Talk:World Press Photo of the Year

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1972: "The young Phan Thị Kim Phúc and other children flee with severe burns caused by napalm, dropped accidentally by South Vietnamese planes."
accidentally ?!?!?
tonii (it.wiki)--147.162.46.106 (talk) 15:18, 2 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It seems to me there is something wrong with the linked images.

The article links the same picture for 2011 and 2012 [1]. The article says that the 2012 winner was Paul Hansen for his Gaza funeral image, but the linked image is by Samuel Aranda, which is also the linked image for 2011. Dlv999 (talk) 13:29, 16 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

[Insert]: Forgot to mention I fixed that. CarolMooreDC - talkie talkie🗽 20:30, 22 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

In addition, the 2009 linked image also seems to be incorrect. Actually it referrs to a woman being escorted by two men, running away from a suicide car bombing scene. Quote from worldpressphoto.org:

 "A woman is rushed from the scene of a suicide car bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan on 15 December. The bomb exploded near
  a hotel in the Wazir Akbar Khan neighborhood, home to many embassies and Western aid groups and one of the most heavily
  guarded areas of the city. At least eight people were killed and around 40 injured in the blast."

Infact, the correct link to the 2009 press photo of the year would be this: http://www.archive.worldpressphoto.org/search/layout/result/indeling/detailwpp/form/wpp/start/63/q/ishoofdafbeelding/true/trefwoord/year/2009 DJMadMax (talk) 10:09, 22 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. After searching by author name and putting that one in I noticed your link (Duh) and put that one in instead. I don't know if World Press changes links or people just accidentally or intentionally change them. CarolMooreDC - talkie talkie🗽 20:30, 22 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I added the new World Press Photo of the Year 2015. Could a native speaker please check if everything is correct?--Ururfaust (talk) 22:04, 12 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It appears that many of the image links are now broken (as of at least 2016-02-12). They return 403 (Forbidden errors). In fact the archive webserver that the older images were hosted on, www.archive.worldpressphoto.org, appears to be throwing 403 errors at the top level. A cursory inspection of worldpressphoto.org seems to indicate that this domain is no longer in use and that they've undergone a reorganization of their content. It appears that all the referenced image links have changed. For example, the 1985 photo by Pablo Bartholomew is currently using this link:

http://www.archive.worldpressphoto.org/search/layout/result/indeling/detailwpp/form/wpp/q/ishoofdafbeelding/true/trefwoord/year/1985

But the image currently resides here:

http://www.worldpressphoto.org/collection/photo/1985/world-press-photo-year/pablo-bartholomew

All the image links that reference www.archive.worldpressphoto.org likely need to be updated by searching www.worldpressphoto.org for their current location.

BrucePennypacker (talk) 14:58, 12 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The photos from 1971 - 2017 are all one year off. For example the pic labelled as the 1971 winner is actually the 1972 winner. This can be checked by clicking on the image link for any picture from 1971 - 2017 and you can see the website that it links to will list the photo as the following year. Simple error but I have no idea how to fix it, just thought I'd give a heads up. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.245.158.131 (talk) 12:32, 29 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

This always confuses me. I'm sure there's something somewhere that explains that the award given in a particular year is for photos taken in the previous year, but I can never find it so can't be sure. --Lopifalko (talk) 13:25, 29 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]