Carol Guzy's World Press Photo of the Year 2026, 'Separated by ICE'

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World Press Photo 2026

Upcoming6 November 2026 – 13 December 2026€9

The world's best-known photojournalism show returns: all 2026 World Press Photo winning images and multimedia projects from 42 photographers across six world regions.

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A narrow courthouse hallway, fluorescent light, a mother and three children, aged seven, 13 and 15, coming apart. Carol Guzy shot Separated by ICE on 26 August 2025, just after Luis, an Ecuadorian man, was detained by ICE agents following his immigration hearing in New York. It is the World Press Photo of the Year 2026, picked from 57,376 photographs, and the image the CCCB uses for the show.

The exhibition gathers the winners of all 42 prizes: Singles, Stories and Long-Term Projects from each of six world regions. Among them are Brais Lorenzo's Burned Lands on the Galician wildfires, Luis Tato's Madagascar's Gen Z Protests, which use symbols from the manga One Piece, and Diego Ibarra Sánchez's Hijacked Education, on schools in Pakistan, Syria, Afghanistan and Ukraine.

Tickets are €9 online or €10 at the desk (€7 reduced). The CCCB stays open until 21:00 on Fridays and Saturdays, is closed Mondays, and is free on Sundays from 15:00 to 20:00 with advance booking.

Editor's pick

Every winning image and multimedia project from the 2026 World Press Photo contest, by 42 photographers across six world regions.

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Separated by ICE, Carol Guzy
The Photo of the Year: a family in a federal courthouse hallway in New York moments after the father was detained by ICE agents.
Burned Lands, Brais Lorenzo
Forest fires in Galicia, including the Larouco fire burning through the O Courel mountains.
Madagascar's Gen Z Protests, Luis Tato
Young protesters using symbols from the manga One Piece against President Andry Rajoelina, who ended up in exile.
Hijacked Education, Diego Ibarra Sánchez
Informal schools, burned books and military-occupied kindergartens across conflict zones from Pakistan to Ukraine.