won the world press photo award you report you say you're joking believe it is the . true why couldn't you look you're not going to win well you know as you sit in your all previously that i've won eight world place awards before never in a million years would i ever have thought i would have won the overall prize and at the same time because of all the controversy that was surrounding the photograph i thought that the jury would be there would it would be too much of a risk to give it the first prize e.u. since you mentioned the controller see as far as i remember this picture this very picture appeared on the front page of time magazine and the headline read what happens if we leave afghanistan that's right yes so actually your picture was used in a propaganda campaign to sell the the occupation we have that you see this is what's very interesting and south african coming from johannes food if you showed that cover to people in south africa they didn't even notice the headline because that's not our politics they so i share and the controversy came from very many di

up next spotlight talks to the winnow the twenty ten world press photo competition today's guest is jodi bieber. spotlight. on our team. today my guest on the program is jodi. modern technology works wonders anyone can fly everyone's a photographer every day millions of cameras stay in billions of pictures every part of the world but only a few even journalists are good enough to fly to the right place at their rights and make the snap that really makes a difference. shots out of thousands is exactly what the world press photo is all about but what's it like to be called the best on the planet and what does it take to their spotlight we need their reigning best photo queen jodi. picoult open have gone girl just bigger by taliban extremists as the shocking and inspiring shocking because one cannot. calmly and inspiring because the guys unveil the girls. even after suffering such beastly brutality johnny bieber is not new to the w.p.a. competition she wanted eight times already. the jury describes the picture of one of those few. as a triumph unfolded jointly. you very much for coming than

press photo contest. if the view was more like like a tsunami of human emotions the first to feel the force of the tsunami were the qantas jury they had to delve through a record pool of more than a hundred thousand photos to eventually choose two hundred images which best reflect last year's events fifty six photographers from twenty three countries won one of the industry's most prestigious prizes in an age where everyone carries a camera and can get a lucky shot the professional still have an age check a body people have dedicated their life to photojournalism and have a great experience but that's a completely different vision the quality of fictions they take is so much higher citizen journalism will never replace professional journalism but the two can quite exist for african well. the world press photo contest is ready to celebrate the coexistence a special mention went to nonprofessionals such as the chilean miners for photographs themselves while trapped for sixty nine days on the ground view was

shots out of thousands is exactly what the world press photo competition is all about but what's it like to be called the best on the planet and what does it take to their spotlight we need their reigning best photo queen jodi. picoult open have gone girl just bigger by taliban extremists is similar variously shocking and inspiring shocking because one cannot get such atrocious injuries calmly and inspiring because the guys unveiled the girls will to leave even after suffering such beastly brutality johnny bieber is not new to the w.p.a. competition she wanted eight times already. the jury describes the picture of baby i sure as one of those few photos which is immediately or even ised as a triumph unfolded jointly. hello julian thank you very much for coming thanks for having me it's a pleasure for me having you on the show well first of all i read that when somebody told you that you won the world press photo would you report you say you're joking or can't believe it is that true or well why couldn't you look you're not going to win well you know as you said in your all previously that

the world press photo contest is ready to celebrate the coexistence a special mention went to nonprofessionals such as the chilean miners who photographed themselves while trapped for sixty nine days on the ground the view was of the moscow exhibition a welcome by portrait of giuliana songe which to result to be one of the landmark images for two. thousand and ten was about but most of it doesn't matter what we think of julian assange it's just that we call it is did not exist before and it does now and it has given a new perspective to reality and one more source of getting information from the light throughout its fifty four year history the world press photo contest was mostly about revolutions violent uprisings and when they troll disasters but there are always images ones i can risk the poor next to the brutal pictures which make most of the daily news images of beauty and truth. look exceptionally fridge. so so you don't consider yourself to be a journalist or a campaigner whatever you're just a photographer for me i feel i'm a photographer. can move between the documentary world the mag

