Submitted by: SUJAN SARKAR

Country: India

Organisation: None

Category: Amateur

Caption: Benjamin Murmu,52, daily worker who earns only $2 per day .One day he was cutting the dates throne and suddenly his eye was affected by the throne ,after a few days he lost his sight.Benjamin said that \"I did not have sufficient money for treatment so I lost my eye.\"This image was taken at Hatipota,West Bengal,India.

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Submitted by: Dmitriy

Country: Russia

Organisation: freelace

Category: Amateur

Caption: saturation of vision

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: Orlagh Conway

Country: United Kingdom

Organisation: OC eyecare

Category: Amateur

Caption: visual screening in Bekoji Ethiopia, VAO volunteer Orlagh Conway

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Submitted by: Shahnaz Parveen

Country: Bangladesh

Organisation: Biomedical Researcher & Biotechnologist at Self

Category: Amateur

Caption: \"Look the world right in the eye\"

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: Rajesh Pandey

Country: India

Organisation: Self Employed

Category: Professional

Caption: Optometry test being done at the Primary HealthCare Centre, Wardha, Maharashtra, India

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: Chen Qian

Country: China

Organisation: Serena Q Photography

Category: Professional

Caption: Protect your eyes

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: Md. Alamgir Hossain

Country: Bangladesh

Organisation: Dr. K. Zaman BNSB Eye Hospital, Mymensingh

Category: Professional

Caption: The world plays in sight ...

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Submitted by: Ivan Petrov

Country: Russia

Organisation: ooo BAR

Category: Amateur

Caption: love of art is stronger than all ailments

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Submitted by: Subeesh Kuyyadiyil

Country: India

Organisation: Sadguru Netra Chikitsalaya, Shri Sadguru Seva Sangh Trust

Category: Professional

Caption: Cataract Surgery Patients During Discharge

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: Tamara Morozova

Country: Россия

Organisation: Уссурийский фотоклуб.

Category: Professional

Caption: Photo \" Ray of hope.\" On photo grandmother Prokhorenko Tamara Stepanovna. She\'s waiting on a quota for eye surgery. Her eye could go blind at any time. In the hope of a miracle, she looks at the sunset in the evening.

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: Zephaniah machoka

Country: Kenya

Organisation: Siloam hospital

Category: Amateur

Caption: 1

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Submitted by: 周樾

Country: 中国

Organisation: 辽宁爱之光防盲基金会

Category: Professional

Caption: 2019年5月，辽宁爱之光防盲基金会举办“爱之光·四川甘孜光明行”公益活动，定向帮助中国四川省甘孜自治州炉霍县的学生们进行全面眼健康检查，并为近视学生免费验配眼镜。

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Submitted by: Anthony Minassian

Country: U.S.A

Organisation: Hawaiian Eye Foundation

Category: Professional

Caption: Burmese Residents Practicing a new skill taught by one of the Hawaiian Eye

Foundation\'s Surgeons.

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: Anthony Minassian

Country: U.S.A

Organisation: Hawaiian Eye Foundation

Category: Professional

Caption: Hawaiian Eye Foundation\'s Surgeons operation on a patient.

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Submitted by: Balaji P Panigrahi

Country: India

Organisation: None

Category: Amateur

Caption: I think to myself what a wonderful world......

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: Rajesh Pandey

Country: India

Organisation: Self Employed

Category: Professional

Caption: A patient with diabetic retinopathy undergoes an eye test

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Submitted by: Akhter Husain

Country: India

Organisation: yenepoya university

Category: Professional

Caption: white cane

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: Ellen Crystal

Country: Canada

Organisation: Seva Canada

Category: Professional

Caption: A man has his vision assessed by the ophthalmologist at an outreach eye screening camp in Adet, Ethiopia.

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: The Fred Hollows Foundation NZ

Country: New Zealand

Organisation: The Fred Hollows Foundation NZ

Category: Professional

Caption: Taitoa, from Savai\'i in Samoa, celebrates with her grandchildren after getting her sight back, following over two years of being blind. Photo taken by James Ensing-Trussel.

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: Anthony Minassian

Country: U.S.A

Organisation: Hawaiian Eye Foundation

Category: Professional

Caption: Hawaiian Eye Foundation\'s Surgeons operation on a patient.

