InterAction’s 2023 Photo Contest Winners

At Forum 2023 held on October 19 in Washington D.C., InterAction unveiled the winners of this year’s photo contest. The two top prize winners, three runners up, and five honorable mentions were selected from over 375 photo submissions.

InterAction’s annual photo contest draws submissions from around the globe that illustrate innovative, effective, and inspiring efforts in international relief and development. Pictures exemplifying self-reliance, innovative technology, shared values, partnerships, and delivery of humanitarian assistance are encouraged, though entries are not limited to those categories. All images capture work done outside the United States.

Here are this year’s winners, runners up, and honorable mentions:

Winner: Hadi Dehghanpour

Winner: Aung Chan Thar

Runner Up: Litan Das

Runner Up: Showrav Chowdhury

Runner Up: Maho See

Honorable Mention: Md Zakir Hossain

Honorable Mention: Salahuddin Ahmed

Honorable Mention: Rayhan Ahmed

Honorable Mention: Navin Kumar

Honorable Mention: Prashanta Hridoy

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Note: Entrants agreed to make their photo available to the public under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC) license.