The photo was taken 10 days after the start of the conflict, sparked by an unprecedented Hamas attack on Israel. South African Lee-Ann Olwage won the Story of the Year prize with her intimate portrait of a Malagasy family living with an elderly parent suffering from dementia.
The judges said the series of images is composed with warmth and tenderness, reminding audiences of the love and intimacy needed in times of war and aggression around the world. The image is like a kind of literal and metaphorical message about the horror and futility of conflict, the judges said, adding that it is an incredibly powerful argument for peace.’