World Press Photo Award Winners for 2012

[Brian Moore]

From Yahoo news: Spanish photographer Samuel Aranda won the World Press Photo of the Year award on Feb. 10 for an image of a veiled woman holding a wounded relative in her arms after a demonstration in Yemen.

In this photo provided on Friday Feb. 10, 2012 by World Press Photo, the 2012 World Press Photo of the year by Samuel Aranda, Spain, for The New York Times, shows a woman holding a wounded relative during protests against president Saleh in Sanaa, Yemen, Oct. 15, 2011

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[Pete Askew]

I was looking at these earlier today and I love that shot taken in N Korea. Superbly observed.

 

[Brian Moore]

Yeah, that one's a beaut, Pete.

 

[Hamish Gill]

Its hard to not be impressed by pretty much all of those eh

I like this, great timing, and really nice compo, its almost a shame that the one guys foot is on the others head ... but thats probably nit picking

 

[Brian Moore]

its almost a shame that the one guys foot is on the others head

That was exactly my first thought when I saw this picture, Hamish.

 

[Hamish Gill]

I bet there was a previous frame with the top person a touch out of the frame ... This was the better of the two