Richardson’s winning image, which was never published, depicts a migrant passing a baby underneath a razor-wire fence on the Hungary/Serbia border. As well as other images of the migrant crisis, highlights selected here include a whale and her calf sharing the sea with divers, an ominous storm bearing down on Sydney, and a highly symbolic face-off on the streets of Chicago.
Winners Of The World Press Photo Of The Year 2015
![First Prize Singles in the Contemporary Issues category was won by newspaper photographer Zhang Lei for his photo of Tianjin, China, shrouded in haze. (December 10, 2015)](https://gdb.rferl.org/b699c985-1030-44e0-99da-ad134d863227_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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First Prize Singles in the Contemporary Issues category was won by newspaper photographer Zhang Lei for his photo of Tianjin, China, shrouded in haze. (December 10, 2015)
![Second Prize Singles in the Contemporary Issues category was won by American freelance photographer Adriane Ohanesian. The image shows Adam Abdel, 7, who was severely burned after a bomb was dropped by a Sudanese government Antonov plane next to his family home in Burgu, Central Darfur, Sudan. (February 27, 2015) ](https://gdb.rferl.org/370c4b73-fe5c-47d9-a695-66fe354ab251_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Second Prize Singles in the Contemporary Issues category was won by American freelance photographer Adriane Ohanesian. The image shows Adam Abdel, 7, who was severely burned after a bomb was dropped by a Sudanese government Antonov plane next to his family home in Burgu, Central Darfur, Sudan. (February 27, 2015)
![Third Prize Singles in the Contemporary Issues category was won by Chicago Tribune photographer John J. Kim. The photo shows Lamon Reccord staring down a police sergeant during a protest following the fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald by police in Chicago, Illinois. (November 25, 2015)](https://gdb.rferl.org/06a34feb-701c-4266-8321-f9e8efed64b1_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Third Prize Singles in the Contemporary Issues category was won by Chicago Tribune photographer John J. Kim. The photo shows Lamon Reccord staring down a police sergeant during a protest following the fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald by police in Chicago, Illinois. (November 25, 2015)
![First Prize Singles in the Daily Life category was won by Getty Images' Kevin Frayer. Chinese men pull a tricycle in a neighborhood next to a coal-fired power plant in Shanxi, China. (November 26, 2015)](https://gdb.rferl.org/854abdca-ac2f-4993-9de0-125e6ceb3a90_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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First Prize Singles in the Daily Life category was won by Getty Images' Kevin Frayer. Chinese men pull a tricycle in a neighborhood next to a coal-fired power plant in Shanxi, China. (November 26, 2015)