The World Press Photo Exhibition will return in 2026, according to an announcement circulated by ANTARA Foto, Indonesia's national news agency and the long-standing partner of the World Press Photo Foundation in the region.

Details remain scarce at this stage. The announcement confirms the exhibition's 2026 edition but does not yet specify venues, opening dates, or the winners and jury decisions that will anchor next year's display. For a competition that has run annually since 1955, and whose traveling exhibition reaches millions of viewers across dozens of countries each year, the confirmation itself signals that the foundation's cycle of judging, award announcement and global tour is proceeding on schedule.

The World Press Photo contest has long served as the field's most visible benchmark. Each year, independent juries drawn from newsrooms, picture desks and museums around the world sift through tens of thousands of entries across categories including Singles, Stories, Long-Term Projects and Open Format. The resulting exhibition travels from Amsterdam, where the foundation is based, to cities worldwide, and it has become a fixture in Jakarta through ANTARA Foto's hosting of the Indonesian leg.

What the 2026 edition will contain — which images of conflict, climate, sport or daily life will define the year in photojournalism — will only become clear when the foundation announces its winners, typically in the spring, ahead of the exhibition's opening at De Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam and its subsequent international tour.

Readers in Indonesia and beyond can expect venue and date details for the 2026 touring exhibition to follow from ANTARA Foto as the foundation finalizes the program.