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The Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography is one of the American Pulitzer Prizes annually awarded for journalism. It recognizes a distinguished example of feature photography in black and white or color, which may consist of a photograph or photographs, a sequence or an album.

The Feature Photography prize was inaugurated in 1968 when the single Pulitzer Prize for Photography was replaced by the Feature prize and "Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography", renamed for "Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography" in 2000.

Winners and citationsEdit

One Feature Photography Pulitzer has been awarded annually from 1968, with the exception of 1985, when two prizes were awarded.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Year Image Name(s) Publication Rationale
1968 File:Dreams of Better Times (Toshio Sakai).jpg Template:Sortname United Press International "for his Vietnam War combat photograph, 'Dreams of Better Times.'"
1969 File:1969 Pulitzer Feature Photography Winner.jpg Template:Sortname Ebony "for his photograph of Martin Luther King Jr.'s widow and child, taken at Dr. King's funeral."
1970 Template:Sortname The Palm Beach Post "for his portfolio of pictures of Florida migrant workers, 'Migration to Misery.'"
1971 Template:Sortname Chicago Sun-Times "for his dramatic and sensitive photographs at the Lincoln and Dixon State Schools for the retarded in Illinois."
1972 File:1972 Pulitzer Feature Photography Winner.jpg Template:Sortname United Press International "for his dramatic photographs of the Vietnam War in 1971."
1973 File:Moment of Life.jpg Template:Sortname The Topeka Capital-Journal "for his sequence on childbirth, as exemplified by his photograph, 'Moment of Life.'"
1974 File:Burst of Joy.jpg Template:Sortname Associated Press "for his picture of the return of an American prisoner of war from captivity in North Vietnam."
1975 Template:Sortname The Washington Post "for his photographs in color and black and white."
1976 Staff Courier Journal "for a comprehensive pictorial report on busing in Louisville's schools."
1977 Template:Sortname Chattanooga Times Free Press "for his photograph of a disabled veteran and his child at an Armed Forces Day parade."
1978 Template:Sortname Associated Press "for three photographs from guerrilla areas in Rhodesia."
1979 Staff Boston Herald "for photographic coverage of the blizzard of 1978."
1980 Template:Sortname Dallas Times Herald "for a series on the Western cowboy."
Template:Sortname The Detroit News "for a series on children of Cambodia."
Template:Sortname The Denver Post "for a series on living and dying in a hospice."
1981 Template:Sortname Detroit Free Press "for his photographs of Jackson, Michigan State Prison."
Template:Sortname The Clarion-Ledger "for his photographs of the Mississippi Delta region."
Template:Sortname The Flint Journal "for his photographs of automobile workers."
1982 Template:Sortname Chicago Sun-Times "for consistently excellent work on a variety of subjects."
Template:Sortname San Francisco Examiner "for photos of life in a public housing project."
Template:Sortname The Florida Times-Union "for coverage of a family confronting the death of one of its members."
1983 Template:Sortname Dallas Times Herald "for his telling photographs of life and death in El Salvador."
Template:Sortname Dallas Times Herald "for his picture story of a sick child's struggle for life."
Template:Sortname Chicago Sun-Times "for a variety of photographs depicting life in Chicago."
1984 Template:Sortname The Denver Post "for a series of photographs which depict the tragic effects of starvation in Ethiopia and for a single photograph of a woman at her husband's gravesite on Memorial Day."
Template:Sortname The Boston Globe "for his series of unusual photographs which reveal the effects of war on the people of Lebanon."Template:Efn
Template:Sortname The Dallas Morning News "for his series of photographs depicting the child victims of war-torn Central America."
1985 Template:Sortname The Philadelphia Inquirer "for his series of photographs from Angola and El Salvador depicting their war-torn inhabitants."
Template:Sortname The Boston Globe "for his series of photographs of the famine in Ethiopia and for his pictures of illegal aliens on the Mexican border."
Template:Sortname The Minnesota Star Tribune "for her pictures of a dying girl which celebrated the girl's life."
Template:Sortname Magnum Photos "for his dramatic photos of the famine in Ethiopia."
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1986 Template:Sortname The Philadelphia Inquirer "for his series of photographs of Philadelphia's homeless."
