2026 Edition
French and foreign students voted (14,92%) for photo #17 taken on May 31, 2026 in Paris by Franck FIFE for AFP. The photo shows Paris Saint-Germain's Brazilian defender Marquinhos lifting the trophy at the Parc des Princes stadium during a special event organised to celebrate the club's victory over Arsenal FC in the UEFA Champions League final with supportersFranck FIFE, for the AFP, wins Gaze into the mind of 15 year olds 2026.
Paris Saint-Germain's Brazilian defender Marquinhos lifts the trophy at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris on May 31, 2026, during a special event organised to celebrate the club's victory over Arsenal FC in the UEFA Champions League final with supporters. © Franck FIFE - AFP
While the photograph of Paris Saint-Germain’s Champions League victory topped the vote, the results powerfully highlight the conflicts that have dominated international news: the two photos focusing on Gaza garnered nearly 24% of the votes, and those featuring Ukraine 18.44%. This reflects what resonates with a generation of 15-year-olds regarding the world around them.
Bashar TALEB’s photo came in second with 14,14 % of the vote (2246 votes).
A man sits on the edge of a destroyed building in the Al-Saftawi neighbourhood, west of Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, on December 10, 2025.
Omar AL-QATTAA’s photo came in third with 9,71 % of the vote (1544 votes).
Palestinians watch a five-a-side football match amid the rubble of destroyed buildings in Gaza City on February 9, 2026. Despite a US-brokered truce that entered its second phase last month, violence has continued in the Palestinian territory, with Israel and Hamas trading accusations.
If the goal of the device is to allow each student of 3rd to look at the news throughout the world, it is also and above all to take the pulse of a generation that will make the democracy of tomorrow, guarantor of freedom!
The 2026 selection
Key figures for the 2026 edition
15800
students
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9
countries
Between July and September 2025, all around the world, teachers worked with their pupils on the selection of Gaze into the mind of 15 year olds. More than 15,800 young people took part in the vote!
Students from France, Germany, Australia, Greece, Italy, Morocco, Mauritania, Senegal and Tunisia participated in the operation.
In France, schools from 69 departments participated: Ain, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Hautes-Alpes, Alpes-Maritimes, Aveyron, Bouches-du-Rhône, Calvados, Cantal, Charente, Charente-Maritime, Corrèze, Côte-d’Or, Côtes-d’Armor, Creuse, Doubs, Drôme, Eure, Eure-et-Loir, Finistère, Gard, Haute-Garonne, Gers, Gironde, Hérault, Ille-et-Vilaine, Indre-et-Loire, Isère, Jura, Landes, Loir-et-Cher, Loire-Atlantique, Loiret, Lot, Maine-et-Loire, Manche, Haute-Marne, Mayenne, Morbihan, Oise, Orne, Pas-de-Calais, Puy-de-Dôme, Hautes-Pyrénées, Rhône, Haute-Saône, Saône-et-Loire, Sarthe, Savoie, Haute-Savoie, Paris, Seine-Maritime, Seine-et-Marne, Yvelines, Deux-Sèvres, Somme, Tarn, Tarn-et-Garonne, Var, Vaucluse, Vendée, Vienne, Haute-Vienne, Vosges, Yonne, Territoire de Belfort, Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis, Val-de-Marne, Val-d’Oise.
Over seas, schools of New Caledonia, Martinique and Reunion have also voted.