A man passes a baby through the fence at the Serbia/Hungary border in Röszke, Hungary, 28 August 2015. © Warren Richardson, Australia, 2015, Hope for a New Life. World Press Photo of the Year
A Syrian man carries the body of a child, killed in an airstrike by government forces in Douma, Syria, 07 November 2015. © Abd Doumany, Syria, 2015, Agence France-Presse, Douma’s Children, Syria. General News, 2nd prize stories
A wounded Syrian girl cries at a makeshift hospital in the rebel-held area of Douma, Syria, 12 August 2015. © Abd Doumany, Syria, 2015, Agence France-Presse, Douma’s Children, Syria. General News, 2nd prize stories
A wounded Syrian girl holds on to a relative as she awaits treatment by doctor sat a makeshift hospital in Douma, Syria, 11 May 2015. © Abd Doumany, Syria, 2015, Agence France-Presse, Douma’s Children, Syria. General News, 2nd prize stories
A wounded Syrian girl at a makeshift hospital in Douma, Syria, 22 August 2015. © Abd Doumany, Syria, 2015, Agence France-Presse, Douma’s Children, Syria. General News, 2nd prize stories
Adam Abdel, 7, was severely burned after a bomb was dropped by a Sudanese government Antonov plane next to his family home in Burgu, Central Darfur, Sudan. 27 February 2015. © Adriane Ohanesian, USA, 2015, The Forgotten Mountains of Sudan. Contemporary Issues, 2nd prize singles
Divers observe and surround a humpback whale and her newborn calf whilst they swim around Roca Partida in the Revillagigedo Islands, Mexico, 28 January 2015. © Anuar Patjane Floriuk, Mexico, 2015, Whale Whisperers. Nature, 2nd prize singles
Rangers exhibit their riding skills as they return to Zakouma National Park after weeks on elephant patrol. Zakouma, Chad, 07 January 2015. Brent Stirton, South Africa, 2015, Getty Images for National Geographic. Nature, 2nd prize stories
A Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) fighter holds two ivory tusks. Ivory is a means of financing the LRA and is used for both food and weapon supplies. Near, Sudan, 17 November 2014. Brent Stirton, South Africa, 2015, Getty Images for National Geographic. Nature, 2nd prize stories
Ugandan soldiers cross a river while on patrol against the Lord’s Resistance Army close to the border of the DRC. Mbeki, Central African Republic, 26 November 2014. Brent Stirton, South Africa, 2015, Getty Images for National Geographic. Nature, 2nd prize stories
A container filled with tons of illegal ivory. Togo is seen as a new opportunity by ivory smugglers with its new deep water port. Yet, customs officers with new container scanning technology have made the efforts of these smugglers more difficult. Lome, Togo, 29 January 2014. Brent Stirton, South Africa, 2015, Getty Images for National Geographic. Nature, 2nd prize stories
A refugee man holds a young girl as others climb over broken-down border fences to enter Turkish territory; Sanliurfa, Turkey, 14 June 2015. © Bulent Kilic, Turkey, 2015, Agence France-Presse, Broken Border, 13-15 June, Sanliurfa, Turkey. Spot News, 3rd prize stories
A refugee man holds a crying girl as others rush through broken down border fences to enter Turkish territory; Sanliurfa, Turkey, 14 June 2015. © Bulent Kilic, Turkey, 2015, Agence France-Presse, Broken Border, 13-15 June, Sanliurfa, Turkey. Spot News, 3rd prize stories
Islamic State members ask people to go back to city centre at the Turkish Akçakale crossing gate in Sanliurfa province, Turkey, 13 June 2015. © Bulent Kilic, Turkey, 2015, Agence France-Presse, Broken Border, 13-15 June, Sanliurfa, Turkey. Spot News, 3rd prize stories
Refugees wait to enter Turkey near the Turkish border crossing at Akçakale,Turkey, 15 June 2015. © Bulent Kilic, Turkey, 2015, Agence France-Presse, Broken Border, 13-15 June, Sanliurfa, Turkey. Spot News, 3rd prize stories
Aerial view of the destruction after the explosion in Tianjin, China, 15 August 2015. Chen Jie, China, 2015, Tianjin Explosion. General News, 3rd prize singles
Kherou, a young wrestling champion, performs a ritual in the water of the sea while pouring milk over his body in order to obtain the reinforcement of a ghost who lives in the stones at the shore. Dakar, Sierra Leone, 11 August 2015. © Christian Bobst, Switzerland, 2015, The Gris-gris Wrestlers of Senegal. Sports, 2nd prize stories
A tournament in the Adrien Senghor arena leans towards the end. The wrestlingfights take place in the late evenings when temperatures drop. Dakar, Sierra Leone, 28 March 2015. © Christian Bobst, Switzerland, 2015, The Gris-gris Wrestlers of Senegal. Sports, 2nd prize stories
