21 October 2012 – Aleppo, Syria – A wounded young Syrian sits on the back of a truck waiting to be 18 October 2012 – Aleppo, Syria – Two rebel gunmen holed up in the Karm al-Jabal district. taken to hospital. AFP / Fabio Bucciarelli AFP / Javier Manzano Robert Capa Prize Pulitzer “Battle to the Death in Aleppo”: Awarded since 1955 by the Overseas Press In 2013, for the second time in AFP’s AFP’s first Pulitzer Prize was won in 2012 by The impressive series of 12 photos taken in Club of America (OPC), the Robert Capa Prize history, one of its photographers won the Afghan photographer Massoud Hosseini in the Syrian town of Aleppo during the battles rewards the “best published photographic Pulitzer Prize, one of the highest awards in the Breaking News category for his image of of autumn 2012 earned Fabio Bucciarelli, reporting … requiring exceptional courage journalism. a shocked girl surrounded by bodies after a Italian freelance photographer for AFP, the and enterprise”. Javier Manzano, a stringer for the agency, suicide bomb attack in Kabul in December prestigious Robert Capa Gold Medal Award Bucciarelli’s photographs “put you in the won the feature photography category 2011. 2013. The series also won second prize in moment and have a palpable sense of for what the jury called his ‘extraordinary’ the World Press Photo Spot News Story urgency,” the award citation said. image of two Syrian rebels in Aleppo in category. October 2012.

84 2013 Awards 2013 Awards 85 Multiple talents 1 Danube Exhibition - Gold medal in rewarded photojournalism Photo, text, video, infographics: the quality 2 Bayeux-Calvados war correspondents of AFP’s production is regularly recognised prize - 2nd Place, Short video format by international prize juries. AFP journalists category won no fewer than 40 in 2013 alone.

3 World Press Photo - 2nd prize, Spot News Bayeux-Calvados war correspondents 21 October 2012 – Aleppo, Syria – A young wounded Syrian 9 August 2012 - London - Usain Bolt looks at his Jamaican sits on the back of a truck waiting to be taken to hospital. compatriot Yohan Blake as he crosses the line to win the 200 prize - Nikon Photo Award in the AFP / Fabio Bucciarelli 3 metres in the . AFP / Adrian Dennis 6 professional category POYi - 2nd prize News Picture story – Freelance / Agency Premio Italiano di Fotogiornalismo, Festival della fotografia etica – World Report Award – Master Award

4 Press Photographer’s Year 2013 - Photograph of the Year Sportfolio - Gold medal in news category National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) - 1st place - Olympics Feature 2 March 2013 - Zinj, Bahrain – A Bahraini policeman runs after 30 July 30 2012 – London – Thai rider Nina Lamsan Ligon 1 September 2012 – London – Britain’s Richard Whitehead a woman during clashes with protesters. on Butts Leon competing in the cross trial in the London (centre) wins the final of the 200 metres T42 at the AFP / Mohammed Al-Shaikh 1 Olympics. AFP / Adrian Dennis 4 Paralympics in London. AFP / Adrian Dennis 7 5 Press Photographer’s Year 2013 - 1st prize: Sports Folio of the Year

6 Press Photographer’s Year 2013 - 1st prize: Olympic Folio

7 Picture Editors Guild - 2012 Paralympics Photographer

8 British Sports Journalism Awards (SJA) - Sports Photographer of the Year

7 July 2012 - Azzara, Syria – A young fighter weeps over the 12 February 2013 - London – England’s Danny Care 11 August 2012 - London – Usain Bolt takes a ‘selfie’ with killing of his friend Ahmad by an army sniper in Krak des scores a try against Italy during their Six Nations clash at fans after winning the 400 metres relay at the Olympics. Chevaliers. AFP / Djilali Belaïd 2 Twickenham. AFP / Adrian Dennis 5 AFP / Adrian Dennis 8

