First Place
Louie Palu, ZUMA Press for Foreign Policy Magazine
Moment Before Death: A man shot multiple times in drug related violence is pulled toward a stretcher by a medic in the city of Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico, before succumbing to his wounds.
Second Place
Andrea Bruce, Noor Images for The New York Times
A Deathly Cold: The mother of Khan Mohammad, a 3-month old child who passed away due to the cold, is comforted before the child is washed and buried in the Nasaji Bagrami Camp for displaced persons in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Third Place
Nikki Kahn, The Washington Post
Gaza: Tafesh, 4, gathers her dolls from her destroyed home in Gaza City, Palestine, on Nov. 26, 2012. An uneasy quiet settled around the city as a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas holds after 8 days of strikes in Gaza City.
Award of Excellence
David P. Gilkey, National Public Radio
Nigeria: A child walks over a bridge over the cement lined Gogo stream behind the main market in Kano, on Oct. 12, 2012. Sanitation workers regular test the sewage here for the presence of the polio virus. The global effort to eradicate polio is now focused primarily in 3 countries – Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nigeria. And of those 3 only Nigeria is reporting a growing number of cases.
Award of Excellence
Stephen Boitano, freelance
Stealth: A Free Syran Army fighter takes aim at the enemy from a stairwell.