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'Separated by ICE' Wins World Press Photo of the Year
Carol Guzy’s image of a father and his daughters being separated by immigration agents won World Press Photo of the Year.
- Four-Time Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Carol Guzy won the 2026 World Press Photo of the Year award for her image "Separated by ICE," depicting an Ecuadorian father, Luis, detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the Javits Federal Building.
- Taken on August 26, 2025, the photograph captures Luis's arrest following an immigration hearing as President Donald Trump escalated deportations in public spaces across the country.
- Guzy's win emerged from 57,376 submissions by 3,747 photojournalists across 141 nations; this marks her ninth World Press Photo award, and she stated the recognition belongs "to the people in the picture."
- Joumana El Zein Khoury, executive director of World Press Photo, stated the image serves as a witness to policies that have turned courthouses into "sites of shattered lives," highlighting children's grief.
- Luis left behind his wife, Cocha, and their three children aged seven, 13, and 15 years, illustrating the human cost of family separation captured in the photograph.
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