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Winner, photojournalist story award. The healing touch, from community care, by Brent Stirton, South Africa. The director of the Lwiro Primate Rehabilitation Centre, in Kinshasa, cuddles a chimp orphaned by the bushmeat trade. Young chimps are given one-to-one care to ease their psychological and physical trauma. These chimps are lucky, as fewer than one in 10 orphans are rescued. Many people rely on meat from wild animals – bush meat – for protein, as well as a source of income. Many staff at the centre are survivors of military conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2021)
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