World Press Photo Contest winners unveiled (a selection)
1st Prize Spot News Single --- Phillipe Lopez, France, Agence France-Presse --- 18 November 2013, Tolosa, the Philippines - Survivors of typhoon Haiyan march during a religious procession in Tolosa, on the eastern island of Leyte. One of the strongest cyclones ever recorded, Haiyan left 8,000 people dead and missing and more than four million homeless after it hit the central Philippines.
2nd Prize Spot News Stories --- Tyler Hicks, USA, The New York Times --- 21 September 2013, Nairobi, Kenya - A woman and children hiding in the Westgate mall. They escaped unharmed after gunmen had opened fire at the upscale Nairobi mall on 21 September 2013. At least 39 people were killed in one of the worst terrorist attacks in Kenya's history.
2nd Prize Sports Action Single --- Andrzej Grygiel, Poland, for PAP-Polska Agencja Prasowa --- 24 March 2013, Szczyrk, Poland - Competitor at a slalom contest in Szczyrk, Poland.
3rd Prize Sports Action Stories --- Quinn Rooney, Australia, Getty Images --- 27 April 2013, Adelaide, Australia - Daniel Arnamnart of Australia competes in the men's 100-meter backstroke during day two of the Australian Swimming Championships on 27 April 2013 at SA Aquatic and Leisure Centre in Adelaide, Australia.
1st Prize People - Observed Portraits Single --- Markus Schreiber, Germany, The Associated Press --- 13 December 2013, Pretoria, South Africa - A woman reacts in disappointment 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.
1st Prize People - Staged Portraits Single --- Brent Stirton, South Africa, Reportage by Getty Images --- 25 September 2013, West Bengal India - 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.
3rd Prize Nature Stories --- Christian Ziegler, Germany, for National Geographic Magazine --- 25 January 2011, Congo - A five-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 humansâ 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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