“The world's most prestigious photojournalism competition has announced its 42 regional winners, divided into three categories - individual photographs, photo stories and long-term projects - and six geographical regions.”

“To arrive at these 42 entries, an independent jury evaluated 57,376 images submitted by 3,747 photographers from 141 countries.”

“Brais Lorenzo has won in the category of graphic reportage for Europe with 'Burned Lands', a series on forest fires in Galicia published by Spanish news agency EFE, 'Revista 5W' and 'El País'.”

“The Larouco fire, the worst ever recorded in the history of Galicia, which burned through the night as the flames reached O Courel, a highly biodiverse mountain range.”

“Luis Tato has been awarded in the category of photojournalism for Africa for 'Madagascar's Gen Z Protests', a work for France's Agence France-Presse that documents the mobilisations promoted on social networks, with symbols taken from the Japanese manga 'One Piece', which ended up provoking the exile of the Malagasy president Andry Rajoelina.”

“Diego Ibarra Sánchez, awarded in the category of long-term projects for West, Central, and South Asia for 'Hijacked Education', a work that documents attacks on education in countries such as Pakistan, Syria, Afghanistan, Nigeria, Nagorno-Karabakh, Iraq, Lebanon, Ukraine and Colombia.”

“The UN estimates that 85 million school-age children affected by conflict have no access to education at all.”