Palestinian photographer wins the best photo of the year award from the World Press Photo Foundation
Mohammed Salem, a photographer for Reuters, won the 2024 World Press Photo of the Year award for this photo taken on October 17, 2023, at the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip.
This photo was taken as Palestinian families searched for their injured relatives in this hospital, who were wounded or killed due to Israeli bombings.
The photo shows 36-year-old Inas Abu Maamar holding the shrouded body of her 5-year-old niece, Sally.