Samar Abu Elouf won the World Press Photo of the Year in 2025 for her portrait of a young Palestinian boy. The picture, taken for The New York Times, shows nine-year-old Mahmoud Ajjour with his arms missing just below each shoulder.
Elouf is from Gaza and was evacuated in December of 2023. She lives in the same apartment building as Ajjour in Qatar, where he is waiting on medical treatment. The photo was selected from over 50,000 entries by 3000 journalists.
