
The World Press Photo Foundation has announced its 2025 Photo of the Year, awarding the top prize to a powerful and deeply distressing image that captures the human impact of U.S. immigration enforcement.
Titled Separated by ICE, the photograph was taken by independent photojournalist Carol Guzy inside New York’s Jacob K. Javits Federal Building. It captures the moment two young girls cling desperately to their father, Luis, an Ecuadorian migrant, as he is detained by immigration authorities.