Jodi Bieber wins the award for this shocking shot of Bibi Aisha, an 18 year old woman from Oruzgan province in Afghanistan. She fled back to her family after her husband treated her badly.

It is said that the Taliban arrived one night for Bibi. They wanted to met out justice to her. When they pronounced the verdict, Bibi’s brother-in-law held her down and her husband sliced off her ears and nose.

Bibi was then abandoned and later rescqued by aid workers and the American military. She has received counseling and reconstructive surgery. She now lives in the United States.