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  • World Press Photo of the Year

    Samuel Aranda

2012 Photo contest

View the entire collection of winning images from the 55th World Press Photo Contest. The winners were selected from over 100,000 images submitted to the contest.

5,247 photographers
124 nationalities
101,254 pictures

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  • North Korea
    Damir Sagolj
    Never Let You Go
    Alejandro Kirchuck

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Mohammed al-Law
Samuel Aranda
Salil Bera
Vincent Boisot
Henrik Brunnsgård
Eduardo Castaldo
Yasuyoshi Chiba
Joan Costa
Jan Dago
Simona Ghizzoni
David Goldman
Alexander Gronsky
Tomasz Gudzowaty
David Guttenfelder
Johnny Haglund
Niclas Hammarström
Guillaume Herbaut
Paul Hilton
Rob Hornstra
Massoud Hossaini
Alejandro Kirchuk
Ton Koene
Yuri Kozyrev
Huimin Kuang
Emiliano Larizza
Tomasz Lazar
Lars Lindqvist
Alex Majoli
Ray McManus
Donald Miralle, Jr.
John Moore
Ilvy Njiokiktjien
Simon Norfolk
Ebrahim Noroozi
Rémi Ochlik
Darcy Padilla
Pietro Paolini
Pedro Pardo
Paolo Pellegrin
Carsten Peter
Laerke Posselt
Adam Pretty
Pavel Prokopchik
Jenny E. Ross
Denis Rouvre
Damir Sagolj
Stephanie Sinclair
Brent Stirton
Alexander Taran
Koichiro Tezuka
Toshiyuki Tsunenari
Donald Weber
Paolo Woods
Shaofeng Xu
Li Yang
Francesco Zizola
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Lucha libre at La Loba

Tomasz Gudzowaty
Sports
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Lucha libre at La Loba

Tomasz Gudzowaty
Sports
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2012

Lucha libre, the Mexican version of free wrestling, is probably rivaled only by soccer in popularity among Mexican people.

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World Aquatics Championships

Adam Pretty
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World Aquatics Championships

Adam Pretty
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2012

The World Swimming Championships in Shanghai, China.

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Strelka

Alexander Taran
Sports
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Strelka

Alexander Taran
Sports
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2012

In the amateur street fighting tournament known as strelka in Russia, fighters compete on sand without a time limit. Only a knockout or surrender stops the fight.

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Ironman World Championships

Donald Miralle, Jr.
Sports
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Ironman World Championships

Donald Miralle, Jr.
Sports
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2012

Competitors swim over a school of fish at the start of the mass swim, part of the Ironman World Championship.

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Scrum half

Ray McManus
Sports
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Scrum half

Ray McManus
Sports
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2012

Blackrock College scrum-half Conor Crowley releases the ball after a ruck, during a Division 1A All-Ireland League rugby union match against Old Belvedere.

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The Jump

Henrik Brunnsgård
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The Jump

Henrik Brunnsgård
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2012

BASE jumper Johannes Dagemark takes a leap off a 150-meter-high wind turbine in Skara, Sweden.

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  • The Jump
    Henrik Brunnsgård
    Infinite Cave
    Carsten Peter

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