First Place
Chris Maddaloni, CQ Roll Call
School’s Out: Florida’s Bay Correctional Facility inmates prepare to head back to their cells after training Auburn University’s bomb detector dogs for the day on May 30, 2012. Auburn University’s Canine Detection Training Center is a unique program, as it contains both a research component and a canine detector-training center. They have been refining their program for more than twenty years. The Vapor Wake and standard explosive detection canines are specifically bred and prepared their entire life to locate explosives; a puppy enters the program shortly after birth and is exposed to various environmental exposures that focus it’s natural abilities.
Second Place
Marvin Joseph, The Washington Post
Girl Scouts 100th Anniversary: Girl Scout Sydney Jackson of Alexandria, Va., joins thousands of Girl Scout troops receiving heat relief from the DC Fire Department who turned their hose onto the crowd on the National Mall in Washington, on June 9, 2012.
Third Place
Jahi Chickwendiu, The Washington Post
Toasting a Princess: Heaven Winborne, 2, receives a non-alcohol, grape juice toast during her birthday party/tea social being hosted by Royal Tea Events at their Pink Palace in the Congress Heights section of the district, on April 21, 2012, in Washington. The parties are designed to teach children about etiquette, manners, and social skills.
Award of Excellence
Andrea Bruce, Noor Images
A Deathly Cold: Over 100 children froze to death in the displacement camps surrounding Kabul, Afghanistan, in 2012. Despite the $60 billion dollars in non-military aid that has been given to the country, little reaches the poor and homeless who have fled fighting elsewhere in the country. Around 30,000 Afghans live in the camps, most originated from the South where there has been heavy fighting in Helmand and Kandahar.
Award of Excellence
Ricky Carioti, The Washington Post
Front Yard Pool: Washington residents from left, Eric Lashner, Sam Mullins, David Knight, and Megan Schuller beat the heat while cooling off in a baby pool set up at their 13th street row home on May 28, 2012, in Washington.
Award of Excellence
Shawn Thew, European Pressphoto Agency
Hairdo By Helicopter: Supporters watch as Marine One helicopter lands with President Barack Obama aboard on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, on May 2, 2012.