Since 1955 the annual World Press Photo contest has stood for excellence in visual journalism. This book gathers the winning pictures, which offer the most singular frames and tell the most gripping stories of 2021.

Chosen from almost eighty thousand images made by photojournalists and documentary makers from more than a hundred countries, the winners set out, in a moving and at times shocking document, the best visual journalism of the year. Divided into thematic categories, the images convey the depth and the complexity of the work.