The Guardian’s team of picture editors highlights the work of some of the photographers whose pictures have stood out in 2021. An overall favourite will be announced towards the end of the year
- See 2020’s shortlist and the overall winner – Hector Retamal
It’s that time again, when the photo editors on the picture desk at the Guardian sift through the edits of the best of the millions of images that they see over the course of a year, supplied by the various press agencies from around the world, from staff and freelancers alike.
It is not possible to mention as many of the talented photographers who have supported our journalism visually, creating outstanding work and stories of their own, as we would like to but we have picked out a few.
Drug users detained during a Taliban raid walk in line on their way to the detoxification ward of the Avicenna Medical hospital for drug treatment in Kabul, Afghanistan, 2 October 2021.
