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    • Year 2005
    • Photographer Mohamad Azakir
    • Nationality Lebanon
    • Organization / Publication Reuters
    • Category Spot News
    • Prize 1st prize
    • Date 14-02-2005
    • Country Lebanon
    • Place Beirut
    • Caption A man shouts for help at the scene of the truck-bomb explosion that killed former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri. Twenty other people were killed in the blast, which appeared aimed at the politician's motorcade. Hariri had resigned as premier to join the opposition four months earlier, and was aiming at making a comeback in May elections. Opposition leaders blamed the Lebanese and Syrian governments for the killing, calling for the government's resignation and the withdrawal of Syrian troops from Lebanon.
    • Year 2005
    • Photographer Ben Curtis
    • Nationality United Kingdom
    • Organization / Publication The Associated Press
    • Category Spot News stories
    • Prize 1st prize
    • Date 26-04-2005
    • Country Togo
    • Place Lome
    • Caption A soldier aims a kick to the head of a rioter suspected of looting. Faure Gnassingbe, the son of Africa's longest-reigning dictator Gnassingbe Eyadema, was elected president in April. According to the United Nations, up to 500 people were killed and 40,000 Togolese fled to neighboring countries in violence surrounding the elections. The military had installed Gnassingbe as president after his father's death in February, in a move described by the opposition and some other African leaders as a military coup. Under strong international pressure, Gnassingbe stepped down and called an election. Opposition members alleged the polls were rigged and organized protests. Within minutes of Gnassingbe being declared winner they rampaged through the streets of the capital Lome, burning barricades and clashing with security forces.
    • Year 2005
    • Photographer David Guttenfelder
    • Nationality USA
    • Organization / Publication The Associated Press
    • Category General News
    • Prize 1st prize
    • Date 30-10-2005
    • Place Muzaffarabad, Kashmir
    • Caption Sabir Hussein Shah holds his son Zeeshan (9), who is being treated after having his arm amputated in a field hospital. The regional capital was close to the epicenter of an earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale, which had shaken the area three weeks previously. Around 70 percent of the city's buildings were destroyed. It was estimated that more than half of those injured throughout the region were children, crushed in their classrooms and homes.
    • Year 2005
    • Photographer Uriel Sinai
    • Nationality Israel
    • Organization / Publication Getty Images
    • Category General News stories
    • Prize 1st prize
    • Date 14-08-2005
    • Place Gaza Strip
    • Caption Soldiers arrest a settler as activists try to prevent the entry of removal containers into Neve Dekalim, the largest settlement in the Gaza Strip. In August, Israel brought an end to its 38-year occupation of the Gaza Strip. Under Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon's disengagement plan, some 8,500 settlers were withdrawn from land seized during the 1967 Six-Day War. About half the settlers left voluntarily. Those who remained were given until midnight on August 16 before facing forcible eviction by the Israeli army. The hard-liners were joined by supporters from Israel and the West Bank.
    • Year 2005
    • Photographer Sven Torfinn
    • Nationality Netherlands, The
    • Organization / Publication Panos Pictures
    • Category People in the News
    • Prize 1st prize
    • Date 00-03-2005
    • Country DR Congo
    • Place Ituri
    • Caption Grieving relatives surround the corpse of five-year-old Vani Vamuliya, who died of dysentery in March. Vani's last days were spent in a camp for internally displaced persons in Tche. Nearly four million people are believed to have perished over six years of violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in one of the bloodiest conflicts since World War II. Government forces, supported by Angola, Namibia and Zimbabwe were pitted against rebels supported by Uganda and Rwanda. Most of the casualties were women and children, and most died from starvation or disease. Although a peace deal was signed in 2003, militia violence continued, especially in the east of the country. In the weeks before Vani died, some 13,000 people sought refuge in the camp at Tche.
    • Year 2005
    • Photographer Todd Heisler
    • Nationality USA
    • Organization / Publication Rocky Mountain News / Polaris Images
    • Category People in the News stories
    • Prize 1st prize
    • Date 27-08-2005
    • Country USA
    • Place Reno, Nevada
    • Caption Major Steve Beck prepares for the final inspection of 2nd Lt. James J. Cathey's body. Since the start of the Iraq War, Marines based at Buckley Air Force base in Colorado have honored the memory of 16 fallen comrades, and had the difficult duty of helping the families to bear their loss.
    • Year 2005
    • Photographer John Mabanglo
    • Nationality USA
    • Organization / Publication European Pressphoto Agency
    • Category Sports Action
    • Prize 1st prize
    • Date 22-07-2005
    • Country Canada
    • Place Montreal
    • Caption Chelsea Davis (US) strikes her face on the diving board while attempting an inward two-and-a-half somersault in the preliminary round of the women's three-meter springboard competition at the FINA World Championships. She required three stitches but otherwise sustained no serious injury. The championships showcase five disciplines: water polo, open water swimming, diving, swimming and synchronized swimming.
