The 2025 World Press Photo Contest works with 6 worldwide regions – Africa; West, Central, and South Asia; Europe; North and Central America; South America; and Asia Pacific and Oceania. Entries will be judged in the region in which they have been taken, for example a single photograph taken in Canada would be entered into North and Central America in the Singles category. Find out more about the regions here.
There are three format-based categories: Singles, Stories and Long-Term Projects. These categories welcome entries that witness or document news moments, events and/or aftermaths, as well as social, political and environmental issues or solutions.
These format-based categories encompass all thematic categories from previous contests – such as general news, spot news, contemporary issues, environment, nature, sports, portraits – therefore entries on a wide range of themes may be submitted to the appropriate format-based category.
With the 2025 World Press Photo Contest, the Open Format category has been discontinued. You can read more about the changes to the contest in this article. If you have any questions, please contact contest@worldpressphoto.org.
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Image credits: Lalo de Almeida, for Folha de São Paulo; Lee-Ann Olwage, for GEO; Daniel Chatard.
