Long-term projects nominee: Beckon us from home, by Sarah Blesener. Patriotic education, often with a military subtext, forms the basis of many youth programmes in both Russia and the US. Students undergo firearms training at an historical-war camp in Borodino, Russia. The project’s statement says the aim is to “awaken in the younger generation a keen interest in the history of the Fatherland”. (Photo by Sarah Blesener/World Press Photo 2019)
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