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  • Spot News, 1st prize singles

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2013 Photo Contest

View the entire collection of winning images from the 56th World Press Photo Contest. The winners were selected from over 100,000 images submitted to the contest.

5,666 photographers
124 nationalities
103,481 pictures

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Rodrigo Abd
Micah Albert
Bernat Armangue
Ammar Awad
Anna Bedyńska
Randall Benton
Daniel Berehulak
Søren Bidstrup
Fabio Bucciarelli
Frederik Buyckx
Vittore Buzzi
Wei Seng Chen
Stefen Chow
Yongzhi Chu
Felipe Dana
Jacob Ehrbahn
Maika Elan
Esteban Felix
Jan Grarup
Marie Hald
Adel Hana
Paul Hansen
Aaron Huey
Sergei Ilnitsky
Nadav Kander
Ali Lutfi
Javier Manzano
Chris McGrath
Emilio Morenatti
Tomás Munita
Dominic Nahr
Paul Nicklen
Ebrahim Noroozi
Daniel Ochoa de Olza
Emin Özmen
Thomas P. Peschak
Nemanja Pančić
Paolo Patrizi
Paolo Pellegrin
Fausto Podavini
Altaf Qadri
Daniel Rodrigues
Alessio Romenzi
Denis Rouvre
Majid Saeedi
Ilona Szwarc
Sebastiano Tomada
Ananda van der Pluijm
Stephan Vanfleteren
Roman Vondrous
Fu Yongjun
Xiaoqun Zheng
Wei Zheng
Christian Ziegler

Gaza Burial

Paul Hansen
World Press Photo of the Year
Spot News
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Gaza Burial

Paul Hansen
World Press Photo of the Year
Spot News
2013
1st prize singles

The bodies of two-year-old Suhaib Hijazi and his elder brother Muhammad, almost four, are carried by their uncles to a mosque for their funeral, in Gaza City.

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interrogation

Emin Özmen
Spot News
2nd prize singles

interrogation

Emin Özmen
Spot News
2013
2nd prize singles

A man suspected of giving money to government informants is held at a school occupied by the dissident Free Syrian Army (FSA), in the northern city of Aleppo.

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Collaborator

Adel Hana
Spot News
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Collaborator

Adel Hana
Spot News
2013
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Palestinians drag the dead body of a suspected collaborator with Israel through the streets of Gaza City, on 20 November.

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Gaza

Bernat Armangue
Spot News
1st prize stories

Gaza

Bernat Armangue
Spot News
2013
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Israel launched a military offensive against targets in Hamas-ruled Gaza, on 14 November. Israeli authorities said that Operation Pillar of Defense was aimed at protecting citizens from the hundreds of missiles fired into Israel by militants in Gaza.

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Battle to Death

Fabio Bucciarelli
Spot News
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Battle to Death

Fabio Bucciarelli
Spot News
2013
2nd prize stories

The Syrian commercial hub of Aleppo was the scene of some of the bloodiest clashes in the ongoing uprising against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. Both government and opposition forces considered control of Aleppo to be strategically important to their aims.

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Siege of Aleppo

Javier Manzano
Spot News
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Siege of Aleppo

Javier Manzano
Spot News
2013
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In July, the rebel Free Syrian Army (FSA) entered Aleppo, Syria’s largest city and commercial capital. Rebel-held neighborhoods, initially in southwest Aleppo and later throughout the city, became battlefields, as government forces attempted to regain control.

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Aida

Rodrigo Abd
General News
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Aida

Rodrigo Abd
General News
2013
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Aida cries as she recovers from severe injuries sustained during a Syrian military bombardment of her home, in the northern city of Idlib. Her husband and two children were killed in the attack.

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Wounded Baby, Aleppo

Sebastiano Tomada
General News
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Wounded Baby, Aleppo

Sebastiano Tomada
General News
2013
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A wounded child awaits treatment in one of the few hospitals left standing in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, in October.

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Sudan Border Wars

Dominic Nahr
General News
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Sudan Border Wars

Dominic Nahr
General News
2013
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A Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) soldier lies dead in a pool of oil next to a leaking oil facility in the town of Heglig, after a clash with the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA).

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Pepper Spray

Ammar Awad
General News
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Pepper Spray

Ammar Awad
General News
2013
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Israeli border police officers use pepper spray as they detain a Palestinian protestor during clashes after Friday prayers on Land Day, outside Damascus Gate in Jerusalem’s Old City.

