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First Place: Joy as a Form of Resistance
POY 82 Daily Life Picture Story
A narrative picture story that reflects the everyday human experience, celebrates life, or chronicles a cultural trend. Respect for the dignity of the person is important. 10 photographs maximum per story.
Award of Excellence: Coming of Age in Dadaab
Award of Excellence: INHABIT THE VOID
A narrative picture story that reflects the everyday human experience, celebrates life, or chronicles a cultural trend. Respect for the dignity of the person is important. 10 photographs maximum per story.
Finalist: Inclusive Nation
A narrative picture story that reflects the everyday human experience, celebrates life, or chronicles a cultural trend. Respect for the dignity of the person is important. 10 photographs maximum per story.
Finalist: A Question of Balance
First Place: Joy as a Form of Resistance
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First Place: Joy as a Form of Resistance

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May 10, 2024

YAMIT DISTRICT | BADAKHSHAN | AFGHANISTAN | 2024-05-10 | Kheshroo’s daughter and her cousin, both grade 11 students who were put out of school, committed suicide a year before by throwing themselves in the water. The family plays in puddles of water, among troops of yaks, horses and goats, in front of the Wakhan mountains, Wakhan, a region that had never been controlled by the Taliban before 2021.

Kiana Hayeri
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Yamit District, Afghanistan
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