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1. 2007

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   • Year 2007
   • Photographer Oded Balilty
   • Nationality Israel
   • Organization / Publication The Associated Press
   • Category People in the News stories
   • Prize 3rd prize
   • Date 2007
   • Country Japan
   • Place Nanjing
   • Caption People read names of victims in the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall. In December 1937, Japanese troops captured Nanjing, then capital of China. A period of violence ensued, in what has become known as the Nanjing Massacre. As people gathered to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the event, there was still no consensus as to numbers of victims, the extent of atrocities, or duration of the massacre. China maintains that some 300,000 people were killed, with thousands of others raped and tortured. Japan disputes the figures, saying the scale of killing and rape was considerably smaller. As the two countries become increasingly close trading partners, some effort is being made to avoid flaming antagonisms over what remains a delicate issue.

3. 2006

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   • Year 2006
   • Photographer Oded Balilty
   • Nationality Israel
   • Organization / Publication The Associated Press
   • Category People in the News
   • Prize 1st prize
   • Date 01-02-2006
   • Place West Bank
   • Caption A Jewish settler resists Israeli riot police enforcing a Supreme Court order to demolish nine homes in an outpost of the Amona settlement. Residents joined by thousands of other protesters raised barbed wire barriers to protect the houses and clashed violently with police. Over 200 people were injured, including 80 policemen. Following hours of confrontation, the settlers were dragged away and bulldozers moved in to begin the demolition.

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