The most interesting shots from the prestigious World Press Photo 2020 contest

On February 25, the jury of the 63rd International Photojournalist Contest World Press Photo determined the nominees for 2019. Among them was Tatiana Tkacheva with the project "Between right and shame".

We show footage from this project and other interesting photos included in the number of nominees. The winners of the photo contest will be announced in April in Amsterdam at the World Press Photo awards ceremony.

Nominee in the category "Photography of the Year — 2019". IDEX 2019 International Defense and Security Exhibition and Conference in Abu Dhabi (UAE)

Nominee in the category "Photo History of the Year — 2019". Female students return to school after participating in a peaceful protest during anti-government unrest in Hong Kong

Nominee in the category "Problems of modernity" among single photographs. Forest fires in Australia. Children play on the territory of the temporary center after being evacuated from a nearby campsite

Nominee in the category "Problems of modernity" among photo stories. More than five thousand tigers are kept in captivity in the USA

Nominee in the category "Environment" among single photos. A polar bear and her cub study flags and equipment left behind by the German research vessel Polarstern

Nominee in the category "Environment" among photo stories. Iran, near Lake Urmia, which is on the verge of extinction. Due to drought and excessive consumption of water from the lake by residents of surrounding towns and villages, as well as the construction of dams on the rivers feeding it, the area of Urmia has decreased by more than 70%

Nominee in the category "Main news" among single photos. Khartoum, Sudan, mass protests. A young man reads poetry by the light of mobile phones during a complete power outage

Nominee in the category "Main news" among photo stories. Protests in Chile, the largest in the country's history

Nominee in the category "Long-term projects". The project "Keepers of the Koran"

Nominee in the category "Long-term projects". "Kho (brother): from where the rebellion is born." Algeria

Nominee in the category "Long-term projects". Clothing and personal items found in graves and studied by experts in order to identify the victims of the Ixil Indian genocide in Guatemala in the early 80s

Nominee in the category "Nature" among single photos. California ground cuckoo near the border wall in Arizona (USA)

Nominee in the category "Nature" among photo stories. North Sumatra (Indonesia). 30-year-old orangutan Fazren on regular medical check-up

Nominee in the category "Portraits" among single photos. A 15-year-old Armenian girl, who has just emerged from a catatonic state caused by dissociative syndrome, in a refugee camp in the town of Horseshoe Forest (Poland).The condition mainly affects psychologically traumatized children and adolescents in the midst of a stressful and long migration process

Nominee in the category "Portraits" among photo stories. The problem of abortion in Belarus. Natalia, 62 years old, married, one child, one abortion

Nominee in the category "Sport" among single photos. Fans meet Liverpool FC on the streets of the city after winning the UEFA Champions League

Nominee in the category "Sport" among photo stories. Benin (Africa). A mother watches her daughter playing with a ball. Football is becoming more popular among girls in Benin

Nominee in the category "News" among single photos. Nairobi (Kenya). Women are evacuated during the attack on the DusitD2 hotel

Nominee in the category "News" among photo stories. Orangeville (New South Wales, Australia). Burning eucalyptus forests. Firefighters surrounded by flames are forced to leave their car