Two Panos photographers – Tommy Trenchard and Musuk Nolte – have won World Press Photo awards in this year’s contest.
Tommy’s story on elephants encroaching on urban environments in Zambia has won the photo story award in the Africa section
Members of the CATS Elephant Response Team observe a group of elephants feeding by a roadside in front of a military base in the town of Livingstone, Zambia, where human-wildlife conflict has been on the rise. © Tommy Trenchard/Panos Pictures
and Musuk has won the photo story prize in the South America section for his coverage of the ongoing drought in Brazil’s Amazon region
Cordeiro Freitas helps his mother carry food from the point where a local boat dock to their fishing community of Manacapuru, a distance of almost 2 kilometers. Their village used to be on the banks of the river but low water levels have exposed wide sandbanks now separating fishing communities from the river. Brazil. © Musuk Nolte/Panos Pictures
We congratulate both on their outstanding work and dedication!