War, grief and hope: the stories behind the World Press Photo award-winners

Photographs documenting the wars in Gaza and Ukraine, migration, family and dementia have topped this year's World Press Photo awards - one of the world's most prestigious photography competitions. Mohammed Salem, Lee-Ann Olwage, Alejandro Cegarra, and Julia Kochetova have been announced as the winners of this year's competition, which is run by the World Press Photo Foundation - an independent, not-for-profit organisation that celebrates the importance of press and documentary photography. The four winners, selected from a total of 61,062 entries from 3,851 photographers in 130 countries, were praised for their courage, skill and empathy. View image in fullscreen Lee-Ann…