Submissions came from 114 countries, most of them from India followed by Russia, USA, Germany, Iran, Italy and Great Britain. The international jury created a shortlist of 28 entries.
The shortlists are in alphabetical order.
Shortlist of the Global Peace Photo Award 2021
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A Cry of Life in Gaza
Nicola Zolin, Italy
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A Place to Feel Home
Nicola Zolin, Italy
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And Now My Children Know
Leticia Valverdes, Brazil
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AT OGHLAN
Mohsen Kaboli, Iran
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Doctor To The Poor
Andreas Reeg, Germany
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Extreme Pain - but Also Extreme Joy
Maggie Shannon, USA
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Far Nearer (working title)
Jef Van den Bossche, Belgium
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Free as a Bird
Fabrice Dimier, France
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Harmony for After the War - Syria
Pablo Tosco, Syria
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In Which Language Do We Dream?
Rich Wiles, Great Britain
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Inclusion in Cameroon
Anne Ackermann, Germany
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Life Between Home and Hell: Refugees in Camp Moria on Lesbos
Reto Klar, Germany
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Meeting Sofie (Apr 2018 – 2020)
Snezhana von Büdingen, Germany
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Moments of Peace
Geoffrey Haggray, USA
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One and a Half Acres: Images from America's Decommissioned Minuteman Missile Silos
Nate Hofer, USA
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Our Journey
Shabana Zahir, Afghanistan / Greece
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PANDEMIC PIGEONS
Jasper Doest, Netherlands
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Peace and Strength
Derrick Ofosu Boateng, Ghana
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Rest in Peace, Semek
Mohd Nazri Sulaiman, Malaysia
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Resurrection
Matjaz Krivic, Slovenia
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Rooftop
Farzam Saleh, Iran
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Second Wave
Celine Chariot, Belgium
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Shine Heroes
Federico Estol Garcia, Bolivia
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Testimony to Change
Johanna Maria Fritz, Germany
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The Last Dance
Antonio Pellicano, Italy
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The Long and Difficult Path of the Mauritanian National Women's Football Team
Lucas Barioulet, France
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Unperson - Portraits of North Korean Defectors
Tim Franco, South Korea
Shortlist Children’s Peace Image of the Year 2021
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A Dream in Reality
Elizaveta Chernyavskaya, Russia
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A Mothers Grip
Jaime Clarke, Australia
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And Now My Children Know
Lua Valveredes Stevens + Lowen Valveredes Stevens, Brasil
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Cinderella
Ekaterina Buzhenko, Russia
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Close to the Heart and Soul
Anastasya Bolshakova, Russia
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Free Flying
Diego Barrera, Peru
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From War to Peace
Agnese Sofia Lemmo, Italy
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In der Lage sein, SCHÖNHEIT in einfachen Dingen zu erkennen
Sophia Senkina, Russia
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Lap of Peace
Aadhyaa Aravind Shankar, India
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Lovey-dovey devilishly disruptive
Bernice Clarissa Neda Sirait, Indonesia
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Medusa Reloaded
Kiara Simanko, Germany
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MY BROTHER
Philip Raschka, Germany
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My Children's Peace Image Of The Year
Kinley Manges, USA
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Peace
Anita Poleggi, Italy
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Privacy
Daria Kocheryzhkina, Russia
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Space Base
Kseniya Kiyashko, Russia
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Specific Processing
Roman Kravchenko, Ukraine
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The Anna’s handbag
Daria Kocheryzhkina, Russia
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The evening
Johanna Pöhler, Germany
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The Soul of the Russian Hinterland
Anastasya Bolshakova, Russia