World Press has published a video of their global group of judges sharing comments about the work submitted to the 2025 World Press Photo contest.

The members of the jury discuss the power of photography and the impact individual images had on them.

From World Press:

Chosen from nearly 60,000 entries by 3,778 photographers from 141 countries, the 2025 World Press Photo Contest awarded photographs document struggle and defiance, but also human connection and courage.

 

The awarded photographs show the power of authentic photojournalism and documentary photography. Watch the global jury share the main themes across the 42 winning works and the photographs that left a lasting impression on them.

 

Since 1955, the annual World Press Photo Contest has recognized the best photojournalism and documentary photography, bearing witness to the events that have shaped the past year. The Contest works with six worldwide regions.

 

Entries are judged and awarded in the region in which the photographs are shot, rather than the nationality of the photographer. Each region has three format-based categories: Singles, Stories and Long-Term Projects.

 

Featured here, are the 2025 World Press Photo Contest global jury members:

 

Africa jury chair: Ala Kheir, Sudan, photographer, educator and curator

Asia-Pacific and Oceania jury chair: Candida Ng, Singapore, deputy photo director, AFP Asia-Pacific

Europe jury chair: Finbarr O’Reilly, Ireland, photographer and author

North and Central America jury chair: Nina Berman, United States, documentary photographer and professor, Columbia University

South America jury chair: Lalo de Almeida, Brazil, documentary photographer

West, Central and South Asia jury chair: Laura Boushnak, Palestine, photographer