In this photo from the series "Paradise Lost" by Rossiya Segodnya staff photographer Valery Melnikov, which has received the first prise in the category General news of the World Press Photo award, residents ride down a street in the village of Taghavard, the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. The village was divided between Armenia and Azerbaijan after the November peace agreement.13.04.2021#6517404
In this photo from the series "Paradise Lost" by Rossiya Segodnya staff photographer Valery Melnikov, which has received the first prise in the category General news of the World Press Photo award, Hakob Tersyan (60) looks out the window of his house in Lachin, the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.18.12.2020#6517406
In this photo from the series "Paradise Lost" by Rossiya Segodnya staff photographer Valery Melnikov, which has received the first prise in the category General news of the World Press Photo award, Abovyan Hasmik (69) cries at the door of her house in the village of Nerkin Sus, the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.30.11.2020#6517403
In this photo from the series "Paradise Lost" by Rossiya Segodnya staff photographer Valery Melnikov, which has received the first prise in the category General news of the World Press Photo award, an excavated grave is pictured in a cemetery in Lachin, the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. Some residents exhumed the remains of relatives and took them to rebury in Armenia, when they left their homes in Nagorno-Karabakh following the November peace agreement.30.11.2020#6517402
In this photo from the series "Paradise Lost" by Rossiya Segodnya staff photographer Valery Melnikov, which has received the first prise in the category General news of the World Press Photo award, Murad Mvrgaryan and his son Vahak carry items from their home before leaving Lachin, the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, which is the final district to be returned to Azerbaijani control following the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War.30.11.2020#6517401
In this photo from the series "Paradise Lost" by Rossiya Segodnya staff photographer Valery Melnikov, which has received the first prise in the category General news of the World Press Photo award, Azat Gevorkyan and his wife Anaik are pictured before leaving their home in Lachin, the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, which is the final district to be returned to Azerbaijani control following the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War.28.11.2020#6517364
In this photo from the series "Paradise Lost" by Rossiya Segodnya staff photographer Valery Melnikov, which has received the first prise in the category General news of the World Press Photo award, a burning house is pictured in the Kelbajar region, the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. According to the peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the Kelbajar region came under the control of the Azerbaijani authorities. Some residents set fire to their homes before leaving for Armenia.25.11.2020#6517412
In this photo from the series "Paradise Lost" by Rossiya Segodnya staff photographer Valery Melnikov, which has received the first prise in the category General news of the World Press Photo award, Areg sits outside a burning house in the village of Karegakh, the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. Some village residents burned their houses before leaving areas that were to return to Azerbaijani control following the November peace agreement.25.11.2020#6517405
In this photo from the series "Paradise Lost" by Rossiya Segodnya staff photographer Valery Melnikov, which has received the first prise in the category General news of the World Press Photo award, Anushavan (62) stands in a pomegranate orchard in the yard of his home, in the village of Ukhtasar, Nagorno-Karabakh. He holds a Kalashnikov assault rifle kept from the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.14.10.2020#6517362
In this photo from the series "Paradise Lost" by Rossiya Segodnya staff photographer Valery Melnikov, which has received the first prise in the category General news of the World Press Photo award, a rocket remaining after the shelling lies in a field, in the city of Martuni (Khojavend), the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.11.10.2020#6517363
