Spot News - Honorable mention
Scott Nelson
World Picture Network
World Picture Network
07 May, 2005
Five pupils from Aqida girls' school suffer injuries from the explosion of a suicide bomb. The car bomb, targeting a passing civilian contractor convoy, killed 22 people and wounded more than 35 in a crowded Tahrir Square. January elections in Iraq did not stem countrywide insurgency, which became increasingly sectarian. Predominantly Sunni insurgents targeted Shiite and Kurdish civilians in suicide bombings. A Pentagon report said that nearly 26,000 Iraqis had been killed or wounded in attacks by insurgents by October 2005.