| World Press Photo of the Year |
| 2008 |
Anthony Suau
USA, for Time |
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| Spot News |
| 1st prize singles |
Chen Qinggang
China, Hangzhou Daily |
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| 2nd prize singles |
Henk Kruger
South Africa, Cape Times |
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| 3rd prize singles |
Gleb Garanich
Ukraine, Reuters |
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| 1st prize stories |
Walter Astrada
Argentina, Agence France-Presse |
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| 2nd prize stories |
Bo Bor
China, Reuters |
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| 3rd prize stories |
Wojciech Grzedzinski
Poland, Napo Images for Dziennik |
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| Honorable Mention |
Sebastian D’Souza
India, Mumbai Mirror |
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| General News |
| 1st prize singles |
Luiz Vasconcelos
Brazil, A Crítica/Zuma Press |
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| 2nd prize singles |
Zhao Qing
China, Shenzhen Evening News |
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| 3rd prize singles |
Kevin Frayer
Canada, The Associated Press |
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| 1st prize stories |
Davide Monteleone
Italy, Contrasto |
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| 2nd prize stories |
Lars Lindqvist
Sweden, for Dagens Nyheter |
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| 3rd prize stories |
Olivier Laban-Mattei
France, Agence France-Presse |
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| People in the News |
| 1st prize singles |
Yasuyoshi Chiba
Japan, Agence France-Presse |
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| 2nd prize singles |
Yannis Kolesidis
Greece, Reuters |
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| 3rd prize singles |
Jean Revillard
Switzerland, Rezo.ch |
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| 1st prize stories |
Callie Shell
USA, Aurora Photos for Time |
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| 2nd prize stories |
Justyna Mielnikiewicz
Poland, for The New York Times |
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| 3rd prize stories |
Philippe Dudouit
Switzerland, Contact Press Images |
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| Sports Action |
| 1st prize singles |
Paul Mohan
Ireland, Sportsfile |
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| 2nd prize singles |
Mark Dadswell
Australia, Getty Images |
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| 3rd prize singles |
Franck Robichon
France, European Pressphoto Agency |
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| 1st prize stories |
Vincent Laforet
USA, for Newsweek |
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| 2nd prize stories |
Alexander Taran
Russia, Atlant Media |
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| 3rd prize stories |
Julian Abram Wainwright
Canada, for EPA |
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| Sports Features |
| 1st prize singles |
Wu Xiaoling
China, Xinhua News Agency |
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| 2nd prize singles |
Berthold Steinhilber
Germany, Laif for Stern |
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| 3rd prize singles |
Tomasz Gudzowaty
Poland, Yours Gallery/Focus Photo und Presse Agentur |
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| 1st prize stories |
Zhao Qing
China, China Youth Daily |
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| 2nd prize stories |
Howard Schatz
USA |
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| 3rd prize stories |
Paolo Verzone
Italy, Agence Vu/Agenzia Grazia Neri for Le Monde 2 |
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| Contemporary Issues |
| 1st prize singles |
Mashid Mohadjerin
Belgium, Reporters/Redux Pictures |
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| 2nd prize singles |
Guillaume Herbaut
France, Oeil Public for La Croix |
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| 3rd prize singles |
Véronique de Viguerie
France, Getty Images for Marie Claire |
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| Honorable Mention |
Henry Agudelo
Colombia, El Colombiano |
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| 1st prize stories |
Carlos Cazalis
Mexico, Corbis |
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| 2nd prize stories |
Johan Bävman
Sweden, Sydsvenska Dagbladet |
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| 3rd prize stories |
Massimo Siragusa
Italy, Contrasto |
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| Daily Life |
| 1st prize singles |
Lissette Lemus
El Salvador, El Diario de Hoy |
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| 2nd prize singles |
Mattia Insolera
Italy, Agenzia Grazia Neri for El Periódico |
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| 3rd prize singles |
Tomasz Wiech
Poland, Gazeta Wyborcza Krakow |
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| Honorable Mention |
Eraldo Peres
Brazil, The Associated Press |
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| 1st prize stories |
Brenda Ann Kenneally
USA, The Raw File |
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| 2nd prize stories |
Anthony Suau
USA, for Time |
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| 3rd prize stories |
Gen Yamaguchi
Japan, for St. Petersburg Times |
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| Portraits |
| 1st prize singles |
Yuri Kozyrev
Russia, Noor for Time |
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| 2nd prize singles |
Jérôme Bonnet
France, Corbis Outline for Libération |
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| 3rd prize singles |
Sung Nam-Hun
South Korea, for Photonet |
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| 1st prize stories |
Carlo Gianferro
Italy, for Postcart |
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| 2nd prize stories |
Pep Bonet
Spain, Noor for Positive Lives |
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| 3rd prize stories |
Li Jiejun
China, New Express Daily |
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| Arts and Entertainment |
| 1st prize singles |
Giulio Di Sturco
Italy, Agenzia Grazia Neri |
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| 2nd prize singles |
Jérôme Bonnet
France, Corbis Outline for Le Monde 2 |
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| 3rd prize singles |
André Vieira
Brazil, Focus Photo und Presse Agentur |
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| 1st prize stories |
Roger Cremers
the Netherlands |
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| 2nd prize stories |
Kacper Kowalski
Poland, Kosycarz Foto Press |
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| 3rd prize stories |
Jonathan Torgovnik
USA, for Geo |
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| Nature |
| 1st prize singles |
Carlos F. Gutiérrez
Chile, Patagonia Press for La Tercera |
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| 2nd prize singles |
Jeremy Lock
USA, US Air Force |
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| 3rd prize singles |
Alexey Bushov
Russia |
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| 1st prize stories |
Steve Winter
USA, National Geographic Magazine |
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| 2nd prize stories |
Fu Yongjun
China, Hangzhou City Express |
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| 3rd prize stories |
Heidi & Hans-Jürgen Koch
Germany, for Stern |
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