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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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Never Let You Go

Alejandro Kirchuk
Daily Life
1st prize stories

Never Let You Go

Alejandro Kirchuk
Daily Life
1st prize stories
2012

Marcos and Monica were married for 65 years and, for much of that time, lived in the same apartment in Buenos Aires. In 2007, aged 84, Monica was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. Since that moment, Marcus devoted his time to taking care of her.

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Bolivianas

Pietro Paolini
Daily Life
2nd prize stories

Bolivianas

Pietro Paolini
Daily Life
2nd prize stories
2012

Bolivia is home to some 36 indigenous groups. The country’s president, Evo Morales, the first indigenous Bolivian to hold that office, is leader of the Movement towards Socialism party, whose long-held goal has been the integration of indigenous communities into national life.

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Pastoral

Alexander Gronsky
Daily Life
3rd prize stories

Pastoral

Alexander Gronsky
Daily Life
3rd prize stories
2012

People in Moscow, Russia relax in rural patches within the city’s suburban sprawl.

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North Korea

Damir Sagolj
Daily Life
1st prize singles

North Korea

Damir Sagolj
Daily Life
1st prize singles
2012

A portrait of North Korea’s founder, Kim Il-sung, decorates a building in the country’s capital Pyongyang.

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A mouthful

Johnny Haglund
Daily Life
2nd prize singles

A mouthful

Johnny Haglund
Daily Life
2nd prize singles
2012

A young Wagenya girl catches fish using an age-old method, diving into rapids on the Congo River with a net, and holding her catch in her mouth.

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Radio Haiti

Paolo Woods
Daily Life
3rd prize singles

Radio Haiti

Paolo Woods
Daily Life
3rd prize singles
2012

More than 50 percent of Haitians are illiterate, and only 25 percent have regular access to electricity, which means that battery-operated radios are the country’s main medium.

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Jason & Elyssa

Darcy Padilla
Daily Life
Honorable Mention stories

Jason & Elyssa

Darcy Padilla
Daily Life
Honorable Mention stories
2012

Jason raises his daughter Elyssa as a single parent, after his partner Julie died of Aids-related illnesses in 2010.

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  • The Jump
    Henrik Brunnsgård
    Infinite Cave
    Carsten Peter

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