jodi bieber the winner of the world press photo prance in the spotlight would be back we'll continue this interview absolutely take a short break so stay with us to get. hungry for the we've got. the biggest issues get the invoice face to face with the news makers. welcome back to spotlight i'm al gore novel i'm just reminded i'm a guest on the show today is jodi bieber the world press photo artist judy we talk about the girl you photographed of vanstone here we see this award winning picture once again was there any any investigation other than this tribal court decision to take your children actually into the case so there's something up and yeah i think pressure you know everyone wrote about this or knew about it all made a statement and in the taliban even made a statement to say they don't advocate something like this and now the father in law has been arrested thing is a court case that's opened and they're looking for a husband with. the husband on the run as for his own you know the whole this is what they're saying. do you think do you think the court will. will be able to t

press photo contest. well as we already. said in the first part of the show the the pictures that got the award were the pew shoes of restaurant singers in sochi why did you choose. well now you know why you can explain what it stands for but when you came what do you choose did to fill those restaurants saying this was this something different something that people never saw in the was something that that amaze you when you came to the job look at that what were. some other reason like you spend lots of time in restaurants well of course we have to spend a lot. of time in a restaurant because usually our working day is that you end up that you end the day you need to eat something and then we also discuss what happened during the day and what we are going to do the next day that's our job that's how we work but in such that was the moment actually early to does the eleven that we decided to make this series is that we were sitting again in a restaurant and it was nine we saw someone coming in with a lapt

photo competition. -- year's world press photo competition. ♪ u.s. president joe biden has asked russia to de-escalate tensions after he impose sanctions for alleged election -- imposed sanctions for alleged election interference and cyber attacks. he said there is still room for the two countries to work together. president biden we could have gone further, but i chose not to do so. i chose to be proportionate. the united states is not looking to kick off a cycle of escalation in conflict with russia. we want to stable, predictable relationship. if russia continues to interfere with our democracy, i would take further actions to respond. it is my responsibility as the president to do so. anchor: it was something donald trump always appeared reluctant to do, but his replacement has no issues with blaming russia for election interference. joe biden's government has placed sanctions on 32 people and organizations from meddling in last year's presidential vote. 10 diplomats including intelligence officials have been expelled from the u.s. in retaliation

honoured by the world press photo competition. the uniforms are a reminder of the mass kidnapping of nearly 300 school girls. >> and then the light-hearted moments, these boys chairing birthday chocolates with a class. a one hand catch. in new south wales, australia, sa shy young girl covering her face waiting for a bus to take her to sunday school. with red powder, a chinese factory worker trying to protect himself. >> the italian navy rescuing asylum seekers at sea. after thousands of photos the winner was a dutchman catching a moment that felt like a painting of the old master. it showed a gay couple in russia, where sexual minorities are facing growing legal and social discrimination. >>> i'm antonio mora thanks for joining us. for the latest news any time from al jazeera, head over to aljazeera.com. "inside story" is next. have a great night. >>> hello, i'm ray suarez. jordan was deeply involved in the war against the islamic state of iraq and the levant. in the past week the country rallied to the cause. after i.s.i.l. poste

a dramatic here and we'll get a close up of the winner of the world press photo contest. i'm sumi so misconducts good to have you with us so we'll get to our top stories in a moment but we want to start with some breaking news that there's been a mass shooting in the u.s. city of indianapolis and local media are reporting that multiple people have been taken to hospitals in the area now police were called to respond to reports of shots fired at a fed ex facility on the southwest side of the city near indianapolis international airport and the police. house confirmed that the gunman is dead and they say they do not believe that the general public is in and media to danger it's a developing story we're going to continue to follow the latest details on that and bring you more in the next hour. on now to our top story a europe is gripped by an intense 3rd wave in the coronavirus pandemic in france more than 100000 people have now died from cope with 19 meanwhile germany is seeing its largest rise in new infections since early january that's despite vaccinations picking up pac

press photo competition. u.s. president joe biden has called on russia to deescalate tensions after he imposed fresh sanctions against moscow for alleged election interference and cyber attacks by then said his actions were proportionate and sists there is still room for the 2 countries to work together. i was clear. that we could have gone further but i chose not to do so to be i chose to be proportionate united states is not looking to kick off. in conflict with russia we want a stable predictable relationship russia continues to interfere with our democracy i'm prepared to take further actions to respond it is my responsibility as pretty united states to do so and it was something that donald trump always appeared reluctant to do but his replacement has no issues with blaming russia for election interference joe biden's government has placed sanctions on 32 people and organizations for meddling in last year's presidential vote a total of 10 russian diplomats including intelligence officials have been expel

