Picture editors’ choices

OUR PRESTIGIOUS ANNUAL AWARDS SHOWCASE THE BEST IMAGES FROM THOUSANDS OF ENTRANTS IN SIX CATEGORIES

Professional winners from the Sony World Photography Awards 2025

The World Food Photography Awards 2025 sponsored by Tenderstem® Bimi® Broccolini celebrates the power of imagery to tell stories about what we eat, how we eat, and why it matters. Peter Dench finds out more

Spotlight on readers’ excellent images and how they captured them

Paul Goldstein was the winner in the Black and White category at Nature Photographer of the Year 2024, for this image – a composition of control and chaos, writes Peter Dench

The UN has described Gaza as ‘the hungriest place on Earth’, with children bearing the brunt