In Photos: World Press Photo Contest 2018

World Press Photo of the year 2018

José Victor Salazar Balza, 28, catches fire amid violent clashes with riot police during a protest against the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, in Caracas. This photo also won first prize in the spot news – singles category
Photograph: Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP

Environment – singles, first prize

A young southern white rhinoceros is drugged and blindfolded before being released into the wild in the Okavango delta, Botswana. The animal had been relocated from South Africa for protection from poachers
Photograph: Neil Aldridge/EPA