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  1. 2007

    Contest facts
    • Year 2007
    • Photographer Emilio Morenatti
    • Nationality Spain
    • Organization / Publication The Associated Press
    • Category Spot News
    • Prize Honorable mention
    • Date 22-05-2007
    • Place Gaza City, Gaza Strip
    • Caption Two rockets are launched towards Israel. The Israeli army reported that seven missiles were fired by Palestinian militants that day, lightly wounding two people. Israel responded with four air raids, targeting suspected arms caches and Hamas militant bases. Palestinian officials said seven people were wounded in the raids. A week earlier, Israel had resumed air strikes in Gaza after a six-month lull in response to Hamas rocket attacks on Israeli towns. In June the Palestinian government proposed a ceasefire.

  3. 2006

    Contest facts
    • Year 2006
    • Photographer Arturo Rodríguez
    • Nationality Spain
    • Organization / Publication The Associated Press
    • Category Spot News
    • Prize 2nd prize
    • Date 07-09-2006
    • Country Spain
    • Place Tenerife
    • Caption African immigrants wait on the quayside in the port of Los Abrigos. They will be transferred to a police station, and later to a holding center from where they will either be repatriated or sent on to the mainland. Spanish officials estimated that more than 31,000 people reached the Atlantic islands illegally during the year, a fivefold increase on 2005.

  5. 2004

    Contest facts
    • Year 2004
    • Photographer Juan Medina
    • Nationality Spain
    • Organization / Publication Reuters
    • Category Spot News
    • Prize 3rd prize
    • Date 12-11-2004
    • Country Spain
    • Place Fuerteventura
    • Caption Would-be immigrants from Africa are rescued from the sea, after their makeshift boat had capsized. The boat, carrying 36 people, overturned during an operation by Spanish civil guards in November. Seven of the immigrants were lost, but the remainder were saved. Authorities in the Canary Islands had already detained over 5,500 illegal immigrants that year. The majority were deported almost immediately.

  7. 1981

    Contest facts
    • Year 1981
    • Photographer Manuel Pérez Barriopedro
    • Nationality Spain
    • Organization / Publication Agencia EFE
    • Category Spot News
    • Prize 1st prize
    • Date 23-02-1981
    • Country Spain
    • Place Madrid
    • Caption Lt. Col. Antonio Tejero Molina orders everyone to remain seated and be quiet after armed Guardia Civil soldiers stormed the Assembly Hall of the Spanish Parliament. Three hundred deputies and cabinet members were in session to vote upon the succession of premier Suarez. They were released next morning after having been held hostage for almost 18 hours; the coup was a failure.
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