Rossiya Segodnya Staff Press Photographer Valery Melnikov, winner of World Press Photo 2017 in the Long-Term Projects category, at the opening of the exhibition of works by World Press Photo winners in Amsterdam.21.04.2017#3080271
A visitor to Canon Night for the World Press Photo Awards winners and guests in Amsterdam.22.04.2016#2830882
Australian photographer Warren Richardson, the winner of the World Press Photo of the Year 2016, at Canon Night for the World Press Photo Awards winners and guests in Amsterdam.22.04.2016#2830758
Australian photographer Warren Richardson, the winner of the World Press Photo of the Year 2016, at Canon Night for the World Press Photo Awards winners and guests in Amsterdam.22.04.2016#2830759
Rossiya Segodnya's special photo correspondent Vladimir Pesnya, right, and photographer Sergei Ponomaryov at the Canon Night event for winners and attendees of the Word Press Photo award ceremony in Amsterdam.22.04.2016#2830742
A guest looks at photos by Rossiya Segodnya's special photo correspondent Vladimir Pesnya at the Canon Night event for winners and guests of the Word Press Photo award ceremony in Amsterdam.22.04.2016#2830749
Visitors observing the works by Rossiya Segodnya special photo correspondent Vladimir Pesnya, displayed at Canon Night for the World Press Photo Awards winners and guests in Amsterdam.22.04.2016#2830751
A guest stands by photos taken by Rossiya Segodnya's special photo correspondent Vladimir Pesnya at the Canon Night event for winners and guests of the Word Press Photo award ceremony in Amsterdam.22.04.2016#2830748
An attendee stands by photos taken by Rossiya Segodnya's special photo correspondent Vladimir Pesnya at the Canon Night event for winners and attendees of the Word Press Photo award ceremony in Amsterdam.22.04.2016#2830750
Rossiya Segodnya's special photo correspondent Vladimir Pesnya at the Canon Night event for winners and attendees of the Word Press Photo award ceremony in Amsterdam.22.04.2016#2830741
Rossiya Segodnya's special photo correspondent Vladimir Pesnya at the Canon Night event for winners and attendees of the Word Press Photo award ceremony in Amsterdam.22.04.2016#2830743
Rossiya Segodnya's special photo correspondent Vladimir Pesnya at the Canon Night event for winners and attendees of the Word Press Photo award ceremony in Amsterdam.22.04.2016#2830745
Guests at Canon Night for the World Press Photo Awards winners and guests in Amsterdam.22.04.2016#2830753
Guests attend the Canon Night event for winners and other attendees of the Word Press Photo award ceremony in Amsterdam.22.04.2016#2830755
Guests at the Canon Night following the the World Press Photo awards ceremony in Amsterdam.22.04.2016#2830754
Visitors at Canon Night for the World Press Photo Awards winners and guests in Amsterdam.22.04.2016#2830883
Visitors at the opening of the Exhibition of the World Press Photo Winners in Moscow's Artplay Design and Archirecture Center.14.05.2014#2429540
A visitor takes a picture of a work on display at the World Press Photo winners' exhibition in Amsterdam.27.04.2013#1459379
Visitors at the picture by RIA Novosti photographer Sergei Guneyev that won him the WPP Golden Eye Award in 1985, at the exhibition of works by Soviet and Russian World Press Photo winners in Amsterdam.27.04.2013#1459378
A visitor at the exhibition of works by Soviet and Russian World Press Photo winners in Amsterdam.27.04.2013#1459377
Visitors tour the exhibition of works by the winners of World Press Photo contest in Amsterdam.27.04.2013#1459380
A visitor at the exhibition of works by Soviet and Russian World Press Photo winners in Amsterdam.27.04.2013#1459375
Visitors at the exhibition of works by Soviet and Russian World Press Photo winners in Amsterdam.27.04.2013#1459372
A visitor at the exhibition of works by Soviet and Russian World Press Photo winners in Amsterdam.27.04.2013#1459371
A visitor to the exhibition of the World Press Photo Laureates from Russia and the Soviet Union in Amsterdam.26.04.2013#1459054
Visitors at the exhibition of the World Press Photo Laureates from Russia and the Soviet Union in Amsterdam.26.04.2013#1459050
