Pictures of the Year International 82:
The Winners List

POY was judged from Feb. 3 to Feb. 24, 2025, from the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism.

We are honored to announce the winners. The awards recognize the best in the field of photojournalism in 2024.

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Pictures of the Year International is a program of the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute and the Missouri School of Journalism.

NEWS DIVISION

Daily Life

First Place – Matias Delacroix, Associated Press, “Fussing over a Quinceañera”
Finalist – Serdar Özsoy, Independent, “The Hope: The Roof of Survivors”
Finalist – Ugur Yildirim, Demirören Medya, “6”
Award of Excellence – Sean Sutton, Panos Pictures, “Ukraine”
Award of Excellence – Alain Schroeder, Rea Photo Agency, “Sinking Hopes”
Award of Excellence – Susana Vera, Reuters, “Daily Life in a Conflict Zone”
Award of Excellence – Adam Gray, Independent, “Tashlich NYC”

Spot News

First Place – Ismael Abu Dayyah, Independent
Finalist – Ali Jadallah, Anadolu Agency, “Israeli Army attacks Nuseirat camp”
Finalist – Tyler Hicks, The New York Times, “Ukrainian Soldier Firing a Howitzer Toward Russian Troops”
Finalist – Robert Gauthier, The Los Angeles Times, “Firing Range”
Finalist – Odelyn Joseph, Associated Press, “Violence in Haiti”
Finalist – Noah Berger, Associated Press, “Drip Torch”
Award of Excellence – Fabio Bucciarelli, Independent, “The Human Cost of Conflict in Lebanon”
Award of Excellence – Abdelrahman Alkahout, Independent, “Gaza Facing Genocide: Unbreakable Suffering”
Award of Excellence – Fernando Llano, Associated Press, “Mexico Violence”
Award of Excellence – Ali Jadallah, Anadolu Agency, “Israeli Attacks on Gaza Continue”
Award of Excellence – Bashar Taleb, Agence France-Press, “Palestinian Israel Conflict”

Daily Life Picture Story

First Place – Kiana Hayeri, Independent, “Joy as a Form of Resistance”
Finalist – Marijin Fidder, Independent, “Inclusive Nation”
Finalist – Elliot Ross, TIME, “A Question of Balance”
Award of Excellence – Malin Fezehai, Independent, “Coming of Age in Dadaab”
Award of Excellence – Brais Lorenzo, Independent, “Inhabit the Void”

Community Awareness Award

First Place – Todd Heisler, The New York Times, “8 Months Inside New York’s Migrant Shelters: Fear, Joy and Hope”
Finalist – Rebecca Kiger, TIME, “A Town Derailed”
Finalist – Marton Monus, Reuters, “Second Chance”
Award of Excellence – Jordan Tovin, Independent, “More Than Frybread”
Award of Excellence – Amadeusz Świerk, SOPA Images, “Kharkiv's Rich and Thriving Cultural Scene During the War”
Award of Excellence – Cheney Orr, Independent, “Rossana and Widman: The Human Cost of Migration”

General News

First Place – Ali Jadallah, Anadolu Agency, “Leaving Home”
Finalist – Belal Khaled, Anadolu Agency, “Ramadan Preparations on Gaza in the Shadow of War”
Finalist – Omar Al-Qataa, Agence France-Press, “Palestinian Israel Conflict Aid”
Finalist – Bobby Goddin, Independent, “Flying Near the Eclipse”
Finalist – Ed Ram, Independent, “Darfur's Refugees - War in Sudan”
Finalist - Ali Jadallah, Anadolu Agency, “Destruction in Khan Yunis after Israeli Withdrawal”
Award of Excellence – Fabio Bucciarelli, Independent, “From War to War”
Award of Excellence – Adrees Latif, Reuters, “Mother Pleads with Soldier After Separation with Daughter”
Award of Excellence – Salwan Georges, The Washington Post, “Aleppo”
Award of Excellence – Erica Lansner, Redux Pictures

