Mohammed Salem's photo of Palestinian woman cradling child's body won the World Press Photo of the Year.
Palestinian woman Inas Abu Maamar, 36, embraces the body of her 5-year-old niece Saly, who was killed in an Israeli strike, at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, October 17, 2023.Photographer Mohammed Salem, who is 39 and Palestinian, took the picture of Inas Abu Maamar holding the body of Saly, covered in a sheet, on Oct. 17, 2023. An Israeli missile had struck their family home.
Palestinian woman Inas Abu Maamar, 36, embraces the body of her 5-year-old niece Saly, who was killed in an Israeli strike, at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, October 17, 2023.“Mohammed received the news of his WPP award with humility, saying that this is not a photo to celebrate but that he appreciates its recognition and the opportunity to publish it to a wider audience,” Reuters Global Editor for Pictures and Video, Rickey Rogers, said at the awards presentation.
The WPP jury selected the photo from 61,062 submissions from 3,851 photographers from 130 countries. All of the winning photos are viewable on The jury selected Salem’s picture because it’s “composed with care and respect, offering at once a metaphorical and literal glimpse into unimaginable loss.” The jury additionally said, “The image is multi-layered, representing the loss of a child, the struggle of the Palestinian people, and the 31,000 deaths in Palestine.”
In November, Salem told the news service what the photo meant to him. “I felt the picture sums up the broader sense of what was happening in the Gaza Strip,” he said. “People were confused, running from one place to another, anxious to know the fate of their loved ones, and this woman caught my eye as she was holding the body of the little girl and refused to let go.
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