Opening on Oct 18, the month-long World Press Photo Exhibition at Bangkok’s House of Lucie art gallery (Ekkamai Soi 8) will exhibit the best of the past year’s photojournalism.

A showcase of the Dutch-born World Press Photo Awards, which began in 1955, the exhibition will display over 120 prize-winning photographs from across the globe under themes like Contemporary Issues, Daily Life, General News, Long-Term Projects, Nature, People, Sports and Spot News.

The World Press Photo of the Year 2017 was awarded to Burhan Ozbilici for his powerful image entitled "Assassination in Turkey" captured in the moments after Russian ambassador Andrey Karlov was assassinated by an off-duty Turkish police officer. 

Speaking about the decision, one member of the World Press jury remarked: ‘It was a very, very difficult decision, but in the end the majority felt that the picture was an explosive image that really spoke to the hatred of our times. Every time it came on the screen you almost had to move back because it’s such an explosive image and we really felt that it epitomizes the definition of what the World Press Photo of the Year is and means.”

See below for more images that define the past year.