world press that is this year's world press photo prize. -- is this year's world press photo prize. >> here he is. [applause] >> a gun in his right hand, his left finger pointing up, his face contorted with rage, this altintasmevlut standing over his victim that won the photo competition. the photographer says his professional instinct kicked in when he witnessed the bloody scene. >> i could be wounded, maybe died. representst i have to good journalism. >> sorting through 80,000 photographs was no easy task for the judges. hisend of choosing explosive picture, saying it spoke to the hatred of our times. >> i think it is incredibly hard hitting. andas incredibly courageous had extraordinary composure. >> a total of 45 photographers won awards across eight categories, touching upon a vast array of subjects from nature to racial tensions, war, and immigration. >> it is time once again for the business news. i'm joined once again by delon wright -- guest: good evening. the future of the north american free trade of -- free trade agreement was top of the agenda. prime minister justin tru

honored by the world press photo competition. these three uniforms are reminder of the mass kidnapping of nearly 300 school girls in nigeria and most are still missing today. then there are the light-hearted moments like twin brothers sharing birthday chocolate with classmates and one touchdown catch and a bus waiting for sunday school with red powder in the air a chinese worker tries to protect himself while making christmas decorations. italian government put the navy to work rescuing refugees at sea, one mission saved hundreds off the coast of libya but out of thousands of entries the world press photo of the year went to niessan, a photographer for this image and captured a moment that feels like a painting by one of the old masters and shows john and alex a gay couple living in russia where sexual minorities are facing growing legal and social discrimination. jonathan betz al jazeera. >>> and coming up next on this broadcast an inside look of documentary of a mother fighting cancer while taking care of her son and plus remem

years we'll get a close up of the winner of the world press photo contest. i'm sleepy so let's go that's good to have you with us some of hong kong's most prominent democracy campaigners may be minutes away from being sentenced for speaking out against the government they've already been convicted for various roles in the 2900 protests among those in court the 82 year old lawyer martin lee who's considered hong kong's father of democracy also well known publisher jimmy light back in 2019 an estimated 1700000 people marched in protest of a bill allowing hong kong residents to be extradited to china for trial. and let's go right to hong kong for the very latest our correspondent phoebe kong is standing by for us hi phoebe you are outside of the courthouse to tell us what you've been seeing and hearing where you are. just suggestions now reading out the sentence of the 4 to 10 defendants that they were all convicted of all denies saying or participating in an authorized assembly back in august 29000 trained to antigovernment protests so the issue of the charges

. >> the photo was chosen as the 2011 world press photo winner. it can currently be admired at the samberg exhibition, along with 160 of the 100,000 photographs sent into the competition -- again be admired at this hamburg exhibition. the arab spring is a dominant theme. despair, rage, hope, and bravery, all documented for the world to see. these interrogations' at a ukrainian police station were captured by a fed -- a canadian photographer, donald weber. there are moments of tenderness, such as the argentinian and and his wife who has alzheimer's disease. the world press photo collection compels the viewer to not look away. >> some incredible images there. moving on, greece is gearing up for its parliamentary vote coming up on sunday. opinion polls show no clear winner emerging from that election. >> that means minor parties firmly opposed to the eu austerity measures could become part of a new governing coalition. >> the government like that might try to push for a renegotiation of the bailout, which could send the market into another spend. >>

and we get the story behind this image the winner of the world press photo of the year. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for being with us a team of international inspectors are on their way right now to the site of an alleged. chemical weapons attack in syria now this as a marked shift in tone emerges from washington the white house saying no final decision has been made on how to respond to that alleged attack now fears of a confrontation between the west and syria's main ally russia have been growing since president trump's comments that missiles will be coming soon. to destroy its u.s.s. donald cook and u.s.s. puerto have been positioned off the syrian coast but if and when they get the order to strike it's not yet clear after this bellicose tweet in which he threatens syria's ally russia that missiles will be coming u.s. president donald trump put off a final decision on military action. but we're looking in very very seriously very closely at that whole situation and. we'll see what happens folks we'll see what happens it's too bad that. the world puts us in a posit

