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Winner
Steve Winter
Freelance

"KAZIRANGA NATIONAL PARK, ASSAM, INDIA"

Finalist
Tomas Munita
Freelance

"LOST HARVEST - THE DEATH OF LOA RIVER"

Finalist
Maria Stenzel
Freelance

"INVESTIGATING CLIMATE CHANGE IN ANTARCTICA"

Finalist
Antonio Zambardino
Contrasto

"CLIMATE GROUND ZERO"

Winner
Steve Winter
Freelance


"Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India"

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Over the past 40 years, over 650 rhinos have been shot by poachers. Their horn is a prized ingredient in traditional Chinese medicine, a purported cure for everything from cancer and headaches to the common cold and is also used as an aphrodisiac. It's sparked a war, with armed park guards out on daily patrols given permission to shoot poachers on sight - the only place in India that allows this.

 
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