BB Bisma Ndoye defeats the wrestler Maraka Dji in the Demba Diop stadium inDakar, Sierra Leone, 05 April 2015. © Christian Bobst, Switzerland, 2015, The Gris-gris Wrestlers of Senegal. Sports, 2nd prize stories
A group of people watch the wrestling match on television in Dakar, Senegal, 04 April 2015. © Christian Bobst, Switzerland, 2015, The Gris-gris Wrestlers of Senegal. Sports, 2nd prize stories
Czech Republic's Ondrej Bank crashes during the downhill race of the Alpine Combined at the FIS World Championships in Beaver Creek, Colorado, USA, on 15 February 2015. © Christian Walgram, Austria, 2015, GEPA pictures, FIS World Championships. Sports, 1st prize singles
Two male Panther chameleons, Furcifer pardalis, fighting; Madagascar Exotique, Madagascar, 11 November 2015. © Christian Ziegler, Germany, 2015, for National Geographic, Chameleon Under Pressure. Nature, 3rd prize stories
A Furcifer ambrensis female foraging for insects with extendable tongue;Montain d’Ambre, Madagascar, 29 November 2014. © Christian Ziegler, Germany, 2015, for National Geographic, Chameleon Under Pressure. Nature, 3rd prize stories
Brookesia decaryi male and female sit in perfect camouflage in the leaf litter of a dry forest in Ankarafantsika National Park, Madagascar, 26 November 2015. © Christian Ziegler, Germany, 2015, for National Geographic, Chameleon Under Pressure. Nature, 3rd prize stories
A juvenile Furcifer balteatus in a recently burned landscape. Fires are often deadly for chameleons, because they can't move fast enough to escape them. The common practice of burning the landscape at the end of every dry season has affected many species of chameleons, both directly via fatalities due to burning and indirectly due to habitat loss; Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar, 16 Nov. 2015. © Christian Ziegler, Germany, 2015, for National Geographic, Chameleon Under Pressure. Nature, 3rd prize stories
Demonstration against terrorism in Paris, after a series of five attacks occurred across the Île-de-France region, beginning at the headquarters for satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo. Paris, France, 11 January 2015. © Corentin Fohlen, France, 2015, March Against Terrorism in Paris. Spot News, 2nd prize singles
A Chilean scientist, supported by logisticians from the Chilean Antarctic Institute,are battered by waves on their way back to base after having taken sea-watersamples; Fildes Bay, Antartica, 02 December 2015. © Daniel Berehulak, Australia, 2015, for The New York Times, An Antarctic Advantage. Daily Life, 1st prize stories
A priest looks on in the Bell room, after a vigil at the Russian Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity; Fildes Bay, Antartica, 03 December 2015. © Daniel Berehulak, Australia, 2015, for The New York Times, An Antarctic Advantage. Daily Life, 1st prize stories
A member of a German research team counts the number of penguin species and pairs as part of ongoing research on bird and penguin species in Antarctica; Fildes Bay, Antartica, 07 December 2015. © Daniel Berehulak, Australia, 2015, for The New York Times, An Antarctic Advantage. Daily Life, 1st prize stories
The winter expedition crew of Russian research team and a Chilean scientist drink Samagon, a homemade vodka, in a bedroom of the Bellingshausen Antarctica base; Fildes Bay, Antartica, 28 November 2015. © Daniel Berehulak, Australia, 2015, for The New York Times, An Antarctic Advantage. Daily Life, 1st prize stories
Nepalese villages watch a helicopter picking up a medical team, dropping aid atthe edge of a makeshift landing zone in Gumda, Nepal, 09 May 2015. © Daniel Berehulak, Australia, 2015, for The New York Times, An Earthquake's Aftermath. General News, 3rd prize stories
A woman cries as the body of her daughter is recovered from the rubble of her destroyed home. Gumda, Nepal, 08 May 2015. © Daniel Berehulak, Australia, 2015, for The New York Times, An Earthquake's Aftermath. General News, 3rd prize stories
Residents forage through their destroyed homes, gathering salvageable belongings. Bhaktapur, Nepal, 29 April 2015. © Daniel Berehulak, Australia, 2015, for The New York Times, An Earthquake's Aftermath. General News, 3rd prize stories
Flames rise from burning funeral pyres during the cremation of earthquake victims at the Pashupatinath Temple on the banks of Bagmati River, Kathmandu, Nepal, 28 April 2015. © Daniel Berehulak, Australia, 2015, for The New York Times, An Earthquake's Aftermath. General News, 3rd prize stories
