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2013 World Press Photo Contest Winners
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2. ► For over 55 years, the World Press Photo contest has encouraged the highest
standards in photojournalism. The contest is judged by leading experts in visual
journalism who represent various aspects of the profession and the composition of
the jury is changed from year to year. The prize-winning images are assembled into
an exhibition that travels to 45 countries over the course of a year and over two
million people go to a hundred different venues to see the images. The winners
themselves uphold the foundation's simple mission statement: We exist to inspire
understanding of the world through quality photojournalism. A sampling of the
winning images follows. You can browse more amazing content on World Press
Photo. - Paula Nelson ( 18 photos total)
► * Source : http://www.worldpressphoto.org.
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3. World Press Photo of the Year 2012 - Paul
Hansen/Sweeden/Dagens Nyheter - Nov. 20, 2012,
Gaza City, Palestinian Territories. Two-year-old
Suhaib Hijazi and her three-year-old brother
Muhammad were killed when their house was
destroyed by an Israeli missile strike. Their father,
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Fouad, was also killed and their mother was put in
intensive care. Fouad’s brothers carry his children to
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the mosque for the burial ceremony as his body is February 24, 2013
carried behind on a stretcher.
4. 2nd Prize, Spot News Single -
Emin Ozmen/Turkey - July
31, 2012, Aleppo, Syria. Opposition
fighters regularly launched operations
to seize government informants after
dark. Two informants were
captured, declared guilty under
interrogation, and tortured throughout
the night; tired soldiers had to be
replaced so the torture could continue.
After 48 hours, the captives were
released.#
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5. 1st Prize Sports - Sports Action
Single - Wei Seng Chen/Malaysia - Pacu Jawi
Bull Race, Indonesia - Feb. 12, 2012, Batu
Sangkar, West Sumatra, Indonesia. A jockey, his
feet stepped into a harness strapped to the bulls
and clutching their tails, shows relief and joy at
the end of a dangerous run across rice fields. The
Pacu Jawi (bull race) is a popular competition at 5
the end of harvest season keenly contested February 24, 2013
between villages.#
6. 2013, Sports Action, 2nd prize singles, Yongzhi Chu
WARM UP
10 July 2012
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Jiaxing, China
Young male gymnasts stretch their legs as a female gymnast
jumps onstage during a warmup at a youth sports school in February 24, 2013
Zhejiang Province.
7. 2013, Sports Action, 2nd prize
stories, Sergei Ilnitsky
THE GOLDEN TOUCH
01 August 2012
London, UK
Gold medal winner Jiyeon Kim of South
Korea kisses her medal during the award
ceremony of the Women's Sabre Individual
Fencing.
Years of training, thousands of battles, and
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hundreds of victories prepared fencing
competitors for the opportunity to stand on
the piste at the 2012 London Olympic Games February 24, 2013
to fight for gold.
8. 2nd Prize Sports
- Sports Action Stories - Sergei
Ilnitsky/Russia/European
Pressphoto Agency - The Golden
Touch, Fencing at the
Olympics, July
31, 2012, London, UK. Alaaeldin
Abouelkassem of Egypt in action
against Peter Joppich of Germany
during their Men's Foil Individual
Round 16 match. Years of
training, thousands of battles, and
hundreds of victories prepared
fencing competitors for the
opportunity to stand on the piste at
the 2012 London Olympic Games
to fight for gold.#
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9. 2013, Sports Action, 3rd prize stories, Chris McGrath
LONDON 2012 - AN OVERVIEW
05 August 2012
London, UK
Andrea Baldini of Italy celebrates defeating
Yuki Ota of Japan to win the gold medal match
45-39 in the Men's Foil Team Fencing finals.
A bird’s eye view of the London 2012 Summer
Olympics.
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10. 2013, Sports Action, 3rd prize
singles, Wei Zheng
SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMER
10 August 2012
London, UK
A swimmer soars above the water in the synchronized swimming
competition.
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11. 2013, Sports Feature, 2nd prize stories, Denis Rouvre
SUMO WRESTLERS
22 February 2012
Tokyo, Japan
Kenji Daido
The life-long discipline, harsh
physical training, and preparation
for the fight can explain the half-
god status of Sumo in Japan today.
Part of a team, the wrestlers are
required to follow a strongly
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codified community life; the
youngest execute tasks for the
community and even serve the February 24, 2013
oldest.
12. 1st Prize Sports - Sports Features Stories -
Jan Grarup/Denmark/Laif - Women's
Basketball, Mogadishu, Somalia - Feb.
