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| Finbarr O'Reilly, a Reuters photographer based in Senegal, has won the World Press Photo of the Year 2005, announced February 10, 2006, with this picture of a mother and child at an emergency feeding centre. The prestigious competition is the world's largest annual press photography contest. Jury chairman of the World Press Photo 2006 contest James Colton described the winning image as such, This image has everything - beauty, horror and despair. It is simple, elegant and moving. The picture was taken in Tahoua, Niger August 1, 2005. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly/ |
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| An indigenous woman holds her child while trying to resist the advance of Amazonas state policemen who were expelling the woman and some 200 other members of the Landless Movement from a privately-owned tract of land on the outskirts of Manaus, in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon March 11, 2008. The landless peasants tried in vain to resist the eviction with bows and arrows against police using tear gas and trained dogs. REUTERS/Luiz Vasconcelos-A Critica |