Young girls between the age of 7 and 11 are chosen every year as 'Maya' for the 'Las Mayas', a festival derived from pagan rites celebrating the arrival of spring, in the town of Colmenar Viejo, Spain. The girls are required to sit still for a couple of hours in a decorated altar. © Daniel Ochoa de Olza, Spain, 2015, The Associated Press, La Maya Tradition. People, 2nd prize stories
Young girls between the age of 7 and 11 are chosen every year as 'Maya' for the 'Las Mayas', a festival derived from pagan rites celebrating the arrival of spring, in the town of Colmenar Viejo, Spain. The girls are required to sit still for a couple of hours in a decorated altar. © Daniel Ochoa de Olza, Spain, 2015, The Associated Press, La Maya Tradition. People, 2nd prize stories
Young girls between the age of 7 and 11 are chosen every year as 'Maya' for the 'Las Mayas', a festival derived from pagan rites celebrating the arrival of spring, in the town of Colmenar Viejo, Spain. The girls are required to sit still for a couple of hours in a decorated altar. © Daniel Ochoa de Olza, Spain, 2015, The Associated Press, La Maya Tradition. People, 2nd prize stories
Young girls between the age of 7 and 11 are chosen every year as 'Maya' for the 'Las Mayas', a festival derived from pagan rites celebrating the arrival of spring, in the town of Colmenar Viejo, Spain. The girls are required to sit still for a couple of hours in a decorated altar. © Daniel Ochoa de Olza, Spain, 2015, The Associated Press, La Maya Tradition. People, 2nd prize stories
Portrait of a Syrian refugee family in a camp in Bekaa Valley, Lebanon, on 15 December 2015. The empty chair in the photograph represents a family member who has either died in the war or whose whereabouts are unknown. © Dario Mitidieri, Italy, 2015, Lost Family Portraits. People, 3rd prize singles
At dusk, the skyline of central Pyongyang, North Korea, 12 April 2011. © David Guttenfelder, USA, 2015, North Korea: Life in the Cult of Kim. Long Term Projects, 3rd prize
Senior military members approach an area where new North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and other military and political leaders stand before commemorating the 70th birthday of the late Kim Jong Il at Kumsusan Memorial Palace in Pyongyang, North Korea, 16 February 2012. © David Guttenfelder, USA, 2015, North Korea: Life in the Cult of Kim. Long Term Projects, 3rd prize
A camera is embedded in the wall and used to record inside an auditorium at the Mangyongdae Schoolchildren's Palace in Pyongyang, North Korea, 27 February 2008. © David Guttenfelder, USA, 2015, North Korea: Life in the Cult of Kim. Long Term Projects, 3rd prize
A woman sits next to models of military weapons at a festival for the"Kimilsungia" and "Kimjongilia" flowers, named after the country's late leaders, in Pyongyang, North Korea, 24 July 2013. © David Guttenfelder, USA, 2015, North Korea: Life in the Cult of Kim. Long Term Projects, 3rd prize
Children perform at the Pyongyang Kyongsang Kindergarten in Pyongyang, North Korea, 20 May 2015. © David Guttenfelder, USA, 2015, North Korea: Life in the Cult of Kim. Long Term Projects, 3rd prize
Men stand in a cornfield in Songchon County, North Korea, 13 August 2012. © David Guttenfelder, USA, 2015, North Korea: Life in the Cult of Kim. Long Term Projects, 3rd prize
A man checks his bicycle next to a painted exclamation point on a propaganda billboard in Kaesong, North Korea, 24 April 2013. © David Guttenfelder, USA, 2015, North Korea: Life in the Cult of Kim. Long Term Projects, 3rd prize
A soldier, working as a guide, walks through a forest that is said to be a former camp site of the late North Korean leader Kim Il Sung; Mount Paektu, North Korea, 04 April 2012. © David Guttenfelder, USA, 2015, North Korea: Life in the Cult of Kim. Long Term Projects, 3rd prize
An overcrowded rubber dinghy sailing from Libya to Italy, Strait of Sicily, Mediterranean Sea, 26 August 2015. © Francesco Zizola, Italy, 2015, Noor, In the Same Boat. Contemporary Issues, 2nd prize stories
Migrants climb on board of a rescue ship by Doctors without Borders to escapetheir sinking rubber dinghy. Strait of Sicily, Mediterranean Sea, 21 August 2015. © Francesco Zizola, Italy, 2015, Noor, In the Same Boat Contemporary Issues, 2nd prize stories
Migrants wrapped in emergency blankets two days after being rescued catchsight of the Italian coast for the first time; Strait of Sicily, Mediterranean Sea, 23 August 2015. © Francesco Zizola, Italy, 2015, Noor, In the Same Boat Contemporary Issues, 2nd prize stories
Migrants rescued off the Libyan coast gather on the deck of the Doctors WithoutBorders rescue ship and attend a service; Strait of Sicily, Mediterranean Sea, 03 September 2015. © Francesco Zizola, Italy, 2015, Noor, In the Same Boat Contemporary Issues, 2nd prize stories
