Winners of the World Press Photo Contest 2021

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Sep 1, 2021

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A man attempts to protect his crops from locusts. Samburu, County, Kenya. mediadrumworld.com/Luis Tato

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The photographer’s daughter cowers from a pigeon. VlaardingenLAARDINGEN, NETHERLANDS mediadrumworld.com/Jasper Doest

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Cyclists take a tumble in the Tour of Poland. Katowice, Poland. mediadrumworld.com/Tomasz Markow

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Social media star Black Rambo shows off his gun collection. USA mediadrumworld.com/Gabriele Gali

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A local resident of Areg sits outside a burning house in the village of Karegakh, Nagorno-Karabakh. Karegakh, Azerbaijan. mediadrumworld.com/Valeriy Melni

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Coronavirus patients are moved from one hospital to another. France. mediadrumworld.com/Laurence Geai

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Protests on the streets of Lima. Lima, Peru. mediadrumworld.com/Ernesto Benav

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A man and a woman argue over whether statues from the Confederate era should be kept up. Washington DC. mediadrumworld.com/Evelyn Hockst

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A sea lion investigates a disposable face mask. Monterey, California. medadrumworld.com/Ralph Pace

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A woman is carried to safety after and bomb explodes. Beirut, Lebanon. mediadrumworld.com/Lorenzo Tugno

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A woman wears the clothes she was put in when she was captured by Islamic State militants. Sharia, Iraq. mediadrumworld.com/Maya Alleruzz

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An 85-year-old woman receives her first hug in months. Sao Paulo, Brazil. mediadrumworld.com/Mads Nissen

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Protests against police brutality take place on the streets of Minneapolis, MN. mediadrumworld.com/John Minchill

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A horse named Peyo comforts a cancer-sufferer in hospital. Calais, France. mediadrumworld.com/Jeremy Lempin

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