In each of the six regions of our contest model, a selection of entries per category will first be made by a regional jury, chaired by the regional jury chair.
The juries are made up of professionals from and/or working in the region they are judging, who are well-equipped to place the stories into a cultural, political and social context.
Once the regional juries have made their selection of entries, the global jury, composed of the six regional jury chairs and one additional member, the global jury chair, decides on the 2025 World Press Photo Contest winners. From those, they will then choose the World Press Photo of the Year and the two runners-up.
The global jury is assisted by a secretary. The secretary is responsible for all procedural matters and ensures the rules and procedures are fairly and properly applied. The secretary does not contribute to debate on the merits of any entry, and has no vote in the balloting.
Global jury chair
Lucy Conticello
Italy /U.S.A /United Kingdom, Director of photography,
M Le magazine, Le Monde
Africa jury chair
Ala Kheir
Sudan, photographer, educator and curator
Asia Pacific and Oceania jury chair
Candida Ng
Singapore, Deputy photo director, AFP Asia-Pacific
North and Central America jury chair
Nina Berman
USA, Documentary photographer and professor at Columbia University
West, Central and South Asia jury chair
Laura Boushnak
Palestine, photographer
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