WORLD PRESS PHOTO AWARDS (WORLD PRESS PHOTO is a photography award held by the international professional press photography foundation, because its headquarters in the Netherlands, also known as the "Dutch Awards"; is the most authoritative international press photography competition, since 1957 held the first world press photography competition, to 2015 has been held 58 times. It has been held 58 times since 1957.

The organizers of the World Press Photo Awards emphasize The awards are divided into 10 categories: breaking news, general news, news people, sports action, sports topics, contemporary hotspots, daily life, portrait, art and nature, basically covering all aspects of photojournalism.

Each category is also divided into two categories: single and group photos, with the maximum number of group photos not exceeding 12. Each category will be awarded the first, second and third prizes, and the competition will award the best news photo of the year from all the entries in 10 categories and 20 items. The children's jury selects one of the winning photos for the "Children's Award".

The diversity of the subjects covered by the Hershey Prize makes it possible to cover not only the major events of each year, but also the daily life of human beings.