Founded in 2011, Pictures of the Year Latin America, or POY Latam , is a biennial documentary and artistic photography contest in Ibero-America. It was created with the support of the Missouri School of Journalism Pictures of the Year International (POY), a program of the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute.
This year, Associated Press photographer Rodrigo Abd was named the POY Latam 2025 Photojournalist of the Year. Abd has spent years documenting social struggles and upheavals across Latin America.