It’s the most prestigious photojournalist prize in the world.

Now, for the first time in the competition’s 63-year history, the World Press Photo Contest has unveiled the six finalists before the announcement of the winner.

The selection showcases the most striking news photographs from around the world, and the winner will be announced in Amsterdam, on April 12, reports The Guardian.

The photos, seen below, were selected by a panel of judges from over 100 000 submissions.

Take a look at the six nominees for Photo of The Year. Be warned, some are not for sensitive viewers:

Civilians line up for aid in Mosul during the battle to retake the city from Islamic State.
Photograph: Ivor Prickett/The New York Times

A boy is carried out of the last Islamic State-controlled area of Mosul.
Photograph: Ivor Prickett/The New York Times

José Víctor Salazar Balza catches fire amid clashes with riot police during a protest against Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro in Caracas.
Photograph: Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP

A passerby comforts an injured woman after a car was driven into pedestrians on Westminster Bridge in London.
Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters

Bodies of Rohingya refugees are laid out after the boat in which they were trying to flee Myanmar capsized.
Photograph: Patrick Brown/Unicef

Kidnapped by Nigeria’s Boko Haram militants, Aisha, 14, was forced to become a suicide bomber but managed to escape.
Photograph: Adam Ferguson/The New York Times

For a look at the rest of the finalists in other categories, you pop over here.

[source:theguardian]