Template:Sortname The Dallas Morning News "for his photographs of civil strife in South Africa."
Template:Sortname Dallas Times Herald "for his photographs depicting the decline and despair of the American farmer."
1987 Template:Sortname The Des Moines Register "for his photographs depicting the shattered dreams of American farmers."
Template:Sortname The Mercury News "for her photographs of AIDS victims."
Template:Sortname The Philadelphia Inquirer "for her sensitive photographs of a Cambodian refugee child whose mother died of cancer."
1988 Template:Sortname Miami Herald "for photographs portraying the decay and subsequent rehabilitation of a housing project overrun by the drug crack."
Template:Sortname USA Today "for a photograph taken on Veterans Day at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C."
Template:Sortname Associated Press "for his photograph of a homeless man in Philadelphia."
1989 Template:Sortname Detroit Free Press "for his series of photographs depicting student life at Southwestern High School in Detroit."
Template:Sortname Dallas Times Herald "for her photograph of grieving Dallas police officers at the funeral of a slain patrolman."
Template:Sortname San Francisco Chronicle "for his photographs of atomic bomb survivors in Japan."
1990 Template:Sortname Detroit Free Press "for photographs of the political uprisings in China and Eastern Europe."
Template:Sortname The Minnesota Star Tribune "for a series of photographs of a mother and her struggle to resist committing child abuse."
Template:Sortname Anchorage Daily News "for their photographs of the Exxon Valdez oil spill and its aftermath."
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Template:Sortname The Boston Globe "for photographs of East and West Germans celebrating the collapse of the Berlin Wall."
1991 Template:Sortname The Dallas Morning News "for his photographs of ill and orphaned children living in subhuman conditions in Romania."
Template:Sortname The Philadelphia Inquirer "for his photographic essay about a senior citizen who returned to her former high school to complete her education."
Template:Sortname The Sacramento Bee "for his series of photographs depicting Yosemite National Park and its visitors during the park's centennial year."
1992 Template:Sortname Block Newspapers "for his photographs depicting the diverse lifestyles of seven 21-year-olds across the United States."
Template:Sortname The Orange County Register "for his photographs of the dangerous journey of illegal immigrants across the U.S.-Mexican border."
Template:Sortname The Washington Post "for his photographs depicting the harshness and misery of the Kurdish refugee camps."
1993 Staff Associated Press "for its portfolio of images drawn from the 1992 presidential campaign."
Template:Sortname The Boston Globe "for her photographs of the famine, war and American relief efforts in Somalia."
Staff Associated Press "for its photographs from Somalia of the struggle for survival of a nation and its people."
1994 Template:Sortname The New York Times "for a picture first published in The New York Times of a starving Sudanese girl who collapsed on her way to a feeding center while a vulture waited nearby."
Template:Sortname The Boston Globe "for 'The Exhausted Earth,' a year-long series depicting the social, medical and environmental crises caused by the depletion of natural resources."
Template:Sortname The Philadelphia Inquirer "for 'American Dreamers,' her series of photographs of a working-class family coping with hardships while striving for a better life."
Staff Associated Press "for its collection of images about the Middle East, including those that illustrate the turbulent lives of Arabs and Jews in Israel."
1995 Staff Associated Press "for its portfolio of photographs chronicling the horror and devastation in Rwanda."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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Template:Sortname Newhouse News Service "for his series of photographs, published by Newhouse News Service, of a woman's fight against breast cancer."
Staff Press-Telegram "for its collection of life-affirming images, drawn from the daily activities of local residents."
1996 Template:Sortname Newhouse News Service "for her shocking sequence of photos, published by Newhouse News Service, of a female circumcision rite in Kenya."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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Template:Sortname The Boston Globe "for his photographs documenting how the lives of two teenagers were transformed by the birth of their child."
Template:Sortname Detroit Free Press "for his series of portraits from Bosnia."
1997 Template:Sortname Associated Press "for his photograph of Russian President Boris Yeltsin dancing at a rock concert during his campaign for re-election."Template:Efn<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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Template:Sortname Copley Press "for his series of photographs chronicling an illegal immigrant's clandestine journey from Mexico to the United States."
Template:Sortname Miami Herald "for his photographs documenting the horrifying conditions in Venezuelan prisons."
