The winning pictures of the World Press Photo 2018

Flying Fish in Motion, Michael Patrick O'Neill - World press photo 2018

Nature, 3rd prize, single images. Flying Fish in Motion, Michael Patrick O'Neill. A flying fish swims below the surface in the Gulf Stream late at night, offshore from Palm Beach, Florida, USA © Michael Patrick O'Neill/World press photo 2018

Hunger solutions, Luca Locatelli - World Press Photo 2018

Environment, 2nd prize, stories. Hunger solutions, Luca Locatelli. A farmhouse, surrounded by greenhouses, in Westland, the Netherlands. The planet must produce more food in the next four decades than all farmers in history have harvested over the past 8,000 years © Luca Locatelli/World Press Photo 2018

Massacre in Las Vegas, David Becker - World press photo 2018

Spot news, 1st prize, stories. Massacre in Las Vegas, David Becker. A man in a wheelchair is pushed away from the grounds of the Route 91 country music festival in Las Vegas, USA, after a gunman opens fire on festival goers © David Becker/World press photo 2018

Kid Jockeys, Alain Schroeder - World press photo 2018

Sports, 1st prize, stories. Kid Jockeys, Alain Schroeder Young jockeys compete in a Maen Jaran horse race, on Sumbawa Island, Indonesia. ©Alain Schroeder/World Press Photo 2018

Ich Bin Waldviertel, Carla Kogelman - World press photo 2018

Long-term project, 1st prize, stories. Ich Bin Waldviertel, Carla Kogelman Hannah and Alena are two sisters who live in Merkenbrechts, a bioenergy village of around 170 inhabitants in Waldviertel, an isolated rural area of Austria, near the Czech border © Carla Kogelman /The New York Times/World Press Photo 2018

The battle for Mosul, Ivor Prickett - World press photo 2018

General news, 1st prize, stories. The battle for Mosul, Ivor Prickett. Iraqi Special Forces soldiers survey the aftermath of an attack by an ISIS suicide car bomber, who managed to reach their lines in the Andalus neighborhood, one of the last areas to be liberated in eastern Mosul © Ivor Prickett/The New York Times/World Press Photo 2018

Wasteland, Kadir van Lohuizen - World press photo 2018

Environment, 1st prize, stories. Wasteland, Kadir van Lohuizen. A man carries a load of PET bottles for recycling, at Olusosun landfill, Lagos, Nigeria. More than 3,000 tonnes of waste arrives at Olusosun daily. Upwards of 4,000 people, many of whom live on site, scavenge through the garbage by hand, collecting anything that is saleable or recyclable © Kadir van Lohuizen/World Press Photo 2018

Lagos Waterfronts under Threat, Jesco Denzel – World Press Photo 2018

Contemporary issues, 1st prize, single images. Lagos Waterfronts under Threat, Jesco Denzel © Jesco Denzel/World Press Photo of the Year 2018

Rohingya Crisis, by Patrick Brown – World Press Photo 2018

General news, 1st prize, single images. Rohingya Crisis, Patrick Brown The bodies of Rohingya refugees are laid out after the boat in which they were attempting to flee Myanmar capsized about eight kilometers off Inani Beach, near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Around 100 people were on the boat before it capsized. There were 17 survivors © Patrick Brown/Panos Pictures for UNICEF/World Press Photo 2018

Venezuela crisis, Ronaldo Schemidt – World Press Photo 2018

World Press Photo of the Year. Venezuela Crisis, Ronaldo Schemidt © Ronaldo Schemidt/Agence France-Presse/World Press Photo of the Year 2018

Adam Ferguson – World Press Photo 2018

People, 1st prize, stories, and Nominee for World press photo of the Year. Boko Haram strapped suicide bombs to them. Somehow these teenage girls survived, Adam Ferguson. Portraits of girls kidnapped by Boko Haram militants, taken in Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria. The girls were strapped with explosives, and ordered to blow themselves up in crowded areas, but managed to escape and find help instead of detonating the bombs. © Adam Ferguson/The New York Times/World Press Photo 2018

Heba Khamis – World Press Photo 2018

Contemporary issues, 1st prize, stories. Banned beauty, Heba Khami. The practice of breast ironing for girls between the ages of eight and 12 in Cameroon is carried out in the belief that this will delay maturity and help prevent rapes or sexual advances © Heba Khamis/World Press Photo 2018

More than a woman, Giulio Di Sturco – World Press Photo 2018

Contemporary issues, 2nd prize, single images. More than a woman, Giulio Di Sturco. Dr Suporn Watanyusakul shows patient Olivia Thomas her new vagina after gender reassignment surgery at a hospital in Chonburi, near Bangkok, Thailand © Giulio Di Sturco/World Press Photo 2018