86 2013 Awards 87 9 Barclays Premiership - shot of the season for 2011-12

10 Sportfolio - Silver medal in news category

11 Sportfolio - Gold medal in reporting category

12 III All-Russia festival-contest of sports 23 September 2012 - Manchester, England – French 13 August 2013 – Moscow – Russian Yelena Isinbayeva 9 September 2012 - Fort Pierce, Florida – Pizza restaurant Arsenal defender Laurent Koscielny is congratulated by his celebrates after winning the gold medal at the World Athletics owner Scott Van Duzer lifts up Barack Obama during journalism - Bronze medal, category “The teammates. AFP / Adrian Dennis 9 championships with a jump of 4.89 m. AFP / Yuri Kadobnov 12 the president’s visit to Florida. AFP / Saul Loeb 15 energy of victory”

13 III All-Russia festival-contest of sports journalism - Category “the best reporting about the athlete or event”

14 Sportfolio - Bronze medal in Action category

15 POYi - Award of Excellence – Presidential campaign 2012

9 December 2013 - Val d’Isère, France – Switzerland’s 10 October 2012 - Daville, Kentucky – Vice-presidential 24 March 2013 - Sochi, Russia – World speed skating. 16 WHNPA - Award of Excellence – campaign Marc Berthod loses a ski as he passes a gate in the World debate between Joe Biden and Republican candidate Paul AFP / Yuri Kadobnov 2012 Cup giant slalom. AFP / Franck Fife 10 13 Ryan. AFP / Saul Loeb 16

17 WHNPA - Award of Excellence – Inauguration 2013

4 May 2012 - Paris - Youna Dufournet (2nd left), bronze medalist 18 April 2013 - Moscow - Ksenia Afanasyeva during the 21 January 2013 - Washington D.C. - Barack Obama takes in the 2009 World Championships, in a training session at qualifying for the individual asymmetric bars at the European the oath of office during the 57th inaugural ceremony at the France’s national sport institute INSEP. AFP / Franck Fife 11 Championships. AFP / Natalia Kolesnikova 14 US Capitol. AFP / Saul Loeb 17

88 2013 Awards 89 18 WHNPA - Award of Excellence – Political Picture Story

19 Time Magazine - Top 10 images of the year

20 Slovenia Press Photo 2013 - Best Sports Single Photo

22 October 2012 – Boca Raton, Florida – President Barack 18 June 2012 - Langreo, Spain – Miners protest against a 11 August 2012 - London – Britain’s Mo Farah wins 5,000 21 North American Press Photographers Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney. government decision to drastically reduce mining subsidies . metres at the London Olympics. Association (NPPA) - “The best of AFP / Saul Loeb 18 AFP / Cesar Manso 21 AFP / Olivier Morin 24 photojournalism”, Excellence award in “International News Picture Story”

22 Bayeux-Calvados war correspondents prize - French Ministry of Defence Photo Public Prize China International Press Photo Contest (CHIPP) - Silver Prize in the War and Disaster News category World Press Photo – Spot News, 3rd Prize stories POYi - First place – News Picture Story – Freelance / Agency 18 November 2013 - Tolosa, Philippines – Survivors take 18 October 2012 – Aleppo, Syria – Two rebel gunmen holed 11 August 2013 – Moscow – Usain Bolt wins the 100 metres part in a religious procession a week after typhoon Haiyan. up in Karm al-Jabal. in 9 sec 77/100 as a bolt of lightning streaks across the sky AFP / Philippe Lopez AFP / Javier Manzano above Luzhniki Stadium. AFP / Olivier Morin 19 22 25 23 Days Japan - Special Prize by Jury

24 Sportfolio - Bronze medal in the news category

25 GLGS (Gruppo Lombardo Giornalisti Sport) - First place

26 POYi - First Place – Olympic Action

16 August 2012 - Stuttgart, Germany – Italians Domenico 19 November 2012 – Near Goma, RD Congo – Members of 30 July 2012 - London - Korean Shin A Lam confronts Soale and Gioia Cerasoli perform their farewell dance at the anti-government March 23 Movement. Germany’s Britta Heinemann during the semi-final at the German Open. AFP / Jure Makovec 20 AFP / Phil Moore 23 the Olympics. AFP / Alberto Pizzoli 26

