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2020’s best visual journalism compiled in one book. Beginning in 1962, the World Press Photo Foundation has had an annual book published, featuring all prize-winning entries. 2021’s Yearbook will prove to be another must-have edition, bringing together the very best press photographs from 2020, carefully selected from thousands of powerful, moving and sometimes disturbing images. The renowned World Press Photo Foundation, “Connecting the world to the stories that matter”, publishes a compilation of prize-winning press photographs each year. Carefully selected from thousands of entries, they present the most celebrated, powerful, moving, and often disturbing images from around the world, often putting a face on conflicts in far-flung places and reminding us of our shared humanity. The 2021 Yearbook, bringing together the best press photographs from 2020, will reflect the joy, anguish, and upheaval of this incredible year. “World Press Photo gives my photos the legs they need. They raise the voice of these images” Syrian Photographer World Press Photo Awards 2019 AUTHOR: The World Press Photo Foundation is a global platform connecting professionals and audiences through trustworthy visual journalism and storytelling, founded in 1955 when a group of Dutch photographers organised a contest (‘World Press Photo’) to expose their work to an international audience. In the six decades since then, the contest has grown into the world’s most prestigious photography competition. SELLING POINTS: . 2020’s best visual journalism compiled in one book . Selected from thousands of images by photo journalists, picture agencies, newspapers and magazines from all over the world . The most striking images and compelling stories of the year 120 colour, 120 b/w illustrations