A photograph by Canadian photographer Amber Bracken titled “Kamloops Residential School” has won the 2022 World Press Photo of the Year award.
It organized by the Dutch foundation World Press Photo.
The photo shows children’s clothing hung on crosses.
It commemorates more than two hundred children who died of maltreatment, neglect, and disease at the Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia.
Ms. Bracken’s photo also won the Singles award in the regional North and Central America category.