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Category: World Understanding Award

Winner
Jan Grarup
Freelance
"Somalia in transition"

Judges' Special Recognition
Ryan Spencer Reed
Independent
"Despite similarities to reality"

Finalist
Edu Ponces
RUIDO Photo
"Sala Negra. Daily violence in Central America"

Finalist
Paula Bronstein
Freelance for Getty Images
"Between Life and War: The Struggles of Afghan Women"

Finalist
Renée Byer
The Sacramento Bee
"Living on a Dollar a Day: The Lives and Faces of the World's Poor"

 
Finalist
Paula Bronstein
Freelance for Getty Images
 

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"Between Life and War: The Struggles of Afghan Women"

Burn victims Asan Bibi ,9, (R) and her sister Salima,13, (L) stand in the hallway of the Mirwais hospital in Kandahar. They were accidently attacked when a US military helicopter hit their tent in the middle of the night on October 3rd. Three members of the family were killed. The girls belong to the Kuchi, a nomadic tribe living in tents in the desert. They are extremely vulnerable to a war they have little understanding of. October 13, 2009

 

 

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