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Photoreporters From 76 States Send Photos to 2017 Andrei Stenin Photo Contest

© Sputnik / Vladimir Astapkovich / Go to the mediabankPhoto exhibition of the winning entries of the Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest – 2015. File photo
Photo exhibition of the winning entries of the Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest – 2015. File photo - Sputnik International
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Young photojournalists from 76 countries have sent approximately 5,000 photographs to the 2017 Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest organized by Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest aims to support young photographers and to draw public attention to the challenges of photojournalism in today’s world.

A visitor at the opening of a photo exhibition of the prizewinners in the Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest in Moscow. File photo - Sputnik International
A Few Days Left Until Start of Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest

"The contest is in its third consecutive year and each year we see an increase in the number of participating countries and that is good news. The contest has become a real international platform for young photojournalists from across the world. We have already looked through many photographs sent in to the contest… The photographers are trying to attract attention to existing problems and people," Alexander Shtol, the director of Rossiya Segodnya Photo Information Directorate, said.

A visitor at the opening of a photo exhibition of the prizewinners in the Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest in Moscow. File photo - Sputnik International
Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest Admission Deadline Announced

Young journalists could submit entries for the contest until March 23, with the greatest number of photographs sent in from Russia, India, Italy, Iran, Belarus, Spain, South Africa, Poland and Bangladesh. In 2017, the most popular categories are "My Planet" and "Portrait. A Hero of Our Time."

The shortlist for the photo contest is to be announced on May 19, 2017, while the award ceremony will be held in the Russian capital in the fall.

The international photo contest was first organized in December 2014 in memory of Stenin who was killed in eastern Ukraine on August 6, 2014, when the car he was driving while on an editorial assignment was shot at and burned on a highway.

© Sputnik / Vladimir Astapkovich / Go to the mediabankA visitor at the opening of a photo exhibition of the prizewinners in the Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest in Moscow.
A visitor at the opening of a photo exhibition of the prizewinners in the Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest in Moscow. File photo - Sputnik International
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A visitor at the opening of a photo exhibition of the prizewinners in the Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest in Moscow.
© Sputnik / Valeriy Melnikov / Go to the mediabankVisitors at the exhibition by winners of the Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest.
Visitors at the exhibition by winners of the Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest - Sputnik International
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Visitors at the exhibition by winners of the Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest.
© Sputnik / Iliya Pitalev / Go to the mediabankPhotographic exhibition of MIA "Rossiya Segodnya" news agency photo correspondent Andrei Stenin killed in Ukraine on professional duty.
Photographic exhibition of MIA Rossiya Segodnya news agency photo correspondent Andrei Stenin killed in Ukraine on professional duty. - Sputnik International
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Photographic exhibition of MIA "Rossiya Segodnya" news agency photo correspondent Andrei Stenin killed in Ukraine on professional duty.
© Sputnik / Iliya Pitalev / Go to the mediabankPhotographic exhibition of MIA "Rossiya Segodnya" news agency photo correspondent Andrei Stenin killed in Ukraine on professional duty.
Photographic exhibition of MIA Rossiya Segodnya news agency photo correspondent Andrei Stenin killed in Ukraine on professional duty. - Sputnik International
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Photographic exhibition of MIA "Rossiya Segodnya" news agency photo correspondent Andrei Stenin killed in Ukraine on professional duty.
© Sputnik / Iliya Pitalev / Go to the mediabankJournalists by the photo exposition of Andrei Stenin, a photo correspondent of the Rossiya Segodnya news agency, who was killed in Ukraine while performing his professional duty.
Journalists by the photo exposition of Andrei Stenin, a photo correspondent of the Rossiya Segodnya news agency, who was killed in Ukraine while performing his professional duty. - Sputnik International
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Journalists by the photo exposition of Andrei Stenin, a photo correspondent of the Rossiya Segodnya news agency, who was killed in Ukraine while performing his professional duty.
© Sputnik / Go to the mediabankFlash mob #Free Andrew in support of the Russia Today photograper Andrei Stenin who has got lost in Ukraine.
Flash mob in support of photographer Andrei Stenin - Sputnik International
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Flash mob #Free Andrew in support of the Russia Today photograper Andrei Stenin who has got lost in Ukraine.
© Sputnik / Go to the mediabankFlowers and candles at the Gornyatsky middle and senior school in the town of Snezhnoye during the Andrei Stenin Remembrance Day organized to honor the Rossiya Segodnya photojournalist killed in Ukraine while doing his job.
Andrei Stenin Remembrance Day at Gornyatsky School in Snezhnoye - Sputnik International
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Flowers and candles at the Gornyatsky middle and senior school in the town of Snezhnoye during the Andrei Stenin Remembrance Day organized to honor the Rossiya Segodnya photojournalist killed in Ukraine while doing his job.
© Sputnik / Go to the mediabankA memorial plaque on the wall of the Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency honoring Rossiya Segodnya press photographer Andrei Stenin who was killed in the line of duty in 2014 in Ukraine.
A memorial plaque on the wall of the Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency honoring Rossiya Segodnya press photographer Andrei Stenin who was killed in the line of duty in 2014 in Ukraine. - Sputnik International
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A memorial plaque on the wall of the Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency honoring Rossiya Segodnya press photographer Andrei Stenin who was killed in the line of duty in 2014 in Ukraine.
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A visitor at the opening of a photo exhibition of the prizewinners in the Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest in Moscow.
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Visitors at the exhibition by winners of the Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest.
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Photographic exhibition of MIA "Rossiya Segodnya" news agency photo correspondent Andrei Stenin killed in Ukraine on professional duty.
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Photographic exhibition of MIA "Rossiya Segodnya" news agency photo correspondent Andrei Stenin killed in Ukraine on professional duty.
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Journalists by the photo exposition of Andrei Stenin, a photo correspondent of the Rossiya Segodnya news agency, who was killed in Ukraine while performing his professional duty.
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Flash mob #Free Andrew in support of the Russia Today photograper Andrei Stenin who has got lost in Ukraine.
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Flowers and candles at the Gornyatsky middle and senior school in the town of Snezhnoye during the Andrei Stenin Remembrance Day organized to honor the Rossiya Segodnya photojournalist killed in Ukraine while doing his job.
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A memorial plaque on the wall of the Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency honoring Rossiya Segodnya press photographer Andrei Stenin who was killed in the line of duty in 2014 in Ukraine.

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