The 2012 Pulitzer Prize Winner – Massoud Hossaini
Tarana Akbari, 12, screams after a suicide bombing at Abul Fazel Shrine in Kabul on Dec. 6, 2011
Spot News, 1st prize singles – Yuri Kozyrev
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| On Revolution Road – Rebels battle for Ras Lanuf, an oil-refining town on the Libyan coast, on 11 March. |
World Press Photo
Sanaa, Yemen – Fatima al-Qaws cradles her son Zayed (18), who is suffering from the effects of tear gas after participating in a street demonstration, in Sanaa, Yemen, on 15 October
Spot News, 1st prize stories – Koichiro Tezuka
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| The Fury of the Tsunami – Tsunami waves hit the town of Natori, in Miyagi prefecture, Japan. |
People in the News, 1st prize stories – Yasuyoshi Chiba
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| Tsunami – On 11 March, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck 70 kilometers off the Tōhoku coast, in northeastern Japan. The quake triggered a tsunami that swept inland, destroying buildings, crippling infrastructure, and resulting in the displacement of more than 340,000 people. |
Sports, 1st prize singles – Donald Miralle, Jr.
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| Ironman World Championships – Competitors swim over a school of fish at the start of the mass swim, part of the Ironman World Championship. |
General News, 1st prize stories – Rémi Ochlik
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| Battle for LIbya – After security forces fired live rounds on demonstrators in Libya’s second city of Benghazi, in mid-February, anti-government protests escalated. Over the next few months, opposition to the rule of long-time dictator Colonel Muammar Gaddafi became a full-scale national revolt |
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