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1. 1968

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   • Year 1968
   • Photographer Eddie Adams
   • Nationality USA
   • Organization / Publication The Associated Press
   • Category World Press Photo of the Year
   • Prize World Press Photo of the Year
   • Date 01-02-1968
   • Country Vietnam
   • Place Saigon
   • Caption South Vietnam national police chief Nguyen Ngoc Loan executes a suspected Viet Cong member.
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   • Year 1968
   • Photographer Eddie Adams
   • Nationality USA
   • Organization / Publication The Associated Press
   • Category News
   • Prize 1st prize
   • Date 01-02-1968
   • Country Vietnam
   • Place Saigon
   • Caption South Vietnam national police chief Nguyen Ngoc Loan executes a suspected Viet Cong member.
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   • Year 1968
   • Photographer Terence Spencer
   • Nationality United Kingdom
   • Category News
   • Prize 2nd prize
   • Date 1968
   • Country Nigeria
   • Place Biafra
   • Caption A starving child.
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   • Year 1968
   • Photographer Ron Bennett
   • Nationality USA
   • Organization / Publication United Press International
   • Category News
   • Prize 3rd prize
   • Date 05-05-1968
   • Country USA
   • Place Los Angeles
   • Caption Bystanders press a rosary into the hands of Senator Robert Kennedy as he lies fatally wounded. He was shot shortly after giving his victory speech to celebrate winning the California primary election.
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   • Year 1968
   • Photographer David Paynter
   • Nationality South Africa
   • Category General Features
   • Prize 1st prize
   • Date 1968
   • Caption Training for the Olympics.
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   • Year 1968
   • Photographer Sven-Erik Sjöberg
   • Nationality Sweden
   • Category General Features
   • Prize 2nd prize
   • Date 00-07-1968
   • Country Nigeria
   • Place Biafra
   • Caption A starving child.
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   • Year 1968
   • Photographer Douglas Miller
   • Nationality United Kingdom
   • Category Sports
   • Prize 1st prize
   • Date 18-10-1968
   • Country Mexico
   • Place Mexico City
   • Caption US Athlete Bob Beamon (22) sets a new world record of 8.90m during the long jump competition at the Olympic Games. He beat the previous record sensationally by 55,25cm.
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   • Year 1968
   • Photographer Alfred Markey
   • Nationality United Kingdom
   • Category Sports
   • Prize 2nd prize
   • Date 1968
   • Country United Kingdom
   • Caption Rugby tackle.
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    • Year 1968
    • Photographer Tonny Strouken
    • Nationality Netherlands, The
    • Category Sports
    • Prize 3rd prize
    • Date 1968
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    • Year 1968
    • Photographer Hilmar Pabel
    • Nationality Germany
    • Organization / Publication Stern / Bildarchiv Preussischer Kulturbesitz
    • Category Photo Stories
    • Prize 1st prize
    • Date 21-08-1968
    • Country Czechoslovakia
    • Place Prague
    • Caption The day of the invasion by Warsaw Pact troops under Soviet orders. Soviet Union feared that Prime Minister Alexander Dubcek's democratic reforms during the Prague Spring, threatened the balance of power in Eastern Europe. Dozens of people were killed and several members of the Czechoslovakian leadership were arrested.
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    • Year 1968
    • Photographer Gérard Klijn
    • Nationality Netherlands, The
    • Category Photo Stories
    • Prize 2nd prize
    • Date 1968
    • Country Nigeria
    • Caption Volunteers enlist to fight for the breakaway eastern state of Biafra, against the Federal Military Government.
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    • Year 1968
    • Photographer Max Scheler
    • Nationality Germany
    • Organization / Publication Stern
    • Category Photo Stories
    • Prize 3rd prize
    • Date 00-01-1968
    • Country South Africa
    • Place Cape Town
    • Caption Dr Christian Barnard checks on his patient, dentist Philip Blaiberg, after the second ever successful human heart transplant. The first operation was also conducted by Barnard. Blaiberg's transplant gained additional media attention because the donor was a black South African.
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    • Year 1968
    • Photographer Frank Hoy
    • Nationality USA
    • Category Color Pictures
    • Prize 1st prize
    • Date 1968
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    • Year 1968
    • Photographer Gianfranco Moroldo
    • Nationality Italy
    • Organization / Publication l’Europeo Magazine
    • Category Color Pictures
    • Prize 2nd prize
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    • Year 1968
    • Photographer Erich Baumann
    • Nationality Germany
    • Category Color Pictures
    • Prize 3rd prize
    • Caption Sailing at night.
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    • Year 1968
    • Photographer Max Scheler
    • Nationality Germany
    • Organization / Publication Stern
    • Category Novosti / TASS Prize
    • Prize Individual awards
    • Date 00-01-1968
    • Country South Africa
    • Place Cape Town
    • Caption Dr Christian Barnard checks on his patient, dentist Philip Blaiberg, after the second ever successful human heart transplant. The first operation was also conducted by Barnard. Blaiberg's transplant gained additional media attention because the donor was a black South African.
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    • Year 1968
    • Photographer Victor Budan
    • Nationality Soviet Union
    • Organization / Publication ITAR-TASS
    • Category General Features
    • Prize 3rd prize
    • Date 1968
    • Country Soviet Union
    • Place Moscow
    • Caption A Russian troika (horse-drawn sled).
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    • Year 1968
    • Photographer Igor Utkin
    • Nationality Soviet Union
    • Organization / Publication ITAR-TASS
    • Category Photo Sequences
    • Prize 1st prize
    • Date 1968
    • Caption Volleyball.

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