Waiting for freedom, Neil Aldridge – World Press Photo 2018

Environment, 1st prize, single images. Waiting for freedom, Neil Aldridg. A young white rhino, drugged and blindfolded, about to be released in Okavango Delta, Botswana, after its relocation from South Africa for protection from poachers © Neil Aldridge/World Press Photo 2018

Attack of the Zombie Mouse, Thomas P. Peschak – World Press Photo 2018

Environment, 2nd prize, single images. Attack of the Zombie Mouse, Thomas P. Peschak A juvenile gray-headed albatross on Marion Island, South African Antarctic Territory, is left injured after an attack by mice from an invasive species that has begun to feed on living albatross chicks and juveniles © Thomas P. Peschak/World Press Photo 2018

Feeding China, George Steinmetz – World Press Photo 2018

Contemporary issues, 2nd prize, stories. Feeding China, George Steinmetz © World Press Photo 2018

North Korea, Roger Turesson – World Press Photo 2018

Contemporary issues, 3rd prize, single images. North Korea, Roger Turesson © World Press Photo 2018

Amazon: Paradise Threatened, Daniel Beltra – World Press Photo 2018

Environment, 3rd prize, stories. Amazon: Paradise Threatened, Daniel Beltra Scarlet ibises fly above flooded lowlands, near Bom Amigo, Amapá, Brazilian Amazon. © Daniel Beltra/World Press Photo 2018

Back in Time, Thomas P. Peschak – World Press Photo 2018

Environment, 3rd prize, single images. Back in Time, Thomas P. Peschak. A historic photograph of an African penguin colony, taken in the late 1890s, is a stark contrast to the declining numbers seen in 2017 in the same location, on Halifax Island, Namibia. The colony once numbered more than 100,000 penguins. © Thomas P. Peschak/World Press Photo 2018

Kevin Frayer – World Press Photo 2018

General news, 3rd prize, stories. Rohingya Refugees Flee Into Bangladesh to Escape Ethnic Cleansing © Kevin Frayer World Press Photo 2018

Not my verdict, Richard Tsong-Taatarii – World Press Photo 2018

General news, 2nd prize, single images. Not my verdict, Richard Tsong-Taatarii. John Thompson is embraced in St Anthony Village, Minnesota, USA, after speaking out at a memorial rally for his close friend Philando Castile, two days after police officer Jeronimo Yanez was acquitted of all charges in the shooting of Castile. © Richard Tsong-Taatarii/World Press Photo 2018

Ami Vitale, Warriors who once feared elephants now protect them – World Press Photo 2018

Galapagos: Rocking the Cradle, Thomas P. Peschak – World Press Photo 2018

Nature, 2nd prize, single images. Galapagos: Rocking the Cradle, Thomas P. Peschak © Thomas P. Peschak/World Press Photo 2018

Sacred no more, Jasper Doest – World Press Photo 2018

Nature, 2nd prize, stories. Sacred no more, Jasper Doest. Tourists are entertained by macaques at the Utsunomiya Kayabukia Tavern, north of Tokyo, in a back room where visitors pay owner Kaoru Otsuka to cuddle the monkeys and take selfies. © Jasper Doest/World Press Photo 2018

Dumpster Diver, Corey Arnold – World Press Photo 2018

Nature, 1st prize, single images. Dumpster Diver, Corey Arnold A bald eagle feasts on meat scraps in the garbage bins of a supermarket in Dutch Harbor, Alaska, USA © Corey Arnold /World Press Photo 2018

Galapagos: Rocking the Cradle, Thomas P. Peschak – World Press Photo 2018

Nature, 3rd prize, stories. Galapagos: Rocking the Cradle, Thomas P. Peschak. Four major ocean currents converge along the Galapagos archipelago, creating the conditions for an extraordinary diversity of animal life. The islands are home to at least 7,000 flora and fauna species, of which 97 percent of the reptiles, 80 percent of the land birds, 50 percent of the insects and 30 percent of the plants are endemic. © Thomas P. Peschak/World Press Photo 2018

Oliver Scarff – World Press Photo 2018

Sports, 1st prize, single images. Royal Shrovetide Football, Oliver Scarff Members of opposing teams, the Up’ards and Down’ards, grapple for the ball during the historic, annual Royal Shrovetide Football Match in Ashbourne, Derbyshire, UK © Oliver Scarff/World Press Photo 2018

Resignation Syndrome, Magnus Wennman – World Press Photo 2018

People, 1st prize, single images. Resignation Syndrome, Magnus Wennman Djeneta (right) has been bedridden and unresponsive for two-and-a-half years, and her sister Ibadeta for more than six months, with uppgivenhetssyndrom (resignation syndrome), in Horndal, Sweden. Djeneta and Ibadeta are Roma refugees, from Kosovo. © Magnus Wennman/World Press Photo 2018