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World Press Photo

‘Mahmoud Ajjour, Aged Nine’ by Samar Abu Elouf, for The New York Times, is the World Press Photo of the Year.

Seen here, Mahmoud Ajjour (9), who was injured during an Israeli attack on Gaza City in March 2024, finds refuge and medical help in Doha, Qatar. 28 June 2024.

As his family fled an Israeli assault, Mahmoud turned back to urge others onward. An explosion severed one of his arms and mutilated the other. The family were evacuated to Qatar where, after medical treatment, Mahmoud is learning to use his feet to play games on his phone, write, and open doors. Aside from that, he needs special assistance for most daily activities, such as eating and dressing. Mahmoud’s dream is simple: he wants to get prosthetics and live his life as any other child.

Children are disproportionately impacted by the war. The United Nations Works and Relief Agency estimates that by December 2024, Gaza had more child amputees per capita than anywhere else in the world.

The global jury commented that this photograph of a young Gazan boy, Mahmoud, speaks to the long-term costs of war, the silences that perpetuate violence, and the role of journalism in exposing these realities. Without shying away from the corporeal impacts of war, the photo approaches conflict and statelessness from a human angle, shedding light on the physical and psychological traumas civilians have been forced to, and will continue to endure through industrial scale killing and warfare.

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Read more about the Photo of the Year: worldpressphoto.org/collection/photo-contest/2025/Samar-Abu-Elouf/1