<strong>World Press Photo of the Year 2013: </strong>African migrants on the shore of Djibouti raise their phones in an attempt to capture an inexpensive signal from neighboring Somalia, a tenuous link to relatives abroad. Djibouti is a common stop-off point for migrants on their way from such countries as Somalia, Ethiopia and Eritrea, seeking a better life in Europe and the Middle East. The following are a selection of the other World Press Photo winners.
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World Press Photo of the Year 2013: African migrants on the shore of Djibouti raise their phones in an attempt to capture an inexpensive signal from neighboring Somalia, a tenuous link to relatives abroad. Djibouti is a common stop-off point for migrants on their way from such countries as Somalia, Ethiopia and Eritrea, seeking a better life in Europe and the Middle East. The following are a selection of the other World Press Photo winners.
John Stanmeyer for National Geographic
<strong>1st Prize General News Single: </strong>Military Ramp, an emergency refugee center, was opened in September in an abandoned school in Sofia, Bulgaria. The center provides housing for about 800 Syrian refugees, including 390 children. Bulgaria, already hard hit by the economic crisis and heightened political instability, is confronting a refugee crisis that appears to coincide with increased efforts by Greece to close off its border with Turkey. Bulgaria, however, is totally unprepared to face a refugee crisis.
2014 World Press Photo Contest —
1st Prize General News Single: Military Ramp, an emergency refugee center, was opened in September in an abandoned school in Sofia, Bulgaria. The center provides housing for about 800 Syrian refugees, including 390 children. Bulgaria, already hard hit by the economic crisis and heightened political instability, is confronting a refugee crisis that appears to coincide with increased efforts by Greece to close off its border with Turkey. Bulgaria, however, is totally unprepared to face a refugee crisis.
Alessandro Penso/OnOff Picture
<strong>2nd Prize General News Stories: </strong>Demonstrators gather in Bangui, Central African Republic, to call for the resignation of interim President Michel Djotodia after the killing of Judge Modeste Martineau Bria by members of the rebel coalition Seleka. The current crisis, triggered by yet another coup, is starting to set in position a well-armed, mainly Muslim militia that is refusing to disarm against vigilante groups defending the country's majority Christian population.
2014 World Press Photo Contest —
2nd Prize General News Stories: Demonstrators gather in Bangui, Central African Republic, to call for the resignation of interim President Michel Djotodia after the killing of Judge Modeste Martineau Bria by members of the rebel coalition Seleka. The current crisis, triggered by yet another coup, is starting to set in position a well-armed, mainly Muslim militia that is refusing to disarm against vigilante groups defending the country's majority Christian population.
William Daniels/Panos Pictures for Time
<strong>1st Prize Spot News Single: </strong>Survivors of Super Typhoon Haiyan march during a religious procession in Tolosa, Philippines. One of the strongest cyclones ever recorded, Haiyan left 8,000 people dead and missing and more than 4 million homeless in the central Philippines.
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1st Prize Spot News Single: Survivors of Super Typhoon Haiyan march during a religious procession in Tolosa, Philippines. One of the strongest cyclones ever recorded, Haiyan left 8,000 people dead and missing and more than 4 million homeless in the central Philippines.
Phillipe Lopez/Agence France-Presse
<strong>1st Prize Spot News Stories:</strong> Syrian rebel fighters take cover amid flying debris and shrapnel after being hit by a tank shell from the Syrian army in the Ain Tarma neighborhood of Damascus on January 30, 2013. The rebels eventually retreated to mourn a comrade killed earlier in the day.
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1st Prize Spot News Stories: Syrian rebel fighters take cover amid flying debris and shrapnel after being hit by a tank shell from the Syrian army in the Ain Tarma neighborhood of Damascus on January 30, 2013. The rebels eventually retreated to mourn a comrade killed earlier in the day.
Goran Tomasevic/Reuters
<strong>2nd Prize Spot News Stories: </strong>A woman and children hide in the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, on September 21, 2013. They escaped unharmed after gunmen opened fire at the upscale mall, killing at least 39 people in one of the worst terrorist attacks in Kenya's history.
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2nd Prize Spot News Stories: A woman and children hide in the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, on September 21, 2013. They escaped unharmed after gunmen opened fire at the upscale mall, killing at least 39 people in one of the worst terrorist attacks in Kenya's history.
Tyler Hicks/The New York Times
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<strong>3rd Prize Contemporary Issues Single: </strong>Police arrive at a crime scene where two organized crime victims hang from a bridge in Saltillo, Mexico; another three are on the ground.
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3rd Prize Contemporary Issues Single: Police arrive at a crime scene where two organized crime victims hang from a bridge in Saltillo, Mexico; another three are on the ground.
Christopher Vanegas/La Vanguardia/El Guardían
<strong>1st Prize Contemporary Issues Stories: </strong>Shane and Maggie fight in their home in Lancaster, Ohio. Shane told Maggie that she could choose between getting beaten in the kitchen or going with him to the basement so they could talk privately.
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1st Prize Contemporary Issues Stories: Shane and Maggie fight in their home in Lancaster, Ohio. Shane told Maggie that she could choose between getting beaten in the kitchen or going with him to the basement so they could talk privately.
