The Atlantic:

The winning entries of the 59th annual World Press Photo Contest have just been announced. The 2016 Photo of the Year is a haunting nighttime image of refugees climbing through razor wire over the the Hungarian-Serbian border, taken by photographer Warren Richardson. This year, according to organizers, 82,951 photos were submitted for judging, made by 5,775 photographers from 128 different countries.

This contest is different from others in that they are all “press photos”. By their nature, they aren’t allowed to be edited in any significant​ way. It makes them even more raw and immediate.