LIST OF PRIZEWINNERS WORLD PRESS PHOTO CONTEST 2014 WORLD PRESS PHOTO OF THE YEAR 2013 John Stanmeyer, USA, VII for National Geographic Signal, Djibouti City, 26 February SPOT NEWS SINGLES 1 Philippe Lopez, France, Agence France-Presse Typhoon survivors, Tolosa, the Philippines, 18 November 2 John Tlumacki, USA, The Boston Globe Boston Marathon bombing, 15 April 3 Taslima Akhter, Bangladesh Victims of garment factory collapse, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 25 April SPOT NEWS STORIES 1 Goran Tomasevic, Serbia, Reuters Rebels attack government checkpoint, Damascus, Syria, 30 January 2 Tyler Hicks, USA, The New York Times Massacre at Westgate mall, Nairobi, Kenya, 21 September 3 Rahul Talukder, Bangladesh, Bangladesh Sangbad 71 Collapse of Rana Plaza, Savar, Bangladesh, April GENERAL NEWS SINGLES 1 Alessandro Penso, Italy, OnOff Picture Temporary accommodation for Syrian refugees, Sofia, Bulgaria, November 2 Moises Saman, Spain, Magnum Photos for Wired magazine Bomb maker, Aleppo, Syria, 20 March 3 Amir Pourmand, Iran, ISNA Moments before the hanging, Iran, 20 January GENERAL NEWS STORIES 1 Chris McGrath, Australia, Getty Images Typhoon Haiyan, the Philippines, November 2 William Daniels, France, Panos Pictures for Time Chaos in Central African Republic, December 3 Gianluca Panella, Italy Gaza blackout, December 1 LIST OF PRIZEWINNERS WORLD PRESS PHOTO CONTEST 2014 SPORTS ACTION SINGLES 1 Emiliano Lasalvia, Argentina, La Nación Polo fall, Buenos Aires, Argentina,1 December 2 Andrzej Grygiel, Poland, for PAP-Polska Agencja Prasowa Slalom action, Szczyrk, Poland, 24 March 3 Al Bello, USA, Getty Images Djokovic forehand forward, New York, USA, 3 September SPORTS ACTION STORIES 1 Jia Guorong, China, China News Service Competition on bars, Shenyang, China 2 Ezra Shaw, USA, Getty Images The America’s Cup: from land, sea and air, San Francisco, USA 3 Quinn Rooney, Australia, Getty Images World swimming sports SPORTS FEATURE SINGLES 1 Jeff Pachoud, France, Agence France-Presse Sledding race from above, Megève, France, 18 January 2 Anastas Tarpanov, Bulgaria Kite skier on Vitosha mountain, Bulgaria, 13 January 3 Donald Miralle, USA, for Pacific Magazine Free diving with sharks, Oahu, Hawaii, 17 May SPORTS FEATURE STORIES 1 Peter Holgersson, Sweden Nadja Casadei – heptathlon and cancer 2 Kunrong Chen, China, for Nanfang Daily Daily exercise, Zhuhai, China 3 Alyssa Schukar, USA, Omaha World Herald A lingerie league of their own 2 LIST OF PRIZEWINNERS WORLD PRESS PHOTO CONTEST 2014 CONTEMPORARY ISSUES SINGLES 1 John Stanmeyer, USA, VII for National Geographic Signal, Djibouti City, Djibouti, 26 February 2 Maciek Nabrdalik, Poland, VII Nicolette at the orphanage, Warsaw, Poland 3 Christopher Vanegas, Mexico, La Vanguardia / El Guardían Victims of organized crime, Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico CONTEMPORARY ISSUES STORIES 1 Sara Naomi Lewkowicz, USA, for Time A portrait of domestic violence, USA 2 Robin Hammond, New Zealand, Panos Pictures War and mental health after crisis 3 Marcus Bleasdale, UK, VII for National Geographic Last of the Vikings, Norway DAILY LIFE SINGLES 1 Julius Schrank, Germany, for de Volkskrant Kachin fighters, Burma 2 Andrea Bruce, USA, Noor for The New York Times Soldier's funeral, Latakia, Syria 3 Julie McGuire, UK, for International New York Times Street dogs, Penang, Malaysia DAILY LIFE STORIES 1 Fred Ramos, El Salvador, El Faro The last outfit of the missing, Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador 2 Tanya Habjouqa, Jordan Occupied pleasures, West Bank, Gaza and East Jeruzalem 3 Elena Chernyshova, Russia for Fondation Jean-Luc Lagardère Days of night - nights of day, Norilsk, Russia Honorable mention Jana Asenbrennerova, Czech Republic Living unnoticed - gay community in the Democratic Republic of Congo 3 LIST OF PRIZEWINNERS WORLD PRESS PHOTO CONTEST 2014 PEOPLE – OBSERVED PORTRAITS SINGLES 1 Markus Schreiber, Germany, The Associated Press Farewell Mandela, Pretoria, South Africa 2 Rena Effendi, Azerbaijan, INSTITUTE Dasan (10), Spirit Lake Reservation, North Dakota, USA 3 Pau Barrena, Spain A traditional Berber bride, Morocco PEOPLE – OBSERVED PORTRAITS STORIES 1 Carla Kogelman, the Netherlands Ich bin Waldviertel 2 Peter van Agtmael, USA, Magnum Photos Healing Bobby 3 Rena Effendi, Azerbaijan, INSTITUTE for National Geographic magazine Transylvania: built on grass PEOPLE – STAGED PORTRAITS SINGLES 1 Brent Stirton, South Africa, Reportage by Getty Images Blind albino boys, West Bengal, India 2 Abbie Trayler-Smith, UK, Panos Pictures Shannon poses before surgery, Sheffield, United Kingdom 3 Nadav Kander, UK, for New York magazine Chiwetel Ejiofor PEOPLE – STAGED PORTRAITS STORIES 1 Danila Tkachenko, Russia Escape, Russia and Ukraine 2 Denis Dailleux, France, Agence Vu Mother and son, Egypt 3 Nikita Shokhov, Russia, Salt Images Utrish, Russia NATURE SINGLES 1 Bruno D'Amicis, Italy 4 LIST OF PRIZEWINNERS WORLD PRESS PHOTO CONTEST 2014 Fennec fox, a species in danger, Kebili Region, Tunisia 2 Markus Varesvuo, Finland A flock of guillemots, Vardo, Norway 3 Shangzhen Fan, China, for Shangtuf Image and Art Club Wolves in snow decked landscape, Xinjiang, China NATURE STORIES 1 Steve Winter, USA, for National Geographic Cougars 2 Kacper Kowalski, Poland, Panos Pictures Toxic beauty, Poland 3 Christian Ziegler, Germany, for National Geographic Magazine Bonobos – our unknown cousins, Congo 5 .