Template:Sortname The Boston Globe "for her photographs of a woman with terminal breast cancer preparing for her death."
1998 Template:Sortname Los Angeles Times "for his powerful images documenting the plight of young children with parents addicted to alcohol and drugs."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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Template:Sortname Block Newspapers "for his revealing photographic account of a secret interstate network of individuals who aid parents and children fleeing the threat of sexual abuse."Template:Efn
Template:Sortname The Dallas Morning News "for his gripping photographs depicting the effects of war and land mines in Angola."
1999 Staff Associated Press "for its striking collection of photographs of the key players and events stemming from President Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinsky and the ensuing impeachment hearings."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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Template:Sortname The Orange County Register "for his skillful and moving portraits of local children growing up in decaying residential motels."
Template:Sortname The Boston Globe "for his inspirational images that trace the work of Donald Anderson, a descendent of slaves, who helps the residents of poor Southern communities assume civic responsibility and improve their lives."
2000 Template:Sortname The Washington Post "for their intimate and poignant images depicting the plight of the Kosovo refugees."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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Template:Sortname Miami Herald "their photographs of Liberty City, a neighborhood crippled by drugs and violence, which detail the community's effort to reclaim the area."
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Staff Telegram and Gazette "for its moving photographs of the grief and devastation that followed a local fire that killed six firefighters."
2001 Template:Sortname The Star-Ledger "for his emotional photographs that illustrate the care and recovery of two students critically burned in a dormitory fire at Seton Hall University."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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Template:Sortname Associated Press "for his moving photographs of North and South Koreans visiting relatives they had not seen in half a century, and other images generated by the Korean governments' reunification efforts."
Template:Sortname Rocky Mountain News "for his illuminating images of suburban high school students facing adulthood."
2002 Staff The New York Times "for its photographs chronicling the pain and the perseverance of people enduring protracted conflict in Afghanistan and Pakistan."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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Template:Sortname Miami Herald "for his diverse images portraying American life in the sprawl of South Florida's Broward County."
Template:Sortname Sun Sentinel "for their compelling and explanatory images illustrating the devastating impact of AIDS in the Caribbean."
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2003 Template:Sortname The New York Times "for his memorable portrayal of how undocumented Central American youths, often facing deadly danger, travel north to the United States."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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Template:Sortname Los Angeles Times "for his striking images that documented the little known legacy of black sharecroppers who migrated to California's San Joaquin Valley during the Depression."
Template:Sortname Hartford Courant "for 'Heroin Town,' his dramatic pictures that spotlighted heroin addiction in a Connecticut city and helped produce positive change."
2004 Template:Sortname Los Angeles Times "for her cohesive, behind-the-scenes look at the effects of civil war in Liberia, with special attention to innocent citizens caught in the conflict."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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Template:Sortname The Mercury News "for their imaginative and sophisticated coverage of California's extraordinary recall election."
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Template:Sortname Reuters "for his unforgettable picture of a burly American medic in Iraq cuddling a child whose mother had just been killed in a crossfire."Template:Efn
2005 Template:Sortname San Francisco Chronicle "for her sensitive photo essay on an Oakland hospital's effort to mend an Iraqi boy nearly killed by an explosion."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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Template:Sortname The Minnesota Star Tribune "for his poignant portrait of a woman soldier's struggle to recover from grave shrapnel wounds to her head."
Template:Sortname Los Angeles Times "for his iconic photograph of an exhausted U.S. Marine's face after a daylong battle in Iraq."
2006 Template:Sortname Rocky Mountain News "for his haunting, behind-the-scenes look at funerals for Colorado Marines who return from Iraq in caskets."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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Template:Sortname Sun Sentinel "for his imaginative exploration of Holocaust survivors as Judaism faces a new century."
Template:Sortname Los Angeles Times "for his sensitive portrayal of two remote Eskimo villages coping with memories of sexual abuse by a missionary 30 years ago."
2007 Template:Sortname The Sacramento Bee "for her intimate portrayal of a single mother and her young son as he loses his battle with cancer."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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Template:Sortname The Washington Times "for her haunting depiction of Sub-Sahara African women afflicted with fistula after childbirth."
