17 expressive shots from the finalists of the prestigious World Press Photo contest 2021

One of the most prestigious international photography awards, World Press Photo has named the finalists for 2021. The contest was attended 4315 documentary photographers from 130 countries. They presented 74470 photos of the professional jury has selected the work of 48 photographers to participate in the final.

85-year-old patient Rosa Louise Lunardi for the first time in five months, embracing human — nurse adriana Silva da Costa Souza.

Five months later she was deprived of the opportunity to touch a living person due to restrictions caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

California sea lion is playing with the mask.

During the pandemic of coronavirus contamination of ocean waters medical masks have become a new environmental problem of mankind.

24-year-old Manon, was dying of cancer, saying goodbye to his 7‑year-old son Ethan and his beloved horse Peio.

In recent years in Poland are gaining popularity paramilitary camps for high school students where they learn military Affairs — shooting, passing obstacle course and other exercises from the repertoire of military connections.

Such camps are called the means of teaching character. Once to power in Poland came right, patriotism and nationalism became the basis for the school of education.

Twins Simon and Stepan parties to the fabulous performances of the "Old Babarikin".

They play mystical spirits of the wetlands Yakut mythology.

In the final race of "Tu Poland" Dutch Dylan Groenewegen (left) for a few meters before the finish line collided with teammate Fabio Jacobsen.

He knocked Jacobsen and he fell, crashing into the fence. Both the cyclist was fighting for the first place, and Groenewegen went on a dangerous overtaking. Jacobsen has spent a few weeks in the hospital. The decision of the judges, he was awarded first place.

Residents of the villages of Samburu in Kenya trying to deal with the locust invasion, subsequent country in April 2020.

Bree Michelle Warner moved from new York to the province, to freely dispose of his favorite collection of 18 guns.

The weapon she considers one of the most important components of his life and wants to live in a state where possession is limited.

Member of the military camp for teenagers in Poland.

The village of Guia, Ladakh region of Northern India is a mystical place where the heat in the mountains you can see the glaciers and the rustic way of life coexists with high technology.

In this remote from civilization, a place many people come for spiritual practices as well as for training programs conducted by local youth organization.

Dead deer on the ground, scorched by a forest fire in the Brazilian Pantanal region.

Forest fires 2020 in the Pantanal became the largest in the history of the country.

Caviar glass frog Wiley hanging on a leaf in the rainforest in the Andes, not far from NAPA biological station in Ecuador.

35-year-old Torres Jasper from Louisiana — the star of instagram.

Every day he demonstrates on his page in the social network one of his trunks. Influencer named the "Black Rambo" over 900 thousand subscribers.

Will Renk from South Carolina buying a new barrel every two weeks.

Panther of reserve Audubon Corkscrew Swamp in new Jersey sneaks into farmland, developing new lands for hunting.

The passion for collecting of weapons of Robert Baldwin from Las Vegas inherited from his father along with his collection, which Robert the multiplies.

26-year-old anais requires the demolition of the Memorial Release.

Monument erected in honor of the abolition of slavery, consists of figures of Abraham Lincoln and a black man standing in front of him on his knees. Proponents of the demolition of the monument saying that he humiliates black.