    • Year 2005
    • Photographer Donald Miralle Jr.
    • Nationality USA
    • Organization / Publication Getty Images
    • Category Sports Action stories
    • Prize 1st prize
    • Date 26-06-2005
    • Country USA
    • Place Santa Clara, California
    • Caption Sports Portfolio: World-record holder Aaron Peirsol streamlines off the wall after the 200m backstroke preliminary heats during the Santa Clara Grand Prix. Peirsol did not qualify for the finals, but went on to break his own record two weeks later at the World Championships.
    • Year 2005
    • Photographer Henry Agudelo
    • Nationality Colombia
    • Organization / Publication El Colombiano
    • Category Sports Features
    • Prize 1st prize
    • Date 00-01-2005
    • Country Colombia
    • Place Medellín
    • Caption A bull attacks a matador Cesar Rincon's horse during a corrida at La Macarena bullring. Picadors mounted on horses play a role early on in a bullfight, stabbing the bull with lances to weaken it through loss of blood before its final confrontation with the 'torero'. The bull weighed around 500kg. The horse received a blow to one of its legs, but was not gored and was taken from the ring.
    • Year 2005
    • Photographer Jenny and Mark Evans
    • Nationality Australia
    • Category Sports Feature stories
    • Prize 1st prize
    • Date 02-05-2005
    • Country Australia
    • Place Randwick, Sydney
    • Caption The hands of a lifelong punter. Horse-racing is an important part of the Australian sports scene. It is the third most attended spectator sport after Australian Rules football and rugby league. Racing carries an appeal that crosses age and class barriers. It attracts both professional punters and those out to gamble just a few dollars.
    • Year 2005
    • Photographer Yannis Kontos
    • Nationality Greece
    • Organization / Publication Polaris Images
    • Category Contemporary Issues
    • Prize 1st prize
    • Date 13-11-2005
    • Country Sierra Leone
    • Caption Young Abu (7) buttons his father's collar in their shelter in a camp for amputees near Freetown. Abu Bakarr Kargbo had both arms cut off by rebels of the Revolutionary United Front when they attacked Freetown in 1999. Some 50,000 people were killed and thousands more had their bodies mutilated in a civil war between government and rebel forces that lasted from 1991 to 2002. Hacking off hands or arms of civilians was a rebel trademark, designed to sow terror among their enemies. In 2004 a peaceful settlement was finally reached and a war crimes tribunal opened. Former combatants from both sides benefited from social reintegration programs, but little was directed at amputees.
    • Year 2005
    • Photographer Olivier Jobard
    • Nationality France
    • Organization / Publication Sipa Press for Paris Match
    • Category Contemporary Issues stories
    • Prize 1st prize
    • Date 25-05-2004
    • Country Cameroon
    • Place Limbe
    • Caption Kingsley (22) tells his parents of his decision to leave for Europe. The short distance across the sea from northern Africa to mainland Spain or the Canary Islands is a popular route for illegal immigrants looking for a better life in Europe. Kingsley, a Cameroonian, was one who attempted the passage. In his hometown, Kingsley earned just US$ 30 a month as a lifeguard at a hotel. He had already tried to reach Europe once before, but turned back in Nigeria having run out of funds. On his second trip, he managed to raise more than US$ 1,000 to pay for the trip, for smuggler fees, and to finance his first weeks in Europe.
    • Year 2005
    • Photographer Sergey Maximishin
    • Nationality Russia
    • Organization / Publication Focus Photo und Presse Agentur for Newsweek
    • Category Daily Life
    • Prize 1st prize
    • Date 10-06-2005
    • Country North Korea
    • Place Panmunjeom
    • Caption North Korean border guards stand watch at frontier between North and South Korea. The concrete Military Demarcation Line, separating sand from asphalt areas, marks the divide between the two countries. The blue buildings straddling the line were the scene of discussions that lead to the 1953 armistice, ending the Korean War. Relations between capitalist South Korea and communist North Korea, one of the most secretive nations on earth, remain tense - but in 2005 the countries jointly celebrated the 60th anniversary of their independence from Japan. A four-day inter-Korean festival in August included a football match and cultural events and the countries linked fiber-optic cables to allow families separated for decades to take part in video reunions. In a White Paper on defense earlier in the year, South Korea had dropped its reference to North Korea as its 'main enemy'.
    • Year 2005
    • Photographer Jacob Aue Sobol
    • Nationality Denmark
    • Category Daily Life stories
    • Prize 1st prize
    • Date 20-04-2005
    • Country Guatemala
    • Place Quiché
    • Caption The Gomez Brito family have a single lemon tree on their land. The family are Ixil Mayans living near the village of Nebaj in a remote mountain region, inaccessible to outsiders until modern times. As a result of their isolation the Ixil Mayans long maintained their traditional beliefs and way of dress, but in the late 1970s and 1980s the region was engulfed in a civil war and many indigenous people were displaced. When peace returned in the 1990s the family, like many others, were able to return to their traditional ways. Mother Juanita and father Andrés live with their nine children. They work on small plots of land that have belonged to their family for generations. From sunrise to sunset the family collect fruit and berries, cultivate corn and beans, and tend their animals.
