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

A Cry of Life in Gaza
Nicola Zolin, Italy

A Place to Feel Home
Nicola Zolin, Italy

And Now My Children Know
Leticia Valverdes, Brazil

AT OGHLAN
Mohsen Kaboli, Iran

Doctor To The Poor
Andreas Reeg, Germany

Extreme Pain - but Also Extreme Joy
Maggie Shannon, USA

Far Nearer (working title)
Jef Van den Bossche, Belgium

Free as a Bird
Fabrice Dimier, France

Harmony for After the War - Syria
Pablo Tosco, Syria

In Which Language Do We Dream?
Rich Wiles, Great Britain

Inclusion in Cameroon
Anne Ackermann, Germany

Life Between Home and Hell: Refugees in Camp Moria on Lesbos
Reto Klar, Germany

Meeting Sofie (Apr 2018 – 2020)
Snezhana von Büdingen, Germany

Moments of Peace
Geoffrey Haggray, USA

One and a Half Acres: Images from America's Decommissioned Minuteman Missile Silos
Nate Hofer, USA

Our Journey
Shabana Zahir, Afghanistan / Greece

PANDEMIC PIGEONS
Jasper Doest, Netherlands

Peace and Strength
Derrick Ofosu Boateng, Ghana

Rest in Peace, Semek
Mohd Nazri Sulaiman, Malaysia

Resurrection
Matjaz Krivic, Slovenia

Rooftop
Farzam Saleh, Iran

Second Wave
Celine Chariot, Belgium

Shine Heroes
Federico Estol Garcia, Bolivia

Testimony to Change
Johanna Maria Fritz, Germany

The Last Dance
Antonio Pellicano, Italy

The Long and Difficult Path of the Mauritanian National Women's Football Team
Lucas Barioulet, France

Unperson - Portraits of North Korean Defectors
Tim Franco, South Korea
Shortlist Children’s Peace Image of the Year 2021

A Dream in Reality
Elizaveta Chernyavskaya, Russia

A Mothers Grip
Jaime Clarke, Australia

And Now My Children Know
Lua Valveredes Stevens + Lowen Valveredes Stevens, Brasil

Cinderella
Ekaterina Buzhenko, Russia

Close to the Heart and Soul
Anastasya Bolshakova, Russia

Free Flying
Diego Barrera, Peru

From War to Peace
Agnese Sofia Lemmo, Italy

In der Lage sein, SCHÖNHEIT in einfachen Dingen zu erkennen
Sophia Senkina, Russia

Lap of Peace
Aadhyaa Aravind Shankar, India

Lovey-dovey devilishly disruptive
Bernice Clarissa Neda Sirait, Indonesia

Medusa Reloaded
Kiara Simanko, Germany

MY BROTHER
Philip Raschka, Germany

My Children's Peace Image Of The Year
Kinley Manges, USA

Peace
Anita Poleggi, Italy

Privacy
Daria Kocheryzhkina, Russia

Space Base
Kseniya Kiyashko, Russia

Specific Processing
Roman Kravchenko, Ukraine

The Anna’s handbag
Daria Kocheryzhkina, Russia

The evening
Johanna Pöhler, Germany

The Soul of the Russian Hinterland
Anastasya Bolshakova, Russia