capturing i'm president of year images that one of the hearts of judges the world press photo competition. it's time for the perfect gentleman. sponsored plan qatar airways. this is the time the if a spring rains we should look at that sort of development typically well they are there significant thunderstorms drifting sasuke through hong kong with larger ones inland but what's happening in japan a bit ragged but we got a feed in from the pacific and there's cold air aloft which you can see the 2 come together and you get the spring rains returning now says like to 3 days ago it was pretty heavy rain homeshare it is helping to spring melt it all by itself fairly quickly so expects of flooding from this burst in the rain and from the melt beyond that is fairly dry and find what has been fairly sundry weather has gone through still potential of snow in north korea by the look of it yeah the coldest in iran but in seoul i think we'll just see a shower or 2 hang on to about 15 degrees it will feel colder as the showers go through. much of the energy in the atmosphere in southeast asia is real

capturing and on precedented year images that one of the hogs judges this is world press photo competition. u.s. president joe biden has called on russia to deescalate to him post fresh sections against moscow for alleged election interference and cyber attacks it's prompted warnings of a retaliation from the kremlin but biden says there's still room for the 2 countries to work together and wattles correspondent can be healthy. there are some of the most punitive u.s. measures taken against russia in years today you know i've been through several steps including expulsion of several russian officials just days after a phone call between u.s. president joe biden and russian president vladimir putin to secure a u.s. desire for a predictable relationship the united states announced surprise that russia sanctions we cannot allow foreign power to interfere in our direct democratic process with impunity more than 30 russian entities are being targeted at least 10 russian diplomats will be expelled from the united states and some tech firms. are being punished for allegedly providing support to r

press photo competition. it's time for the perfect gentleman the weather sponsored point qatar airways now for fairly quiet weather throughout the arabian peninsula the showers picking up again which means it'll be not as humid in qatar as an example there be a bit more dust in the air brought down towards the u.a.e. the fanned out into the empty quarter of saudi and showers seem like is the wind cold around the high ground in western side and the lower ground actually they might even reach riyadh next day or so otherwise the sun is blazing hot and things are warming up particularly in the van look at jerusalem's forecast for 31 does that seem unusual to you you probably should put this color background on overseas pretty woman everywhere oranges and reds but in particular in jerusalem you should be seeing about 22 by days or well about that the record is 35 you might get close to that by sunday yes it's only april and already it's pretty hot that things than elsewhere are relatively quiet the shamar dies dow

we'll get a close-up of the winner of the world press photo contest. ♪ plus, a biological breakthrough -- scientists create embryos mixing human and monkey cells. it could help or transplant patients, but is it ethical? ♪ i am brent. tower viewers watching on pbs in the united states into all of you around the world, it is good to have you with us. u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken has made an unannounced visit to afghanistan. it happened just hours after president biden confirmed all american troops will leave the country by september 11. blinken said his visit was to demonstrate america's commitment to the country. he told the afghan president that their partnership was changing, but enduring. president ghani said he respect the decision and expressed gratitude for sacrifices made by u.s. troops. as u.s. and nato troops prepared to exit afghanistan, there is concern about a possible security breakdown and resurgence of the taliban. many afghan women are especially worried about what could happen next. reporter: this woman is a teacher at a private school in the afghan capital

press photo competition. a move by the u.s. to punish russia for its alleged election interference has prompted warnings of retaliation the sweeping new sanctions are in response to what the white house called the stabilizing actions both online and using the military the kremlin now says the u.s. says no right to tell it not to escalate matters but president biden's press secretary said the actions war unacceptable. our objective here is not to escalate our objective here is to impose costs for what we feel are. unacceptable actions by the russian government some of these are done in court nation with our european partners and allies in the past and our view is that when there are actions that are taken that are unacceptable that are not aligned with our interests that we feel. go beyond what should be acceptable from any country you have a partner relationship with then there should be consequences well it was something donald trump always appeared reluctant to do but his replacement has no issues with blam

