Children of the World - Amateur

Melissa Lackey USA 1st Place - Outstanding Achievement "A Long Hot Summer" A little boy is curious about where the steam is coming from in his inner city water park

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Damjan Voglar Slovenia 2nd Place - Merit of Excellence "Boy Kara" Portrait of a boy from the Kara tribe, taken in his village Korcho, Omo Valley.

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James Lindsay UK 3rd Place - Honor of Distinction "Bath time" Bucket bath in Laos

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Doug Testa USA Honorable Mention "Apprehension" On the step of his home.

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Angie Conti Malta Honorable Mention "Under her wing"

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Romy Klein USA Honorable Mention "Lost in balloon world"

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Marcin Pech Poland Honorable Mention "Lead" A boy during the flood

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Romy Klein USA Honorable Mention "Dancing in the sun"

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Dmitry Yurchenko Estonia Honorable Mention "Ivan" Portrait of my son Ivan.

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Steve Majsak USA Honorable Mention "David and Goliath " Little Champion in a Confrontational World

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Peter Aitken USA Honorable Mention "Boy on Bench" Young Boy Sitting on a Park Bench

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Liz Hardley New Zealand Honorable Mention "Matchbox Boy"

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Budd Parker USA Honorable Mention "Broken Boy"

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James Lindsay UK Honorable Mention "Jumping" Jumping into the water

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Damaso Avila Spain Honorable Mention "The child of the temple" Cambodian child artist

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Adrian Per Romania Honorable Mention "My Nephews In the scary rape fields" Near Timisoara Romania, rape fields , i ,ve brought my nephews to shot some pictures

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Erik Olson USA Honorable Mention "Shadow"

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Charles Mifsud Malta Honorable Mention "Bubble Shower" A girl is mesmerized with the flight of the children .

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Joseph Lungaro Malta Honorable Mention "Mick and Minnie" Kids covering from the rain in Seville,Spain.

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Clayton Reitzel Canada Honorable Mention "Off to Church" A unhappy young lad lead by his mother and sister to Church Service

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Allan Syphers USA Honorable Mention "The Children Of Mathare" Young children in the Mathare slum in Nairobi, Kenya

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Howard Schwartz USA Honorable Mention "I see you"

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Pekka Ala-Pietila Finland Honorable Mention "Peace of mind IV" This picture belongs to a series of photos from Bhutan

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Ira Dwoskin USA Honorable Mention "Boy Getting Ice Cream"

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Kaushik Dolui India Honorable Mention "Both Happy" Both brother and sister, standing with a pleasing smile in front of their home at Purulia.

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Miriam Ramalho Brazil Honorable Mention "Mongolian Boy" Mongolia, Ulgii, 2024. During the Golden Eagle Festival.

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Rohan Simon New Zealand Honorable Mention "Nepalese cropper"

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Janis Ehlers USA Honorable Mention "Too Young for a Gun" Too Young for a Gun

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Chuck LaChance USA Honorable Mention "Youth Behind Bars" Ready to go home.

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Ahmed Mohamed Hassan Qatar Nominee "Cat BW" the image was taken in india for a child holding a baby cat and looking for her mother

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Allan Syphers USA Nominee "Hopeful" A young girl waiting for the merry-go-round to start at a fair in Bath, Maine

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Allan Syphers USA Nominee "Road Rage" A young boy on the bumper car ride at a fair in Bath, Maine

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Anirudh Koppula Australia Nominee "Footy Time"

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Anne Dignam USA Nominee "Rodeo Girl"

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Anne Dignam USA Nominee "Playing With Dots"

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Anne Grosse-Leege Germany Nominee "Watch out seriously"

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Anne Grosse-Leege Germany Nominee "Three authorities "

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Anne Grosse-Leege Germany Nominee "It's all about trust"

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Arthur Louis France Nominee "L'enfant des sables" In a camel herders’ village, how can one imagine a future for this child in such a sand prison ?

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Charles Mifsud Malta Nominee "Girl and pigeons " Smiles as a girl enjoys the company of pigeons

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Christian Boehm Germany Nominee "The last evening of summer"

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Chuck LaChance USA Nominee "The Invisibles " We are in the world, Fate is our constant companion.