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: MD KAUSAR JAMAL

Country: India

Organisation: Sounak Eye Care

Category: Professional

Caption: Eye Care For All

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: Tiffany Clementson

Country: Guyana

Organisation: Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation

Category: Amateur

Caption: Refractive error testing with retinoscopy

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: Aeesha Malik

Country: United Kingdom

Organisation: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Category: Amateur

Caption: school vision screening in Ghana

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: Ibrar Ahmad

Country: Pakistan

Organisation: Pakistan Instirute of community Organization

Category: Amateur

Caption: Photo taken an awareness session with school children on world sight event, khyber pakhutunkhwa peshawar

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: SALAL MOHAMMAD

Country: India

Organisation: Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences Saifai Etawah

Category: Professional

Caption: #Maddox wing test

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: Rajesh Pandey

Country: India

Organisation: Self Employed

Category: Professional

Caption: Eye test for Cataract being done at Govt Hospital, Wardha, Maharashtra, India

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: Rajesh Pandey

Country: India

Organisation: Self Employed

Category: Professional

Caption: An infant baby\'s eye is checked to see for symptoms of retinopathy of prematurity(ROP) at the Govt Hospital, Hyderabad, India

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: Eric Cheung

Country: United States

Organisation: Atwater-Winton Lions Club

Category: Amateur

Caption: Merced County Office of Education supports World Sight Day

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: Dheeraj Baghel

Country: India

Organisation: Eye hospital, Sitapur Uttar Pradesh

Category: Amateur

Caption: Vision screening

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Category: Amateur

Caption: Vision screening

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Submitted by: Anthony Minassian

Country: U.S.A

Organisation: Hawaiian Eye Foundation

Category: Professional

Caption: X Ray sheets for the ongoing operation.

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: Anthony Minassian

Country: U.S.A

Organisation: Hawaiian Eye Foundation

Category: Professional

Caption: Hawaiian Eye Foundation\'s Surgeons operating on a patient.

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: Rajesh Pandey

Country: India

Organisation: Self Employed

Category: Professional

Caption: Eye test for an elderly to check for diabetic retinopathy at the Govt Hospital, Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: Ibrar Ahmad

Country: Pakistan

Organisation: Pakistan Institute of community Ophthalmology

Category: Amateur

Caption: This photo was taken during screening activity, where child visit one of the hospital supported by Paksitan Institute of community Ophthalmology in Khyber Pakhtunkwa province.

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: Dr.Seema Mandhare

Country: India

Organisation: H.V.Desai Eye Hospital Pune

Category: Amateur

Caption: Parada hai parada!

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: Chen Qian

Country: China

Organisation: Serena Q Photography

Category: Professional

Caption: Sunset within eyes

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: Joel Snyder, PhD

Country: United States

Organisation: Audio Description Associates, LLC-Audio Description Project of the American Council of the Blind

Category: Amateur

Caption: A blind woman, Marlaina Lieberg, examines the face of a statue of a pirate while

listening to a live audio description of the image--Sitka, Alaska.

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: Klienne Eco

Country: Philippines

Organisation: none

Category: Professional

Caption: This worker uses an eye protection as a protocol for their personal protective equipment at work.

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: Hendra Saltra ES

Country: Indonesia

Organisation: HKI

Category: Amateur

Caption: Eye check at moslem school, in South Sulawesi, Indoensia

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: Punyawee Arame

Country: Thailand

Organisation: Mettapracharak Hospital, Ministry of Public Health

Category: Amateur

Caption: \" I can write \" A girl with low vision try to write her name. I get about creating the visual aids.# September 5, 2019.

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: Rajesh Pandey

Country: India

Organisation: Self Employed

Category: Professional

Caption: Eye check up to find out the extent of blindness at the Govt Hospital, Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh, India

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: Olivia Odeh

Country: Palestine

Organisation: St John Eye Hospital

Category: Amateur

Caption: A young boy enjoys the World Sight Day celebrations at the Jerusalem Eye Hospital Hospital Cloisters.

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: Agustín

Country: URUGUAY

Organisation: B.in Ophthalmology

Category: Amateur

Caption: Screening in children and free glases

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: Geoff Oliver Bugbee

Country: United States

Organisation: Orbis

Category: Professional

Caption: \"I want to be a sociologist,\" Undrakh, age 15. Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: Thomas Meyer

Country: Austria

Organisation: Light for the World

Category: Professional

Caption: Video mapping 40x14 metres on Vienna World Museum (part of Imperial Palace) with Music and Event - the day before World Sight Day in the heart of Vienna (c) Thomas Meyer Photography

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: Rajesh Pandey

Country: India

Organisation: Self Employed

Category: Professional

Caption: Eye check up at the Govt Hospital Tumkur, Karnataka, India

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: Dr wajid hussain

Country: Pakistan

Organisation: Darul shifa eye hospital Buner ( project of CHEF international )

Category: Amateur

Caption: Vision first

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: Chen Qian

Country: China

Organisation: Serena Q Photography

Category: Professional

Caption: Rainbows and pupils

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: Anthony Minassian

Country: U.S.A

Organisation: Hawaiian Eye Foundation

Category: Professional

Caption: A mother and son wait together before son gets called into surgery.

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: Anthony Minassian

Country: U.S.A

Organisation: Hawaiian Eye Foundation

Category: Professional

Caption: Burmese residents working in the suture lab on pig eyes.

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: Anthony Minassian

Country: U.S.A

Organisation: Hawaiian Eye Foundation

Category: Professional

Caption: Male Patient waiting in recovery ward to be cleared for release.

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019