Winning snaps

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Photo journalism is thrilling and interesting.
But may be risky and also may cost the life
It brings fame and name as well as negative criticism.
There were some Challenging photographers even committed suicide.
The first World Press Photo award was held in 1955 when members of the Dutch photojournalists’ union turned their national competition into an international one.
The competition has been held almost every year since then with winning pictures being put together into an exhibition.
In 1955, 42 photographers from 11 countries submitted just over 300 photographs for judging. Today the annual contest attracts well over 5,000 participants from around 125 countries, who together send in tens of thousands of images.

From a pathetic photograph of Woman addicted to drugs and becoming a prostitute
to a Mother desperately standing alone in the devastation of the Japanese Tsunami
and many more photograph show a vivid reflection of the world we live in.
The following photographs across the globe featuring startling pictures from the world in 2011
which went on show at the Southbank Center in London as a part of photojournalism.


Spanish photographer Samuel Aranda for his image of a mother cradling her son in her hands
after he has been overcome by tear gas during an anti-government demonstration in Yemen
won the This year 2011's top prize .

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Tragic: This work by South African photographer Brent Stirton won first prize in the Contemporary Issues Singles category. it shows Maria, a drug-addicted sex worker, resting between clients in the room she rents in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine. The country has the highest incidence of HIV/Aids in Europe, according to UNICEF

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Winner: This haunting image by Samuel Aranda was named press World Press Photo of the Year for 2012.
It shows Fatima al-Qaws cradling her son Zayed (18), who is suffering from the effects of tear gas after participating in an anti-government demonstration, in Sanaa, Yemen, in October last year 2011.

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'Child brides': This image by Stephanie Sinclair won first prize in the Contemporary Issues Stories category.
Pictured are Tahani (in pink), who was married at the age of six, and her former classmate Ghada,
also a child bride, standing with their husbands outside their home in Hajjah, Yemen

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'Tsunami': Yasuyoshi Chiba won first prize in the People in the News Stories category for this moving work.
Chieko Matsukawa is pictured holding up her daughter's graduation certificate,
which she salvaged from the ruins of their home in Higashimatsushima.
On 11 March last year, a magnitude 9 earthquake triggered a tsunami that swept inland
over an area of some 500 square kilometers leaving a path of destruction in its wake

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'World Aquatics Championships:' Divers practice during the second day of the
14th FINA World Aquatics Championships,
in Shanghai, China, in July 2011. The photo, by Australian Adam Pretty,
won second prize in the Sports Stories category

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'On Revolution Road': Rebels battle against government forces for Ras Lanuf, an oil-refining town
on the Libyan coast, on 11 March last year. Ras Lanuf had fallen to anti-government forces on 4 March,
during their initial advance west, towards the capital Tripoli.
After heavy bombardment by land, sea and air, government forces retook the city on 10 March,
and began pushing the rebels back.
This picture, by Yuri Kozyrev won first prize in the Prize Spot News Singles category

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'Cliff-climbing polar bear attempting to eat seabird eggs': A young male polar bear climbs
on a cliff face above the ocean at Ostrova Oranskie, in northern Novaya Zemlya, Russia, attempting
unsuccessfully to feed on eggs from the nests of Brünnich's guillemots, early last July.
The photo by Jenny E. Ross, won first prize in the Nature Singles category

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Haunting profiles: 'Afghan police recruits' (left) shows a new recruit at a police training center run by Germany, in Kunduz, Afghanistan in September 2011. The picture, by Ton Koene, won 2nd prize in the Portraits Stories section. 'Danish and Iranian culture': (right) shows actress Mellica Mehraban, who was born in Iran but grew up in Denmark. She played a lead role in the Iranian spy thriller 'Fox Hunting.' The picture, by Laerke Posselt won first prize in the Portraits Singles category

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'Rhino Wars': An anti-poaching team guards a northern white rhino, part of a 24-hour watch, at Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya last July. The park is home to four of the world's remaining eight northern white rhinos.