Reuters won the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography this year for its coverage of last year’s violent protests in Hong Kong. Here are some of its award-winning images…
The photography staff of Reuters won the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography for documenting last year’s violent protests in Hong Kong.
Following the win – the newsroom’s eighth since 2008 – Stephen J Adler, Reuters editor-in-chief, said in a statement that Reuters photographers had “brilliantly captured the magnitude of the protests in Hong Kong”.
“Their images were beautiful, haunting, illuminating and deeply memorable.”
Other winners included The Anchorage Daily News and ProPublica which won the Pulitzer Prize for public service journalism on Monday for revealing one-third of Alaska’s villages had no police protection, The Courier-Journal in Louisville, Kentucky which won the prize for breaking news for its coverage of hundreds of last-minute pardons issued by former Governor Matt Bevin and The New York Times‘ Brian Rosenthal, who won the prize for investigative reporting after uncovering how thousands of New York City’s taxi drivers had their lives ruined by predatory lending.
Below is a selection of images from the Reuters’ coverage…
Demonstrators protesting the proposed extradition bill aim their flashlights towards riot police as they are chased through the streets of Hong Kong, China, on 25th Augus, 2019. PICTURE: Reuters/Willy Kurniawan
A pro-China demonstrator films herself as an anti-government protester holds up a sign on her phone during skirmishes between the two opposing groups at Yuen Long station in Hong Kong, China, on 12th September, 2019. The words on the phone read, “Seek an official reassessment of the June 4 crackdown,” referring to the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests. PICTURE: Reuters/Jorge Silva
Mall security personnel urges caution as he tries to extinguish a burning Christmas tree at the Festival Walk mall in Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China, on 12th November, 2019. The property suffered damage after anti-government protesters stormed the shopping centre. PICTURE: Reuters/Thomas Peter
An anti-extradition bill protester is detained by riot police during skirmishes between the police and protesters outside Mong Kok police station, in Hong Kong, China, on 2nd September, 2019. PICTURE: Reuters/Tyrone Siu
Anti-government protesters stand in a cloud of tear gas unleashed during a stand off with riot police at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, in Hong Kong, China, on 12th November, 2019. PICTURE: Reuters/Tyrone Siu
An anti-government protester, who later identified himself as a university student, is chased by riot policemen after skirmishes at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, in Hong Kong, China, on 12th November, 2019. PICTURE: Reuters/Tyrone Siu
A man clears debris following the clashes between police and anti-government protester after a two week campus siege of the Polytechnic University in Hong Kong, China, on 16th November, 2019. PICTURE: Reuters/Adnan Abidi.
