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World Press Photo crowns “Separated by ICE” as 2026 winner.

4/24/2026

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World Press Photo named Carol Guzy’s ‘Separated by ICE’ the 2026 Photo of the Year.
Guzy earned a €10,000 prize and chose a Fujifilm GFX100 II or GFX100RF, while the contest received 57,376 entries from 3,747 photographers in 141 countries.
The photograph, taken at New York’s Jacob K. Javits Federal Building, shows ICE agents removing Ecuadorian migrant Luis as his wife Cocha and three children watch.

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World Press Photo named Carol Guzy’s ‘Separated by ICE’ the 2026 Photo of the Year.
Guzy earned a €10,000 prize and chose a Fujifilm GFX100 II or GFX100RF, while the contest received 57,376 entries from 3,747 photographers in 141 countries.
The photograph, taken at New York’s Jacob K. Javits Federal Building, shows ICE agents removing Ecuadorian migrant Luis as his wife Cocha and three children watch.