Local News Picture Story

First Place – Quinn Glabicki, PublicSource, “EQT’s Gas Play”
Finalist – Cem Özdel , Anadolu Agency, “Fishermen of Senegal”
Finalist – Biel Aliño, EFE, “Devastating Valencia Flash Floods”
Finalist – Gabrielle Lurie, San Francisco Chronicle, “The Youngest Overdose Death in San Francisco”
Finalist – Amanda Maciel Perobelli, Reuters, “Brazil’s Worst-ever Floods”
Award of Excellence – Jordan Tovin, Independent, “More Than Frybread”
Award of Excellence – Robert Gauthier, The Los Angeles Times, “Two Sides”
Award of Excellence – Gabrielle Lurie, San Francisco Chronicle, “Shattered Love”

Impact 2024: U.S. Presidential 2024

First Place – Evan Vucci, Associated Press, “Shots Fired in Butler, PA”
Finalist – Damon Winter, The New York Times, “Concession”
Finalist – Eric Lee, The New York Times
Finalist – Todd Heisler, The New York Times, “The Next Generation”
Award of Excellence – Jamie Kelter Davis, Politico
Award of Excellence – Gina Ferazzi, The Los Angeles Times, “The Political Scene in America”
Award of Excellence – Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images News, “A Reflection of the People”
Award of Excellence – Damon Winter, The New York Times, “Maga-verse”

Impact 2024: On the Campaign Trail

First Place – Jabin Botsford, The Washington Post, “The Assassination Attempt of Donald Trump”
Finalist – Erin Schaff, The New York Times, “The Presidential Campaign of Kamala Harris”
Finalist – Gaby Oráa, Independent, “The Last Hope”
Award of Excellence – RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post, “Debate on Immigration”
Award of Excellence – Karen Ducey, The Seattle Times, “Archrivals in a Rematch in Southwest Washington State”
Award of Excellence – Evan Vucci, Associated Press, “Shots Fired in Butler, PA”

Impact 2024: Campaign 2024

First Place – Gaby Oráa, Independent, “The Last Hope”
Finalist – Amanda Cowan, The Columbian, “Walk the Line”
Finalist – Israel Fuguemann, Independent, “Violent Mexico Election”
Award of Excellence – Gaby Oráa, Independent
Award of Excellence – Joe Lamberti, Independent, “Janelle Stelson”

Photographer of the Year

First Place – Erin Clark, The Boston Globe
Finalist – Todd Heisler, The New York Times
Award of Excellence – Darya Aslanyan, Takie Dela

SPORTS AND PORTRAITS DIVISION

Sports Action

First Place – Emily Curiel, The Kansas City Star, “Patrick Mahomes’ Helmet Breaks”
Finalist – Al Bello, Getty Images, “Fan Interference”
Finalist – Justin Setterfield, Getty Images
Finalist – Clodagh Kilcoyne, Reuters, “Sky High”
Finalist – Anne-Christine Poujoulat, Agence France-Press
Award of Excellence – Tom Weller, Independent, “Jump into the Night”
Award of Excellence – Dean Mouhtaropoulos, Getty Images
Award of Excellence – Dean Mouhtaropoulos, Getty Images

Sports Life and Recreational Sports

First Place – Abbie Parr, Associated Press, “National Champions”
Finalist – Luis Tato, Independent, “Fencing Mtaani”
Finalist – Susana Girón, Independent, “Invictus”
Finalist – Jake May, The Flint Journal, MLive.com, “Hospice Care, Electric Blue Hair and Dreams of a Detroit Lions Super Bowl”
Finalist – Ethan Weston, The Buffalo Bulletin, “Cowgirl Rodeo”
Award of Excellence – Billy Weeks, Independent, “Mutton Bustin”
Award of Excellence – Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News, “World Series Walk Off”
Award of Excellence – Jeff Pachoud, Agence France-Press
Award of Excellence – Danielle Parhizkaran, The Boston Globe, “Finally”

Sports Picture Story

First Place – Scott Strazzante, San Francisco Chronicle, “The Last Stand”
Finalist – David Ramos, Getty Images, “Paralympic Games Paris 2024”
Finalist – Patrick Smith, Getty Images, “Paris Athletics”
Finalist - Scott Strazzante, San Francisco Chronicle, “The Bullgang”
Finalist – Susana Girón, Independent, “Invictus Ukraine”
Award of Excellence – Patrick Smith, Getty Images, “Limitless: Team Agar”
Award of Excellence – Jack Mikrut, Dagens Industri, “The Armwrestler from Solitude”
Award of Excellence – Chang W. Lee, The New York Times, “Ukraine's Sports Pipeline Is in Tatters”