they are trying to portray >> you i >>> and finally every year the netherlands based world press photo awards selected some of the best photographs chronicling the year gone by. it announced the winners in 2014. flipping through gives you a retrospective of last year some are easy to spot like the ebola outbreak. others are hidden like the unworn uniforms of the nig schoolgirls from chibok. the winner shows a gay couple from russia. we see you next time at "the listening post". it housed just 265 inmates, all male, mostly volunteers from other camps. >> it was the only camp of its kind in the united states, it was really kind of an experiment... is this gonna work? >> the men were of japanese descent but were not american citizens, some kidnapped by the u.s. government out of latin america and brought to this country after the attack on pearl harbor. arturo yakabi was from lima peru. because kooskia was under justice department jurisdiction, these men were considered prisoners of war. they had geneva convention rights, they knew it and they exercised those rights. >> their food was bet

press photo exhibit at the dupont underground gallery features the best in visual journalism from the uplifting to the unnerving. curator robert mind says photos such as that capturing the assassination of the russian ambassador to turkey are among the most compelling it's a photograph of contrasts you have a exhibition space where everything is very controlled you have the man's finger in a safety position on the gun and yet you have that extreme anger in his face. the exhibit in an abandoned trolley station features two hundred fifty photos by press photographers some are projected onto the walls they cover a broad range of topics from the protest of a pipeline in north dakota to the war in afghanistan it's an amazing image and it reminds you of peotone after that to the impact of fishing on sea turtles there's a green area around the turtle and the more you look at it the more you realize that that's in the. mind says photos humanize the story in a way the written word doesn't it explains in a single image so much about an issue and complexities behind an issue that gets people thi

the world press photo exhibition is providing is proving that the old adage that a picture is worth a thousand words diane s. a book is among the many who took a look at the award winning photo journalism. in the u.s. capitol a city known for making headlines visitors are going underground immersing themselves in some of the year's most gripping news stories from around the globe the world press photo exhibit at the dupont underground gallery features the best in visual journalism from the uplifting to the unnerving curator robert mind says photos such as that capturing the assassination of the russian ambassador to turkey are among the most compelling it's a photograph of contrasts you have a exhibition space where everything is very controlled you have the man's finger in a safety position on the gun and yet you have that extreme anger in his face. the exhibit in an abandoned trolley station features two hundred fifty photos by press photographers some are projected onto the walls they cover a broad range of topics from the protest of a pipeline in north dakota to the war in afghani

captures what has been a dramatic here we'll get a close up of the winner of the world press photo contest plus a biological breakthrough scientists create embryos mixing humans and a monkey cell it could help organ transplant patients but is it ethical. i'm brinkerhoff it's good to have you with us u.s. secretary of state and city blinken has made an unannounced visit to afghanistan just hours after u.s. president biden confirmed that all american troops will leave the country by september 11th lincoln said that his visit was to demonstrate america's ongoing commitment to the country he told the afghan president musharraf's ghani that their partnership was changing but enduring he said he respects the decision and expressed gratitude for the sacrifices made by us true. as u.s. and nato troops prepare to exit afghanistan there is concern about a possible security breakdown and the resurgence of the taliban many afghan women are especially worried about what could happen next. parvana samani is a teacher at a private school in the afghan capital kabul this is her dream job but now she fears

year we'll get a close up of the winner of the world press photo contest. i'm serious oh my god it's good to have you with us. will they go to prison for protesting in hong kong a group of prominent democracy advocates are due to hear their sentences in the next hour after they were convicted for organizing pro-democracy protests in 2019 the massive gatherings in the territory led to an overwhelming crackdown from beijing media publisher jimmy lie is among those to be sentenced so is 82 year old lawyer martin lee also known as the father of democracy in hong kong back in $29000.00 an estimated $1700000.00 people marched in protest of a bill that would allow hong kong residents to be extradited to china for trial. let's bring in our correspondent phoebe kong she's standing by for us in hong kong with the latest on this story phoebe it's good to see you so we've heard that the sentencing will be handed down for all the defendants today what are you expecting . and yes i'm now sending absecon today 10 defendants who are all of the fashion icons of hong kong's

