World Press Photo Contest 2015 Winners

This photo released by the World Press on February 12, 2015 and taken by Danish photographer Mads Nissen was selected by the international jury of the 58th annual World Press Photo Contest 2015 as the World Press Photo of the Year 2014. The photo shows gay couple Jonathan Jacques Louis, 21, and Alexander Semyonov, 25, during an intimate moment in St. Petersburg, Russia. (Photo by Mads Nissen/Scanpix/Panos Pictures)

A handout picture provided by the World Press Photo on 12 February 2015 shows the picture by photographer Bulent Kilic, Turkey, Agence France Presse (AFP) who won 1st Prize in Spot News Singles category of the 58th World Press Photo Contest, it was announced by the organizers in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 12 February 2015. It shows a young girl pictured after she was wounded during clashes between riot-police and prostestors after the funeral of Berkin Elvan, the 15-year-old boy who died from injuries suffered during last year’s anti-government protests, in Istanbul, Turkey, March 12, 2014. (Photo by Bulent Kilic/AFP)

A handout picture provided by the World Press Photo on Feb. 12 2015 shows the picture by photographer Jerome Sessini, France, Magnum Photos for De Standaard who won 2nd Prize in Spot News Stories category of the 58th World Press Photo Contest, it was announced by the organizers in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Feb. 12 2015. It shows an Orthodox priest blessing the protesters on a barricade. On february 20th, unidentified snipers open fire on disarmed protesters as they was advancing on Instituska street. According to an official source, 70 protesters were shot dead. Ukrainian riot police claimed that several policeman were wounded or shot dead by snipers aswell. An unofficial source said that snipers opened fire on the police and protesters at the same time in order to provoke both camps. (Photo By Jerome Sessini/Magnum Photos)

A file photo taken on Oct. 23, 2014 shows militants of Islamic State (IS) standing just before explosion of an air strike on Tilsehir hill near Turkish border, at Yumurtalik village, in Sanliurfa province. Bulent Kilic was awarded with the World Press Spot News Single third prize for this photo on Feb. 12, 2015. (Photo by Bulent Kilic/AFP)

Pete Muller, a U.S. photographer of Prime on assignment for National Geographic/The Washington Post, won the First Prize in the General News Category, Stories, of the 2015 World Press Photo contest with his series of pictures which includes this one of medical staff at the Hastings Ebola Treatment Center escorting a man in the throes of Ebola-induced delirium back into the isolation ward from which he escaped, in Freetown, in this picture taken November 23, 2014 and released by the World Press Photo on Feb.12, 2015. The prize-winning entries of the World Press Photo Contest 2015, the world’s largest annual press photography contest, were announced Feb. 12, 2015. (Photo by Pete Muller/Prime/National Geographic/The Washington Post)

A file picture by photographer Sergei Ilnitsky of European Pressphoto Agency (epa), showing blood stains on a table and curtain and damaged dishes and goods in a home in downtown Donetsk, Ukraine, Aug. 26, 2014, won 1st Prize in General News Singles category of the 58th World Press Photo Contest, it was announced by the organizers in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Feb. 12 2015. (Photo by Sergei Ilnitsky/EPA)

A handout picture provided by the World Press Photo on Feb. 12, 2015 shows the picture by photographer Bao Tailiang, China, Chengdu Economic Daily who won 1st Prize in Sports Singles category of the 58th World Press Photo Contest, it was announced by the organizers in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Feb. 12, 2015. It shows Argentine player Lionel Messi during the final game of the FIFA World Cup 2014 at the Estadio do Maracana in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 13, 2014. (Photo by Tai Lang/ Chengdu Economic Daily)

Anand Varma, a U.S. photographer working for the National Geographic, won the First Prize in the Nature Category, Stories, of the 2015 World Press Photo contest with his series of pictures, which includes this one of spores of a fungus landing on an ant, penetrating its exoskeleton and entering its brain, compelling the host to leave its normal habitat on the forest floor and scale a nearby tree, in this picture taken Jan. 22, 2014 and released by the World Press Photo on February 12, 2015. The prize-winning entries of the World Press Photo Contest 2015, the world’s largest annual press photography contest, were announced Feb. 12, 2015. (Photo by Anand Varma/National Geographic)

A handout picture provided by the World Press Photo on 12 February 2015 shows the picture by photographer Raphaela Rosella, Australia, Oculi who won 1st Prize in Portraits Singles category of the 58th World Press Photo Contest, it was announced by the organizers in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 12 February 2015. It shows Laurinda waiting in her purple dress for the bus that will take her to Sunday School in Moree, New South Wales. (Photo by Raphaella Rosella/ Oculi)

