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Winning Photos: Russian Talent in the World Press Photo Awards

The World Press Photo Foundation has announced the winners of its 2021 competition.

The winning pictures are published in an annual yearbook and assembled into a yearlong exhibition that usually visits over 120 cities and 50 countries worldwide, attracting more than 4 million people.

Take a look at some of the winning pictures from Russian photographers:
Leaving Home in Nagorno-Karabakh
Azat Gevorkyan and his wife Anaik are pictured before leaving their home in Lachin, Nagorno-Karabakh, the final district to be returned to Azerbaijani control following the second Nagorno-Karabakh War.
Valery Melnikov / World Press Photo
Abovyan Hasmik, 69, cries at the door of her home in the village of Nerkin Sus, Nagorno-Karabakh.
Valery Melnikov / World Press Photo
The Transition: Ignat
Ignat, a transgender man, sits with his girlfriend Maria in St. Petersburg.
Oleg Ponomarev / World Press Photo
In Flight
A father teaches his autistic daughter, Ksenia, 10, to launch a toy plane in Moscow.
Tatiana Nikitina / World Press Photo
Nowhere Near
Angel (right) and Gaia are school friends from Livorno, Italy. Both are of Nigerian origin. Angel was born in Italy, shortly after her parents moved there, as her father was setting up a wine business; Gaia came with her parents two years ago, as they wanted her to go to an Italian school.
Alisa Martynova / World Press Photo
Sakhawood
A film crew shoots the second part of The Old Beyberikeen With Five Cows, which is based on an old folktale, in Sakha, Russia.
Alexei Vasilyev / World Press Photo
Twins Semyon and Stepan perform in the roles of dulgancha, mythical swamp creatures, in The Old Beyberikeen With Five Cows, in Sakha, Russia.
Alexei Vasilyev / World Press Photo
Isabella Nikolaeva, renowned in Sakha for her theater roles, prepares to appear in the historical comedy Hurried, based on the classic drama by Yakut writer Nikolai Neustroev. In Sakha, Russia.
Alexei Vasilyev / World Press Photo

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