Picturing the winning photos from World Press Photo Contest 2018. The top prize was taken by Ronaldo Schemidt’s image of a man on fire. You will be amazed by these pictures, because they are describing perfectly our society.

From a girl who was kidnapped by Boko Haram and assigned a suicide bombing mission to a boat carrying tourists from Lagos marina, these photos will impress you.

Check them out for more information and start to see our world through photos!

People – stories category, first prize

Aisha, 14, pictured in Maiduguri, Borno state, Nigeria. Aisha was kidnapped by Boko Haram and assigned a suicide bombing mission. After she was strapped with explosives, she managed to find help instead of blowing herself and others up
Photograph: Adam Ferguson/New York Times

Environment – stories, first prize

A man carries a huge bag of bottles collected for recycling at the Olusosun landfill site in Lagos, Nigeria
Photograph: Kadir Van Lohuizen/Noor Images

Nature – singles, second prize

Rockhopper penguins live up to their name as they navigate the coastline of Marion Island, a South African sub-Antarctic territory in the Indian Ocean
Photograph: Thomas P. Peschak

Contemporary issues – stories, first prize

Veronica, 28, massages the breasts of her daughter in Cameroon. Breast ironing is a traditional practice that involves massaging or pressing the breasts of pubescent girls in order to suppress or reverse development. It is carried out in the belief that it will delay maturity and help prevent rapes or sexual advances
Photograph: Heba Khamis/EPA

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

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

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