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  • Spot News, 1st prize singles

    Paul Hansen

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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    Denis Rouvre
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    Paul Nicklen

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Vittore Buzzi
Wei Seng Chen
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Paul Hansen
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Emin Özmen
Thomas P. Peschak
Nemanja Pančić
Paolo Patrizi
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Altaf Qadri
Daniel Rodrigues
Alessio Romenzi
Denis Rouvre
Majid Saeedi
Ilona Szwarc
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Ananda van der Pluijm
Stephan Vanfleteren
Roman Vondrous
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Wei Zheng
Christian Ziegler
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The Pink Choice

Maika Elan
Contemporary Issues
1st prize stories

The Pink Choice

Maika Elan
Contemporary Issues
1st prize stories
2013

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
2nd prize stories

Life in War

Majid Saeedi
Contemporary Issues
2nd prize stories
2013

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
3rd prize stories

In the Shadow of Wounded Knee

Aaron Huey
Contemporary Issues
3rd prize stories
2013

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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At the Dandora Dump

Micah Albert
Contemporary Issues
1st prize singles

At the Dandora Dump

Micah Albert
Contemporary Issues
1st prize singles
2013

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
2nd prize singles

Pool Hall Attack

Esteban Felix
Contemporary Issues
2nd prize singles
2013

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
3rd prize singles

Barcelona Demonstrations

Emilio Morenatti
Contemporary Issues
3rd prize singles
2013

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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School for Less Fortunate

Altaf Qadri
Contemporary Issues
Honorable Mention stories

School for Less Fortunate

Altaf Qadri
Contemporary Issues
Honorable Mention stories
2013

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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Natalia

Felipe Dana
Contemporary Issues
Honorable Mention singles

Natalia

Felipe Dana
Contemporary Issues
Honorable Mention singles
2013

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

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    Daniel Ochoa de Olza
    El Salvador Gangs
    Tomas Munita

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