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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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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
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Syria Under Siege

Alessio Romenzi
General News
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Syria Under Siege

Alessio Romenzi
General News
1st prize stories
2013

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
2nd prize stories
2013

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
3rd prize stories
2013

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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Aida

Rodrigo Abd
General News
1st prize singles

Aida

Rodrigo Abd
General News
1st prize singles
2013

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
2nd prize singles
2013

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
3rd prize singles
2013

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
Honorable Mention singles
2013

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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  • Bullfighter's Comeback
    Daniel Ochoa de Olza
    El Salvador Gangs
    Tomas Munita

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