World Press Photo announces Photo of the Year 2026

Distraught girls cling to their father, Luis, as ICE detains him following an immigration hearing in New York City on Aug. 26, 2025. Luis was the sole breadwinner for his family.

The executive director of World Press Photo said this image shows the inconsolable grief of children losing their father in a place built for justice. It is a stark and necessary record of family separation following the U.S. reform policies.

(Image credit: Carol Guzy)