World Press Photo Awards - main winners announced

Two Irish photographers among the main winners in the World Press Photo Awards, announced in Amsterdam

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Ivor Prickett, Ireland (for the New York Times) - first prize news stories - An unidentified young boy who was carried out of the last ISIS controlled area in the Old City by a man suspected of being a militant is cared for by Iraqi Special Forces soldiers. The soldiers suspected the man had used the boy as a human shield in order to try and escape as he did not know the child's name and claimed he had just found him alone in the street. One of the soldiers agreed to adopt the boy given that they knew nothing about him and he didn't speak.

Royal Shrovetide Football - Oli Scarff, England (AFP) - Sports, first prize singles Members of opposing teams, the Upwards and Downwards, grapple for the ball during the historic, annual Royal Shrovetide Football Match in Ashbourne, Derbyshire, UK. The game is played between hundreds of participants in two eight-hour periods on Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday (the day preceding and the day marking the start of Christian Lent).

Jasper Doest, Netherlands - from Sacred no More - second prize Nature stories - At the Utsonomiya's Kayabuki Tavern Fuku-chan and Yume-chan, Mr Otsuka's oldest monkeys practice their daily performance. The monkeys have played famous actors and politicians and have appeared on foreign television shows. Following dinner in the tavern, customers have the opportunity to watch the macaques perform tricks on a makeshift stage with the help of a variety of stage props, including homemade paper maché masks - the Donald Trump mask is the favourite among the visiting tourists.

Md Masfiqur Akhtar Sohan - Watch Houses Burn - Bangladesh - third prize news singles - A large group of young Rohingya watch houses burn just beyond the border at leda makeshift shelter in cox's bazar, Bangladesh on september 09, 2017. More than 800,000 rohingya have taken shelter in Bangladesh, many of whom had their houses burned and family members killed in myanmar amid a military crackdown on the muslim minority. The United Nations' top human rights official accused Myanmar of carrying out "a textbook example of ethnic cleansing".

Fri Apr 13 2018 - 15:59

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