21, 2012, Mogadishu, Somalia. The Somali basketball
association pays armed guards to watch over and protect
Suweys and her team when they play. In Mogadishu, the war-
torn capital of Somalia, young women risk their lives to play
basketball. Suweys, the 19-year-old captain of a women's
basketball team, and her friends defy radical Islamist views
on women’s rights. They have received many death threats
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some male members of their own families. "I just want to
February 24, 2013 dunk," said Suweys. It is on the basketball court she feels
happiest. "Basketball makes me forget all my problems.”#
15. I JUST WANT TO DUNK
20 February 2012
Mogadishu, Somalia
Suweys at her mother’s home, four kilometers from the center of Mogadishu.
In Mogadishu, the war-torn capital of Somalia, young women risk their lives to
play basketball. Suweys, the 19-year-old captain of a women's basketball team,
and her friends defy radical Islamist views on women's rights. They have
received many death threats from not only al-Shabaab militias and radical
Islamists, but some male members of their own families. " I just want to dunk,"
said Suweys. It is on the basketball court she feels happiest. "Basketball makes
me forget all my problems.”
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2013, Sports Feature, 1st prize stories, Jan Grarup
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16. 1st Prize Contemporary Issues Single - Micah Albert/USA/Redux Images
- April 3, 2012, Nairobi, Kenya. Pausing in the rain, a woman working as a trash
picker at the 30-acre dump, which literally spills into households of one million
people living in nearby slums, wishes she had more time to look at the books she 16
comes across. She even likes the industrial parts catalogs. “It gives me something else February 24, 2013
to do in the day besides picking [trash],” she said.#
17. 1st Prize Daily Life Stories - Fausto
Podavini/Italy - Mirella - June 1, 2012, Rome, Italy. Despite her
husband's life-threatening disease, Mirella devoted her life to
assisting Luigi, trying to be positive and reassuring, looking after
him with intense love and respect. Everyday care, usually done in a
few minutes, takes hours when it concerns someone with dementia.
Mirella, 71, spent 43 years of her life with the only person she loved,
with all of life's difficulties, laughter, and beautiful moments. But
over the last six years things changed: Mirella lived with her husband
Luigi’s illness, Alzheimer’s, and devoted her life to him as his
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caregiver.#
20. 2nd Prize Daily Life Singles - Soren Bidstrup/Denmark/Berlingske - 20
Early Morning on Summer Holiday, Italy - July 8, 2012, Jeselo, Italy. Summer holiday February 24, 2013
camping. Someone is up a little too early.#
21. FOOTBALL IN GUINEA-BISSAU
03 March 2012
Dulombi, Guinea Bissau
Many young football players around the world touch their first ball on
a field of bare dirt. Here a youth group plays on a 'football field' that
was the site of military barracks and fields of the former Portuguese
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colonies in the country.
2013, Daily Life, 1st prize singles, Daniel Rodrigues
22. 1st Prize People - Staged Portraits
Stories - Stephan Vanfleteren/Belgium/Panos for
Mercy Ships/De Standaard - People of Mercy,
Guinea - Oct. 17, 2012, Conakry, Guinea. Makone
Soumaoro, 30, goiter. “I don't have pain, but I am
worried that my neck swells that much. I hope it it is
not a tumor because I am a housewife and my man
and three children need me.” Guinea is one of the
least developed countries in the world. More than 60
percent of the population lives on less than one
dollar per day. Three quarters of the population is
illiterate. Health care is substandard and unaffordable
for most people. Some get help with their health
problems from NGO Mercy Ships aboard the
hospital ship 'African Mercy' docked in the capital
Conakry. They are treated by volunteer surgeons,
doctors and nurses with such health issues as
cataracts, teeth problems, and skin diseases to more
complex orthopedic or tumor surgeries.#
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23. 1st Prize General News
Single - Rodrigo And, Argentina, The
Associated Press - March
10, 2012, Idib, Syria. Aida cries while
recovering from severe injuries she
received when her house was shelled
by the Syrian Army. Her husband and Click to continue
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two children were fatally wounded
during the shelling.#
24. 2013, Observed Portraits, 2nd
prize singles, Marie Hald
BONNIE
07 September 2012
Soroe, Denmark
Since the age of 18, Bonnie Cleo Andersen has been
working as a prostitute, a profession legal in Denmark
since 1999. Now 38, she owns a house in a village
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where she runs a brothel by herself. She had a hard and
violent childhood and has gone to prison more than
once. Today, her only goal is that her children will February 24, 2013
have a better life than hers.
