The Winning Images of World Press Photo 2025 announced

Finland tops the Ranking of the World's Happiest Countries again | Over 2 million people receive Daniel Goleman's free newsletter on emotional intelligence

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  • The Winning Images of World Press Photo 2025 announced

  • Finland tops the Ranking of the World's Happiest Countries again

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The Winning Images of World Press Photo 2025 announced

The international jury of the World Press Photo award has revealed the winning images of this year's contest, which were chosen from nearly 60,000 works by 3,778 photographers from 141 countries. The World Press Photo, which celebrates its 70th anniversary in 2025, selects each year the best photojournalism produced worldwide.

"The awarded images are those of struggle and challenge, but also of human connection and courage: visually striking works that make you delve deeper into the stories behind the news," said the World Press Photo organizers when announcing the winning images.

The 42 works awarded this year are available in six collections organized by geographic regions of the world. Each collection showcases the individual photographs, stories, and long-term projects that have won this year. For each image, a description or explanation is provided, along with information about the photographer, technical details of the image, and the jury's assessment.

The jury was chaired by Lucy Conticello, Photography Director of the French newspaper Le Monde." My hope is that tomorrow’s lawyers, reporters, and policymakers will be affected and moved by these images, and that perhaps they will strike a chord in some of today’s 11-year-olds, who, having forged the beginning of a relationship with them, will continue their life journey knowing that pictures, and the stories they tell, matter.”  Conticello stated. 

Here are the reflections of this year's jury on the awarded works.

The winner and the two finalists of the 2025 World Press Photo of the Year will be announced on April 17, 2025

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Finland tops the Ranking of the World's Happiest Countries again

Finland leads the ranking of the world's happiest countries for the eighth consecutive year, according to the World Happiness Report 2025 published a few days ago on the occasion of the United Nations International Day of Happiness, celebrated on March 20.

Finland obtains an average score of 7.736 (out of 10) when Finns are asked to evaluate their lives. Denmark, Iceland, Sweden, and the Netherlands, in that order, complete the top five positions in the ranking.

The detailed 260-page report can be downloaded for free or consulted by chapters on the World Happiness Report website.

Costa Rica (6th) and Mexico (10th) rank among the top 10 for the first time. Meanwhile, countries like Lithuania (16th), Slovenia (19th), and Czechia (20th) "maintain an upward trend that highlights the convergence of happiness levels between Eastern, Central, and Western Europe."

The United States (24th) falls to its lowest position ever, and the United Kingdom (23rd) records its lowest average life evaluation since the 2017 report. Spain ranks 38th in the list.

"Believing in the goodness of others is much more closely linked to happiness than previously thought," according to the conclusions of this global report on happiness. In fact, this year's report is focused on the theme of "caring and sharing."

The report's results combine data from more than 140 countries with analyses conducted by experts in the science of well-being and other disciplines. Among other sources, data from the Gallup World Poll is used.

Among the many factors that influence people's well-being levels are GDP per capita, healthy life expectancy, and issues such as sharing meals with others, household size, having social support, the frequency of benevolent acts, the level of political polarization or social trust, the sense of freedom, or the perception of corruption, among many other topics.

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Over 2 million people receive Daniel Goleman's free newsletter on emotional intelligence

Psychologist and science journalist Daniel Goleman, globally known for his book "Emotional Intelligence," published in 1995 and quickly becoming an international bestseller, publishes a free monthly newsletter on LinkedIn titled "Emotional Intelligence."

In this newsletter, which already has more than 2.3 million subscribers, Goleman shares "matters close to my heart, stimulating ideas, practical advice, and best practices on emotional intelligence." 

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Goleman is currently the director of Daniel Goleman Emotional Intelligence Courses online and a senior consultant at Goleman Consulting Group.

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