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World Press Photo of the Year: 1982

Robin Moyer, USA, Black Star for Time.

Beirut, Lebanon, 18 September 1982. Aftermath of massacre of Palestinians by Christian Phalangists in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps.

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Moyer saw Israeli flares burst above the camps, and went there to discover piles of bodies - brutally shot. He photographed for hours surrounded by the smell of death, while Israeli soldiers joked around. The killers were never brought to justice.

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