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Syria Under Siege

Alessio Romenzi
General News
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Syria Under Siege

Alessio Romenzi
General News
2013
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Ongoing conflict in Syria between troops and militia loyal to President Bashar al-Assad, and dissidents of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) and other rebel groups, led to escalating fatalities and a massive exodus of refugees.

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The Crescent

Paolo Pellegrin
General News
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The Crescent

Paolo Pellegrin
General News
2013
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The group of deprived neighborhoods known as the ‘Crescent’, around the northern edge of downtown Rochester, New York State, USA, is renowned for its high crime and murder rates.

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Japan After the Wave

Daniel Berehulak
General News
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Japan After the Wave

Daniel Berehulak
General News
2013
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A year after the March 2011 earthquake and subsequent tsunami that devastated large areas of northeastern Japan, thousands of people remained without homes, and the Japanese government was still struggling to dispose of rubble and help rebuild livelihoods.

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At the Dandora Dump

Micah Albert
Contemporary Issues
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At the Dandora Dump

Micah Albert
Contemporary Issues
2013
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A woman sits on bags of waste she has salvaged, at the Dandora municipal dump, outside Nairobi, Kenya. She said that she enjoys looking at books, even industrial catalogues, as a break from picking up garbage.

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Pool Hall Attack

Esteban Felix
Contemporary Issues
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Pool Hall Attack

Esteban Felix
Contemporary Issues
2013
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Bodies lie on the floor of a pool hall, after an attack by unidentified masked assailants, in Choloma, on the outskirts of San Pedro Sula, Honduras.

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Barcelona Demonstrations

Emilio Morenatti
Contemporary Issues
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Barcelona Demonstrations

Emilio Morenatti
Contemporary Issues
2013
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Mireia Arnau (39) reacts behind the broken glass of her shop, stormed by demonstrators clashing with police in Barcelona, during a general strike on 29 March.

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Natalia

Felipe Dana
Contemporary Issues
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Natalia

Felipe Dana
Contemporary Issues
2013
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Natalia Gonzales, a 15-year-old crack user, lives in the Manguinhos slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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The Pink Choice

Maika Elan
Contemporary Issues
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The Pink Choice

Maika Elan
Contemporary Issues
2013
1st prize stories

Vietnam has historically been unwelcoming to same-sex couples, but in 2012 the Vietnamese government announced it was considering recognizing same-sex marriage, a move that would make it the first Asian country to do so.

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Life in War

Majid Saeedi
Contemporary Issues
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Life in War

Majid Saeedi
Contemporary Issues
2013
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The people of Afghanistan have had to deal with conflict and military occupation for much of the past 50 years. Conflict and long-term instability in Afghanistan have led to personal trauma, and severe economic and infrastructural damage.

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In the Shadow of Wounded Knee

Aaron Huey
Contemporary Issues
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In the Shadow of Wounded Knee

Aaron Huey
Contemporary Issues
2013
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The Oglala Lakota people of the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota live near the site of the massacre of over 250 Lakota Sioux, at Wounded Knee Creek (1890). They recount a long history of violated treaties and broken promises on the part of successive US governments.

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School for Less Fortunate

Altaf Qadri
Contemporary Issues
Honorable Mention stories

School for Less Fortunate

Altaf Qadri
Contemporary Issues
2013
Honorable Mention stories

A free school in New Delhi was founded by Rajesh Kumar Sharma (40), who was unable to complete his own college education, because of financial difficulties. Every day he takes two hours out to teach children of local laborers, while his brother replaces him at his general store.

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Joy at the end of the run

Wei Seng Chen
Sports Action
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Joy at the end of the run

Wei Seng Chen
Sports Action
2013
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A competitor and his charges reach the finish of a bull race, in Batu Sangkar, West Sumatra. Pacu Jawi is a 400-year-old tradition in the area, held after the rice harvest once the paddies have been cleared.

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Warm Up

Yongzhi Chu
Sports Action
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Warm Up

Yongzhi Chu
Sports Action
2013
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Young gymnasts warm up at a juvenile sports school in Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China.

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Synchronized Swimmer

Wei Zheng
Sports Action
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Synchronized Swimmer

Wei Zheng
Sports Action
2013
3rd prize singles

A member of the Australian synchronized swimming team competes at the Olympic Games in London, on 10 August.

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Cross Country Steeplechase

Roman Vondrous
Sports Action
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Cross Country Steeplechase

Roman Vondrous
Sports Action
2013
1st prize stories

The Velká Pardubická was first held in 1874, and has gained a reputation as one of the toughest and most grueling steeplechases in the world. Held each October in the town of Pardubice in the Czech Republic, the race has been run almost every year since its founding.

