Category: National/International News Picture Story

First Place

Michael Robinson Chavez / The Washington Post
“A Tragedy for Two Countries”

Second Place

Eddy van Wessel / Freelance
“Yesterdays heroes”

Third Place

Jabin Botsford / The Washington Post
“300% Increase in Need, “0” in Response”

Award of Excellence

Ramon Espinosa / Associated Press
“Dorian’s Devastation”

Award of Excellence

Lam Yik Fei / for The New York Times
“Hong Kong Protests”

Award of Excellence

Bulent Kilic / Agence France-Presse
“Syria: the Fall of the Caliphate”

Award of Excellence

RESCINDED

Award of Excellence

“Syria: the Fall of the Caliphate”

Jihadist fighters defending the last dreg of the Islamic State group's "caliphate" were holed up in half a square kilometre of the village of Baghouz in eastern Syria. The jihadists declared a "caliphate" in large parts of Syria and neighbouring Iraq in 2014, but have since lost all but Baghouz.