During the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 2015 Mens Basketball Tournament game with Wichita State vs. Indiana, Ron Baker shoots over Nick Zeisloft whilst Hanner Mosquera-Perea and Rashard Kelly battle for position at the CenturyLink Center in Omaha, Nebraska, USA, on 20 March 2015. © Greg Nelson, USA, 2015, for Sports Illustrated, 2015 NCAA Tournament. Sports, 2nd prize singles
Lamon Reccord stares down a police sergeant during a protest following the fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald by police in Chicago, Illinois, USA, 25 November 2015. © John J. Kim, USA, 2015, Chicago Tribune, March Against Police Violence. Contemporary Issues, 3rd prize singles
Members of the Neptun Synchro synchronized swimming team perform during a Christmas show in Stockholm, Sweden, on 13 December 2015. © Jonas Lindkvist, Sweden, 2015, Dagens Nyheter, Neptun Synchro. Sports, 3rd prize singles
"My mother said that it was a typically quiet day, warm and windy. She and myfather opened the window and they felt completely safe on the day of theexplosion, the 26th of April 1986." Kiev, Ukraine, 12 July 2015. © Kazuma Obara, Japan, 2015, Exposure. People, 1st prize stories
"I was born just five months after the day of the explosion. I was a very sickly child and I remember feeling like something was wrong, not growing like a normal child. When I was born I was quickly admitted into the intensive care unit. I had cramps and I was very weak. Half of my childhood, I spent in hospital without receiving a diagnosis. I was treated for bronchitis, then pneumonia, and then neuroses," Slavutych, Ukraine, 15 July 2015. © Kazuma Obara, Japan, 2015, Exposure. People, 1st prize stories
"Symptoms became strong when I was 19 years old. I had a very strong heart beat and it accelerated. A normal rhythm is 60-70 beats per minute. Mine was beating at 120-130 and this caused a very strong tremor in my hands. I was studying to be an architect at the architectural department and I realized that the tremors were preventing me from working, preventing me from completing my course. I could not understand the reason. It was very scary because architecture requires special attention, special care, and I could not understand why I was producing bad work. That was something very frightening for me. It was terrible." Ukraine, 16 June 2015. © Kazuma Obara, Japan, 2015, Exposure. People, 1st prize stories
"Recently, I just realized that I was not guilty. This is nobody's fault. I'm working on it, and everything is much better. I understand that all the worst is over, and now I'm trying to reestablish contact with my parents. They thought that I grew up very strong and independent. But it is not so. Now it’s like I just came back to life and I'm a child again. It’s interesting for me to touch, feel, play, go on a picnic. I just learned how to ride a bike this year." Kiev, Ukraine, 30 June 2015. © Kazuma Obara, Japan, 2015, Exposure. People, 1st prize stories
Tibetan prayer flags, known as Lung-ta, on a hillside in the Larung Valley of Sertar County, Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province, China, 30 October 2015. © Kevin Frayer, Canada, 2015, Getty Images, Bliss Dharma Assembly. Daily Life, 2nd prize stories
Tibetan Buddhist nuns stand following a chanting session in Sertar county, Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province, China, 30 October 2015. © Kevin Frayer, Canada, 2015, Getty Images, Bliss Dharma Assembly. Daily Life, 2nd prize stories
Tibetan Buddhist nomads cook by candlelight in Sertar county, Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province, China, 31 October 2015. © Kevin Frayer, Canada, 2015, Getty Images, Bliss Dharma Assembly. Daily Life, 2nd prize stories
Tibetan Buddhist nomads listen during the annual Bliss Dharma Assembly in Sertar county, Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province, China, 31 October 2015. © Kevin Frayer, Canada, 2015, Getty Images, Bliss Dharma Assembly. Daily Life, 2nd prize stories
Chinese men pull a tricycle in a neighborhood next to a coal-fired power plant in Shanxi, China, on 26 November 2015. A history of heavy dependence on burning coal for energy has made China the source of nearly a third of the world's total carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, the toxic pollutants widely cited by scientists and environmentalists as the primary cause of global warming. © Kevin Frayer, Canada, 2015, Getty Images, China's Coal Addiction. Daily Life, 1st prize singles