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The Golden Touch

Sergei Ilnitsky
Sports Action
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The Golden Touch

Sergei Ilnitsky
Sports Action
2013
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Years of training, thousands of battles, and hundreds of victories prepared fencing competitors for the opportunity to stand on the piste at the 2012 London Olympic Games to fight for gold.

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London 2012 - An Overview

Chris McGrath
Sports Action
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London 2012 - An Overview

Chris McGrath
Sports Action
2013
3rd prize stories

A bird’s eye view of the London 2012 Summer Olympics.

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I Just Want to Dunk

Jan Grarup
Sports Feature
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I Just Want to Dunk

Jan Grarup
Sports Feature
2013
1st prize stories

Young women risk their lives to play basketball in Somalia. Even though Somalia’s UN-backed government has regained control of Mogadishu, al-Qaeda-linked militants are still active in the city. Al-Shabaab and other radical Islamist groups consider women playing sport to be un-Islamic.

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Sumo Wrestlers

Denis Rouvre
Sports Feature
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Sumo Wrestlers

Denis Rouvre
Sports Feature
2013
2nd prize stories

Sumo wrestling in Japan has a tradition that dates back centuries, yet the sport—which demands total dedication and extreme rigor—is attracting the lowest number of young recruits for more than half a century.

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Thut Ti Gym

Vittore Buzzi
Sports Feature
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Thut Ti Gym

Vittore Buzzi
Sports Feature
2013
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stories

Let Wei is an unarmed Burmese martial art, similar to the forms of kickboxing popular in Thailand and Cambodia. National champion Lone Chaw (36) is a folk hero in Myanmar and in 2007 began teaching at the Thut Ti Gym to pass on his knowledge to a younger generation of fighters.

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Football in Guinea-Bissau

Daniel Rodrigues
Daily Life
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Football in Guinea-Bissau

Daniel Rodrigues
Daily Life
2013
1st prize singles

Youths play football on a field that was once part of a military barracks, in the village of Dulombi, Galomaro, Guinea-Bissau.

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Early morning

Søren Bidstrup
Daily Life
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Early morning

Søren Bidstrup
Daily Life
2013
2nd prize singles

The photographer’s family, early one morning on summer holiday in northern Italy.

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At the Dining Hall

Jacob Ehrbahn
Daily Life
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At the Dining Hall

Jacob Ehrbahn
Daily Life
2013
3rd prize singles

Every day, John McLean (65), visits the St Vincent de Paul Society Dining Hall, in Youngstown, Ohio.

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Mirella

Fausto Podavini
Daily Life
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Mirella

Fausto Podavini
Daily Life
2013
1st prize stories

Mirella was married to her husband Luigi for over 40 years. At the age of 65, Luigi began to show symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease. For six years, Mirella cared for Luigi herself, at home in Rome.

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Migrant Sex Workers

Paolo Patrizi
Daily Life
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Migrant Sex Workers

Paolo Patrizi
Daily Life
2013
2nd prize stories

For nearly twenty years, women from Benin City, in the state of Edo in Nigeria, have been going to Italy to earn money as sex workers, hoping to ensure a better future for their families.

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El Salvador Gangs

Tomás Munita
Daily Life
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El Salvador Gangs

Tomás Munita
Daily Life
2013
3rd prize stories

Large-scale gang warfare has made El Salvador one of the most violent countries in the Americas. But on 9 March, leaders of the country’s two most powerful gangs agreed a truce, saying that the situation was getting out of hand, especially when it came to youth in their own communities.

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Pacified Favela

Frederik Buyckx
Daily Life
Honorable Mention

Pacified Favela

Frederik Buyckx
Daily Life
2013
Honorable Mention

With the football World Cup coming to Rio in 2014, and the Olympics in 2016, authorities have made a concerted effort to clean up the favelas (slum quarters) of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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Little Survivor

Nemanja Pančić
Observed Portraits
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Little Survivor

Nemanja Pančić
Observed Portraits
2013
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Milan (4) leaves the hospital on 27 February, three months after surviving a family suicide attempt in which both his father and mother died.

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Bonnie

Marie Hald
Observed Portraits
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Bonnie

Marie Hald
Observed Portraits
2013
2nd prize singles

Bonnie Cleo Andersen (38), mother of three, has been a sex-worker in Denmark since the age of 18.

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Kayla

Ilona Szwarc
Observed Portraits
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Kayla

Ilona Szwarc
Observed Portraits
2013
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Kayla stands with her American Girl doll, in front of a portrait of her ancestors at home in Boston.

