The 2017 World Press Photo exhibition hits Sydney this week, showcasing the best visual storytelling from around the globe.
Located at the NSW State Library, the Award promotes excellence in visual journalism.
Amongst the images featured this year is the assassination of Russian ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov captured by Burhan Ozbilici, which won this year's competition, and work by Australian Daniel Berehulak, who also recently won a Pulitzer for his series on the war on drugs in the Philippines.
The exhibition is free and runs from Saturday 27 May 2017 to Sunday 25 June 2017. More info here.
Mediterranean Migration. Photo: Mathieu Willcocks Mevlut Mert Altintas shouts after shooting Andrei Karlov, right, the Russian ambassador to Turkey, at an art gallery in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, Dec. 19, 2016. Photo: Burhan OzbiliciJamaika's Usain Bolt smiles as he looks back while winning his 100m semi-final race at the Rio 2016 Olympics on August 14, 2006 in Rio de Janeiro. Photo: Kai PfaffenbachA family flees the fighting in Mosul, IraqÕs second-largest city, as oil fields burned in Qayyara, Iraq, on November 12, 2016. In its sixth week, the military campaign to retake Mosul from the Islamic State had bogged down in a grueling fight. Seeking to escape the bloodshed, more civilians than ever took the risk of evacuation. Photo: Sergey PonomarevSix-year old Jimji cries in anguish as she screams "papa" before funeral parlor workers, move the body of her father. President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines began his anti-drug campaign when he took office on June 30. Since then, over 2,000 people had been slain at the hands of the police alone. Photo: Daniel BerehulakMembers of the Ejercito Juvenil del Trabajo waited along the road to Santiago de Cuba at dawn for Fidel Castro's caravan on December 3, 2016. Cuba declared nine days of mourning after Fidel CastroÕs death, a period that culminated with his funeral. Photo: Tomas MunitaThe people of “Copacabana Palace”, also usually called Jambalaya or Carandiru, are the “sem tetos, sem terras”. Generally hidden from view, they represent the dark side of Brazil’s multibillion-dollar spending spree on global sporting events. Photo: Peter BauzaCivilians escape from a fire at a house destroyed by the air attack in the Luhanskaya village. Photo: Valery MelnikovYe Ye, a 16-year-old giant panda, lounges in a massive wild enclosure at a conservation center in Wolong Nature Reserve. Her 2 year old cub, Hua Yan (Pretty Girl) was released into the wild after two years of "panda training." Photo Ami VitaleNear Canon Ball, North Dakota on Tuesday, November 15, 2016. Photo: Amber Bracken
