POY RJI | Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute

Category: Daily Life

First Place

Mads Nissen / Politiken
“Caught in a land of gangs, drugs and extreme inequality”

Second Place

Jerome Delay / Associated Press
“Weeping from Ebola”

Third Place

Matthew Abbott / Freelance
“Bruce”

Award of Excellence

Tariq Zaidi / Freelance
“Family members carry a coffin”

Award of Excellence

Anas Alkharboutli / Deutsche Presse Agentur
“Puppeteer in Syria”

Award of Excellence

Ian Willms / Panos Pictures
“Warren With Family”

Award of Excellence

Yasuyoshi Chiba / Agence France-Presse
“Our Ping-pong”

Award of Excellence

Jessica Rinaldi / Boston Globe
“Arthur C. Luf Children’s Burn Camp”

Award of Excellence: Tariq Zaidi / Freelance

Award of Excellence

“Family members carry a coffin”

Family members carry a coffin down the staircase to a hearse waiting outside the Hotel Kartli, which was a health spa for Russian tourists during Soviet Times. The lifts in the building haven't worked in many years. The woman in the open coffin is Tiniko Jojua, a 78-year-old who died of leukaemia. She was originally from Gulripshi in Abkhazia, she has three children, six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. 20 April 2019 Tbilisi

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