From a skateboarding grandather to little girls running through a lavender field, the world’s largest photography competition has released 20 heartwarming pictures from last year’s contest to ‘spread some joy’ amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The CEWE Photo Award, released amazing snaps from around the world submitted for last year’s theme, Our World Is Beautiful, to mark the launch of the 2020 contest on 18th May.
In 2019, it received 448,152 submissions from all around the globe, which were reviewed by a jury made of experts.
Free to enter and open to both professional and amateur photographers, CEWE gave away €250,000 worth of prizes and ten winners were announced in an exclusive awards ceremony in Vienna in September 2019.
From Hungary to Tanzania, photographers captured simple pleasures of daily life, such as a bedtime story from Granddad in Hungary or splashing in puddles near London’s Tower Bridge, in images that showcase of love and happiness.
From two boys wearins face paint in Ethiopia, beaming at each other with flowers in their mouths to a laughing -couple in the kitchen embracing in Tanzania, these heartwarming images are a much-needed tonic in uncertain times.
The CEWE Photo Award, released amazing snaps from around the world submitted for last year’s theme, Our World Is Beautiful, to mark the launch of the 2020 contest on 18th May. Among the heartwarming entries was this snap taken by Gábor Varga in Pécs, Hungary, of two children listening intently while listening to a bedtime story
The couple that cooks together: In Nungwi, Tanzania, this joyful pair were immortalised warmly embracing in a kitchen by Anna Zięty
Granddaddy Cool! A grandfather hopped on a skateboard to play with his granddaughters in Sierning, Austria, photographed by Josef Hinterleitner
Simple moments: Children playing jumping elastics games in this lovely picture taken by Krunoslav Večenaj, in Koprivnica, Croatia
In Kalaw, Myanmart, two boys could not hide their joy as they played with small tires while running in the street, pictured by Eric Tkindt
No raining on their parade! Two little girls make the most of playtime at home on a particularly drizzly day in Strzebielino, Poland, captured by Emilia Wilgosz-Pete
Two boys in painted faces smile at each other while holding flowers between their teeth in Ethiopia, photographed by Miroslaw Mlynarczyk
On the beach in Knokke-Heist, Germany, friends throw some sand in the air at sunset, captured by Tanja Zech
Little boys play around before a fun day at school in Livingstone, Zambia, in this photo by Carina Pilz, from Germany
In the pink! A little girl is delighted as she plays outdoors with balloons in in Prague, Czech Republic, photographed by Monika Vašková
A toddler eats his breakfast like a grown up while on the phone, photographed in Poland, taken by Joanna Pęciak
The eyes have it! Two children look into the camera and smile for Monika Messavilla in Rangun, Myanmar
Purple haze! Two girls wearing white dresses run in a field in Valensole, France, in this beautiful snap from Boris Jufer
Joyful moments! A little boy and girl laugh out loud in this photo by Pierre-Etienne Vincent, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Playtime! A boy chases a red ball while playing in the sun in this aerial shot by Jean Fraipont, taken in Chiusi, Italy
A toddler laughs in his mother’s arms behind a window in Bag, Hungary, in a photo captioned Hide and Seek, by Mária Szabó
Children splash around in the summer sunshine in this photo by Krunoslav Večenaj in Herešin Croatia
Fun in the puddles: A family shields from the rain by Tower Bridge in London, photographed by by Patrycja Gorecka
A boy presses his face up to the glass in this humourous photo, taken by Jose R. Moreno in Logroño, Spain