In Photos: World Press Photo Contest 2018

General news – stories, first prize

Nadhira Aziz watches as Iraqi civil defence workers recover the bodies of her sister and niece from her house in the city of Mosul, where they were killed by an airstrike in June. By the end of the battle for Mosul, more than 9,000 civilians were reported to have been killed
Photograph: Ivor Prickett/New York Times

Contemporary issues – singles, first prize

A boat carrying tourists from Lagos marina is steered through the canals of Nigeria’s Makoko community, an ancient fishing village that has grown into an enormous informal settlement on the shores of Lagos lagoon
Photograph: Jesco Denzel/EPA