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David Gilkey
NPR
KNIFE
A man grips a knife as he looks for other looters to come out of a shop near downtown Port-au-Prince.
Second Place
Carol Guzy
The Washington Post
DEATH
The smell of death and ash permeates the air as decomposing bodies are pulled from the rubble weeks after the devastating earthquake in Haiti. Initially, it was mainly the people of Port-au-Prince, working with bare hands and simple tools, who pulled at slabs of concrete and blocks of debris to get at those still trapped. Some were eventually able to get heavy machinery to tear down destroyed buildings, finding many victims.
Third Place
Louie Palu
ZUMA PRESS
NIGHT RAID
A blood and mud stained Afghan soldier seriously injured by an IED (improvised explosive device) during a night raid is illuminated by the medevac helicopters cabin lights as he is evacuated out of the Taliban stronghold of Zhari District during a combat operation in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Night raids have become a contraversial form of military strategy as it often results in civilian casualties.
Award of Excellence
Linda Davidson
The Washington Post
THE NEW SURVIVORS
Screams of pain and sheer terror for three US soldiers aboard a medivac after and IED exploded under their MATV in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. Two died in the blast. These soldiers survived with severe wounds to the lower extremities; one foot was amputated within an hour after the blast at a NATO hospital just ten minutes away. Wounds like these in previous wars would've been fatal, but now that high-tech hospitals are on the rim of the battlefield, more are surviving.
Award of Excellence
David Gilkey
NPR
SNIPER DEATH
Medic Paul Huston and Staff Sargeant Jaime Newman, of the 101st Airborne Division, work frantically to save Atiqullah Obaidullah, an Afghan National Army counterpart, who was shot in the head just seconds before by an insurgent sniper.
Award of Excellence
Jewel Samad
AFP
CONTROL
UN peacekeepers arrest a Haitian as they try and control an enormous crowd that are waiting at an aid distribution point outside the Presidential palace in Port-au-Prince on January 25, 2010. Top world officials gathered in Montreal today for emergency talks to hash out plans to rebuild Haiti, nearly two weeks after a killer earthquake devastated the impoverished nation.
Award of Excellence
David Gilkey
NPR
TEAR GAS ESCAPE
Supporters of Michel Martelly, who failed to qualify for an election run-off, run from tear gas being fired at them by UN soldiers in Petionville, a suburb of Port-au Prince. Thousands of protesters rampaged through the streets of Haiti's capital to contest the election results. Preliminary results from the November 28 elections showed former first lady Mirlande Manigat and Jude Celestin both in lead, with Martelly in third place and left out of the run off in January.
Award of Excellence
Jewel Samad
AFP
EARTHQUAKE
Haitian earthquake victims beat a looter in Port-au-Prince on January 21, 2010 following the massive 7.0-magnitude quake that shattered the country. Thousands of US troops have poured into Haiti and other nations have pledged security forces to help distribute aid, provide medical treatment and try to keep the streets secure from looters and gangs.
