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Winner
Tomas van Houtryve
VII Photo Agency

"BEHIND THE CURTAINS OF 21ST CENTURY COMMUNISM"

Finalist
Javier Arcenillas
Freelance

"SICARIOS"

Finalist
Mary F. Calvert
ZUMA Press

"POLIO'S LINE IN THE SAND"

Finalist
Ed Ou
Getty Images

"THE YOUTH OF AN UNFINISHED REVOLUTION"

Finalist
Mary F. Calvert
ZUMA Press


"POLIO'S LINE IN THE SAND"

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While hanging freshly washed clothes, Khadija Aminu crippled for many years with polio, talks to her son Umar, 8, also crippled with polio at their home in Kano, Nigeria. Out of seven children, Umar is the only one with polio. Umar's father is Mr. Aminu Ahmen El Wada, the Founder and Chairman of the Kano State Polio Victims Trust Association.