Abdoulaye, 15, is a talibe imprisoned in a room with security bars to keep him from running away. Thies, Senegal, 18 May 2015. © Mário Cruz, Portugal, 2015, Talibes, Modern-day Slaves. Contemporary Issues, 1st prize stories
Runaway talibes stand on the bank of Senegal river, Saint Louis, Senegal, 20May 2015. © Mário Cruz, Portugal, 2015, Talibes, Modern-day Slaves. Contemporary Issues, 1st prize stories
Talibes sleep next to each other inside a daara on the concrete floor without any protection. Saint Louis, Senegal, 21 May 2015. © Mário Cruz, Portugal, 2015, Talibes, Modern-day Slaves. Contemporary Issues, 1st prize stories
Former talibes cool off at SOS Talibe Centre in Bafata, Guinea-Bissau, where they are now taken care of by a charity. 8 June 2015. © Mário Cruz, Portugal, 2015, Talibes, Modern-day Slaves. Contemporary Issues, 1st prize stories
US Army Spc. Natasha Schuette, 21, was pressured not to report being assaulted by her drill sergeant during basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Though she was hazed by her assailant’s fellow drill instructors, she refused to back down and Staff Sgt. Louis Corral is now serving four years in prison for assaulting her and four other female trainees. The US Army rewarded Natasha for her courage to report her assault and the Sexual Harassment/ Assault Response & Prevention office distributed a training video featuring her story. She is now stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Taken in Fayetteville, North Carolina, US, 21 March 2014. © Mary F. Calvert, USA, 2015. Sexual Assault in America’s Military. Long Term Projects, 1st prize
Connie Sue Foss went to sleep after a Christmas party at her National Guard unit. When she awoke, she was tied down and a fellow guardsman had his hands around her throat as he raped her. “Don’t bother screaming, there’s only me in the building,” he said. She retreats into her own thoughts while her daughter hovers near the bathroom door of their apartment in Spring Hill, Florida, 05 January 2014. © Mary F. Calvert, USA, 2015. Sexual Assault in America’s Military. Long Term Projects, 1st prize
Elisha Morrow and Tiffany Berkland were sexually harassed by the same company commander when they were in basic training after joining the Coast Guard. They did not report the harassment for fear of being kicked out but came forward when they met a third victim. When their case went to trial, they met a fourth young woman who had been raped recently by the same company commander. Berkland and Morrow are guilt ridden for not coming forward sooner. They sit in their hotel room after attending the Truth and Justice Summit on MST in Washington, D.C., US, 18 April 2013. © Mary F. Calvert, USA, 2015. Sexual Assault in America’s Military. Long Term Projects, 1st prize
US Navy sailor Melissa Bania holds a banner inscribed with the story of her rape before hanging it on the footbridge across from Naval Station San Diego. Military Sexual Trauma survivors gathered in San Diego to bring attention to the epidemic of rape in America’s military, 21 April 2014. © Mary F. Calvert, USA, 2015. Sexual Assault in America’s Military. Long Term Projects, 1st prize
Gary Noling holds his daughter Carrie's journal on the anniversary of her suicide in Alliance, Ohio. Carrie Goodwin suffered severe retaliation after reporting her rape to her US Marine commanders. Five days after she was went home with a bad conduct discharge, she drank herself to death. Taken in Alliance, Ohio, US, 01 March 2014. © Mary F. Calvert, USA, 2015. Sexual Assault in America’s Military. Long Term Projects, 1st prize
Homeless veteran Darlene Matthews has been living in her car for over two years while she waits for a housing voucher from the VA. She joined the US Army in 1976 and was sent to Fort McLellan, Alabama. She was beyond horrified when she discovered that it wasn't a safe place and instead full of "illegal punishments and all this sexual stuff. The whole atmosphere was abusive." Her life spiraled down after she got out of the military and found herself very depressed. Taken in Costa Mesa, California, US, 01 December 2014. © Mary F. Calvert, USA, 2015. Sexual Assault in America’s Military. Long Term Projects, 1st prize
Debra Filter joined the US Army in 1978 and went through boot camp at Fort Ord, Georgia. Debra and several other women recruits were raped at the party they were forced to attend upon graduation. Her PTSD festered and Debra eventually left the military with an honorable discharge. Though educated with a Masters Degree, she has been homeless for 10 years and has battled the VA for benefits for 30 years. She left Las Vegas when the VA pulled her benefits. She has been in and out of shelters in LA and now has a housing voucher for a studio apartment in Korea-town in Los Angeles, CA. Taken in Los Angeles, California, 29 November 2014. © Mary F. Calvert, USA, 2015. Sexual Assault in America’s Military. Long Term Projects, 1st prize
