This year the 32nd international festival of photojournalism in Perpignan, France, organised by Visa pour l’Image, combines online industry talks with 20 exhibitions. Here is a selection of the provocative work on display at the event, which runs from 29 August to 13 September
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The Canon female photojournalist grant | Sabiha Çimen
Nine-year-old Elif, a new student at a Quranic school, wears a hijab for the first time. Rize, Turkey, 4 August 2018
Photograph: Sabiha Çimen
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Wolves at the Top of the World | Ronan Donovan/National Geographic Magazine
A pup plays with a feather while another nuzzles White Scarf, the pack’s aging matriarch
Photograph: Ronan Donovan
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Iraq: One Hundred Days of Thawra | Emilienne Malfatto for The Washington Post
A man waving the Iraqi flag during a symbolic funeral march for a protester killed in clashes with security forces the previous day. Baghdad, 21 January 2020
Photograph: Emilienne Malfatto
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Forgotten Guerrero | Alfredo Bosco/Luz with the support of Le Figaro Magazine, Winner of the 2020 Humanitarian Visa d’or award, International Committee of the Red Cross
A female member of the community defence force holds her weapon. Since early 2019, the village has been attacked repeatedly by Los Ardillos cartel, prompting residents to take action. Rincón de Chautla, Guerrero, 10 June 2019
Photograph: Alfredo Bosco
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Chiba’s Africa | Yasuyoshi Chiba/Agence France-Presse
Sunday mass at St Mary’s Mission church. Kisumu, Kenya, 29 October 2017
Photograph: Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP
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The Human Face of Covid-19 in New York City | Peter Turnley
Each night at 7pm, at the corner of 77th Street and Lexington Avenue, healthcare workers from Lenox Hill hospital gather outside while local residents express their gratitude. I have seen the woman at the centre of the photograph, Nora, every time. Usually she does not want to be photographed, but this time she stopped to look my camera and me in the eye. Nora’s facial expression spoke for all of us as they conveyed confusion, fear and hope for the future
Photograph: Peter Turnley
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A Troubled Home | Anush Babajanyan/II
A newborn boy at the maternity hospital in Stepanakert, Artsakh. The Republic of Artsakh has no international recognition and is considered to be part of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Babajanyan was the winner of the 2019 Canon female photojournalist grant
Photograph: Anush Babajanyan/VII
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Drowning in Plastic | James Whitlow Delano
Two stray dogs in contaminated water seeping from a landfill laced with plastic bags, textiles and sheeting in Chennai, India
Photograph: James Whitlow Delano
Hong Kong: Beyond the Protests | Nicole Tung
Protesters cover their right eye in solidarity with a medic who was shot in the face by police. Hong Kong, 21 August 2019
Photograph: Nicole Tung
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Amazon Deforestation | Victor Moriyama for the New York Times
Soybean farmers have burned forestland to expand their acreage. Near Porto Velho, state of Rondônia
Photograph: Victor Moriyama for the New York Times
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The Last Mohana People | Sarah Caron for Le Figaro Magazine
Women cautiously cook on an open fire on a boat. If the vessel were destroyed, the family would have to live on shore. A new boat costs about 1m rupees (£4,500)
Photograph: Sarah Caron
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The Pandemic | Collective Exhibition
A woman in a mask walks past a mural of a hand on the side of a building in New York. The photo was taken on 22 April, during the citywide coronavirus lockdown
Photograph: Timothy A Clary/AFP
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Digital Nomads: The Laptop Immigrants | Jérôme Gence,
winner of the 2020 Pierre & Alexandra Boulat award, sponsored by La ScamJeje, a digital nomad, working alone in Dojo Bali, a co-working space in Canggu (Bali, Indonesia). She used to be a flight attendant but left to try a career as a digital nomad. At first, co-working spaces are great, but as you start to belong to a community and make friends, you are distracted and less productive. Now, I prefer to work in a cafe, alone
Photograph: Jérôme Gence
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Sacrifice | Elena Chernyshova/Panos Pictures
The South African-owned Sasol chemical plant. In Italy certain emissions have not been regulated such as non-methane hydrocarbons, hydrogen sulfide, and volatile organic compounds
Photograph: Elena Chernyshova
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Sugar Girls | Chloe Sharrock/Le Pictorium. Recipient of the French culture ministry production grant for female photojournalists
These two teenage girls, Kasari and Bodkha, will be travelling south to help their mother work on a sugar plantation. Four years ago, she had a hysterectomy and is in such poor health that her daughters have left school to help her. Beed district, Maharashtra, India
Photograph: Chloe Sharrock
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On the Outside | Axelle de Russé/Hans Lucas
Every Monday Rahmouna goes to the food bank run by the Restos du Cœur charity. It is her only option as she has no family support, no social benefits and no bank account. Carcassonne, France, November 2019.Winner of the 2019 Pierre & Alexandra Boulat award
Photograph: Axelle de Russé/Hans Lucas
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Congo in Conversation |
Fondation Carmignac laureate Finbarr O’Reilly and Congolese journalists and photographersMourners attend the burial of an 11-month-old girl who died in the town of Rutshuru, North Kivu province, during the Ebola outbreak in February 2020
Photograph: Finbarr O’Reilly
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As Long as the Sun Shines | Ian Willms/Panos Pictures
Aftermath of the 2016 wildfire in the suburb of Timberlea, Fort McMurray
Photograph: Ian Willms/Panos Pictures
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The Oromo Route | Olivier Jobard – Winner of the 2020 Camille Lepage award supported by la Saif
A photo taken in Galafi, on the border between Ethiopia and Djibouti, one of the hottest regions in the world. Hundreds of Oromo refugees fleeing Ethiopia cross the mountains to reach Djibouti
Photograph: Olivier Jobard/MYOP
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