Submissions came from 118 countries, most of them from Russia followed by China, India, Germany, Iran and USA. The international jury created a shortlist of 27 entries.
The shortlists are in alphabetical order.
Shortlist of the Global Peace Photo Award 2020

(Re)Birth
Catalina Martin-Chico, France

Amazon Wildfire Sanctuary
Juan Pablo Ampudia, Mexico

Coexistence
Ami Vitale, USA

Delta Hill Riders
Rory Doyle, USA

DNA
Yuri Pritisk, Russia

Ende Gelaende against Brown Coal
David Klammer, Germany

Favela Ballett
Evgeny Makarov, Brazil

H.K. Unrest
Nicolas Asfouri, Denmark

Heroes
Emeke Obanor, Nigeria

I Wanna Be Messi
Antonio Aragon Renuncio, Nicaragua

Janwaar Castle
Vicky Roy, India

Love Story
Sasan Moayyedi, Iran

May I Have This Dance?
Shirin Abedi, Germany

Nomadelfia - a proposal - (2017-2019)
Enrico Genovesi, Italy

Ordinary People
Ksenia Kuleshova, Germany

Paradise Now
Patrick Mourral, France

Peace is named after a Woman
Ann-Christine Woehrl, Germany

Refuge
Yolanda del Amo, USA

Relearning Humanity
Rui Caria, Portugal

Reminiscence
Kseniya Halubovich, Belarus

Rwandan Youth, 25 years after the genocide
Seif Kousmate, Morocco

Sacred Nature
Holly Wilmeth, USA

Sapeurs: Ladies and Gentlemen of the Congo
Tariq Zaidi, United Kingdom

Saving Orangutans
Alain Schroeder, Belgium

The World as a Manifestation of Love
Maria Turchanova, Russia

The Young Revolutionaries
Ananeya Abebe, USA

Ugandan LGBTI community
Frédéric Noy, Kazakhstan
Shortlist Children’s Peace Image of the Year 2020

A slice of life
Maÿa & Lilah Tiscornia, Uruguay

Barefoot Childhood
Elizaveta Chernyavskaya, Russia

Children and peace
Aridj Boulham, Algeria

Danya
Kseniya Kiyashko, Russia

Flight of the soul
Anastasiya Bolshakova, Russia

Harmony with people, with nature and with yourself
Sofiia Baranivska, Ukraine

Isle of Peace
Lizzy Schwarz, United Kingdom

My Grandfather, Grandmother and me
Elizaveta Chernyavskaya, Russia

My little Sister's Childhood in Edlib
May Abdulfattah, Syria / Turkey

My world
Joanna Sibilska, Poland

Oh, so much fun!
Ksenia Kovalenko, Ukraine

Peace in our hands
Mariam Kalandadze, Georgia

Picnic in the Camomile Valley
Davit Seropyan, Georgia

Single photos
Elizaveta Chernyavskaya, Russia

The cradle of the mind
Anastasiya Bolshakova, Russia

the flight lesson is a lesson in peace …
Dan Oltean, Romania

The four Elements
Imogen Nambi Malone, Uganda