👏 On October 21, the Museum of Moscow hosted the awards ceremony for the winners of the 12th Andrey Stenin International Press Photo Contest. An exhibition of this year’s winning and prize-winning entries also opened and will run until November 10. It includes photographs from the new Energy of Life category, introduced this year for photographers aged 34 and over. The Andrey Stenin International Press Photo Contest was established by the Rossiya Segodnya Media Group on December 22, 2014. It is named after Andrei Stenin, the media group’s special photojournalist and recipient of the Order of Courage, who was killed by Ukrainian militants near Donetsk in August 2014. The contest supports young photojournalists aged 18-33 in their pursuit of professional excellence, helping discover emerging talent and uphold high standards in documentary photography. Through their work, participants from around the world explore humanitarian challenges, national identity, social equality and environmental issues. *** 🏆 Grand Prix – Abdul Kader Al Bay (#Lebanon), for his series “Lebanon 2024-2025: Life Between Airstrikes”. The series documents the civilian experience of war across Lebanon – from the aftermath of Israeli airstrikes and rescue operations to mourning, displacement and daily survival. • 2nd place – Sergey Bobylev (#Russia), for his series “Echoes of War”, shot in March 2025 in Sudzha, Kursk Region, following its liberation by Russian forces after seven months of Ukrainian occupation. • 3rd place – Md Bipul (#Bangladesh), for his series “After the Fire”, documenting families returning to the ruins of their homes in Dhaka’s Korail settlement after a fire on November 25, 2025, destroyed nearly 1,500 houses and left thousands without shelter. *** 📰 1st place | Top News category – SM Al Muztaba Rasul (#Bangladesh) – “A Roof of Sky, a Floor of Ash” (single). 🖼 1st place | Portrait. A Hero of Our Time category – Arpan Basu Chowdhury (#India) – “The Stare of Faith” (single); Maria Semyonova (#Russia) – “Dreams in the Dark” (series). 🌍 1st place | My Planet category – Soleyman Hossein (#Bangladesh) – “Life on Sandbar” (single); Alisa Severnaya (#Russia) – “We Live Here” (series) 🤼 1st place | Sports category – Yevgeny Filippov (Russia) – “The Last Phase” (single). ✈️ 1st place | Top View category – Muhammad Amdad Hossain (#Bangladesh) – “Floating Friday Prayers” (single). ⚡️ 1st place | Energy of Life category – Pavel Volkov (#Russia) – “Requiem” (series). 📷 ALL WINNERS OF THE STENIN CONTEST 2026