Haunting pic of dresses hung in crosses at kids' burial site near Canada school awarded
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The picture of dresses draped in the cross at the Canada site where remains of over 200 children were found just last year has won the 2022 World Press Photo of the Year Award.
New Delhi: The picture of dresses draped in the cross at the Canada site where remains of over 200 children were found just last year has won the 2022 World Press Photo of the Year Award.
The image was captured by Canadian photojournalist Amber Jacken and she’s the fifth female World Press Photo of the Year winner.
Presenting the global winners of the #WPPh2022 Contest: - ‘Kamloops Residential School’ by @photobracken - ‘Saving Forests with Fire’ by @mattabbottphoto - ‘Amazonian Dystopia’ by Lalo de Almeida - ‘Blood is a Seed’ by Isadora Romero Discover their work: https://t.co/KfNB2zECVa pic.twitter.com/mPRvlb3EXS
— World Press Photo (@WorldPressPhoto) April 7, 2022
The picture is a tribute to over 215 children who died in Canada’s Kamloops in 2021.