World Press Photo has announced the results of its 2019 photo contest. The World Press Photo of the Year is John Moore’s Crying Girl on the Border. For the first time, the organization recognized a World Press Photo Story of the Year, and the winner is Pieter ten Hoopen’s The Migrant Caravan. Canadian Finbarr O’Reilly received First Prize, Singles, in the Portraits category for his image Dakar Fashion.
The winning photographs will be featured in a touring exhibition that will stop at about 100 cities in 45 countries, starting at De Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam, on April 13. This year the exhibition will visit the Canadian cities of Montreal (August 28-September 29), Toronto (October 1-23), and Saguenay (October 18-November 10).