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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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    Paul Nicklen

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Paolo Patrizi
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Daniel Rodrigues
Alessio Romenzi
Denis Rouvre
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Ilona Szwarc
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Ananda van der Pluijm
Stephan Vanfleteren
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Mirella

Fausto Podavini
Daily Life
1st prize stories

Mirella

Fausto Podavini
Daily Life
1st prize stories
2013

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
2nd prize stories

Migrant Sex Workers

Paolo Patrizi
Daily Life
2nd prize stories
2013

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
3rd prize stories

El Salvador Gangs

Tomás Munita
Daily Life
3rd prize stories
2013

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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Football in Guinea-Bissau

Daniel Rodrigues
Daily Life
1st prize singles

Football in Guinea-Bissau

Daniel Rodrigues
Daily Life
1st prize singles
2013

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
2nd prize singles

Early morning

Søren Bidstrup
Daily Life
2nd prize singles
2013

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
3rd prize singles

At the Dining Hall

Jacob Ehrbahn
Daily Life
3rd prize singles
2013

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

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Pacified Favela

Frederik Buyckx
Daily Life
Honorable Mention

Pacified Favela

Frederik Buyckx
Daily Life
Honorable Mention
2013

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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    Daniel Ochoa de Olza
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    Tomas Munita

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