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World Press Photo of the Year 2012
World Press Photo of the Year
Paul Hansen, Sweden, Dagens Nyheter
Spot News
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Paul Hansen, Sweden, Dagens Nyheter
2nd prize singles
Emin Özmen, Turkey
3rd prize singles
Adel Hana, Palestinian Territories, The Associated Press
1st prize stories
Bernat Armangue, Spain, The Associated Press
2nd prize stories
Fabio Bucciarelli, Italy, Agence France-Press
3rd prize stories
Javier Manzano, Mexico, Agence France-Presse / Getty Images
General News
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Rodrigo Abd, Argentina, The Associated Press
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Sebastiano Tomado, Italy/USA, Sipa Press USA
3rd prize singles
Dominic Nahr, Switzerland, Magnum Photos for Time magazine
Honorable Mention
Ammar Awad, Jordan, Reuters
1st prize stories
Alessio Romenzi, Italy, Corbis for Time magazine
2nd prize stories
Paolo Pellegrin, Italy, Magnum Photos for Postcards from America / Zeit Magazin
3rd prize stories
Daniel Berehulak, Australia, Getty Images
Sports Action
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Wei Seng Chen, Malaysia
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Yongzhi Chu, China
3rd prize singles
Wei Zheng, China
1st prize stories
Roman Vondrous, Czech Republic, Czech Press Agency
2nd prize stories
Sergei Ilnitsky, Russia, European Pressphoto Agency
3rd prize stories
Chris McGrath, Australia, Getty Images
Sports Feature
1st prize stories
Jan Grarup, Denmark, Laif
2nd prize stories
Denis Rouvre, France
3rd prize stories
Vittore Buzzi, Italy
Contemporary Issues
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Micah Albert, USA, Redux Images
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Esteban Felix, Peru, The Associated Press
3rd prize singles
Emilio Morenatti, Spain, The Associated Press
Honorable Mention
Felipe Dana, Brazil, The Associated Press
1st prize stories
Maika Elan, Vietnam, MoST Artists
2nd prize stories
Majid Saeedi, Iran, Getty Images
3rd prize stories
Aaron Huey, USA, for National Geographic magazine
Honorable Mention
Altaf Qadri, India, The Associated Press
Daily Life
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Daniel Rodrigues, Portugal
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Søren Bidstrup, Denmark, Berlingske
3rd prize singles
Jacob Ehrbahn, Denmark, for Politiken
1st prize stories
Fausto Podavini, Italy
2nd prize stories
Paolo Patrizi, Italy
3rd prize stories
Tomás Munita, Chile, for The New York Times
Honorable Mention
Frederik Buyckx, Belgium, for De Standaard
Observed Portraits
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Nemanja Pančić, Serbia, Kurir
2nd prize singles
Marie Hald, Denmark
3rd prize singles
Ilona Szwarc, Poland, Redux Pictures
1st prize stories
Ebrahim Noroozi, Iran
2nd prize stories
Daniel Ochoa de Olza, Spain, The Associated Press
3rd prize stories
Ananda van der Pluijm, The Netherlands
Staged Portraits
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Nadav Kander, UK, for The New York Times / Time magazine
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Stefen Chow, Malaysia, for Smithsonian magazine
3rd prize singles
Anna Bedyńska, Poland, Gazeta Wyborcza
1st prize stories
Stephan Vanfleteren, Belgium, Panos for Mercy Ships/De Standaard
2nd prize stories
Ebrahim Noroozi, Iran
3rd prize stories
Fu Yongyun, China, City Express
Nature
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Paul Nicklen, Canada, for National Geographic magazine
2nd prize stories
Xiaoqun Zheng, China, Wenzhou Daily
3rd prize stories
Thomas P. Peshak, Germany/South Africa
1st prize singles
Christian Ziegler, Germany
2nd prize singles
Ali Lutfi, Indonesia, for The Jakarta Globe
3rd prize singles
Randall Benton, USA, The Sacramento Bee