The Winning Photographs from World Press Photo

The Worlds Press Photo Contest is one of the largest photo competition of Journalists. The winner of this contest was an Italian photographer who will receive a prize money of €10.000 ($13.500). All the winning photos from all categories will be kept for exhibition in Amsterdam. The award giving ceremony will be conducted during the month of May 2010 in Amsterdam.

Pietro Masturzo, Italy
Women in Tehran shout from a rooftop in protest against the regime on 24 June in Tehran.

Marco Vernaschi, Italy
Guinea Bissau.

Walter Astrada, Argentina
Bloodbath in Madagascar, February.

Kitra Cahana, Canada
Rainbowland, New Mexico.

Eugene Richards, USA
War Is Personal.

Gihan Tubbeh, Peru.
Adrian, 13-year-old boy with autism.

Paul Nicklen, Canada
South Georgia, Antarctica.

David Guttenfelder, USA
US soldiers respond to Taliban fire outside their bunker, Korengal Valley, Afghanistan, 11 May.

Stefano De Luigi, Italy
Giraffe killed by drought, northeast Kenya, September.

Charles Ommanney, United Kingdom
Inauguration Day, Washington DC, 20 January.

Mohammed Salem, Palestinian Territories
White phosphorus bombs explode over Gaza City during Israel’s offensive, 8 January.

Mohammed Abed, Palestinian Territories
Attack on Gaza Strip.

Olivier Laban-Mattei, France
Post-election protests in Tehran, 13-15 June.

Joan Bardeletti, France
Middle classes in Africa: Sunday picnic, Mozambique.

Adam Ferguson, Australia
Woman rushed from the scene of a suicide bombing, Kabul, Afghanistan, 15 December.

Laura Pannack, United Kingdom
Graeme, anorexic teenager.

Malick Sidibé, Mali
Fashion portfolio: Prints and the Revolution, Mali.

Gareth Copley, United Kingdom
England’s Jonathan Trott dives in vain as he is run out by Australia’s Simon Katich
during the fifth Ashes test match at The Oval, London, 20 August.

Joe Petersburger, Hungary
Hunting kingfisher, Hungary.

Elizabeth Kreutz, USA.
Lance Armstrong – Comeback 2.0.

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