Sports Photographer of the Year

First Place – Patrick Smith, Getty Images
Finalist – Tom Jenkins, The Guardian
Finalist – Scott Strazzante, San Francisco Chronicle
Award of Excellence – Maddie Meyer, Getty Images
Award of Excellence – Donald Miralle Jr., Independent

Olympic & Paralympic Sports Action

First Place – Jerome Brouillet, Agence France-Press, “Surfing”
Finalist – David Ramos, Getty Images, “1 Meter to Victory”
Finalist – Michael Steele, Getty Images, “Wheelchair Rugby”
Finalist – Brendan Moran, Sportsfile, “Eye of the Needle”
Finalist – Martin Slottemo Lyngstad, Aftenposten, “Olympic Redemption”
Award of Excellence – Lars Moeller, Independent, “Crash”
Award of Excellence – Carl de Souza, Agence France-Press, “Hanging On”

Olympic & Paralympic Sports Life

First Place – Jamie Squire, Getty Images, “Japan Jubo”
Finalist – Steph Chambers, Getty Images, “Sabre Scream”
Finalist – Aleksandra Szmigiel, Reuters, “World Record Holder and Olympic Champion”
Finalist – Abbie Parr, Associated Press, “Respect for a Champion”
Award of Excellence – Ryan Pierse, Getty Images, “Ouverture”
Award of Excellence – Adam Pretty, Getty Images, “A Family Affair”
Award of Excellence – Martin Slottemo Lyngstad, Aftenposten, “Olympic Record Dance”
Award of Excellence – Daniel Sannum Lauten, TV 2 Norway, “Jakob’s Redemption”

Portrait

First Place – Maho, Independent, “Gardener”
Finalist – Tomasz Lazar, Independent, “Roger Ballen”
Finalist – Afshin Ismaeli, Independent, “The Price of War”
Finalist – Jordi Cohen, Independent
Award of Excellence – Oded Wagenstein, Independent, “Parenting Amidst the Horrors of War”
Award of Excellence – Veronika Ljung-Nielsen, Dagens Nyheter, “The Greatgrandson of a Nazi”
Award of Excellence – Serhii Korovayny, Independent

Portrait Series

First Place – Santiago Mesa, Independent, “Jaidë”
Finalist – Morgan Lieberman, Independent, “Hidden Once, Hidden Twice”
Finalist – He Tian, Independent, “Chinese Single”
Finalist – Dina Litovsky, New York Magazine, “The Rehearsal”
Award of Excellence – Esra Hacioglu Karakaya, Anadolu Agency, “A Stage for Women: Ankara Women’s Orchestra”
Award of Excellence – Liu Song, Independent, “The Faces of Vegetable Farmers on the 'Backpack Line'”

REPORTAGE DIVISION

Science and Natural History

First Place – Johnny Haglund, Adventure Photo AS, “Slowly it Devours Village after Village”
Finalist – Jasper Doest, Independent, “Collision Corridor”
Finalist – Kianoush Saadati, Independent
Finalist – Jason Gulley, Independent, “Bronson Blue”
Finalist – Luis Tato, Agence France-Press, “Resilience in the Rising Waters”
Finalist – Jake May, The Flint Journal, MLive.com, “Sunshine”
Award of Excellence – Ami Vitale, The Nature Conservancy Magazine

Science and Natural History Picture Story

First Place - Ami Vitale, The Nature Conservancy Magazine, “Kenya’s Black Rhino Revival”
Finalist – Renaud Philippe, The New York Times, “Tuktoyaktuk - An Arctic Hamlet is Sinking into the Thawing Permafrost”
Finalist – Javier Aznar González de Rueda, National Geographic Magazine, “Love, Hate and Rattlesnakes”
Finalist – Santi Palacios, Independent, “No One Arrived in Time”
Finalist – Justin Jin, National Geographic Magazine, “The Other Humans: Searching for our Unknown Ancestors”
Award of Excellence – Kianoush Saadati, Independent, “Silent Wings”
Award of Excellence – Alessio Paduano, Independent, “Drought and Water Insecurity in Kenya”
Award of Excellence – Giacomo d’Orlando, Independent, “Symbiosis – Australian Chapter”
Award of Excellence – Alessandro Cinque, Independent, “The Peruvian Blue Gold”