US Army veteran Wilma M. Herndon, watches TV in her room at the Mary Walker House for homeless women veterans in Coatesville, PA. She was married to another soldier who beat and sexually assaulted her. Wilma confided in her 1st Sergeant who did nothing to stop her abuser so she turned to drugs and drinking to feel better. Taken in Coatsville, Pennsylvania, US, 24 March 2015. © Mary F. Calvert, USA, 2015. Sexual Assault in America’s Military. Long Term Projects, 1st prize
A child is covered with a raincoat while she waits in line to register at a refugee camp in Preševo, Serbia, 07 October 2015. © Matic Zorman, Slovenia, 2015, Waiting to Register. People, 1st prize singles
A mine worker takes a smoke break before going back into the pit. Miners in Bani face harsh conditions and exposure to toxic chemicals and heavy metals.Image taken in Bani, Burkina Faso, on 20 November 2015. © Matjaz Krivic, Slovenia, 2015, Digging the Future. People, 2nd prize singles
Indigenous Munduruku children play in the Tapajos river in the tribal area of Sawre Muybu, Itaituba, Brazil on 10 February 2015. The tribesmen of the Munduruku, who for centuries have sanctified the Tapajos River on which their villages sit, are fighting for survival. Brazil’s government plans to flood much of their land to build a $9.9 billion hydroelectric dam, the Sao Luiz do Tapajos, as part of a wider energy strategy across the Amazon rainforest. © Mauricio Lima, Brazil, 2015, for The New York Times, Amazon's Munduruku Tribe. Daily Life, 2nd prize singles
A doctor rubs ointment on the burns of a 16-year-old Islamic State fighter named Jacob in front of a poster of Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, at a Y.P.G. hospital compound on the outskirts of Hasaka, Syria on 01 August 2015. Mauricio Lima, Brazil, 2015 for The New York Times, IS Fighter Treated at
Kurdish Hospital. General News, 1st prize singles
Howie sits beside his wife Laurel as they get their weekly chemotherapy treatments. Greenwich, Connecticut, US, 30 January 2013. Nancy Borowick, USA, 2015. A Life in Death. Long Term Projects, 2nd prize
Howie and Laurel Borowick embrace in the bedroom of their home. In their 34- year marriage, they were diagnosed with stage-four cancer at the same time. New York, US, 08 March 2013. Nancy Borowick, USA, 2015. A Life in Death. Long Term Projects, 2nd prize
Howie and Laurel Borowick sit next to the bathroom telephone as they receive the most recent news from their oncologist. New York, US, 08 March 2013. Nancy Borowick, USA, 2015. A Life in Death. Long Term Projects, 2nd prize
Howie and Laurel Borowick plan for their funerals. New York, US, 30 March 2013. Nancy Borowick, USA, 2015. A Life in Death. Long Term Projects, 2nd prize
Laurel struggles to breathe as her tumors steadily grow as she is no longer in treatment and has begun home hospice care. An oxygen machine is now a permanent fixture in her home. New York, US, 26 November 2014. Nancy Borowick, USA, 2015. A Life in Death. Long Term Projects, 2nd prize
Laurel no longer speaks. Matthew, her son, gives her a kiss on the forehead. New York, US, 03 December 2014. Nancy Borowick, USA, 2015. A Life in Death. Long Term Projects, 2nd prize
During shiva, all eyes are on the Borowick kids, and the community bands together to provide love and support. Focus is also on Marion, center, Laurel’s 87-year-old mother, who has just lost her daughter. New York, US, 08 December 2014. Nancy Borowick, USA, 2015. A Life in Death. Long Term Projects, 2nd prize
The house is packed up. Thousands of photographs are uncovered, reflecting a lifetime of memories. New York, US, 08 February 2015. Nancy Borowick, USA, 2015. A Life in Death. Long Term Projects, 2nd prize
The body of a victim killed in gang-related violence. This is the fourth gang-related killing on the same street in one night. Police have no witnesses. San Pedro Sula, 4 March 2015. © Niclas Hammarström, Sweden, 2015, Gang-related Violence. Spot News, 3rd prize singles
Refugees travel in darkness through Europe to avoid detection; Lesbos, Greece, 06 December 2015. © Paul Hansen, Sweden, 2015, Dagens Nyheter, Under the Cover of Darkness. General News, 2nd prize singles
A wall of rock, snow and debris roars toward Everest Base Camp, Nepal, 25 April 2015. © Roberto Schmidt, Germany, 2015, Agence France-Presse, Avalanche, 25-27 April, Everest Base Camp, Nepal. Spot News, 2nd prize stories
