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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Third Prize Singles in the Daily Life category was won by Iranian photographer Zohreh Saberi for this portrait of a blind woman at the window of a house in Iran. (November 12, 2015)
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First Prize in the Daily Life Stories category was won by Australian Getty Images photographer Daniel Berehulak. This image from the series is of a Chilean scientist walking above the Russian Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity on the Bellingshausen Russian Antarctic base. (November 28, 2015)
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Third Prize Singles in the Spot News category was won by freelance Swedish photographer Niclas Hammarstroem. It shows the victim of gang-related violence in Honduras. This was the fourth gang-related killing on the same street in one night. (April 4, 2015)
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First Prize Stories in the Spot News Category was won by Syrian photographer Sameer Al-Doumy for his dramatic images of the the aftermath of air strikes in Syria. This photo from the series shows a wounded man walking out of a dust cloud following reported air strikes in the town of Hamouria, Syria. (December 9, 2015)