In Photos: World Press Photo Contest 2018

Sport – singles, first prize

Competitors from the Up’ards and Down’ards teams reach for the ball during the annual Royal Shrovetide football match in Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England
Photograph: Oliver Scarff/AFP/Getty Images

Nature – singles, first prize

A bald eagle scavenges for scraps of meat in the garbage bins of a supermarket in Dutch Harbor, Alaska, US
Photograph: Corey Arnold/AP