Out Of Thousands Of Images Submitted To The Best News Image Competition, 6 Photos Made It To The Final Stages.

In the following, you can see these pictures and explanations about the images and the desired competition.

The winner of the top 6 photos will be announced at a special exhibition in Amsterdam on April 12 this year. The pictures below are arranged alphabetically by the last name of the photographers.

Warning: The images below contain violent scenes that may disturb some viewers.

Rohingya crisis

Image by Patrick Braun, Panos Picture from UNICEF

This image was recorded on September 28, 2017. A boat of Rohingya refugees trying to escape from Myanmar capsized eight kilometers off Anani Beach near Cook’s Bazar in Bangladesh. Out of 100 refugees who were on the boat, only 17 people were saved. This picture shows the bodies of the victims.

Aisha, 14 years old, Rescued from the clutches of Boko Haram

Image by Adam Ferguson, The New York Times

Boko Haram uses these girls for suicide attacks. This girl has managed to survive. Her name is Aisha, and she is fourteen years old. This picture was taken on September 21, 2017, in Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria. After being kidnapped by Boko Haram, Aisha was on a suicide bombing mission when she ran away and went for help instead of detonating the bomb.

After the attack on London

Image by Toby Melville, Reuters

On March 22, 2017, a terrorist named Khaled Massoud drove a car toward pedestrians on London’s Westminster Bridge. In this attack, five people were killed, and several others were injured. The picture above shows a citizen comforting one of the wounded.

Battle of Mosul; Civilians waiting for aid distribution

Image by Ever Prickett, The New York Times

This picture, taken on March 15, 2017, shows civilians left after the war in western Mosul queuing up to receive aid in the Mamoun neighborhood.

Battle of Mosul, a boy who was saved by Iraqi special forces

Image by Ever Prickett, The New York Times

The picture was taken on July 12, 2017, of an unidentified child in an Iraqi-controlled area. This picture shows Iraqi special forces, soldiers, rescuing the child.

 Crisis in Venezuela

Image by Ronaldo Schmitt, AFP

This picture belongs to May 3, 2017. The man pictured is Jose Vitor Salazar Balza, 28 years old, who was set on fire during a violent clash with riot police during a protest against President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela.

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If you were on the decision-making board, which of the above images would you choose?

Below, you can see a video of the jury discussing the selection of these images.

The winner of this competition will receive a cash prize of ten thousand euros and Canon camera equipment as a gift. The winning photos will be displayed in an exhibition held in 100 different places and 45 countries of the world, and more than four million people will visit these exhibitions.