The best photos of the world 2018 awarded by the World Press Photo

"Crying Girl on the Border" by American photojournalist John Moore has been chosen as the best journalistic photo by
World Press Photo Foundation, which awards the most prestigious international prize for photojournalism. The verdict of the jury of the 62nd edition of the competition was announced today in Amsterdam with the winners of eight categories.

The best 2018 photo was selected from over 78,800 images sent by some 5,000 photographers from 129 countries. The categories of work rewarded are: sport, people, nature, news, general news, environment, long-term projects and contemporary themes.

The winner of the best photo of 2017 was Ronaldo Schemidt, photographer from the AFP agency for an image of a young Venezuelan protester in flames.

The photo of Moore, who works for Getty Images, was shortlisted with five other finalists.
unveiled last February. The photojournalist, who won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the Iraq war for the Associated Press, captured the pain and crying of a young girl by the time her mother was arrested at the border between Mexico and the United States. It was taken in June 2018 in McAllen, Texas, on the border with Mexico.

Two-year-old Yana cries in despair as her Honduran mother is registered by an agent at the US border. "It was very difficult to see what was happening in front of my lens and to think about what it would be like for my children to separate from me," Moore said at the time. The publication of the photo on the cover of Time magazine on July 2 sparked a public outcry over the US government's immigration policy, especially when it was reported that the Donald Trump government separated migrant children from their parents. once they've crossed the border.

The picture reflects the tension felt at the border of these two countries in recent months. The jury chose the photo because of its visual power and its "different psychological violence".

For the new award "World Press Photo Story of the Year" was chosen the series "The Migrant Caravan" of the Swedish Pieter Ten Hoopen, who works for the agency VU in Paris. It is linked to Moore's photo because it is the largest caravan of migrants in recent history, with nearly 7,000 travelers (2,300 children, according to the UN), who left Honduras for the United States. United States in order to cross the border with Mexico. The winners of both awards receive a trophy and 10,000 euros.