A photograph of crosses with little girls' dresses hanging from them near a Canadian boarding school where the remains of some 215 indigenous children were found last year has won the World Press Photo Award for the year 2022.
The photo, taken by Edmonton-based photographer Amber Bracken, captures a quiet moment of reflection () on the history of colonialism not only in Canada but around the world, said Rena Effendi, a member of the jury.
On the right side of the photo, published by The New York Times, little girls' dresses in red and ochre hang from crosses beside a highway in Kamloops, a small town in British Columbia.
On the left, the curve of a rainbow that ends at the site where the mass grave was discovered, where a so-called boarding school, established a century ago to forcibly assimilate the indigenous population, stood.
This mass grave was the first of a series discovered, forcing Canadians to confront their colonial past. Various searches for these old Indian cottages are being conducted across the country.
I don't get the impression that this is a photograph that could be mine, Amber Bracken, 38, told AFP. It was a depiction of something the community created to honour and bring back the memory of its lost children, she said.
Authorities estimate a total of more than 4,000 children may have been reported missing.
Source: CNA
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