The 6 images not to be missed nominated for the best photo of the year at World Press Photo

The photo of Yana, a Honduran girl detained with her mother at the US-Mexico border, was one of six images nominated for the 2019 World Press Photo Award for Best Picture of the Year.

The snapshot is from John Moore and went viral in June of last year, in the middle of family separation policy at the border dictated by the President of the United States, Donald Trump. It was part of a Time magazine photomontage to denounce Trump's policy, which was later canceled.

"L & # 39; Image played an important role in the debate on the border and immigration to the United States. He has been an excellent topic of conversation and will continue to be one of the six nominees, "said Lars Boering, director of World Press Photo.

"This picture shows a different type of violence, which is psychological", said Alice Martins, jury member.

Among the selected images, that of a former guerrilla of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), pregnant, carried out by Franco-Spanish photojournalist Catalina Martin-Chico.

The guerrilla, Yorladis, is sitting in her room, half muscular, showing her advanced pregnancy, while her partner is lying next to her, in a bed.

"It's a very good image because it reflects a beautiful story," said Boering, referring to "baby boom" that existed between the old guerrillas FARC in the last two years.

Members of the guerrilla group they were forbidden to have children during the armed conflict with the Colombian state, they were therefore forced to abort or leave the babies to their grandparents just after childbirth.

The protagonist of the picture, Yordalis, aborted five times, but decided to hide and end the gestation of the last pregnancy following the peace agreements signed in Havana in November 2016.

The director of World Press Photo said it was "a very colorful photo" and different approach of the repercussions of the end of the FARC"

Another of the candidate images for photography of the year was taken by Australian Chris McGrath at the Saudi Embbady in Istanbul. This happened a few days after the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and described a manager who closed the doors of a fence in front of a tumult of photographers and television cameras.

"It's very symbolic, a great metaphor for the attack that the press is victim of in different ways, as well as a tribute to Khashoggi, "said the director of World Press Photo.

"The press has become a target" because "more and more journalists are missing, attacked, murdered or in prison," he said.

The consequences of a alleged chemical attack in Guta, Syria, is another of the images selected for the World Press Photo of the Year and shows four victims, lying on stretchers or sitting and watching.

The portrait made by the Italian Marco Gualazzini of a boy in Chad who reflects the refugee crisis the fact that this African country is experiencing desertification and the conflicts it generates is another of the finalist images.

The image of a ranger in Zimbabwe representing Akashinga's all-female unit dressed in camouflage and military clothing completes the six appointments.

"She represents a strong African woman who is facing bad people to save their world, "said Nana Kofi Acquah, one of the jury members.

The photos were selected by the World Press Photo Foundation, based in Amsterdam, among a total of 78,801 snapshots made by 4,738 photographers from 129 countries.

The winning image will be announced on April 11 during a ceremony in Amsterdam.