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Victims of Forced Love

Ebrahim Noroozi
Observed Portraits
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Victims of Forced Love

Ebrahim Noroozi
Observed Portraits
2013
1st prize stories

Somayeh Mehri (29) and Rana Afghanipour (3) are a mother and daughter living in Bam, southern Iran. They were attacked with acid by Somayeh’s husband Amir.

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Bullfighter's Comeback

Daniel Ochoa de Olza
Observed Portraits
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Bullfighter's Comeback

Daniel Ochoa de Olza
Observed Portraits
2013
2nd prize stories

Spanish bullfighter Juan José Padilla (38), known as the ‘Cyclone of Jerez’, lost the sight in one eye and has partial paralysis of the face, after being gored by a bull in October 2011. Five months later he made a comeback, in the southwestern town of Olivenza.

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Martin

Ananda van der Pluijm
Observed Portraits
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Martin

Ananda van der Pluijm
Observed Portraits
2013
3rd prize stories

Martin (18) is the photographer’s half-brother. He returned to stay with their mother after living with his father for ten years. The photographer, who had had no contact with Martin over the previous decade, decided to use her camera to help get to know him again.

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Daniel Kaluuya

Nadav Kander
Staged Portraits
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Daniel Kaluuya

Nadav Kander
Staged Portraits
2013
1st prize singles

Daniel Kaluuya (23) is a British actor, comedian, and writer, best known for his role in the TV drama Skins, and as Special Agent Tucker in the 2011 Rowan Atkinson film Johnny English Reborn.

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Ai Weiwei

Stefen Chow
Staged Portraits
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Ai Weiwei

Stefen Chow
Staged Portraits
2013
2nd prize singles

Chinese artist and dissident Ai Weiwei is active across a number of media, including sculpture, installation, architecture, photography and film.

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Zuzia

Anna Bedyńska
Staged Portraits
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Zuzia

Anna Bedyńska
Staged Portraits
2013
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Zuzia is a girl with albinism, and attends a school for partially sighted children in Warsaw. She dreams of meeting someone like herself.

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People of Mercy

Stephan Vanfleteren
Staged Portraits
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People of Mercy

Stephan Vanfleteren
Staged Portraits
2013
1st prize stories

People receiving treatment on Africa Mercy, a hospital ship docked at Conakry, Guinea.

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Mournful

Ebrahim Noroozi
Staged Portraits
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Mournful

Ebrahim Noroozi
Staged Portraits
2013
2nd prize stories

Women in the Iranian city of Khorramabad are dressed for the ceremony of Chehel Manbar. The commemoration of the battle of Karbala, when Hussein, a grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, was killed, is one of the most important ceremonies of the year for Shia Muslims.

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Miss My Parents So Much

Fu Yongjun
Staged Portraits
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Miss My Parents So Much

Fu Yongjun
Staged Portraits
2013
3rd prize stories

The portrait series depicts children in the village of Zhangmu, Chongqing, in southwest China, both alone and with a much-loved teacher Fu Huaying.

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Southern Cassowary

Christian Ziegler
Nature
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Southern Cassowary

Christian Ziegler
Nature
2013
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A southern cassowary (Casuarius casuarius) feeds on the fruit of the blue quandong tree.

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Mimin

Ali Lutfi
Nature
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Mimin

Ali Lutfi
Nature
2013
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A long-tailed macaque, wearing patchwork clothing and a doll’s head, performs in Solo, Central Java.

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Caribbean Trumpet Fish

Randall Benton
Nature
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Caribbean Trumpet Fish

Randall Benton
Nature
2013
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A Caribbean trumpetfish (Aulostomus maculatus), off the coast of Bonaire, in the Lesser Antilles.

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Emperor Penguins

Paul Nicklen
Nature
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Emperor Penguins

Paul Nicklen
Nature
2013
1st prize stories

The flightless emperor penguin is capable of becoming airborne, by swimming at up to three times its normal speed, and launching itself from the water to clear the edge of a shoreline. Recent research shows that the penguins do this by releasing air from their feathers, in the form of tiny bubbles.

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The Cage

Xiaoqun Zheng
Nature
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The Cage

Xiaoqun Zheng
Nature
2013
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Caged animals in Chinese zoos.

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Whale Sharks

Thomas P. Peschak
Nature
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Whale Sharks

Thomas P. Peschak
Nature
2013
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Whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) are slow-moving, filter-feeding sharks found in tropical and warm oceans, and are the largest non-mammalian vertebrates on the planet.

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