Trekking guide Pasang Sherpa searches for survivors among flattered tents moments after a wall of rock, snow and debris slammed on Everest Base camp. Nepal, 25 April 2015. © Roberto Schmidt, Germany, 2015, Agence France-Presse, Avalanche, 25-27 April, Everest Base Camp, Nepal. Spot News, 2nd prize stories
A man suffering from severe head trauma is bundled in a sleeping bag used asa makeshift stretcher while being taken by rescuers to a medical tent moments after the avalanche in Nepal, 25 April 2015. © Roberto Schmidt, Germany, 2015, Agence France-Presse, Avalanche, 25-27 April, Everest Base Camp, Nepal. Spot News, 2nd prize stories
Rescuers carry an injured person to a medical tent after the avalanche hit theEverest Base Camp. Nepal, 25 April 2015. © Roberto Schmidt, Germany, 2015, Agence France-Presse, Avalanche, 25-27 April, Everest Base Camp, Nepal. Spot News, 2nd prize stories
A massive "cloud tsunami" looms over Sydney as a sunbather reads, oblivious to the approaching cloud on Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia on 06 November 2015. © Rohan Kelly, Australia, 2015, Daily Telegraph, Storm Front on Bondi Beach. Nature, 1st prize singles
Smoke rises from a building following reported shelling by Syrian government forces in Douma, Syria, 30 October 2015. © Sameer Al-Doumy, Syria, 2015, Agence France-Presse, Aftermath of Airstrikes in Syria. Spot News, 1st prize stories
A boy is evacuated from rubble following reported airstrikes in the city of Douma, Syria, 16 June 2015. © Sameer Al-Doumy, Syria, 2015, Agence France-Presse, Aftermath of Airstrikes in Syria. Spot News, 1st prize stories
A wounded man walks out of a dust cloud following reported airstrikes in the town of Hamouria, Syria, 09 December 2015. © Sameer Al-Doumy, Syria, 2015, Agence France-Presse, Aftermath of Airstrikes in Syria. Spot News, 1st prize stories
Destroyed city of Douma, Syria, 13 December 2015. © Sameer Al-Doumy, Syria, 2015, Agence France-Presse, Aftermath of Airstrikes in Syria. Spot News, 1st prize stories
Kate often kept Emily company while she took baths. Late in the pregnancy, particularly once Emily was overdue, she said that baths were one of the easiest ways to relax her body. Kate, who became pregnant three weeks later than Emily, showed less, and the two would often compare their baby bumps and talk to each other’s bellies. Maplewood, New Jersey, USA, 29 November 2015. © Sara Naomi Lewkowicz, USA, 2015, Emily and Kate and Eddie and Reid. Contemporary Issues, 3rd prize stories
Emily watches as the nurses work to get Eddie to wake up and cry. The baby didn't cry immediately after being born, as his umbilical cord was tight and he was born "in distress." "It was one of the scariest moments of my life," Emily said later. New York, New York, USA, 13 December 2015. © Sara Naomi Lewkowicz, USA, 2015, Emily and Kate and Eddie and Reid. Contemporary Issues, 3rd prize stories
Emily holds the new-born baby to meet his new little brother. Reid and Eddie were born only four days apart, despite being due three weeks apart. Both babies had the same donor, making them biological half-brothers. "Oh my God," Kate said, "we’re…like…a family, suddenly!" New York, New York, USA, 13 December 2015. © Sara Naomi Lewkowicz, USA, 2015, Emily and Kate and Eddie and Reid. Contemporary Issues, 3rd prize stories
Emily rubs sleep out of her eyes while feeding Reid, as Kate holds Eddie during a late-night feeding. Maplewood, New Jersey, USA, 30 December 2015. © Sara Naomi Lewkowicz, USA, 2015, Emily and Kate and Eddie and Reid. Contemporary Issues, 3rd prize stories
Papo Reto collective members at Complexo do Alemao with a cableway station and cab in their back; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 08 February 2015. © Sebastián Liste, Spain, 2015, Noor, Citizen Journalism in Brazil’s Favelas. Daily Life, 3rd prize stories
The leader of the Papo Reto collective receives an image of a 22-year-old taxi driver who was shot dead by a police officer; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 08 February 2015. © Sebastián Liste, Spain, 2015, Noor, Citizen Journalism in Brazil’s Favelas. Daily Life, 3rd prize stories
Papo Reto collective members taking pictures and videos of the Special Police Forces tank car patrolling in the streets of Vila Aliança after a taxi driver was shot by police; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 08 February 2015. © Sebastián Liste, Spain, 2015, Noor, Citizen Journalism in Brazil’s Favelas. Daily Life, 3rd prize stories
