The Desert Burns (World 2017, by Alex Kühni) - Swiss Press Award
Alex Kühni
Using a hose against the towering oil flame, firefighters are trying to cool the area around the blaze enough to allow heavier firefighting equipment to be brought in.
Tagesanzeiger, Der Bund (Print und Online)
Photo / World
2017
Alex Kühni
A report on the oil fields set ablaze by ISIS in the Iraqi city of Kajara. ISIS set the oil fields ablaze to obscure the view of fighter jets with the massive plume of smoke. Kajara has since been liberated by the Iraqi army, but the fire continues to burn. The photographs depict the fight against the burning legacy of ISIS and the lives of local residents under the toxic cloud.