25. 3rd Prize People -
Observed Portraits Single - Ilona
Szwarc/Poland/Redux Pictures - Kayla,
Boston, USA - Feb. 19, 2012, Boston,
Massachusetts, USA - “American Girl”
is a popular line of dolls that can be
customized to look exactly like their
owners. Kayla poses with her lookalike
doll in front of a portrait of her
ancestors.#
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26. 3rd Prize People - Observed Portraits
Stories - Ananda van deer Pluijm/The Netherlands -
Martin - Feb. 15, 2012, Tilburg, The Netherlands. After
living with his father for ten years and staying in a youth
shelter, Martin, 18, returned home two years ago to live
with his mother. He arrived with some clothes in a bag
and no work or degree.#
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27. 2013, General News, 2nd prize
singles, Sebastiano Tomada
WOUNDED BABY, ALEPPO
03 October 2012
Aleppo, Syria
A severely wounded child awaits medical
treatment by the small staff of doctors in
one of the city's last standing
hospitals, as President Bashar al-Assad's
army steps up its military campaign to
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regain control of the city.
28. 2013, Contemporary Issues, Honorable Mention singles, Felipe Dana NATALIA
07 August 2012
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Natalia Gonzales, a 15-
year-old crack
user, poses for a portrait
in an area known as
'Crackland' in the
Manguinhos slum.
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29. 2nd Prize People -
Staged Portraits Single - Stefen
Chow/Malaysia/for
Smithsonian Magazine - Ai Wei
Wei - Feb.
6, 2012, Beijing, China - Ai
Weiwei#
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30. WHALE SHARKS
28 August 2008
Hanifaru Bay Marine Reserve, Maldives
A whale shark breaks the surface while waiting for a tidal delivery of
plankton into a large cul-de-sac in the coral reef. Once the waters turn
from clear turquoise blue to cloudy green, this shark and others in the
area will alternate between ram and suction feeding, to hoover and
filter their planktonic food from the water column.
Whale sharks have roamed the oceans for 60 million years, yet we
know little about their reproduction, social behavior, and migrations. 30
The species was extensively hunted, but today protective legislation is February 24, 2013
in place in much of the whale shark's global range.
31. 1st Prize Nature Single - Christian Ziegler/Germany/Southern Cassowary, Australia - Nov. 16, 2012,
Black Mountain Road, Australia. The endangered Southern Cassowary feeds on the fruit of the Blue Quandang tree.
Cassowaries are a keystone species in northern Australian rainforests because of their ability to carry so many big
seeds such long distances.#
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32. 1st Prize Nature Stories - Paul Nicklen/Canada/National
Geographic Magazine - Emperor Penguins, Ross Sea - Nov.
18, 2012, Ross Sea, Antarctica. Even though they have evolved an
incredibly advanced bubble physiology the greatest challenge they
face is the loss of sea ice that supports their colonies and ecosystem.
New science shows that Emperor Penguins are capable of tripling
their swimming speed by releasing millions of bubbles from their
feathers. These bubbles reduce the friction between their feathers and
the icy seawater, allowing them to accelerate in the water. They use
speeds of up to 30 kilometers per hour to avoid leopard seals and to
launch themselves up onto the ice.#
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33. 2013, Nature, 2nd prize singles, Ali Lutfi
MIMIN
05 December 2012
Solo, Indonesia
One of the monkeys trained to entertain motorists along busy intersections in the Central
Java city, Mimin wears a mask made from a doll’s head. Monkeys purchased at local markets 33
are trained for up to six months to perform tricks such as using stilts and playing the February 24, 2013
guitar, and are said to help their young owners earn up to 50,000 rupiah in a day ($5).
34. 2013, Nature, 1st prize
stories, Paul Nicklen
EMPEROR PENGUINS
19 November 2011
Ross Sea, Antarctica
New science shows that Emperor Penguins are capable of tripling their swimming speed by releasing millions
of bubbles from their feathers. These bubbles reduce the friction between their feathers and the icy seawater,
allowing them to accelerate in the water. They use speeds of up to 30 kilometers per hour to avoid leopard
seals and to launch themselves up onto the ice. New science shows that Emperor Penguins are capable of
tripling their swimming speed by releasing millions of bubbles from their feathers. These bubbles reduce the 34
friction between their feathers and the icy seawater, allowing them to accelerate in the water. They use speeds February 24, 2013
of up to 30 kilometers per hour to avoid leopard seals and to launch themselves up onto the ice.
