Oh look, the World Press Photo Contest is back, serving up another heaping helping of global misery porn. Prepare yourselves for maximum feels and zero actual solutions. The usual suspects are all here: war, poverty, and whatever the latest flavor of oppression is. Grab your participation trophy, because everyone's a winner in the Oppression Olympics!

The 'Photo of the Year' is some lady crying because she's getting separated from her family by ICE. Surprise! Turns out enforcing immigration laws sometimes leads to sad outcomes. Who knew? But hey, at least Carol Guzy got a pat on the back from the woke brigade. Let's just ignore the actual laws and focus on the feels, shall we?

Then there's this picture of some ballet kids in South Africa. Apparently, ballet used to be only for white people there. Now it's not. Good for them. I guess? It's not like there aren't actual issues in South Africa, but who cares about infrastructure and crime when you can virtue signal about ballet?

Meanwhile, over in Afghanistan, women are having babies without doctors because the U.S. stopped sending free money. Shocking, I know. Maybe instead of relying on Uncle Sam to solve all their problems, they could, I don't know, build a functional society? But that would require actual work, and it's much easier to blame the West.

And then there's the Colombian single mom photo. Because apparently, the absence of a father figure is a huge problem. Groundbreaking. Tell me something I don't know. Maybe instead of taking pity pics, we should be promoting traditional families and personal responsibility. Just a thought.

So congrats to all the winners of the World Press Photo Contest. You successfully exploited human suffering for personal gain. Now go collect your awards and pretend you're making a difference. The rest of us will be over here dealing with reality.