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17 compelling winners from the 2026 World Press Photo Contest

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17 compelling winners from the 2026 World Press Photo Contest
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The 2026 World Press Photo Contest documents our fragility, resiliency, and the best and worst of humanity. More than 3,700 photojournalists and documentary photographers submitted 57,376 photographs for this year’s awards.



The winners include heartbreaking images of an elephant culling in Zimbabwe, a massive apartment fire in Hong Kong, and the devastating aftermath of drone attacks in Ukraine.



“When Giants Fall” Professional hunters shoot a family of elephants identi

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