FILE – In this Monday, Dec. 19, 2016 file photo Mevlut Mert Altintas shouts after shooting Andrei Karlov, right, the Russian ambassador to Turkey, at an art gallery in Ankara, Turkey. Associated Press photographer Burhan Ozbilici won the 2017 World Press Photo competition Monday Feb. 13, 2017 for the image. It was part of a series titled « An Assassination in Turkey » which also won the Spot News – Stories category, captured in the moments before and after Altintas, an off-duty policeman, drew a handgun and shot Karlov at a photo exhibition. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici, File)
In this image released Monday Feb. 13, 2017 by World Press Photo titled « Taking A Stand In Baton Rouge » by photographer Jonathan Bachman for Thomson Reuters which won first prize in the Contemporary Issues, Singles, category of the World Press Photo contest shows lone activist, Leshia Evans, standing her ground while offering her hands for arrest as she is charged by riot police during a protest against police brutality outside the Baton Rouge Police Department in Louisiana, U.S.A., on 9 July 2016. (Jonathan Bachman/Thomson Reuters, World Press Photo via AP)
In this image released Monday Feb. 13, 2017, by World Press Photo titled « The Silent Victims Of A Forgotten War » by photographer Paula Bronstein for Time Lightbox / Pulitzer Center For Crisis Reporting, which won first prize in the Daily Life, Singles, category of the World Press Photo contest shows Najiba at the hospital holding her two-year-old nephew Shabir who was injured from a bomb blast in Kabul on 29 March 2016. Afghanistan has endured armed conflict 1979, when the Soviet Union invaded. Afghan civilians are at greater risk today than at any time since Taliban rule, which ended in 2001. According to UN statistics, in the first half of 2016 at least 1,600 people died, and more than 3,500 people were injured. Despite billions of dollars spent by the international community to stabilize the country, Afghanistan has seen little improvement in terms of overall stability and human security. (Paula Bronstein for Time Lightbox / Pulitzer Center For Crisis Reporting, World Press Photo via AP)
In this image released Monday Feb. 13, 2017, by World Press Photo titled « Offensive On Mosul » by photographer Laurent Van der Stockt, Getty Reportage for Le Monde, which won first prize in the General News, Singles, category of the World Press Photo contest shows Iraqi Special Operations Forces searching houses of Gogjali, an eastern district of Mosul, Iraq, looking for Islamic State members, equipment, and evidence on Nov. 2016. The Iraqi Special Operations Forces, also known as the Golden Division, is the Iraqi unit that leads the fight against the Islamic State with the support of the airstrikes of the Coalition Forces. They were the first forces to enter the Islamic State-held city of Mosul in November 2016. (Laurent Van der Stockt, Getty Reportage for Le Monde/World Press Photo via AP)
In this image released Monday Feb. 13, 2017, by World Press Photo titled « Black Days Of Ukraine » by photographer Valery Melnikov for Rossia Segodnya, which won first prize in the Long-Term Projects category of the World Press Photo contest shows civilians escaping from a fire at a house destroyed by an air attack in the Luhanskaya village. (Valery Melnikov for Rossia Segodnya, World Press Photo via AP)
In this image released Monday Feb. 13, 2017, by World Press Photo titled « Caretta Caretta Trapped » by photographer Francis Perez, which won first prize in the Nature, Singles, category of the World Press Photo contest shows a sea turtle entangled in a fishing net swims off the coast of Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, on June 8, 2016. Sea turtles are considered a vulnerable species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Unattended fishing gear is responsible for many sea turtle deaths (Francis Perez/World Press Photo via AP)
In this image released Monday Feb. 13, 2017, by World Press Photo titled « What ISIS Left Behind » by photographer Magnus Wennman, Aftonbladet, which won first prize in the People, Singles, category of the World Press Photo contest shows five-year-old Maha laying on a dirty mattress in the overcrowded transit center in Debaga refugee camp. (Magnus Wennman, Aftonbladet, World Press Photo via AP)
In this image released Monday Feb. 13, 2017, by World Press Photo titled « Grand National Steeple Chase » by photographer Tom Jenkins, The Guardian, which won first prize in the Sports, Singles, category of the World Press Photo contest shows Jockey Nina Carberry flies off her horse Sir Des Champs as they fall at The Chair fence during the Grand National steeplechase during day three of the Grand National Meeting at Aintree Racecourse on April 9, 2016 in Liverpool, England. (Tom Jenkins, The Guardian, World Press Photo via AP)
Le photographe turc Burhan Ozbilici a remporté le Grand prix 2017 du World Press Photo, a annoncé l’organisation lundi matin.
L’image gagnante montre un agent de police, Mevlut Mert Altintas, tout juste après qu’il ait assassiné l’ambassadeur russe en Turquie, Andreï Karlov, le 19 décembre 2016.
M. Ozbilici a aussi remporté le premier prix dans la catégorie «Nouvelles» (série). Il est photographe pour l’Associated Press.
Le World Press Photo est le concours de photographie professionnelle le plus prestigieux au monde. Il est accompagné, chaque année, d’une exposition qui fait le tour du monde. Cette année, 80 000 photos ont été soumises au concours, en provenance de 5 000 photographes de 125 pays.
Les photos gagnantes seront présentées à Montréal du 30 août au 1er octobre prochain, au Marché Bonsecours.