Overview
- The World Press Photo jury on Thursday named Carol Guzy’s courtroom scene “Separated by ICE” the Photo of the Year.
- Shot on August 26, 2025 inside New York’s Jacob K. Javits Federal Building, the photo shows ICE officers detaining a father as his family clings to him.
- World Press Photo director Joumana El Zein Khoury said the image serves as a necessary record of family separation tied to recent U.S. policy changes.
- The winning work enters a traveling exhibition that opens Friday in Amsterdam and will be shown at more than 60 venues worldwide.
- The competition drew 57,376 entries from 3,747 photographers, and other finalists included Saber Nuraldin’s Gaza aid-truck scene and Victor J. Blue’s portrait of Achi women in Guatemala.