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  • World Press Photo of the Year

    Jodi Bieber

2011 Photo Contest

View the entire collection of winning images from the 54th World Press Photo Contest. The winners were selected from a record number of images submitted to the contest.

5,691 photographers
125 nationalities
108,059 pictures

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  • Targeted Killings in Karachi
    Massimo Berruti
    Couchsurfin' Around the World
    Malte Jäger

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Christophe Archambault
Daniel Berehulak
Massimo Berruti
Jodi Bieber
Andrew Biraj
Fernando Brito
Joost van den Broek
Steve Christo
Gustavo Cuevas
Fabio Cuttica
Filip Cwik
Marco Di Lauro
Reinhard Dirscherl
Sarah Elliott
Corentin Fohlen
Olivier Grunewald
Lu Guang
Tomasz Gudzowaty
Wolfram Hahn
Mike Hutchings
Malte Jäger
Kemal Jufri
Ed Kashi
Chris Keulen
Olivier Laban-Mattei
Péter Lakatos
Benjamin Lowy
Amit Madheshiya
Javier Manzano
Andrew McConnell
Fernando Moleres
Davide Monteleone
Daniel Morel
Seamus Murphy
Mads Nissen
Guang Niu
Kenneth O'Halloran
Feisal Omar
Ed Ou
Thomas P. Peschak
Darcy Padilla
Adam Pretty
Altaf Qadri
Martin Roemers
Ivo Saglietti
Amit Sha'al
Daniele Tamagni
Stefano Unterthiner
Guillem Valle
Riccardo Venturi
Alexandre Vieira
Uwe Weber
Michael Wolf
Vincent Yu
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Jodi Bieber
Portraits
1st prize singles

Jodi Bieber
Portraits
1st prize singles
2011

Bibi Aisha, 18, was disfigured as retribution for fleeing her husband’s house.

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Sailors

Joost van den Broek
Portraits
2nd prize singles

Sailors

Joost van den Broek
Portraits
2nd prize singles
2011

Kirill Lewerski, aged 16, a cadet on the Russian ship Kruzenshtern.

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Southern Sudan Challenges

Guillem Valle
Portraits
3rd prize singles

Southern Sudan Challenges

Guillem Valle
Portraits
3rd prize singles
2011

A Dinka man stands in front of his house in Akkach, South Sudan.

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The Last Colony

Andrew McConnell
Portraits
1st prize stories

The Last Colony

Andrew McConnell
Portraits
1st prize stories
2011

The Saharawi people of Western Sahara have been involved in a decades-long dispute for independence, in land controlled by Morocco along the border with Algeria.

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Into the Light

Wolfram Hahn
Portraits
2nd prize stories

Into the Light

Wolfram Hahn
Portraits
2nd prize stories
2011

People re-enact the self-portraits they took for the social networking site MySpace.

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Fair Trade

Kenneth O'Halloran
Portraits
3rd prize stories

Fair Trade

Kenneth O'Halloran
Portraits
3rd prize stories
2011

Fairs in Ireland are more than places of trade, often forming an important social and cultural event in the county calendar.

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Editor's pick

  • Narco Cinema
    Fabio Cuttica
    The Flying Cholitas, Goddesses of the Ring
    Daniele Tamagni

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