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Sports story nominee: Crying for freedom, by Forough Alaei. In Iran, female fans are controversially banned from entering football stadiums. On 20 June 2018 a ruling allowed Tehran’s Azadi stadium to admit selected groups of women for international matches. A woman watches the AFC Cup match, disguised as a young man. The photographer, who also had to dress as a man, said: “As a female photographer, I’m not permitted to take my camera to the stadium. Therefore, I had to pass myself of as a boy and use my iPhone to take this shot”. (Photo by Forough Alaei/World Press Photo 2019)
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