The World Press Photo puts the spotlight on Ukraine by rewarding the image of an evacuated pregnant woman in Mariupol

MADRID, 20 Abr. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The jury of the prestigious World Press Photo has recognized as photo of the year the image of a pregnant woman evacuated in March 2022 from a hospital in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, one of the symbols of the attacks perpetrated by Russian forces on civilian facilities after the start of the invasion.

The photo was captured by the Ukrainian Evgeniy Maloletka, a collaborator of the Associated Press agency, and shows Irina Kalinina, 32 years old and in an advanced state of management, on a stretcher while a group of volunteers transports her from the area where the attack occurred. stroke. The baby was born dead and the woman died hours later.

For the president of the jury, Brent Lewis, the death of both symbolizes the effects of the war, "as well as the possible intention of Russia. As a member of the jury has said: it is as if they were trying to kill the future of Ukraine." Lewis said, following a "unanimous" decision on this image.

More than 3,700 photographers from 127 countries have submitted to this award, which recognizes as 'story of the year' a series of images by the Danish Mads Nissen on life in Afghanistan. The best 'long-term project' has been that of the Armenian Anush Babajanyan, who has portrayed the impacts on water management in the post-Soviet space, while in an open 'format' the jury has recognized the Egyptian Mohamed Mahdy, for a interactive project on Alexandria.