Environmental Vision Award

First Place – Kiliii Yuyan, Independent, “Guardians of Life: Indigenous Wisdom, Indigenous Science and Restoring the Planet”
Finalist – Frédérique Gélinas, Independent, “The Time of Mezcal”
Award of Excellence – Giacomo d'Orlando, Independent, “Crocodile Keepers: The Guardian of the Sierra Madre Rainforest”
Award of Excellence – Alessio Paduano, Independent, “Drought and water insecurity in Kenya”
Award of Excellence – KM Asad, Independent, “Fight for Home”

Issue Reporting Picture Story

First Place – Kiana Hayeri, Independent, “No Woman’s Land”
Finalist – Christopher Hopkins, Independent, “They Teach Us to Sing but There Are No Songs About Us”
Finalist – Fabio Bucciarelli, Independent, “Haiti: A Nation Trapped in Chaos and Gang Violence”
Finalist – Lynsey Addario, Independent, “’Mom, I want to Live’: A Young Girl Battles War and Cancer”
Finalist – Carolyn Van Houten, The Washington Post, “Abused by the Badge”
Award of Excellence – Jessica Gallagher, The Baltimore Banner, “Baltimore’s Overdose Crisis”
Award of Excellence – Jabin Botsford, The Washington Post, “Border Bodies”

World Understanding Award

First Place – Christopher Hopkins, Independent, “They Teach Us to Sing but There Are no Songs About Us”
Finalist – Matias Delacroix, Associated Press, “Venezuela in Crisis”
Award of Excellence – David Goldman, Associated Press, “Uganda’s Elderly Boom”

National/International News Picture Story

First Place – Murat Sengul, Anadolu Agency, “Israel Attacks on Lebanon”
Finalist – Fatima Shbair, Associated Press, “Surviving War in Gaza”
Award of Excellence – Nicoló Filippo Rosso, Independent, “A Humanitarian Emergency”
Award of Excellence – Lynsey Addario, Independent, “Seventy Miles in Hell: Crossing the Darien Gap”

International Photographer of the Year

First Place - Lynsey Addario, Independent
Finalist – Carolyn Van Houten, The Washington Post

EDITING DIVISION

Newspaper Picture Editing

First Place – Eve Edelheit, “The New York Times, 8 Months Inside New York’s Migrant Shelters: Fear, Joy and Hope”
Finalist – Chloe Coleman, The Washington Post, “Who is Government?”
Finalist – Robert Miller, The Washington Post, “Native American Boarding Schools”
Award of Excellence – Patrick Traylor, The Denver Post, “Inside Aurora Apartments Made Infamous by Gang Takeover Claims, Residents Wonder What’s Next”
Award of Excellence – Tanner Curtis, Jeffrey Scales and Meaghan Looram, The New York Times, “The Year in Pictures 2024”
Award of Excellence – Eve Edelheit, The New York Times, “Difficult Path to U.S. Through One Family's Eyes”
Award of Excellence – Katie Rausch, The Minnesota Star Tribune, “Charter Experiment Failing Kids”

Magazine Picture Editing

First Place – David Barreda, National Geographic Magazine, “Living with Dementia”
Finalist – David Barreda, National Geographic Magazine, “Bringing Them Home”
Award of Excellence – Alex Snyder, The Nature Conservancy Magazine, “Wild Exposure”
Award of Excellence – David Barreda and Kaya Berne, National Geographic Magazine, “Love, Hate, and Rattlesnakes”
Award of Excellence – Anne Farrar, National Geographic Magazine, “Flight of the Monarchs”
Award of Excellence – Kurt Mutchler, National Geographic Magazine, “How to Build a Dinosaur”
Award of Excellence – Samantha Clark, National Geographic Magazine, “The Glass Age”
Award of Excellence – David Barreda, National Geographic Magazine, “Secrets of the Octopus”