35. 2013, General News, 1st prize stories, Alessio Romenzi
SYRIA UNDER SIEGE
08 August 2012
Zabadani, Syria
Flares seek to light up Free Syrian Army positions as government forces shell the village.
The civilian unrest in the Syrian Arab Republic began in March 2011 and continues to affect people,
particularly in the most vulnerable segments of the population. At least 60,000 people have been killed
since uprising began, according to the United Nations (UN), and the number of Syrian refugees
registered by the UN in the Middle East and North Africa has surpassed half a million. The situation 35
continues to deteriorate in villages and cities in the country, leaving people without protection, shelter, February 24, 2013
food and water and facing fear every day.
42. 2013, Staged Portraits, 3rd prize stories, Fu Yongjun
MISS MY PARENTS SO
MUCH
09 February 2012
Zhangmu, China
Wu Mingjie, 4, parents working in Guangdong
Province.
Across China, nearly 50 million children do not live
with their parents. Nearly every young person in
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Zhangmu, a village near Chongqing, works far from
home, and 21 children were left behind. Fu Huaying is a
substitute teacher in the village. All of the children love February 24, 2013
her, and she loves them too.
44. JAPAN AFTER THE WAVE
02 March 2012
Ishinomaki, Japan
People walk down a road in a neighborhood ravaged by the tsunami.
One year later, areas of Japan most impacted by the earthquake and
subsequent tsunami that left 15,848 dead and 3,305 missing, continue to
struggle. Thousands of people remain living in temporary dwellings.
The government faces an uphill battle with the need to dispose of rubble
as it works to rebuild economies and livelihoods.
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45. 3rd Prize General News Stories -
Daniel Berehulak/Australia/Getty Images -
Japan After the Wave - March
7, 2012, Rikuzentakata, Japan. Pine trees
uprooted during the tsunami lay strewn over
the beach.One year later, areas of Japan most
impacted by the earthquake and subsequent
tsunami that left 15,848 dead and 3,305
missing, continue to struggle. Thousands of
people remain living in temporary dwellings.
The government faces an uphill battle with
the need to dispose of rubble as it works to
rebuild economies and livelihoods.#
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53. 2013, Spot News, 1st prize
stories, Bernat Armangue
GAZA
18 November 2012
Gaza City, Palestinian Territories
Smoke rises after an Israeli strike.
Series chronicling the latest escalation between
Palestine and Israel in November 20
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56. 2013, Contemporary Issues, Honorable
Mention stories, Altaf Qadri
SCHOOL FOR LESS FORTUNATE
07 November 2012
New Delhi, India
Every morning, children from nearby slums arrive in small
groups, barefoot and carrying mats and brooms and start cleaning a
portion of a land under a metro rail bridge, which will be their school for
the rest of the morning. Rajesh Kumar Sharma, along with his
friend, founded the free school for underprivileged children under a metro
bridge a year ago. He teaches at least 45 children every day. Sharma, a 40-
year-old father of three from Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous
state, was forced to drop out of college in his third year due to financial
difficulties. He didn't want other children to face the same difficulties, so
he decided to start the free school. He persuaded local laborers and
farmers to allow their children to attend his school instead of working to
add to the family income. He prepares these children for admission to
government schools and hopes to equip them with the tools necessary to
overcome their poverty. Millions of dollars are given to fund the education
of poor children in India, however it often doesn't reach them because of
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corruption and arduous administrative procedures .
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60. 2013, General News, Honorable Mention singles, Ammar Awad
PEPPER SPRAY
30 March 2012
Jerusalem, Israel
Israeli border officers pepper spray an injured Palestinian protester during clashes on Land
Day outside Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City. Israeli security forces fired rubber
bullets, tear gas and stun grenades to break up groups of Palestinian protestors when
annual Land Day rallies turned violent. Land Day commemorates the death of six
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Arabs, killed by security forces in 1976 during protests against government plans to
confiscate land in northern Israel's Galilee region.
61. 2013, Daily Life, 2nd prize
stories, Paolo Patrizi
MIGRANT SEX WORKERS
24 July 2009
Rome, Italy
Sharon, a sex worker, on her makeshift bed.
