World Press photo of the year nominee | Injured Kurdish Fighter Receives Hospital Visit | Ivor Prickett, Ireland A young Kurdish SDF fighter was visited by his girlfriend for the first time, after he had been badly burned during a battle with Turkish forces on the Syrian-Turkish border several days before. Initially, she was unable to enter the room because she was so horrified by his injuries. She was coaxed into the room by a nurse and managed to hold his hand a have a short conversation

Photograph: Ivor Prickett for The New York Times