Visual Editor of the Year

First Place – Brett Roegiers, CNN Digital
Finalist – Dominique Hildebrand, The Washington Post
Award of Excellence – James Wellford, National Geographic Magazine
Award of Excellence – Katie Rausch, The Minnesota Star Tribune
Award of Excellence – Natalia Jiménez, The Washington Post

Angus McDougall Excellence in Editing Award

First Place – Robert Miller and editing team, The Washington Post
Finalist – Bill Greene and editing team, The Boston Globe
Finalist – Bernadette Tuazon and editing team, CNN Digital
Finalist – Meaghan Looram and editing team, The New York Times
Award of Excellence – National Geographic Magazine

Online Storytelling: Daily Life

First Place – Becky Lebowitz, The New York Times, “What Ever Happened to the Lady Jaguars?”
Finalist – Eve Lyons, The New York Times, “Keeping the Spirit of Harlem Dance Alive”
Finalist – Gaia Tripoli, The New York Times, “‘Mom, I Want to Live’: A Young Girl Battles War and Cancer”
Award of Excellence – Matej Leskovsek, The New York Times, “Seafaring Nomads Settle Down Without Quite Embracing Life on Land”
Award of Excellence – Laura Oliverio, Emmalee Reed, Dan Dzula, Brett Roegiers, Will Lanzoni, Tal Yellin, Sean O'Key, Kyle Almond, Jamie Gumbrecht and Benazir Wehelie, CNN Digital, “How Music is Medicine for these Alzheimer’s Patients and their Loved Ones”

Online Storytelling: News Reporting

First Place – Eve Edelheit, The New York Times, “5,000 Miles, 8 Countries: The Path to the U.S. Through One Family’s Eyes”
Finalist – Mona Boshnaq and Gaia Tripoli, The New York Times, “A Search in Syria for the Disappeared”
Award of Excellence – Mona Boshnaq and Gaia Tripoli, The New York Times, “Inside the Chechen Units Helping to Fight Russia’s War”
Award of Excellence – Mona Boshnaq, The New York Times, “The First Flight of Their Lives: An Airlift After Agony in Gaza”
Award of Excellence – Marisa Schwartz Taylor, The New York Times, “A Soldier’s Final Journey Home”
Award of Excellence – Brett Roegiers, CNN Digital, “Just two Northern White Rhinos are Left on Earth. A new Breakthrough Offers Hope”

Online Storytelling Project of the Year

First Place – Andrea Wise, Ziva Branstetter, Anna Donlan, Allen Tan, Alexandra Zayas, Boyzell Hosey, Tracy Weber, Anna Donlan and Allen Tan, Mariam Elba, Diego Sorbara, Kassie Navarro, Sophia Kovatch and Grace Palmieri, ProPublica, “The Year After a Denied Abortion”
Finalist – Olivier Laurent, Nicki DeMarco, Joe Moore, Zach Goldfarb, Monica Ulmanu, Allison Cho, Carolyn Van Houten, Alice Li, Emily Wright, Bishop Sand, John Muyskens, The Washington Post, “What to do about one of America’s last wild places”
Finalist – Rob Booth, Te'Drenna Coleman, Quinn Costantini, Jessi Dodge, Alecia Hamm, Elliott Munoz, Chris Rodriguez, Garrett Siegel, Tlatoani Carrera, Luis Salazar, Saúl Trujano Mendoza, Mauro Diaz, Scott Powers, Pilar Chabla, Gustavo Coletti, Normando Delgado, Jason Finberg, Diego Martini, Andrew M. Sharp, Juan Manuel Garcia, ESPN, “Las Amazonas”
Finalist – Leanne Burden, Tim Rasmussen, The Boston Globe, “50 years after busing decision, a school system still unequal and segregated”
Award of Excellence – Kara Milstein, TIME, “A Town Derailed”
Award of Excellence – Eve Edelheit, The New York Times, “8 Months Inside New York’s Migrant Shelters: Fear, Joy and Hope”