90 2013 Awards 91 27 POYi - Award of excellence – Olympic feature

28 Prix Simon Bolivar - Category - photo

29 North American Press Photographers Association (NPPA) - “The best of photojournalism”, 2nd place in “Contemporary Issues” 28 July 2012 - London – Italy’s celebrates her 3 November 2012 - Bristow, Virginia - Barack Obama 23 May 2013 - Moore, Oklahoma – Tornado survivors search victory over ’s Ines Boubakri in the Women’s Foil Individual is greeted by supporters at a rally in the Jiffy Lube for their belongings as lightning flashes across the sky. Fencing Olympic quarter final. AFP / Alberto Pizzoli 27 amphitheatre in Bristow, Virginia. AFP / Jewel Samad 30 AFP / Jewel Samad 33 30 WHNPA - 2nd Prize – Presidential

31 WHNPA - Award of Excellence –Portrait

32 WHNPA - Award of Excellence – Political Picture Story

33 FotoWeekDC - 3rd Place - Photojournalism - Series category

34 China International Press Photo Contest (CHIPP) - Award of Excellence in the Art, 17 July 2012 - Mont Berlin, Colombia – Colombian sergeant 11 January 2012 - Chicago, Illinois – A woman weeps as 15 January 2012 – Gangasagar, India – A sadhu, or holy man, Culture and Entertainment News category Rodrigo leaves his post under pressure from the local population, she listens to a campaign speech by Barack Obama at the bathes in the Ganges during the Makar Sankranti festival. which has been targeted by the FARC. AFP / Luis Robayo 28 University of Illinois. AFP / Jewel Samad 31 AFP / Dibyangshu Sarkar 34 35 NPPA - “The best of photojournalism”, 2nd place in Contemporary Issues

20 December 2012 – Madinat Zayed, UAE – A child playing 7 November 2012 – Chicago, Illinois – President Barack 10 July 2012 – Geddani, Pakistan – A worker pulls on a with a remote-controlled plane. Obama celebrates his re-election in front of his supporters. cable that he is going to attach to a chain to pull pieces AFP / Karim Sahib 29 AFP / Jewel Samad 32 from the hull of a ship. AFP / Roberto Schmidt 35

92 2013 Awards 93 36 WHNPA – Award of Excellence – Presidential

37 WHNPA – Award of Excellence – Domestic News Picture

38 POY – Third place – News multimedia story

39 elmundo.es – Best photo of 2012 11 September 2012 - Arlington, Virginia – President Obama 13 April 2012 - Pyongyang – Crowds watch a fireworks 18 May 2012 - Chicago, Illinois – A policeman patrols the and First Lady Michelle Obama amidst the headstones in display after the unveiling of statues of the late leaders Kim streets 48 hours before a NATO summit on Afghanistan. Arlington National Cemetery. AFP / Brendan Smialowski 36 Jong-Il (right) and Kim Il-Sung. AFP / Pedro Ugarte 39 AFP / Jim Watson 42 40 China International Press Photo Contest (CHIPP) – Gold Prize in the General News category

41 WHNPA – Award of Excellence – Portrait

42 WHNPA – Award of Excellence – Presidential

43 Human Rights Press Awards - First Prize: photojournalism feature

44 FotoWeekDC – 1st Place in Photojournalism – 18 December 2012 - Newtown, Connecticut – Students 12 November 2012 – Kaldar, Afghanistan – A five-year-old 13 June 2012 – Bangladesh, Teknaf - Rohingya Muslims , Single category return to school for the first time since the Sandy Hook girl is surrounded by her family in hospital after being raped trying to cross the Naf river to escape violence in Myanmar, massacre. AFP / Brendan Smialowski 37 by her 22-year-old neighbour. AFP / Qais Usyan 40 look on from an intercepted boat. AFP / Munir uz Zaman 43

5 March 2010 - Athens – Anti-riot police arrest a 15 August 2012 - Dubuque, Iowa – President Obama hugs 24 April 2013 - Savar, Bangladesh – Rescuers evacuate demonstrator. his wife Michelle after a rally in Iowa. a survivor from the ruins of a factory complex. AFP / Angelos Tzortzinis & Will Vassilopoulos 38 AFP / Jim Watson 41 AFP / Munir uz Zaman 44

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