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Ross McDonnell: Limbs No. 1, 2012. From the series: Limbs, 2012 © Ross McDonnell, Prix Pictet

Alexia Webster: Two friends, names not given, posing for their portrait on the corner of Cornwell and Hercules Street in Woodstock, Cape Town, South Africa, 2011. From the series StreetStudios, 2011–2018 © Alexia Webster, Prix Pictet

Ivor Prickett: Civilians who had remained in west Mosul during the battle to retake the city, lined up for an aid distribution in the Mamun neighbourhood. Iraq, March 2017. From the series: End of the Caliphate, 2016–2018. © Ivor Prickett, The New York Times

Ivor Prickett: Nadhira Aziz looked on as Iraqi Civil Defence workers dug out the bodies of her sister and niece from her house in the Old City of Mosul, where they were killed by an airstrike in June2017.Iraq,September 2017. From the series:End of the Caliphate, 2016–2018 © Ivor Prickett,The New York Times

Awoiska Van derMolen: #384-16, 2013. From the Series: Imschwarzen Himmelsrund, 2009–18 ©Awoiska Van der Molen, Prix Pictet

Gideon Mendel: Original Image: Rally welcoming SWAPO leader Sam Nujoma on the day that he returned to Namibia after thirty years’ exile. September 1989. Scanned and reframed after accidental water and mould damage in 2016. From the series:Damage: A Testament of Faded Memory, 2016 © GideonMendel, Prix Pictet

Gideon Mendel: Original Image: Protestors outside Cosatu House, after a May Day Rally in which the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) called for a nationwide ‘stayaway’ and protest by workers. May 1986. Scanned and reframed after accidental water and mould damage in 2016. 2016. From the series: Damage:A Testament of Faded Memory, 2016©Gideon Mendel, Prix Pictet

Janelle Lynch: Summer Wreath,2017.From the series: Another Way of Looking at Love, 2015-2018 © Janelle Lynch, Prix Pictet

Joana Choumali: Untitled, 2019. From the series: Ça va aller, 2016-19 © Joana Choumali, Prix Pictet

Lucas Foglia: Esme Swimming, Parkroyal on Pickering, Singapore, 2014. From the series: Human Nature, 2006–2019 © LucasFoglia, Prix Pictet

Lucas Foglia: Kate in an EEG. Study of Cognition in the Wild, Utah, 2015. From the series: Human Nature, 2006–2019 © Lucas Foglia, Prix Pictet

Margaret Courtney-Clarke: Life is Them. Emsi Tjambiru and Beverly Tjivinde dance on the road near their craft stall to flag down tourist busses, 2017. From the series: Cry Sadness into the Coming Rain, 2014–2018 © Margaret Courtney-Clarke, PrixPictet

Rena Effendi: The whole Borca family, from Breb village, puts finishing touches on one of the 40 haystacks it makes each summer in Maramures, Romania, 2012. From the series: Transylvania: Builton Grass, 2012 © Rena Effendi, Prix Pictet

Rena Effendi: The Borca family relaxes after a working day that started early. Gheorghe and Anuța Borcawere married in July 1995, in the middle of the grass-cutting season. The honeymoon had to be shortened. “We started making hay again one week after the wedding,” Anuța says ruefully. This photograph was made in Maramureș, the Romanian-speaking part of northern Transylvania, 2012. From the series:Transylvania: Built on Grass,2012© Rena Effendi, Prix Pictet

Robin Rhode: Evergreen (Selected still 1), 2017. From the series: Principle of Hope, 2017 © Robin Rhode, Prix Pictet

Ross McDonnell: Limbs No. 1, 2012. From the series: Limbs, 2012 © Ross McDonnell, Prix Pictet

Alexia Webster: Two friends, names not given, posing for their portrait on the corner of Cornwell and Hercules Street in Woodstock, Cape Town, South Africa, 2011. From the series StreetStudios, 2011–2018 © Alexia Webster, Prix Pictet

Ivor Prickett: Civilians who had remained in west Mosul during the battle to retake the city, lined up for an aid distribution in the Mamun neighbourhood. Iraq, March 2017. From the series: End of the Caliphate, 2016–2018. © Ivor Prickett, The New York Times

Ivor Prickett: Nadhira Aziz looked on as Iraqi Civil Defence workers dug out the bodies of her sister and niece from her house in the Old City of Mosul, where they were killed by an airstrike in June2017.Iraq,September 2017. From the series:End of the Caliphate, 2016–2018 © Ivor Prickett,The New York Times

Awoiska Van derMolen: #384-16, 2013. From the Series: Imschwarzen Himmelsrund, 2009–18 ©Awoiska Van der Molen, Prix Pictet

Gideon Mendel: Original Image: Rally welcoming SWAPO leader Sam Nujoma on the day that he returned to Namibia after thirty years’ exile. September 1989. Scanned and reframed after accidental water and mould damage in 2016. From the series:Damage: A Testament of Faded Memory, 2016 © GideonMendel, Prix Pictet

Gideon Mendel: Original Image: Protestors outside Cosatu House, after a May Day Rally in which the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) called for a nationwide ‘stayaway’ and protest by workers. May 1986. Scanned and reframed after accidental water and mould damage in 2016. 2016. From the series: Damage:A Testament of Faded Memory, 2016©Gideon Mendel, Prix Pictet

Janelle Lynch: Summer Wreath,2017.From the series: Another Way of Looking at Love, 2015-2018 © Janelle Lynch, Prix Pictet

Joana Choumali: Untitled, 2019. From the series: Ça va aller, 2016-19 © Joana Choumali, Prix Pictet

Lucas Foglia: Esme Swimming, Parkroyal on Pickering, Singapore, 2014. From the series: Human Nature, 2006–2019 © LucasFoglia, Prix Pictet

Lucas Foglia: Kate in an EEG. Study of Cognition in the Wild, Utah, 2015. From the series: Human Nature, 2006–2019 © Lucas Foglia, Prix Pictet

Margaret Courtney-Clarke: Life is Them. Emsi Tjambiru and Beverly Tjivinde dance on the road near their craft stall to flag down tourist busses, 2017. From the series: Cry Sadness into the Coming Rain, 2014–2018 © Margaret Courtney-Clarke, PrixPictet

Rena Effendi: The whole Borca family, from Breb village, puts finishing touches on one of the 40 haystacks it makes each summer in Maramures, Romania, 2012. From the series: Transylvania: Builton Grass, 2012 © Rena Effendi, Prix Pictet

Rena Effendi: The Borca family relaxes after a working day that started early. Gheorghe and Anuța Borcawere married in July 1995, in the middle of the grass-cutting season. The honeymoon had to be shortened. “We started making hay again one week after the wedding,” Anuța says ruefully. This photograph was made in Maramureș, the Romanian-speaking part of northern Transylvania, 2012. From the series:Transylvania: Built on Grass,2012© Rena Effendi, Prix Pictet

Robin Rhode: Evergreen (Selected still 1), 2017. From the series: Principle of Hope, 2017 © Robin Rhode, Prix Pictet

Ross McDonnell: Limbs No. 1, 2012. From the series: Limbs, 2012 © Ross McDonnell, Prix Pictet

See 15 striking photos that symbolise hope – Prix Pictet

12 of the world's best photographers have been shortlisted for the eighth annual Prix Pictet, with all of the images tackling hope in one form or another

Nyree McFarlane

July 07, 2019

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