Police patrolling the streets of Vila Aliança after a taxi driver was shot by police; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 08 February 2015. © Sebastián Liste, Spain, 2015, Noor, Citizen Journalism in Brazil’s Favelas. Daily Life, 3rd prize stories
Refugees arrive by boat near the village of Skala on Lesbos, Greece, 16 November 2015. © Sergey Ponomarev, Russia, 2015, for The New York Times, Reporting Europe's Refugee Crisis. General News, 1st prize stories
Refugees attempt to board a train headed to Zagreb, Croatia in Tovarnik, Hungary, 18 September 2015. © Sergey Ponomarev, Russia, 2015, for The New York Times, Reporting Europe's Refugee Crisis. General News, 1st prize stories
A Slovenian police officer escorts migrants that have crossed from Croatia. Dobova, Slovenia, 20 October 2015. © Sergey Ponomarev, Russia, 2015, for The New York Times, Reporting Europe's Refugee Crisis. General News, 1st prize stories
Migrants are escorted by Slovenian riot police to a registration camp outside Dobova, Slovenia, 23 October 2015. © Sergey Ponomarev, Russia, 2015, for The New York Times, Reporting Europe's Refugee Crisis. General News, 1st prize stories
The Power of Nature. Colima Volcano in Mexico shows a powerful night explosion with lightning, ballistic projectiles and incandescent rockfalls; image taken in the Comala municipality in Colima, Mexico, 13 December 2015. © Sergio Tapiro, Mexico, 2015. Nature, 3rd prize singles
Erison Turây walks to the football pitch to practice with the Ebola Survivors Soccer Club. Kenema, Sierra Leone, 21 April 2015. © Tara Todras-Whitehill, USA, 2015, Vignette Interactive, Ebola Survivors Football Club. Sports, 3rd prize stories
Erison Turây plays in a practice match with female members of the Ebola Survivors Football Club in the city of Kenema, Sierra Leone, 21 April 2015. © Tara Todras-Whitehill, USA, 2015, Vignette Interactive, Ebola Survivors Football Club. Sports, 3rd prize stories
Residents of Freetown cheer for the Ebola Survivors Football Club on a field in the city of Kenema, Sierra Leone, 21 April 2015. © Tara Todras-Whitehill, USA, 2015, Vignette Interactive, Ebola Survivors Football Club. Sports, 3rd prize stories
Prison Turây, center right, helps referee a practice game with female members of the Ebola Survivors Football Club in the city of Kerema, Sierra Leone, 21 April 2015. © Tara Todras-Whitehill, USA, 2015, Vignette Interactive, Ebola Survivors Football Club. Sports, 3rd prize stories
A Sumatran orangutan threatens another nearby male in the Batang Toru Forest, North Sumatra Province, Indonesia,17 March 2014. © Tim Laman, USA, 2015, Tough Times for Orangutans. Nature, 1st prize stories
A Bornean orangutan climbs over 30 meters up a tree in the rain forest of Gunung Palung National Park, West Kalimantan, Indonesia, 12 August 2015. © Tim Laman, USA, 2015, Tough Times for Orangutans. Nature, 1st prize stories
A veterinarian from International Animal Rescue carries a Bornean orangutan baby from a house where it was kept illegally as a pet in the village of Sungai Besar, West Kalimantan Province, Indonesia, 27 July 2015. © Tim Laman, USA, 2015, Tough Times for Orangutans. Nature, 1st prize stories
A Sumatran orangutan threatens another nearby male in the Batang Toru Forest, North Sumatra Province, Indonesia,17 March 2014. © Tim Laman, USA, 2015, Tough Times for Orangutans. Nature, 1st prize stories
Evgeny Solovyov, head coach of HC Vetluga preparing the stadium for the match in Vetluga, Russia, 19 February 2015. © Vladimir Pesnya, Russia, 2015, Sputnik, Vetluga's Hockey. Sports, 1st prize stories
The match between junior teams from Vetluga and village Sharanga in Vetluga, Russia, 19 February 2015. © Vladimir Pesnya, Russia, 2015, Sputnik, Vetluga's Hockey. Sports, 1st prize stories
A player from the junior team from the village Sharanga is expected to yield to the ice in Vetluga, Russia, 19 Feruary 2015. © Vladimir Pesnya, Russia, 2015, Sputnik, Vetluga's Hockey. Sports, 1st prize stories
Players in the locker room of HC Vetluga at halftime, Vetluga, Russia, 19 February 2015. © Vladimir Pesnya, Russia, 2015, Sputnik, Vetluga's Hockey. Sports, 1st prize stories
A city in northern China shrouded in haze, Tianjin, China, 10 December 2015. © Zhang Lei, China, 2015, Tianjin Daily, Haze in China. Contemporary Issues, 1st prize singles
Raheleh, who was born blind, stands behind the window in the morning. Shelikes the warmness of the sunlight on her face. Babol, Mazandaran, Iran, 12 November 2015. © Zohreh Saberi, Iran, 2015, Mehrnews Agency, Into the Light. Daily Life, 3rd prize singles