press photo contest you will hear from the photographer. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program. some of hong kong's most prominent democracy campaigners have been sentenced for their roles in the 2019 antigovernment protests media tycoon jimmy lie has just been handed a 2nd jail term of 8 months he'd already received a 12 month sentence for an authorised assembly during the demonstrations meanwhile mark lee who is 82 and known as hong kong's father of democracy has been given an own levon month suspended sentence almost 1700000 people took part in pro-democracy marches in the city back in 2019. and we have correspondent if you become who is standing by with a view from hong kong live for us now you tell us the sentence is just been handed down what more do we know. i'm now standing at chicago feuding where the judge just kind of now or the sentences what can you leaving figures of the opposition came and the last trip a crowd that's now by chanting coach paso county expressed their support to the challenge they found that was as you have m

have been on the front line documenting the unprecedented events of last year now the world press photo contest is rewarding visual storytellers the sum of their iconic images this photograph from brazil's care home by mads nielsen was selected photo of the year. we've just gone right past it a baby by a 10 year fussy longer documenting love story set against the backdrop of the israeli palestinian conflict was awarded photo story of the year we can now speak to one of the winners mads nielsen who is in copenhagen you won world press photo of the year what does it mean to you to have won that title i mean it's been such a significant the significant time in history so to receive the prize in this year's specifically it's an amazing on or it's it's amazing to be able to write or or comment and you like over all of human history together. and i think this is big to really trying to pay tribute and respect to to the millions of victims of the of the cockpit crisis. we're just looking at your photo now describe to us exactly what we're seeing. so it is a care center the care home in in outs

a japanese photographer has won the prestigious world press photo of the year award yes or yoshi chiba of the press pictured a group of young people during sedans uprising last year. the competition focuses on the global political events especially crises wars and other catastrophes one of the most compelling events last year was sudan's peaceful uprising that was violently suppressed by government security forces. the people 1st turned against a tator omar al bashir then against the ruling military council after his ouster resistance prevailed amid the chaos and that's was captured in the winning picture the photographer snapped his shutter as a young man shouted out peace poems. between his breath everyone shouted. the revolution. his facial expression and voice impressed me. i could not stop focusing on him to capture the moment. the jury had to choose among almost 75000 photographs by more than 4000 for talk of us. nearly all of them show images of protest and conflict. by contrast the winning picture is free of violence. this image speaks to you more important to block meant in ea

a dramatic year we'll get a close up of the winner of the world press photo contest. a mommy and use if it's good to have you with us u.s. secretary of state entity blinken has made an unannounced visit to afghanistan just hours after president biden confirmed that all american troops will leave by september 11th lincoln said that his visit was to demonstrate america's ongoing commitment to the country he told the afghan president that their partnership was changing but enduring ghani said he respects the decision and expressed gratitude for the sacrifices of u.s. troops. as the u.s. and other nato troops for a pair to exit afghanistan there's concern about a possible security breakdown and the resurgence of the taliban many afghan women are especially worried about what could happen next. parvana summoning is a teacher at a private school in the afghan capital kabul this is her dream job but now she fears her career and indeed her entire life are under threat. that he. said today they told us not to go too far from our homes what will happen when the foreign troops l

has won the prestigious world press photo of the year award this photo shows a group of young people during sudan's peaceful uprising last year. recites poetry by the light of mobile phone screens they wore jury said the picture symbolizes hope. and this is deja vu news live from berlin you get all the latest news around the clock on the desk you up for. follow us on twitter and instagram too on exposure thanks for watch. why subscribe to d.w. books you meet your favorite writer sometimes the story calls me. how to respond you know the books on you tube like. oh. my god says i was sued for the russians so.

the japanese photographer yes who yoshi chiba of class has won the prestigious world press photo of the year award this photo shows a group of young people during sudan's peaceful uprising last year one man recites poetry by the light of mobile phones the award jury said the picture symbolizes hope. the lockdown in spain has been in force for more than a month residents who are confined to their homes could be forgiven for losing heart but one group of civil defense volunteers are using music and dance to cheer people up during. the day not be part of the normal job description but the families can fall into the if you have securing not brings in the clue night indeed. the young volunteers from the spanish civil protection agency are doing their bit to cheer up residence in this small town just outside of mentoring. before the militant i wanted to volunteer because in this situation i think we all have to work together in some way some by being at home and others by going out and doing this after these things are going to start or when they get a common and her colleagues are getting re