The jury of the Global Peace Photo Award chose the work ‘Combing Peace’ by South Korean artist Elrea Song out of more than 19,000 submissions from 133 countries for the award worth € 10,000. For the picture, the photographer had asked children to retrieve trash from the sea to show the delicate relationship between humans and nature. From the discarded trash, the children created almost surreal sculptures on the beach.

For the eleventh time on the evening of 4 October, the winners of the international Global Peace Photo Award competition were awarded the Alfred Fried Peace Medal at the Austrian Parliament. The keynote address of the evening was given by Shoura Hashemi, who has been at the helm of Amnesty International Austria since 1 August, 2023.

The winners of the Global Peace Photo Award in 2023 are :
Ghassane Kaaibich, Morocco, for ‘Ahyae’
Carla Kogelman, Netherlands, for ‘Majella Parc’
Nuria López Torres, Spain, for ‘Bad Hair’
Elrea Song, Korea, for ‘Combing Peace’
Marina Sycheva,...