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Through a judge’s lens: 2026 World Press Photo Contest

(STRICTLY FOR HFWPP ONLY, ONE TIME USAGE, NO CROPPING ACCORDING TO USAGE RULE) MAIN PIX. Title: A Desperate Plea Credit: © Tyrone Siu, Reuters Caption: Mr Wong cries out in anguish as fire engulfs the Tai Po housing complex he calls home. Moments earlier, he phoned his wife, who was trapped in the building, and they exchanged what would be their final words. Hong Kong, 26 November 2025. Story: A massive fire at the Wang Fuk Court housing complex in Tai Po claimed 168 lives, becoming Hong Kong’s deadliest fire since 1948. While no official cause has been reported, investigations by Hong Kong authorities found that bamboo scaffolding, construction netting, and flammable Styrofoam boards on windows acted as accelerants for the fire, trapping residents inside. More than 2,000 firefighters were involved in rescue efforts, killing one and injuring twelve.

Through a judge’s lens: 2026 World Press Photo Contest

All in a day's work

Straits Times photojournalists Lim Yaohui (left) and Mark Cheong sharing stories and the adventures that come with their job, in the last of a series of four weekends of talks on photography by ST and guest World Press Photo award-winning photojourna

Powerful and moving images on show at World Press Photo exhibition

World Press Photo 2016 exhibition from March 3-26 launched at National Museum

Image of migrant baby at barbed wire fence wins World Press Photo

ST photojournalists tell stories behind pics

Mr Desmond Lim (far left) and Mr Alphonsus Chern were among the Straits Times photojournalists who yesterday conducted talks which featured topics such as covering disasters and how photojournalism has changed in a digital age.

Photojournalists 'can be the eyes of the people'

Front-line accounts of the images that make the news

Trainees (above) covering themselves with sand during an exercise in the five-month Combat Diver Course. It was an equally gritty task for ST photojournalist Alphonsus Chern (left), seen here hauling himself up a rope at the Sembawang Camp jetty.

World Press Photo: About powerful images and their subjects

Mr Pete Muller's talk on violence and traditional notions of masculinity sparked a spirited discussion at the World Press Photo 2015 exhibition yesterday.

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