For nearly 20 years, the women of Benin City, a town in the
state of Edo in the south-central part of Nigeria, have traveled
to Italy to work in the sex trade. Every year, successful ones
recruit younger girls to follow in their steps. Most migrant
women, including those who end up in the sex industry, have
made a clear decision to leave home and take their chances
overseas. They are headstrong and ambitious women who
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their habitat and livelihood.
63. EL SALVADOR GANGS
14 August 2012
San Salvador, El Salvador
An anti-gang police unit searches for gang members. Many in El Salvador remain skeptical that the truce will stick, noting that young men in poor neighborhoods lack alternatives and there is no
easy way to lure them off the streets.
They had faced off many times before, on the streets, with guns in their hands. But when top leaders of two of the hemisphere’s most violent street gangs sat across from one another in the stifling
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air of a maximum security prison, the encounter had a very different aim: peace. With a military chaplain and a former lawmaker officiating, the imprisoned gang leaders held a moment of silence
for the thousands of people their street armies had killed. After a few more meetings — and the government’s concession to transfer 30 of the leaders to less-restrictive conditions — they shook
hands on a pact to put an end to the killings. The truce endures in El Salvador, long one of the most violent countries in the Americas. With 30,000 to 50,000 members and weaponry that includes
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assault-style rifles and grenades, the two gangs are virtual armies that have the power to affect the security of the entire region — and they have used it to terrorize populations still weary from
years of civil war and instability.
65. 2013, General News, 3rd prize singles, Dominic Nahr
SUDAN BORDER WARS
17 April 2012
Heglig, Sudan
A Sudan Armed Forces soldier lies dead in a pool of oil next to a leaking oil
facility. He was killed during heavy fighting with southern Sudanese SPLA troops,
after they entered the northern Sudan oil town during a brief but bloody border
war between the two countries.
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66. THE PINK CHOICE
10 July 2011
Hanoi, Vietnam
Tran Van Chuc and Nguyen Van Dung have been
together for more than one year.
Vietnam has historically been unwelcoming to same-sex
relationships. But its Government is considering
recognizing same-sex marriage, a move that would
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make it the first Asian country to do so, …
67. 1st Prize Contemporary Issues Stories
- Maika Elan/Vietnam/Most - The Pink Choice, Vietnam - June
22, 2012, Da Nang, Vietnam. Phan Thi Thuy Vy and Dang Thi Bich
Bay, who have been together for one year, watch television to relax after
studying at school. Vietnam has historically been unwelcoming to same-
sex relationships. But its Government is considering recognizing same-
sex marriage, a move that would make it the first Asian country to do
so, des. …..
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79. 2013, Contemporary Issues, 3rd prize singles, Emilio Morenatti
BARCELONA DEMONSTRATIONS
29 March 2012
Barcelona, Spain
Mireia Arnau, 39, reacts behind the broken glass of her shop, stormed by
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demonstrators during clashes with the police at a general strike in the city. Workers
livid over labor reforms they see as flagrantly pro-business staged a nationwide
strike and tried to bring the country to a halt by blocking traffic, closing February 24, 2013
factories, and clashing with police in rowdy demonstrations.
80. 2013, Spot News, 3rd prize
stories, Javier Manzano
SIEGE OF ALEPPO
18 October 2012
Aleppo, Syria
Two rebel soldiers stand guard in the Karmel Jabl
neighborhood of Aleppo. The dust from more than one
hundred days of shelling, bombing, and firefights hung
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92. 2013, Spot News, 2nd prize BATTLE TO DEATH
stories, Fabio Bucciarelli 11 October 2012
Aleppo, Syria
A Free Syrian Army fighter prepares to fire a rocket-propelled grenade
against government forces.
In the wake of the Arab Spring, public demonstrations in Syria against
President Bashar al-Assad began in March 2011. Within a short
time, clashes erupted across the country and led to civil war: an ongoing
conflict that sees the government's forces opposed by the Free Syrian
Army coalition. In July 2012, after more than a year of conflict, fighting
reaches Aleppo, a stronghold of the revolutionary forces. The battle for
the city becomes a real massacre. Every day, revolutionary fighters
armed only with Kalashnikov rifles face the loyalist army and its tanks
and aircrafts. According to the United Nations, more than 60,000 people
have died in Syria’s 22-month-old civil war.
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93. 2nd Prize Spot News
Stories - Fabio
Bucciarelli/Italy/Agence France-
Presse - Oct. 10, 2012, Aleppo, Syria.
A Free Syrian Army fighter takes up a
position during clashes against
government forces in the Sulemain
Halabi district.#
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BATTLE TO DEATH