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Claudio Bonaccorsi Italy Nominee "History teaches"

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Dave Cohen USA Nominee "Free To Giggle"

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Dave Cohen USA Nominee "Hide And Seek"

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Dave Cohen USA Nominee "My Playground"

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Denis Sivack USA Nominee "Trail Cycle One" Film capture, archival pigment print.

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Doug Chuka USA Nominee "Little Tough Guy" Lhasa, Tibet

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Doug Testa USA Nominee "Doubtful" Young child in the arms of his mother.

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Doug Testa USA Nominee "Friendship" Returning home from school in Katmandu, Nepal.

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Evelien Geldens Netherlands Nominee "Free" A Black boy sits bareback on a white horse — a quiet image that carries the weight of centuries. Where once Black bodies labored behind horses, hidden from history, this child rides forward: visible

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Evelien Geldens Netherlands Nominee "Shepherd" On the streets of Bali, a 24 month old and a pack of street dogs in a moment of quiet leadership and

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Evelien Geldens Netherlands Nominee "Bubblehead "

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Gary Matson USA Nominee "Kids at the Marathon"

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George Kovalev Spain Nominee "God" 2022

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Hal Kahn USA Nominee "Guess Who Has the Carrots" This lassie thought she could hide her carrots, but the horses weren't fooled.

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Jack Weingarten USA Nominee "Rynek Glowny, Krakow" Boys playing on a statue in Rynek Glowny, Krakow

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James Lindsay UK Nominee "Nambia" Children of the Himba in Namibia

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James Lindsay UK Nominee "Children " Street children in Calcutta

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Jeffrey Andrews USA Nominee "I like that one"

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Joseph Lungaro Malta Nominee "The Train Travelers"

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Kylo-Patrick Hart USA Nominee "Doughty" Portrait of a young boy in summer from along the streets of Ortigia, Sicily.

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Kylo-Patrick Hart USA Nominee "Dinosaur" Encountering an unexpected surprise.

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Larry Jones USA Nominee "Harvard" San Francisco, California, 2015

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Leslie Goldman USA Nominee "Keynote speaker " Waiting in line. Shanghai, China 2018

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Leslie Goldman USA Nominee "Waiting on line" Playing on the light, Dania, FL 2023

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Lilyan Aloma USA Nominee "Alexandra" Analog Image

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Liz Hardley New Zealand Nominee "Young Girl Old Soul"

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Melissa Lackey USA Nominee "Colonnade crasher"

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Michael Potts USA Nominee "Imp in the Evening" Daughter of a friend caught candidly while I was doing another shoot

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Michael Rausch USA Nominee "NishKaWahSuk'-Kickapoo and Meskwaki -Boys Traditional Dancer" Wearing full regalia, this young dancer shows his dancing skills.

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Michael Knapstein USA Nominee "The Pioneer"

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Pamela Rozsa USA Nominee "Away from the Parade" Avoiding the noise of the Halloween Parade

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Patti Lamm USA Nominee "My Future's So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades" Candid shot of a young girl stepping outside a beach sunglass hut to check out her selection.

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Pekka Ala-Pietila Finland Nominee "Peace in mind II" This picture belongs to a series of photos from Bhutan

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Peter Marxer Liechtenstein Nominee "In the streets of Palermo" Two children play in the streets near the old town center of Palermo. The backlight in the narrow st

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Rebekah Helton USA Nominee "Young Admiring the Ancient" A young girl sits at the edge of the ancient Roman Baths in Bath, England.

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Romy Klein USA Nominee "Contemplative Girl"

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Ronaldo Andrade Brazil Nominee "Crianca Guarani" Criança Tupy-Guarani da Aldeia Tekoá Vy`a

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Sam Dobrow USA Nominee "Village Boys on a Bicycle" Two boys pause to talk with a photographer

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Sonal Shah USA Nominee "Lockdown Quiz Photo"

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Viveca Venegas Puerto Rico Nominee "Smoke Eyes" I photographed this Tibetan girl many years back. I placed her in front of boiling water. steam.

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