World Press Photo Exhibition 2018

The Straits Times Photo Exhibition

In conjunction with the World Press Photo exhibition, The Straits Times pays tribute to the power of the visual image by showcasing its best photojournalism work of 2018.

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Oct 01, 2018, 04:59 AM

US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un walk shoulder to shoulder at their historic meeting at Capella Singapore, on June 12, 2018. ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM

US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shaking hands for the first time at the start of their historic meeting at Capella Singapore, on June 12, 2018. ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM

A passenger plane flying above Changi Business Park was dwarfed by the moon, on Oct 6, 2017, a day after harvest moon. ST PHOTO: ONG WEE JIN

A fleet of rubber-tyred gantry cranes at Tanjong Pagar Terminal. The terminal first saw action on June 23, 1972, when it welcomed the M.V. Nihon from Rotterdam, bearing just 300 containers. ST PHOTO: ALPHONSUS CHERN

A photo taken at 7.28pm on Dec 31, 2017 (right) shows a woman taking a selfie with Singapore’s iconic landmarks – the Merlion and Marina Bay Sands – in the background. At 9.05pm (left), spectators turned their attention to the sky as a fireworks display lit up the night. ST PHOTO: ONG WEE JIN

Patient Oh Zhi Long gives the thumbs up during his brain surgery. Mr Oh discovered by accident that he had a brain tumour in March 2017. He was awake during the operation as surgeons removed a cancerous growth from his brain. ST PHOTO: WANG HUI FEN

Inuka, the first polar bear to be born in the tropics, in his enclosure at the Singapore Zoo, on April 19, 2018. ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI

Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, flanked by fellow opposition leaders (second from left) Mohamad Sabu, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin and Mr Lim Kit Siang, after a press conference in Kuala Lumpur in the early morning of May 10, 2018. Dr Mahathir has claimed victory in Malaysia’s 14th general election, as opposition pact Pakatan Harapan (PH) made significant gains against the Umno-led Barisan Nasional (BN), with enough seats to form a majority government. ST PHOTO: KUA CHEE SIONG

A rare sight of a boy engrossed in his Everyday Spoken English textbook at the Kutupalong camp. There are no schools for Rohingya children at the shelters in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Some attend madrasahs. Others attend learning centres run by non-governmental bodies. But only 139,000 of the 368,000 children aged between four and 14 in these camps bother to show up for such informal schooling. ST PHOTO: KUA CHEE SIONG

Rescuers search for survivors of the Lombok earthquake, on Aug 7, 2018. Rescue efforts on Lombok have been hampered by a shortage of heavy-lifting equipment such as excavators, even as hundreds of aftershocks continued to shake the Indonesian island following the magnitude-7 earthquake on Aug 5. Many are struggling to reach those trapped in the rubble of collapsed buildings. ST PHOTO: MARK CHEONG

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