A celebrated Russian photographer ruminates on results from the world’s top press photography contest.
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World Press Photo of the Year 2010. Jodi Bieber, South Africa, Institute for Artist Management for Time magazine. Bibi Aisha, an 18-year-old woman from Oruzgan province in Afghanistan, who fled back to her family home from her husband's house, complaining of violent treatment.
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1st Prize Spot News Singles. Peacuteter Lakatos, Hungary, MTI. Suicide jump, Budapest, Hungary, 22 May.
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2nd prize Spot News Stories. Corentin Fohlen, France, Fedephoto. Anti-government riots, Bangkok, Thailand, May.
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1st prize singles General News. Riccardo Venturi, Italy, Contrasto. Old Iron Market burns, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 18 January.
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1st prize General News Stories. Olivier Laban-Mattei, France, Agence France-Presse. Haiti earthquake aftermath, 15-26 January. A man throws a dead body at the morgue of the general hospital, Port-au-Prince, 15 January.
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2nd Prize People In The News Single. Seamus Murphy, Ireland, VII Photo Agency. Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, London, 30 September.
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1st Prize Sport Stories. Adam Pretty, Australia, Getty Images.
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2nd Prize Contemporary Issues Single. Ed Kashi, USA, VII Photo Agency. Nguyen Thi Ly, 9, suffers from Agent Orange disabilities, Da Nang, Vietnam.
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1st Prize Contemporary Issues Stories. Ed Ou, Canada, Reportage by Getty Images. Escape from Somalia, March.
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1st Prize Daily Life Single. Omar Feisal, Somalia, for Reuters. Man carries a shark through the streets of Mogadishu, Somalia, 23 September.
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1st Prize Daily Life Stories. Martin Roemers, The Netherlands, Panos Pictures.Metropolis.
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2nd Prize Portraits Single. Joost van den Broek, the Netherlands, de Volkskrant. Kirill Lewerski, cadet on Russian tall ship Kruzenshtern.
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2nd Prize Portraits Stories. Wolfram Hahn, Germany. Self-portraits for social network.
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2nd prize Arts and Entertainment. Davide Monteleone, Italy, Contrasto for The New York Times Style Magazine. Milan Fashion Week: Valeria Marini show.
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2nd Prize Arts and Entertainment Stories. Daniele Tamagni, Italy. The Flying Cholitas, Bolivia.
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2nd Prize Nature Single. Reinhard Dirscherl, Germany. Atlantic sailfish attack Spanish sardines, off Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.
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2nd Prize Nature Stories. Stefano Unterthiner, Italy, for National Geographic magazine. Whooper Swans at dawn, Hokkaido, Japan, January.
