Coronavirus Hug Image Named World Press Photo of the Year
Voice of America
THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS - A photo of an 85-year-old Brazilian woman getting her first embrace in five months from a nurse through a transparent "hug curtain" was named the World Press Photo of the Year on Thursday.
It was the second time the Danish photographer who shot the image has won the prestigious award. That the winning photo would portray the global pandemic was almost inevitable for the contest, which covered a year in which news around the globe was dominated by the virus that has killed nearly 3 million people, including more than 360,000 in hard-hit Brazil. The image by Mads Nissen captured the moment Rosa Luzia Lunardi was hugged by nurse Adriana Silva da Costa Souza at the Viva Bem care home in Sao Paulo on Aug. 5.Kheang Pichphanith, 24, who is among those relocated from Cambodia's archaeological site, sits next to her 1-month-old twin babies at her home in Run Ta Ek village in Siem Reap province, Cambodia, April 2, 2024. A view of Bayon temple at Angkor Wat temple complex in Siem Reap province, Cambodia, Tuesday, April 2, 2024. Chhem Hay, 37, stands at a main door of her house under construction at Run Ta Ek village in Siem Reap province, Cambodia, on April 2, 2024.
FILE - This July 26, 2023, image provided by phade® by WinCup, Inc., shows a 'Coral Fort,' made of biodegradable drinking straws off the coast of Fort Lauderdale, Fla. This July 26, 2023 image provided by phade® by WinCup, Inc., shows a 'Coral Fort,' made of biodegradable drinking straws off the coast of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.