The Associated Press agency has received a prestigious photo prime for photos with the body of Shani Luke. Photographers are suspected in connection with Hamas

Later, AP had to delete photographs taken on that day with Gaza photographers, as well as publish explanations.

“Associated Press knew nothing about terrorist attacks on October 7 before they occurred. The role of AP is to collect information about the latest news events around the world, wherever they happen, even if these events are terrible and lead to mass victims. AP uses images made by freelancers around the world, including in the gas sector, ”said the representative of the agency Nicole Meir.

The video and photographs of how the girl’s body was carried in a truck became one of the first viral materials of Israeli war against Hamas. According to security experts surveyed by the AFP agency, the publication of this video, as well as other videos with the image of the dead or captured by civilians, is in the nature of targeted and sophisticated propaganda, designed to cause a sense of “helplessness, paralysis and humiliation”, and the viral spread of such materials leads to strengthening narratives, public hamas.

PhotoGrapher of the year (POY) is one of the world's oldest competitions for photojournalists. He appeared in 1944 at the Journalism School in Colombia, Missouri. The competition website reports that in those years his goal was to “pay tribute to those photographers and newspapers, which, despite the huge difficulties of wartime, do excellent work; provide the country's photographers with the opportunity to meet in an open competition; Collect and save the collection of the best photos of your time. ” Now the competition is held by the Raynolds journalism Institute, located in Missouri.