西亞、中亞及南亞，單幅照片

世界新聞攝影展 年度照片

Samar Abu Elouf

巴勒斯坦，紐約時報

九歲的馬哈茂德・阿久爾

2024年6月28日，在卡達的杜哈。當年3月在加薩市區遭以色列襲擊而受傷的九歲男孩馬哈茂德·阿久爾，在卡達接受庇護與治療。

當家人為躲避襲擊而逃難時，馬哈茂德因轉身回頭，催促大家快跑，結果讓爆炸奪走了他的一隻手臂，另一隻也受到重傷。他與家人最終被撤離至卡達。經治療後，馬哈茂德學會用腳玩手機、寫字、開門。他的願望很簡單——裝上義肢，像其他孩子一樣生活。戰爭對兒童造成的傷害極為嚴重。根據聯合國估計，截至2024年12月，加薩成為全球兒童截肢率最高的地區。

這位攝影師本身也來自加薩，她於2023年12月被撤離，目前與馬哈茂德一家住在杜哈的同一個社區。她與這些倖存下來的家庭建立深厚的連結，並記錄下少數幾位受重傷的加薩人，他們成功逃出接受治療。

〈 人的韌性 〉

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West, Central and South Asia, Singles category

World Press Photo of the Year

Samar Abu Elouf

Palestine, for The New York Times

Mahmoud Ajjour, Aged Nine

Mahmoud Ajjour (9), who was injured during an Israeli attack on Gaza City in March 2024, finds refuge and medical help in Qatar. Doha, Qatar, 28 June 2024

As his family fled an Israeli assault, Mahmoud turned back to urge others onward. An explosion severed one of his arms and mutilated the other. The family were evacuated to Qatar where, after medical treatment, Mahmoud is learning to play games on his phone, write, and open doors with his feet. Mahmoud’s dream is simple: he wants to get prosthetics and live his life as any other child. Children are disproportionately impacted by the war. The UN estimates that by December 2024, Gaza had the highest number of child amputees per capita anywhere in the world.

The photographer, who is from Gaza and was herself evacuated in December 2023, lives in the same Doha apartment complex as Mahmoud. She has bonded with families there, and documented the few badly wounded Gazans who made it out for treatment.

〈 Resilience 〉