Submissions came from 132 countries, most of them from Iran followed by India, USA, Russia and Germany. The international jury created a shortlist of 25 entries in the story category, 19 entries in the single images category and 23 entries in the children’s category. The winners are included in the shortlist. They will be announced at the award ceremony.
The shortlists are in alphabetical order.
Shortlist of the Global Peace Photo Award 2025 – Stories
"Trust Me"
Ivan Ryaskov, Kazachstan
Beyza's Drought Games
Yakup Sayak, Turkey
Break point
Mauro De Bettio, Italy
BUT WE WERE SO STRONG
Fereshteh Eslahi, Iran
Eskawatã Kayawai
Lucia Alonso Garrido, Portugal
Hope in the Rubble
Elisa Iannacone, Great Britain
Hope on Broken Wings
Sara Affolter, Switzerland
In The World But Not Of It
Tim Smith, Canada
Invisible Threads: Portraits and Stories of Our Global Neighbors
Julia Cumes (photographer) with Lipe Borges (collaborator), USA
It is us, your new neighbors!
Thomas Byczkowski, Germany
Journal of a Lone Triplet: Mali
Marc Posso, Burkina Faso
Kenya's Black Rhino Revival
Ami Vitale, USA
Las Patronas: Along the tracks of hope
Adri Salido, Portugal
LBN: “On the roaring of the bus”
Diego Ibarra Sánchez, Libanon
Mono no Aware
Uwe Langmann, Germany
related
Frank van Groen, Germany
Silent Strength: The Unseen Journeys of Amputee Children in Sri Lanka
Matilde Simas, USA
Silent Wings: Between Fear and Joy
Kianoush Saadati, Iran
Stolen Spring
Alena Grom, Ukraine
SYMBIOSIS
Emmanuel Folorunso, Nigeria
The Land of Love and Peace
Saher Alghorra, Palestine
The Shifting Dreams
Bertha Wang, Hong Kong
Valim-babena
Lee-Ann Olwage, South Africa
Were Afghan Women to Unveil Their Tales
Valentina Sinis, Italy
Youthful Spirits
Sarfo Emmanuel, Ghana
Shortlist of the Global Peace Photo Award 2025 – Single Images
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Ami Vitale, USA
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Rui Brites de Sousa, Portugal
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Yakup Sayak, Turkey
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Mahdi Vaghari, Iran
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Carla Kogelman, Netherlands
Dream
Meisam Abdoli, Iran
Gentle Kiss
Ayub Khan Dkl, Bangladesh
Grandma's Love
Marijn Fidder, Netherlands
Love
Andreja Ravnak, Slovenia
Love, a title of Peace
Verena Andrea Prenner, Austria
Music Instead of Violence
Aggelos Barai, Greece
Pope Francis visits Istiqlal Mosque
Dhemas Atmodjo, Indonesia
Reading Hour With Umbrella
Felix Kautsky, Germany
The Dream
Yuratsa Amaya, Russia
The Goalkeeper
Antonio Aragon Renuncio, Spain
The power of Volunteering
Zienab Adel, Egypt
Timeless Bond by the River
Muhammad Amdad Hossain, Bangladesh
Ugandan child's joy of getting water
Cem Genco, Turkey
Valerie
Michal Korta, Poland
Shortlist of the Children’s Peace Image of the Year 2025
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Janka Takács-Lissai, Hungary
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Balint Csomor, Hungary
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Daniel Kolev, Bulgaria
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Yana Donkova, Bulgaria
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Ceylin Turk, Turkey
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Zofia Tomaszewska, Poland
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Tomáš Burian, Czech Republic
Bliss
Aadhyaa Aravind, India
Broadcasting Peace
Mia Paßmanns, Germany
Children Dance, Laughter, and No Alarms
Melaniia Ryzak, Ukraine
Eva and her puppy
Thomas Bishop, South Africa
Family
Juno Mirasol, Philippines
Fight-sadness-reconciliation-happiness-peace-family
Mabel Asonye, Nigeria
Joy with my sister
Maarten Boersema, Netherlands
Little Girl Sleeping
Matin Rezaie, Afghanistan
love and Peace
Damoun Noori, USA
My little brother, my safe place to be…
Rea Balotia, India
My sister
Noa Hagemann, Germany
My world
Anastasia Prorokova, Ukraine
Nature peace
Nejra Fazlić, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Peace with your surroundings
Florentina Schmiedl, Austria
Peaceful moments often hide in the simplest places
Hajnalka Gereg Gereg, Serbia
Single image submissions from Manuk Hofmann
Manuk Hofmann, Germay