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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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Child Brides

Stephanie Sinclair
Contemporary Issues
1st prize stories

Child Brides

Stephanie Sinclair
Contemporary Issues
1st prize stories
2012

Every year, all over the world, millions of girls below the age of 18 undergo marriages initiated by their families. The tradition of child marriage spans continents, religion, and class.

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Hanging in Iran

Ebrahim Noroozi
Contemporary Issues
2nd prize stories

Hanging in Iran

Ebrahim Noroozi
Contemporary Issues
2nd prize stories
2012

Public executions in Iran, alleged to have the second-highest execution rate in the world after China, are usually conducted as punishment for murder or rape

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Drug Cartel's War

Pedro Pardo
Contemporary Issues
3rd prize stories

Drug Cartel's War

Pedro Pardo
Contemporary Issues
3rd prize stories
2012

Acapulco, the Mexican seaside resort much favored by the 1960s jetset, has become a battleground in the wars between drug cartels that are afflicting the country.

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Brent Stirton
Contemporary Issues
1st prize singles

Brent Stirton
Contemporary Issues
1st prize singles
2012

Maria, a drug-addicted sex worker, rests between clients in the room she rents in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine.

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Afrikaner Blood

Ilvy Njiokiktjien
Contemporary Issues
2nd prize singles

Afrikaner Blood

Ilvy Njiokiktjien
Contemporary Issues
2nd prize singles
2012

An instructor at the Kommandokorps training camp in Carolina, South Africa, demonstrates techniques of gun use.

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Simona Ghizzoni
Contemporary Issues
3rd prize singles

Simona Ghizzoni
Contemporary Issues
3rd prize singles
2012

Jamila (40) was injured by a missile that hit her legs, during ‘Operation Cast Lead’ in 2008.

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Shaofeng Xu
Contemporary Issues
Honorable Mention singles

Shaofeng Xu
Contemporary Issues
Honorable Mention singles
2012

A man climbs a high-voltage electricity tower in Chengdu, Sichuan, China.

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  • The Jump
    Henrik Brunnsgård
    Infinite Cave
    Carsten Peter

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