Sara Naomi Lewkowicz for Time
<strong>1st Prize Daily Life Single: </strong>Kachin Independence Army fighters celebrate at a funeral of one of their commanders who died the day before.
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1st Prize Daily Life Single: Kachin Independence Army fighters celebrate at a funeral of one of their commanders who died the day before.
Julius Schrank/De Volkskrant
<strong>1st Prize Daily Life Stories: </strong>Date found: February 1, 2013. Time 3:45 p.m. Location: a sugar plantation in Apopa, San Salvador, El Salvador. Sex: Female. Age: Between 17 and 18 years old. Time of disappearance: not available. The North Central American Triangle (Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador) is one of the most violent regions in the world. In many cases, clothes that are found become the only means to identify victims.
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1st Prize Daily Life Stories: Date found: February 1, 2013. Time 3:45 p.m. Location: a sugar plantation in Apopa, San Salvador, El Salvador. Sex: Female. Age: Between 17 and 18 years old. Time of disappearance: not available. The North Central American Triangle (Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador) is one of the most violent regions in the world. In many cases, clothes that are found become the only means to identify victims.
Fred Ramos/El Faro
<strong>2nd Prize Sports Action Single:</strong> A competitor at a slalom contest in Szczyrk, Poland.
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2nd Prize Sports Action Single: A competitor at a slalom contest in Szczyrk, Poland.
Andrzej Grygiel for PAP-Polska Agencja Prasowa
<strong>3rd Prize Sports Action Stories: </strong>Daniel Arnamnart of Australia competes in the men's 100-meter backstroke during day two of the Australian Swimming Championships on April 27, 2013, at SA Aquatic and Leisure Center in Adelaide, Australia.
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3rd Prize Sports Action Stories: Daniel Arnamnart of Australia competes in the men's 100-meter backstroke during day two of the Australian Swimming Championships on April 27, 2013, at SA Aquatic and Leisure Center in Adelaide, Australia.
Quinn Rooney/Getty Images
<strong>1st Prize Sports Feature Stories: </strong>Swedish athlete Nadja Casadei has participated in the World and European Championships in heptathlon. In autumn 2013, she was diagnosed with cancer, and by January 2014, she completed her chemotherapy. She has continued to train throughout her illness, hoping to be healthy and ready by the summer for the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
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1st Prize Sports Feature Stories: Swedish athlete Nadja Casadei has participated in the World and European Championships in heptathlon. In autumn 2013, she was diagnosed with cancer, and by January 2014, she completed her chemotherapy. She has continued to train throughout her illness, hoping to be healthy and ready by the summer for the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Peter Holgersson
<strong>1st Prize People -- Observed Portraits Single: </strong>A woman is disappointed after access to see former South Africa President Nelson Mandela was closed on the third and final day of his casket lying in state outside Union Buildings in Pretoria, South Africa.
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1st Prize People -- Observed Portraits Single: A woman is disappointed after access to see former South Africa President Nelson Mandela was closed on the third and final day of his casket lying in state outside Union Buildings in Pretoria, South Africa.
Markus Schreiber/The Associated Press
<strong>1st Prize People -- Observed Portraits Stories: </strong>Hannah and Alena, two sisters living in the rural village of Merkenbrechts, Austria.
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1st Prize People -- Observed Portraits Stories: Hannah and Alena, two sisters living in the rural village of Merkenbrechts, Austria.
Carla Kogelman
<strong>1st Prize People -- Staged Portraits Single: </strong>A group of blind albino boys photographed in their boarding room at the Vivekananda mission school for the blind in West Bengal, India. This is one of the very few schools for the blind in India today.
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1st Prize People -- Staged Portraits Single: A group of blind albino boys photographed in their boarding room at the Vivekananda mission school for the blind in West Bengal, India. This is one of the very few schools for the blind in India today.
Brent Stirton/Reportage by Getty Images
<strong>2nd Prize People -- Staged Portraits Stories:</strong> Ali, a young Egyptian bodybuilder, poses with his mother.
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2nd Prize People -- Staged Portraits Stories: Ali, a young Egyptian bodybuilder, poses with his mother.
Denis Dailleux/Agence Vu
<strong>3rd Prize Nature Stories: </strong>A 5-year-old bonobo turns out to be the most curious individual of a wild group of bonobos near the Kokolopori Bonobo Reserve in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Despite being humans' closest living relatives, little is known about bonobos and their behavior in the wild in remote parts of the Congo basin. Bonobos are threatened by habitat loss and bush meat trade.
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3rd Prize Nature Stories: A 5-year-old bonobo turns out to be the most curious individual of a wild group of bonobos near the Kokolopori Bonobo Reserve in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Despite being humans' closest living relatives, little is known about bonobos and their behavior in the wild in remote parts of the Congo basin. Bonobos are threatened by habitat loss and bush meat trade.
Christian Ziegler for National Geographic Magazine
<strong>1st Prize Nature Stories:</strong> A cougar walking a trail in Los Angeles' Griffith Park is captured by a camera trap. To reach the park, which has been the cougar's home for the past two years, it had to cross two of the busiest highways in the U.S.
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1st Prize Nature Stories: A cougar walking a trail in Los Angeles' Griffith Park is captured by a camera trap. To reach the park, which has been the cougar's home for the past two years, it had to cross two of the busiest highways in the U.S.
Steve Winter for National Geographic