Award Winning Photos (23 pics)

Posted in PICTURES       16 Feb 2010       20749       11 GALLERY VIEW

These photos were some of the winners of the World Press Photo competition of 2009. Over 5,000 photographers from all over the world took part in this competition. They are truly some amazing photos and represent the very best the world of photography has to offer.

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Women in Tehran shout from a rooftop in protest against the regime on 24 June in Tehran. The Iranian presidential elections were held on 12 June and the results, proclaiming victory by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over opposition candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi, were strongly contested.


Afghan woman rushed from the scene of a suicide bombing, Kabul, 15 December.


Gaza photo album: Tuzzah, Gaza Strip, 3 March.


Graham, anorexic teenager.


Fashion portfolio: Prints and the Revolution, Mali.


England's Jonathan Trott is run out at the fifth Ashes test match, London, August.


Yankee fans try to distract Angels left fielder Juan Rivera, Yankee Stadium, 25 October.


Hunting kingfisher, Hungary.


Lance Armstrong's comeback.


Guinea Bissau.


Ironman World Championships, Hawaii.


Bloodbath in Madagascar, February.


Rainbowland, New Mexico.


War Is Personal.


Adrian, 13-year-old with autism.


South Georgia, Antarctica.


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


Giraffe killed by drought, northeast Kenya, September.


Inauguration Day, Washington DC, 20 January.


Sunday picnic, Mozambique.


Boys and girls.


Post-election protests in Tehran, 13-15 June.


Attack on Gaza Strip, January.


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SuperMilow 14 year s ago
wow is all i can really say!
       
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lolipop 14 year s ago
n_smile
       
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GOODSTUFF4U 14 year s ago
pain and death wins awards ? sells news papers and mags
       
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vulpes 14 year s ago
I love it
       
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monishanand 14 year s ago
clapping clapping clapping
       
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mazzini 14 year s ago
n_sad
       
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sherri 14 year s ago
damn the worlds messed up!
pain, death and government-supported violence pretty much sums up 2009
i just hope this year turns out better
       
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diegopol 14 year s ago
incredible
       
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HollyxHero 14 year s ago
I don't understand today's world...
       
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Wizard 14 year s ago
Poor giraffe cray it's a cruel world, adapt, evolve or DIE cray
       
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Darryl Cromer 14 year s ago
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