World Press Photo announces Photo of the Year 2026 ^51.7%

NPR - By Ava Pukatch - 4/23/2026, 9:00 AM

Appeal to Emotion 27.7% - Negativity Bias 18.7% - Hasty Generalization 14.9%

The Photo of the Year is Separated by ICE by Carol Guzy, ZUMA Press, iWitness, for Miami Herald. This photograph was taken inside one of the few U.S. federal buildings where photographers were granted access — a single hallway where photographer Carol Guzy and others showed up, day after day, to document what was happening. It captures a... more