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
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)