A visitor at the exhibition of the World Press Photo Laureates from Russia and the Soviet Union in Amsterdam.26.04.2013#1459052
Visitors at the exhibition of the World Press Photo Laureates from Russia and the Soviet Union in Amsterdam.26.04.2013#1459051
A visitor at the exhibition of works by Soviet and Russian World Press Photo winners in Amsterdam.26.04.2013#1459376
The photograph by RIA Novosti photographer Sergei Guneyev that won him the WPP Golden Eye Award in 1985, at the exhibition of works by Soviet and Russian World Press Photo winners in Amsterdam.26.04.2013#1459210
RIA Novosti photo correspondent Sergey Guneyev's work, winner of the World Press Photo 1985 First Prize "The Golden Eye," on display at the exhibition of the World Press Photo Laureates from Russia and the Soviet Union in Amsterdam.26.04.2013#1459048
Photographs by Australian photographer Chris McGrath, winners of the of the World Press Photo 2013 third prize, Sports action, at the WPP winners' exhibition in Amsterdam.26.04.2013#1459053
Visitors look at the works by Swedish photo correspondent Paul Hansen, winner of the World Press Photo 2013 Grand Prix, at the WPP winners' exhibition in Amsterdam.26.04.2013#1459047
Rodrigo Abd's photo Aida, winner of the World Press Photo 2013 First Prize in the General News category, on display at the WPP winners' exhibition in Amsterdam.26.04.2013#1459069
Vladimir Vyatkin, a RIA Novosti special photo correspondent, seen at the exhibition of the World Press Photo Laureates from Russia and the Soviet Union in Amsterdam.26.04.2013#1459046
From left in the foreground: RIA Novosti special photo correspondents Vladimir Fedorenko, Vladimir Vyatkin, Sergey Guneyev; Sergey Ilnitsky, at center in the background, a photo correspondent of the European Press Photo Agency Russian bureau, and Vasily Prudnikov, Rus Press Photo Project organizer, right, seen at the exhibition of the World Press Photo Laureates from Russia and the Soviet Union in Amsterdam.26.04.2013#1459049
A photo series about the Chechen War. Chechnya, Russia. Third prize in the History in the News category. Military operation in the Chechen Republic and the border regions of the North Caucasus. Morning training session of the Russian troops.20.04.2000#6631308
Red flag on Red Square. Demonstrating the power of the Soviet Army during a military parade. The photo won a diploma of the 1988 World Press Photo. Celebrating the anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution.07.11.1987#6632443
Matias Rust lunches in court. First World Press Photo prize in the People in the News category, 1987. Left: Matias Rust, a West German pilot who violated Soviet air space and landed his aircraft on Moscow's Red Square, lunches during court hearings of his case.02.09.1987#6632496
"Don't be late at the finish line," a photographer warns a track and field athlete taking part in a ten-kilometer race at the Goodwill Games. Second World Press Photo prize in the Sports category. Moscow was the venue for the Goodwill Games on July 5-20, 1986.15.07.1986#6632456
"The lightning-fast movements of the table tennis tournament participants do not escape the attention of discerning judges." First World Press Photo Prize in the Sports category, 1985 European Table Tennis Championships in Moscow.15.04.1984#6632448
Photographer Yury Kaver's Dunes. Winner of the 1983 World Press Photo in the Nature category.01.08.1983#8198836
Graphics of Chukotka, Chukotka Peninsula. First Prize in the Nature category of the World Press Photo 1982.01.09.1982#6627997
The 22nd Summer Olympic Games in Moscow. Dmitry Donskoi, photojournalist for RIA Novosti (today Rossiya Segodnya) is one of the first domestic photographers who set high artistic standards in sports photography, the author of photographs from ten Olympics, the winner of the World Press Photo contest in the Sports category, is seen photographing.14.07.1980#8174987
The 22nd Summer Olympic Games in Moscow. Igor Utkin, sports photojournalist, special correspondent for TASS Newsreel, winner of the World Press Photo contest, is seen photographing sports competitions.14.07.1980#8174985
Soviet animal trainer Walter Zapashny stars in a heroic show. World Press Photo diploma, 1964. Walter Zapashny with his pet lion Sultan.01.01.1964#6633177
