World Press Photo of the Year 2012
20 November 2012, Gaza City, Palestinian Territories. Two-year-old Suhaib Hijazi and her three-year-old brother Muhammad were killed when their house was destroyed by an Israeli missile strike. Their father, Fouad, was also killed and their mother was put in intensive care. Fouad’s brothers carry his children to the mosque for the burial ceremony as his body is carried behind on a stretcher

General News, 3rd Prize Singles
Dominic Nahr, Switzerland.

General News, 1st Prize Stories
Alessio Romenzi, Italy.

2nd Prize Spot News Single
Emin Özmen, Turkey.

2nd Prize Spot News Stories
Fabio Bucciarelli, Italy.

1st Prize General News Single
Rodrigo Abd, Argentina.

3rd Prize General News Stories
Daniel Berehulak, Australia.

1st Prize Sports – Sports Action Single
Wei Seng Chen, Malaysia.
12 February 2012, Batu Sangkar, West Sumatra, Indonesia. A jockey, his feet stepped into a harness strapped to the bulls and clutching their tails, shows relief and joy at the end of a dangerous run across rice fields. The Pacu Jawi (bull race) is a popular competition at the end of harvest season keenly contested between villages

2nd Prize Sports – Sports Action Stories
Sergei Ilnitsky, Russia.

1st Prize Sports – Sports Features Stories
Jan Grarup. Denmark.

1st Prize Contemporary Issues Single
Micah Albert, USA.

1st Prize Contemporary Issues Stories
Maika Elan, Vietnam.

Søren Bidstrup, Denmark, Berlingske

1st Prize Daily Life Stories
Fausto Podavini, Italy.

3rd Prize People – Observed Portraits Single
Ilona Szwarc, Poland.

3rd Prize People – Observed Portraits Stories
Ananda van der Pluijm, The Netherlands.

2nd Prize Prize People – Staged Portraits Single
Stefen Chow, Malaysia.
6 February 2012, Beijing, China. Ai Weiwei.

1st Prize People – Staged Portraits Stories
Stephan Vanfleteren, Belgium.

1st Prize Nature Single
Christian Ziegler, Germany.

2nd Prize Nature Single
Ali Lutfi INDONESIA.
05 December 2012
Solo, Indonesia
One of the monkeys trained to entertain motorists along busy intersections in the Central Java city, Mimin wears a mask made from a doll’s head. Monkeys purchased at local markets are trained for up to six months to perform tricks such as using stilts and playing the guitar, and are said to help their young owners earn up to 50,000 rupiah in a day ($5)

1st Prize Nature Stories
Paul Nicklen. Canada.