For the international World Press Photo competition of the year 2012, they were more than 5,000 professional photographers around the world to participate.
The record was announced on February 10, 2012 in Amsterdam and, without surprise, according to observers, the photo of the year comes from the Arab world, emanates from the upheavals of the Arab Spring.
It is a photo of the Spaniard Samuel Aranda taken in Yemen last October and published by the New York Times.
This photo shows a woman holding a loved one injured in her arms inside a mosque used as a country hospital by demonstrators in Sanaa.
Winner of the competition, this photo is called upon to know a worldwide broadcast.
While observers were waiting for an Egyptian or Tunisian photo, Yemen will be in 2012 the photographic icon.
Let us also recall that the World Press Photo exhibition for the past year is currently in Tunisia.
With the support of the Embassy of the Netherlands in Tunisia, this exhibition was indeed shown in Tunis (Cherif Fine Art) then is at the Djerba International Cultural Center until February 24.
In addition, the Tahar Haddad cultural club is organizing a debate on the impact of the World Press Photo experience in Tunisia on Monday 27 February, after five years of presence.