    • Year 2005
    • Photographer Pieter Hugo
    • Nationality South Africa
    • Organization / Publication Corbis
    • Category Portraits
    • Prize 1st prize
    • Date 00-01-2005
    • Country Nigeria
    • Place Abuja
    • Caption Mallam Galadima Ahamadu with the hyena Jamis. Mallam is part of a troupe that travels around northern Nigeria with three hyenas, two rock pythons and four monkeys. They work as entertainers and sell the fetishes and herbal medicines that are much in demand. The hyenas are trained to mock-attack, which draws the crowds. The handlers capture the hyenas from caves in the wild, subduing them with traditional potions, then subjecting them to up to two months training. The creatures are then taught to interact with humans and other animals without attacking them. Mallam and his colleagues feed the hyenas a goat every three days or so, which also helps to keep them calm, and sprinkle water on them as they dislike excessive heat.
    • Year 2005
    • Photographer Paolo Pellegrin
    • Nationality Italy
    • Organization / Publication Magnum Photos for Newsweek
    • Category Portraits stories
    • Prize 1st prize
    • Date 02-04-2005
    • Country Italy
    • Place St. Peter's Square, Rome
    • Caption Gazing at the window of the apartment of Pope John Paul II after a Vatican official announced the Pope's passing. Many had gathered here during his last days. After a long illness, Pope John Paul II died at the age of 84. When the Polish Karol Wojtyla was elected Pope in 1978 he became the first non-Italian to hold the post in four-and-a-half centuries. His election is seen by historians as a factor in the subsequent collapse of communism in Eastern Europe. As John Paul II, he became the most widely traveled pope in history, and was instantly recognizable around the globe.
    • Year 2005
    • Photographer Shayne Robinson
    • Nationality South Africa
    • Organization / Publication PhotoWire Africa for The Globe and Mail
    • Category Arts and Entertainment
    • Prize 1st prize
    • Date 24-11-2005
    • Country South Africa
    • Place Alexandra Township
    • Caption A young dancer exercises at the barre during a ballet class. Dance mistress Penny Thloloe runs classes not only for the children's enjoyment, but also in the hope that ballet might provide a ticket out of the township for some of her students, as it did once for her. In the apartheid years Penny got the chance to study ballet at a semi-private school, won a scholarship to London and was later a founder dancer in the Ballet Theatre Afrikan. Alexandra has over 60 percent unemployment and many of its children orphaned by Aids. Penny had to go to some lengths to explain that classes were entirely free of charge and that some students might go on to earn money by dancing. Over 1,000 children came to her first audition, of which 37 were selected to begin classes in January.
    • Year 2005
    • Photographer Åsa Sjöström
    • Nationality Sweden
    • Category Arts and Entertainment stories
    • Prize 1st prize
    • Date 13-06-2005
    • Country Moldova
    • Place Chisinau
    • Caption Sixteen-year-old dance students go through their exercises at the Theater of Opera and Ballet School. The school is a scene of fierce competition. Moldova is one of the poorest countries in Europe, and many young people see ballet as a means to wealth and foreign travel. Twelve boys and twelve girls aged around eight are accepted into a ballet class every year. They stay for nine years, training a minimum of five hours a day in addition to normal lessons. Each year numbers in the class diminish, as those not considered talented enough are no longer allowed to continue.
    • Year 2005
    • Photographer Massimo Mastrorillo
    • Nationality Italy
    • Category Nature
    • Prize 1st prize
    • Date 00-02-2005
    • Country Indonesia
    • Place Lhoknga Beach
    • Caption Destroyed palm trees line near Banda Aceh two months after the massive tsunami that swept over the area. It is estimated that the height of the wave exceeded 15m when it hit the shore. Almost all buildings, trees and vegetation around Lhoknga were washed away. Low-lying agricultural land behind the town remained under salt water for four days after the tsunami, with severe consequences for farmers. In some places nearly all of the sand on the beach was removed by the wave.
    • Year 2005
    • Photographer Kieran Dodds
    • Nationality United Kingdom
    • Organization / Publication Evening Times / The Herald
    • Category Nature stories
    • Prize 1st prize
    • Date 05-12-2005
    • Country Zambia
    • Place Kasanka National Park
    • Caption Every year an estimated eight million straw-colored fruit bats (Eidolon helvum) are among the seven different bat species that arrive in the abundant Kasanka National Park in October. Despite the scale of the migration little is known about where the bats come from or where they go. Satellite transmitters have been placed on four animals to trace their movements. Early data show that they travel thousands of kilometers after departing Zambia, in search of food.
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