World Press Photo announces winners of 2017 contests (PHOTO)
foto: Black days of Ukraine/Valery Melnikov/Long-Term Projects, first prize stories
World Press Photo of the Year - An Assassination in Turkey
Burhan Ozbilici’s picture–which also won first prize in the Spot News Stories category–shows how Mevlüt Mert Altıntaş, a 22-year-old off-duty police officer, assassinated the Russian ambassador to Turkey, Andrey Karlov, at an art exhibition in Ankara, Turkey, on 19 December 2016.
Altıntaş wounded three other people before being killed by officers in a shootout. Ozbilici is a staff photographer for The Associated Press, based in Istanbul.
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Long-Term Projects, first prize stories - Black Days of Ukraine
Civilians escape from a fire in a house hit during an air attack, in the village of Luhanskaya, Luhansk.
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Contemporary Issues, first prize singles - Taking a stand in Baton Rouge
Iesha Evans (27) stands her ground at a rally against police violence against black men, outside the Baton Rouge Police Department in Louisiana, USA.
Contemporary Issues, second prize singles - Migrant Crossing
A woman is supported as refugees cross the Mala Reka river, near the Greek border town of Idomeni. They were attempting a route into Macedonia that would bypass a newly erected border fence.
Daily Life, second prize singles - Sweat Makes Champions
Students of a gymnastics school in Xuzhou, China, do toe-pressure training for 30 minutes in the afternoon. Training is intense, and in today’s China fewer parents are willing to let their children endure such grueling routines. Some schools have closed, while others are adjusting the way they work.
General News, first prize singles - Offensive on Mosul
A girl stands outside as members of a counter-terrorism battalion of the Iraqi Special Operations Forces (ISOF) search homes in Gogjali, an eastern suburb of Mosul, Iraq, during an offensive to liberate the city.
General News, first prize stories - They Are Slaughtering Us like Animals
Inmates sleep on a basketball court in Quezon City Jail. The prison, which was built to house 800, has 3,800 inmates and men have to sleep where they can find space.