Template:Sortname The Palm Beach Post "for his vivid images of Central Americans who, desperate to enter America illegally, risk their lives leaping on Mexican freight trains rumbling northward."
2008 Template:Sortname Concord Monitor "for her intimate chronicle of a family coping with a parent's terminal illness."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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Template:Sortname Associated Press "for his harrowing portfolio of Vietnamese children afflicted by the toxic legacy of Agent Orange, three decades after the Vietnam War ended."
Template:Sortname The Dallas Morning News "for her memorable pictures of disadvantaged Texans hidden amid the state's economic abundance."
2009 Template:Sortname The New York Times "for his memorable array of pictures deftly capturing multiple facets of Barack Obama's presidential campaign."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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Template:Sortname The Washington Post "for her powerfully intimate coverage of the perils and sorrow of childbirth in Sierra Leone, where women face the world's highest rate of maternal mortality."
Template:Sortname The Dallas Morning News "for her empathetic portrait of palliative care in a Texas medical center as terminally ill patients cope with the end of their lives."
2010 Template:Sortname The Denver Post "for his intimate portrait of a teenager who joins the Army at the height of insurgent violence in Iraq, poignantly searching for meaning and manhood."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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Template:Sortname The Washington Times "for her courageous work published in The Washington Times that vividly documents how rapes, by the tens of thousands, have become a weapon of war in Congo."
Template:Sortname St. Louis Post-Dispatch "for his sensitive portrayal of homeless suburban families camping in motels during the recession, often recording memorable emotional moments."
2011 Template:Sortname Los Angeles Times "for her intimate story of innocent victims trapped in the city's crossfire of deadly gang violence."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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Template:Sortname The New York Times "for his sensitive portrayal of a large Colombian clan carrying a genetic mutation that causes Alzheimer's disease in early middle age."
Template:Sortname Naples Daily News "for his pictures that show the mixed impact of the recession in Florida's loss of jobs and homes for some but profit for others."
2012 Template:Sortname The Denver Post "for his compassionate chronicle of an honorably discharged veteran, home from Iraq and struggling with a severe case of post-traumatic stress, images that enable viewers to better grasp a national issue."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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Template:Sortname Associated Press "for their extraordinary portrayal of daily life inside the reclusive nation of North Korea, including scenes after the death of Kim Jong Il."
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Template:Sortname Los Angeles Times "for her poignant portrait of the suffering by desperate families and misunderstood children who live with autism."
2013 Template:Sortname Agence France-Presse "for his extraordinary picture, distributed by Agence France-Presse, of two Syrian rebel soldiers tensely guarding their position as beams of light stream through bullet holes in a nearby metal wall."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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Template:Sortname Los Angeles Times "for her intimate essay, shot in shadowy black and white, documenting the shattered lives of people entangled in prescription drug abuse."
Template:Sortname The Sacramento Bee "for her heartwarming photographs of a grandfather raising three grandchildren after the violent death of his daughter and the loss of his wife to cancer."
2014 Template:Sortname The New York Times "for his moving essay on a Boston Marathon bomb blast victim who lost most of both legs and now is painfully rebuilding his life."<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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Template:Sortname San Francisco Chronicle "for her revealing portrait of an Oakland school's efforts to help African-American boys avoid neighborhood risks and profit from education."
Template:Sortname The Washington Post "for his portfolio of pictures exploring the multi-faceted impact of the nation's food stamp program on 47 million recipients."
2015 Template:Sortname The New York Times "for his gripping, courageous photographs of the Ebola epidemic in West Africa."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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Template:Sortname Agence France-Presse "for his compelling photographs of Kurds fleeing ISIS attacks in small Kurdish towns on the Syrian-Turkish border."
Template:Sortname San Antonio Express-News "for chilling photographs that document the hard road Central American migrants must follow to seek refuge in the United States."
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Template:Sortname The Boston Globe "for photographs that put a human face to the American opioid epidemic by chronicling the struggles of a single addict in Massachusetts."
Staff The Post and Courier "for photographs that tell from many angles the story of a racially motivated church shooting and its sorrowful but sometimes also heartening aftermath."
2017 Template:Sortname Chicago Tribune "for a superb portrayal of a 10-year-old boy and his mother striving to put the boy's life back together after he survived a shooting in Chicago."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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Template:Sortname Los Angeles Times "for a photo essay from the front lines of Brazil's war on Zika that showed the vulnerability, fear and love of mothers coping with the crisis."