Documentary News Reporting

First Place – ProPublica and The Texas Tribune, Gerardo del Valle, Perla Trevizo, Mauricio Rodriguez Pons, Ginger Thompson, Almudena Toral, Lisa Riordan Seville, Almudena Toral, Zahira Torres, “The Right Way”: The Long Journey to Asylum for One Venezuelan Family”
Finalist – The New York Times, Mona El-Naggar, Neil Collier, Mark Boyer, Hassan Kilani, Caterina Clerici, Dahlia Kozlowsky, Hanaan Sarhan, Sameen Amin, Solana Pyne, “Motaz Azaiza Captured Gaza’s Suffering. But ‘Nothing Changed.’”
Finalist – Associated Press, Bram Janssen, Solomiia Hera, Erika Kinetz and Anton Shtuka Oleksii Yukov, Volodymyr Yurchuk, “The True Toll of the War in Ukraine is Measured in Bodies. This Man Brings Them Home, One at a Time”
Finalist – The Philadelphia Inquirer, Lauren Schneiderman, “She lost parts of her limbs due to COVID. Now she is learning to live again.”
Award of Excellence – The New York Times, Brent McDonald and Whitney Shefte, “U.Va. Faculty Calls for Review of Police Response to Protests”

Documentary Daily Life

First Place – ProPublica, Liz Moughon, Almudena Toral, Jennifer Berry Hawes, Mauricio Rodríguez Pons, Sarahbeth Maney, Mara Shalloup, Mollie Simon, “Cookie & Zo’e:" A Georgia Family Wrestles with School Choice 60 Years”
Finalist – Sarah Kerr, Samar Hazboun, Arijeta Lajka, Caroline Kim, Ayman Abu Ramouz, Caterina Clerici, Jeesoo K. Park, Sameen Amin, Solana Pyne, The New York Times, “Palestinians in the West Bank Are Living in the Shadow of the War in Gaza”
Finalist –Rhiannon Johnston and Katja Hasenöhrl, “Home in the Heather”
Award of Excellence – Dave Wurtzel, Mark Mirko, Jason Mangini, Julianne Varacchi, Connecticut Public, “Trail of Terror”
Award of Excellence – Lauren Frohne, The Seattle Times, “Party in the ropes: Seattle double Dutch jump rope group turns outdoor fitness into a party”
Award of Excellence – Amber Ferguson, Drea Cornejo, Reshma Kirpalani, The Washington Post, “How her failed abortions fulfilled another woman's dreams”
Award of Excellence – Zinyange Auntony, “Vacuum”

Documentary of the Year

First Place – Patricia Clarembaux, Federica Narancio, Andrés Rivera, Adriana Loeff, Javier Venerio, Clemente Álvarez, Santiago Fernández, Esther Poveda, Frank Barragán, Jessica Weiss, Univision News Digital, “Born without arms or legs: how Carlos Candelario lives with the consequences of pesticide exposure”
Finalist – Gerardo del Valle, Perla Trevizo, Lisa Riordan Seville, Mauricio Rodriguez Pons, Liz Moughon, Katie Campbell, Almudena Toral, Zahira Torres, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune, “Del Rio, Texas: How a Race for Sheriff Became a Referendum on Immigration”
Award of Excellence – Bob Miller, Abulul Rajab, Yassin Hassan, Tucker Chancey, Nicola Ali, Zaki Diffan, Emmanuel Samuel, Mohammed Homza, Wafaa Abdel Wayeb Eltayeb Ali, Abulul Rajab, Drew Dekulve, Eric Chapman, Joe K. Fuller, Eric Chapman, Jacek Wiśniewski, Katarzyna Jastrzębska, Bartosz Mazur, Aleksandra Jakubowicz, Michał Wilczewski, Zuzanna Dziurawiec, Aleksandr Berezhnyi, Natalia Lubowiecka MPSE, Patrycja Klimczuk, Raphaelle Thibaut, John Patrick, David Andrews, Andrew Phillips, David Andrew Chappell, Sanders Bohlke, “Exodus” Ciril Jazbec, Laird and Good Company / Galerija Fotografija, “Dream to Cure Water”

Photography Book of the Year

First Place – Kiana Hayeri, Independent, “When Cages Fly”
Finalist – Federico Ríos, Independent, “DARIÉN”
Award of Excellence – Pierpaolo Mittica, Independent, “Chernobyl”
Award of Excellence – Yuki Iwanami, Independent, “Blue Persimmons”