Objective of this category is to identify and recognize a picture which holds best informative and social value. This category includes all pictures taken in news-worthy events, sports, pictures that hold a social meaning produced by media professionals. Picture in this category should also have a short-written explanation of the context the picture is taken.

Photos must have been taken in the time period 2021 – 2024. The following photo enhancements are acceptable: cropping, contrast and exposure changes, color correction, desaturation, HDR, mixing two or three frames into one, but from the same country and same time frame. Not acceptable: Importing elements from other photos, or from the same scene on another day, or using any other technique that is not mentioned in the list of allowed interventions. Photographs created by artificial intelligence are prohibited. You can only apply with one photo for this category.

The winner wins 1000 euro