2025 Eyes of History® Still Contest: Picture Story – News

A series of news pictures that depicts a story line or single theme. 12 photos maximum per story. A picture story depicting the President of the United States, other U.S. politicians, or U.S. politics is NOT eligible in this category.

First Place


Sabar Bano, 45, who lost her husband in a flash flood, walks through a destroyed section of Dahan-e-Seli in Baghlan, Afghanistan on November 6, 2024. As a woman, I was the only person on my team allowed into this community of women. They swept me away a
2 - Silenced- Afghan Women Under the Taliban - 23446b72-e62a-4782-81bf-f4ad8aa5bfd2
Kabul, Afghanistan
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Taliban and climate change
Somayah Mohammadi, a rug weaver, stands for a portrait in her home which recently flooded in Herat, Afghanistan. As a woman covering Afghanistan, I am always looking for the subtle ways that the dynamic between the Taliban and women and girls plays out.
Schoolboys with UNICEF backpacks walk past as Taliban police officers prepare to raid and destroy an opium poppy field in Parwan province, Afghanistan on May 18, 2024. Girls are banned from attending school after sixth grade, severely limiting their oppor
Recently returned refugees, who first fled the war in Afghanistan and then said they fled climate challenges in Pakistan, stand in a refugee camp in Kandahar, Afghanistan on May 7, 2024. Temperatures in the last fifty years increased by up to 4.3 degrees
A young girl points at a Taliban police officer standing guard at a checkpoint in Kandahar, Afghanistan on May 7, 2024.As a woman covering Afghanistan, I am always looking for the subtle, quieter ways that the dynamic between the Taliban and women and g
Kabul, Afghanistan

Carolyn Van Houten, The Washington Post
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Second Place



Carol Guzy, Independent
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Third Place



Claire Harbage, NPR
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Award of Excellence



Carolyn Van Houten, The Washington Post
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Award of Excellence



Carol Guzy, Independent
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