Category: General News

First Place

Shawn Yuan / Freelance
“Escape”

Second Place

Ibraheem Mustafa / Reuters
“Religion–Ramadan”

Third Place

Paul Hansen / Dagens Nyheter
“Country of Tears”

Award of Excellence

Nicolas Asfouri / Agence France-Presse
“Hong Kong–China–Politics–Unrest–Crime”

Award of Excellence

Brendan Smialowski / Agence France-Presse
“Cover”

Award of Excellence

Michael Robinson Chavez / The Washington Post
“Untitled”

Award of Excellence

Ramon Espinosa / Associated Press
“Shattered by Dorian”

Award of Excellence

“Hong Kong–China–Politics–Unrest–Crime”

A woman holds up an umbrella and license plates, one that reads 'love', during violent protests between riot police and demonstrators in the Causeway Bay district of Hong Kong on October 1, 2019, as the city observes the National Day holiday to mark the 70th anniversary of communist China's founding Strife-torn Hong Kong on October 1 marked the 70th anniversary of communist China's founding with defiant "Day of Grief" protests and fresh clashes with police as pro-democracy activists ignored a ban and took to the streets across the city.