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First Place
David Gilkey
NPR
LOOTER WATCH
Looters carry away a stolen mirror which shows the reflection of local police standing on the streets in downtown Port-au-Prince. Looting and violence raged in the commercial district of the Haitian capital after the devastating January 12 earthquake. In many cases, the police gave up chasing people out of the area.
Second Place
David Gilkey
NPR
SHOTGUN WATCH
A man carries a shotgun as he walks through a collapsed burning building while trying to keep looters at bay on the streets outside in the commercial district of downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on January 18. Looters and scavengers ransacked destroyed buildings with little police presence in the aftermath of the earthquake.
Third Place
Gerald Herbert
The Associated Press
DOLPHIN IN OIL
A dolphin is seen swimming through an oil sheen from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill off East Grand Terre Island, where the Gulf of Mexico meets Barataria Bay, on the Louisiana coast, Saturday, July 31, 2010.
Award of Excellence
Kevin Lamarque
Reuters
MANHATTEN DRINK
Women enjoy a drink in a Manhattan Hotel on July 28, 2010.
Award of Excellence
Louie Palu
ZUMA Press
AMPUTEE
An Afghan man who lost his leg to a land mine is seen trying out his new prosthetic leg in a special room at a clinic in Kandahar City, Afghanistan designed to help amputees learn how to walk normally after the loss of the legs.
Award of Excellence
Astrid Riecken
Freelance
HELICOPTER WAIT
Haitian children await a group of US Navy physicians, pilots, and security personnel that arrive via helicopter at a local hospital to find out whether some of the patients treated on the USNS Comfort could be transferred to the hospital for further treatment.
Award of Excellence
David Gilkey
NPR
MOUNTAIN FIRE
Soldiers with Alpha Company 2-327 (TF No Slack) 1BCT of the 101st Airborne Division make a small fire to keep warm high up in the mountains on border of Afghanistan and Pakistan. The soldiers, along with their Afghan counterparts, were holding a security position for a downed aircraft rescue team working nearby. The abandoned outpost, a former CIA base, sits on the border at the Ghaki Pass in eastern Kunar province of Afghanistan.