Yongzhi Chu, a Chinese photographer, won the First Prize in the Nature Category, Singles, of the 2015 World Press Photo contest with this picture of a a monkey being trained for circus cowering as its trainer approaches in Suzhou, in this picture taken Nov. 29, 2014 and released by the World Press Photo on Feb. 12, 2015. The prize-winning entries of the World Press Photo Contest 2015, the world’s largest annual press photography contest, were announced Feb. 12, 2015. (Photo by Yongzhi Chu)

Darcy Padilla, a U.S. photographer of Agence VU, won the First Prize in the Long-Term Projects of the 2015 World Press Photo contest with her work “Family Love 1993-2014 – The Julie Project” series, which includes this image of Julie in San Francisco, taken January 28, 1993 and released by the World Press Photo on Feb. 12, 2015. The prize-winning entries of the World Press Photo Contest 2015, the world’s largest annual press photography contest, were announced Feb. 12, 2015. (Photo by Darcy Padilla/Agence VU)

A handout picture provided by the World Press Photo on Feb. 12, 2015 shows the picture by photographer Massimo Sestini, Italy who won 2nd Prize in General News Singles category of the 58th World Press Photo Contest, it was announced by the organizers in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Feb. 12, 2015. The picture entitled ‘Operation Mare Nostrum’ a shipwrecked aboarding a boat rescued 20 miles north from Libya by the frigate FREMM Bergamini of the Italian Nav. (Photo by Massimi Sessini)

A file photo taken on April 15, 2014 shows the mother, right, of Abdolah Hosseinzadeh, who was murdered in 2007, slapping Balal who killed her son during the execution ceremony in the northern city of Noor just before she removed the noose around his neck with the help of her husband, sparing the life of her son’s convicted murderer. The dramatic events followed a rare public campaign to save the life of Balal, who at 19 killed another young man, Abdollah Hosseinzadeh, in a street fight with a knife back in 2007. Arash Khamooshi was awarded with the World Press Spot News Stories Third Prize for this photo on Feb. 12, 2015. (Photo by Arash Khamoosh/AFP/ISNA)

A handout picture provided by the World Press Photo on Feb. 12, 2015 shows a picture by photographer Sarker Protick, Bangladesh who won 2nd Prize in Daily Life Stories category of the 58th World Press Photo Contest, it was announced by the organizers in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Feb. 12, 2015. The photo, part of the story ‘What Remains’ shows John wearing his grandson’s bowler hat in Dhaka, Bangladesh. (Photo by Sarker Protick)

A handout picture provided by the World Press Photo on Feb. 12, 2015 shows the picture by photographer Ami Vitale, USA, National Geographic who won 2nd Prize in Nature Singles category of the 58th World Press Photo Contest, it was announced by the organizers in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Feb. 12, 2015. The photo is entitled ‘Saving Africa’s Great Animals – orphaned rhino’ Photo by Ami Vitale/National Geographic)

A handout picture provided by the World Press Photo on Feb. 12, 2015 shows the picture by photographer Tomas van Houtryve, Belgium, VII for Harper’s Magazine who won 3rd Prize in Contemporary Issues Stories category of the 58th World Press Photo Contest, it was announced by the organizers in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Feb. 12, 2015. It shows students seen in a schoolyard in El Dorado County, California. Photo by Tomas Van Hourtyve/VII)

A handout picture provided by the World Press Photo on Feb. 12, 2015 shows the picture by photographer Ronghui Chen, China, City Express who won 2nd Prize in Contemporrary Issues Singles category of the 58th World Press Photo Contest, it was announced by the organizers in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Feb. 12, 2015. It shows a worker at a Christmas decoration factory, in China. (Photo by Rongchui Chen/City Express)

Picture by photographer Al Bello, USA, Getty Images who won 2nd Prize in Sport Singles category of the 58th World Press Photo Contest, it was announced by the organizers in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Feb. 12, 2015. It shows dell Beckham #13 of the New York Giants scoring a touchdown in the second quarter against the Dallas Cowboys at MetLife Stadium on Nov. 23, 2014 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)

Asa Sjostrom, a Swedish photographer working for Moment Agency, won the Second Prize in the Daily Life Category, Singles, of the 2015 World Press Photo contest with this image of twin brothers Igor and Arthur handing out chocolates to their classmates to celebrate their ninth birthday in Baroncea, Moldova, in this picture taken March 24, 2014 and released by the World Press Photo on Feb. 12, 2015. The prize-winning entries of the World Press Photo Contest 2015, the world’s largest annual press photography contest, were announced on Feb. 12, 2015. (Photo by Asa Sjostrom/Moment)

Glenna Gordon, a U.S. photographer, won the Second Prize in the General News Category, Stories, of the 2015 World Press Photo contest with his series of pictures which includes this one of school uniforms belonging to three of the missing girls abducted by Islamic militants Boko Haram in Abuja, in this picture released by the World Press Photo on Feb. 12, 2015. The prize-winning entries of the World Press Photo Contest 2015, the world’s largest annual press photography contest, were announced Feb. 12, 2015. (Photo by Glenna Gordon)
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