The winners have been selected for photojournalism's most prestigious awards. Top prize went to Burhan Ozbilici of the Associated Press, for his image of the assassination of Russia's ambassador to Turkey.
World Press Photo 2017 Awards
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Heavy rain pours as police operatives investigate in an alley where 37-year-old Romeo Joel Torres Fontanilla was killed by two unidentified gunmen riding motorcycles in the early morning in Manila, Philippines.
General News -- First Prize, Stories (Daniel Berehulak for The New York Times)
General News -- First Prize, Stories (Daniel Berehulak for The New York Times)
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A tied, decomposed body is seen at the site of a mass grave that was discovered on the outskirts of Hamam, Iraq.
General News -- Second Prize, Stories (Sergey Ponomarev, for The New York Times)
General News -- Second Prize, Stories (Sergey Ponomarev, for The New York Times)
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Soon after he surrendered, an Islamic State militant is violently dragged by Libyan fighters affiliated with the government in Tripoli while they shout and threaten to lynch him on December 5, 2016. A few minutes later he was found dead in the same place, shot multiple times.
General News -- Third Prize, Stories (Alessio Romenzi)
General News -- Third Prize, Stories (Alessio Romenzi)
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At a hospital in Kabul, Najiba holds her two-year-old nephew Shabir who was injured from a bomb blast on March 29, 2016.
Daily Life -- First Prize, Singles (Paula Bronstein, for Time Lightbox/Pulitzer Center For Crisis Reporting)
Daily Life -- First Prize, Singles (Paula Bronstein, for Time Lightbox/Pulitzer Center For Crisis Reporting)