.<br \/>\n\u201cHe hopes with this award that the world will become even more conscious of the human impact of war, especially on children,\u201d Rogers said, standing in front of the photo at the Nieuwe Kerk in the Dutch capital.<br \/>\nAnnouncing its annual awards, the Amsterdam-based World Press Photo Foundation said it was important to recognise the dangers facing journalists covering conflicts.<br \/>\nIt said 99 journalists and media employees had been killed covering the war between Israel and Hamas since the Palestinian militant group attacked southern Israel on Oct. 7 and Israel responded by launching a military offensive in Gaza.<br \/>\n\u201cThe work of press and documentary photographers around the world is often done at high risk,\u201d said Joumana El Zein Khoury, the organisation\u2019s executive director.<br \/>\n\u201cThis past year, the death toll in Gaza pushed the number of journalists killed to a near-record high. It is important to recognise the trauma they have experienced to show the world the humanitarian impact of the war.\u201d<br \/>\nSalem, a Palestinian aged 39, has worked for Reuters since 2003. He also won an award in the 2010 World Press Photo competition.<br \/>\nThe jury said Salem\u2019s 2024 winning image was \u201ccomposed with care and respect, offering at once a metaphorical and literal glimpse into unimaginable loss.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cI felt the picture sums up the broader sense of what was happening in the Gaza Strip,\u201d Salem said when the image was first published in November.<br \/>\n\u201cPeople were confused, running from one place to another, anxious to know the fate of their loved ones, and this woman caught my eye as she was holding the body of the little girl and refused to let go.\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>\u2018PROFOUNDLY AFFECTING\u2019<\/strong><br \/>\nSalem\u2019s wife had given birth to their child days before he took the shot.<br \/>\nThe photograph is \u201cprofoundly affecting,\u201d said jury member Fiona Shields, head of photography at Guardian News &amp; Media.<br \/>\nThe jury selected the winning photos from 61,062 entries by 3,851 photographers from 130 countries.<br \/>\nGEO photographer Lee-Ann Olwage of South Africa won the story of the year category with images documenting dementia in Madagascar.<br \/>\nThe long-term projects category was won by Alejandro Cegarra of Venezuela for the series \u201cThe Two Walls\u201d for The New York Times\/Bloomberg.<br \/>\nUkrainian photographer Julia Kochetova won the open format award with \u201cWar is Personal\u201d, which documented the war in her country by weaving together pictures, poetry, audio and music in documentary style.<br \/>\n(Reuters)grief. human impact of war, Palestinian woman, World Press Photo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reuters photographer Mohammed Salem won the prestigious 2024 World Press Photo of the Year award for his image of a Palestinian woman cradling the body of her five-year-old niece in the Gaza Strip. 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