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Palestinian photographer Mahmoud Abu Hamda wins Bayeux awards for Gaza work
Palestinian freelance photographer Mahmoud Abu Hamda won the photography prize at the Bayeux awards for war correspondents on October 10.
He also received the audience’s choice award for his work, “What the war leaves behind it.”
Abu Hamda is based in the Gaza Strip and did not attend the ceremony in Bayeux, France, sending a video message instead.
The awards recognize reporting from conflict zones.
Other top prizes went to The Washington Post for print reporting from Ukraine, NPR for radio reporting from Gaza and CNN for television reporting from the West Bank.
The results highlight journalism documenting the effects of war and conflict in several places.
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Palestinian freelancer Mahmoud Abu Hamda won the photography prize at the Bayeux awards for war correspondents for his work from Gaza.
He also won the Public's Choice award for his reportage, "What the war leaves behind it."
Abu Hamda, who is based in the Gaza Strip, was not at the ceremony in Bayeux, France, and sent a video message.
The awards also recognized reporting from Ukraine, Gaza and the West Bank.
- Who
- Palestinian freelancer Mahmoud Abu Hamda.
- What
- He won the photography prize and the Public's Choice award at the Bayeux awards for war correspondents.
- When
- Saturday, October 10, 2026.
- Where
- The ceremony was in Bayeux, France; Abu Hamda's work was from Gaza.
- Why
- He was recognized for his photography and reportage from Gaza.
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A photograph by Jehad Alshrafi was removed from a sports photography festival in Deauville before a court ordered it reinstated.
Abu Hamda won the Bayeux photography prize and the Public's Choice award.
- Photography prize winner
- Mahmoud Abu Hamda
- Additional award
- Public's Choice award
- Awarded reportage
- What the war leaves behind it
- Award location
- Bayeux, France
- Award date
- October 10, 2026
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