The heartbreaking photo was already named2024 World Press Photo of the Year.
The win was particularly poignant for Reuters, whose staff face grave danger while out on assignment.
The photography prize was one of two Pulitzers that Reuters took home.
Left: Mohammed Salem/Reuters | Right: AP Photo/Ivan Valencia
Haitian migrants wade through water as they cross the Darién Gap from Colombia to Panama in hopes of reaching the U.S., Tuesday, May 9, 2023. (Photo: AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)
In a final embrace Inas Abu Maamar, 36, cradles the shroud-wrapped body of her five-year-old niece, Saly, who died in Israeli strikes on Khan Younis, at the Nasser Hospital morgue before her funeral in southern Gaza, October 17, 2023. (Photo: Mohammed Salem/Reuters)