Template:Sortname The Flint Journal "for striking, wonderfully conceived photographs from Flint's contaminated-water crisis that told a challenging story in human terms."
2018 Staff Reuters "for shocking photographs that exposed the world to the violence Rohingya refugees faced in fleeing Myanmar."Template:Efn<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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Template:Sortname Getty Images "for profoundly moving and historic pictures that portrayed Rohingya Muslims with dignity and grace as they fled ethnic cleansing in Myanmar."
Template:Sortname The New York Times "for wrenching images from the streets, homes and hospitals of Venezuela, where government policies have resulted in widespread malnutrition and starvation of children."
Template:Sortname San Antonio Express-News "for intimate, poetic images that captured the vibrant life of a boy born with an incurable, rare disorder, and his physical, spiritual and emotional journey."
2019 Template:Sortname The Washington Post "for brilliant photo storytelling of the tragic famine in Yemen, shown through images in which beauty and composure were intertwined with devastation."Template:Efn<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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Template:Sortname National Geographic "for a compelling, dignified photo narrative that provides an intimate look at the youngest face transplant recipient in the U.S."
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Template:Sortname The Boston Globe "for superb photography and sophisticated visual storytelling that brought understanding to the story of a young boy living with a complex developmental disability."
2020 Template:Sortname Associated Press "for striking images captured during a communications blackout in Kashmir depicting life in the contested territory as India stripped it of its semi-autonomy."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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Template:Sortname The New York Times "for work published by The New York Times and Yahoo News that look intimately at male sexual assault survivors in the armed forces, and the lasting effects of trauma on them and their families."
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Template:Sortname The Boston Globe "for respectful and compassionate photography of a working Maine family as it falls into homelessness and finds new housing, albeit precarious."
2021 Template:Sortname Associated Press "for a poignant series of photographs that takes viewers into the lives of the elderly in Spain struggling during the COVID-19 pandemic."<ref name=2021Pulitzer>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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Template:Sortname The New York Times "for searing images that capture the toll of the coronavirus deep in Brazil's Amazon, and how it ravaged the region's indigenous people."
Staff Getty Images "for thorough coverage of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global community."
2022 Template:Sortname Reuters "for images of COVID's toll in India that balanced intimacy and devastation, while offering viewers a heightened sense of place."Template:Efn<ref name=2022Pulitzer>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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Template:Sortname San Francisco Chronicle "for intimate and harrowing images of a mother's attempts to care for her homeless, drug-addicted daughter."
Staff Reuters "for images of climate change collected around the globe, effectively portraying extreme and dangerous natural events as common and widespread threats to human life."
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Template:Sortname San Francisco Chronicle "for their painstaking documentation of fentanyl addiction in the city that led officials to create supervised drug consumption locations and voters to approve an oversight commission for the homeless hotels where 40% of overdoses occur."
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Staff Associated Press "for images capturing the vulnerability, trauma and defiance of elderly Ukrainians caught in the Russian invasion, many of them unable or unwilling to flee the carnage. "
2024 Staff Associated Press "for poignant photographs chronicling unprecedented masses of migrants and their arduous journey north from Colombia to the border of the United States."<ref name=2024Pulitzer>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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Template:Sortname The New York Times "for illuminating photographs portraying a generation living under President Vladimir Putin's resurgent nationalism while Russia is at war in Ukraine."
Template:Sortname The New York Times "for a creative series of photographs documenting a 'youthquake' occurring in Africa where, by 2050, the continent will account for one-quarter of the world's population and one-third of its young people."
2025 Template:Sortname The New Yorker "for his haunting black and white images of Sednaya Prison in Syria that capture the traumatic legacy of Assad's torture chambers, forcing viewers to confront the raw horrors faced by prisoners and contemplate the scars on society."Template:Efn
Template:Sortname The New York Times "for her sensitive and wrenching photo essay of a young Ukrainian girl with a rare eye cancer whose treatment was thwarted by the war."
Staff Associated Press "for their brave and gripping imagery from Gaza that steps back from the front lines to chronicle daily life as it continues in a war zone."

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