fot. Pietro Masturzo, Włochy, Women shouting on a rooftop in protest to the presidential election results, Tehran, Iran, 24 June

fot. Gihan Tubbeh, Peru, Adrian, 13-year old autist

1. Adam Ferguson, Australia, VII Mentor Program for The New York Times, Afghan woman rushed from the scene of a suicide bombing, Kabul, 15 December
2. Mohammed Salem, Palestinian Territories, Reuters, Smoke rises during Israel's offensive in Gaza, 8 January
3. Julie Jacobson, USA, The Associated Press, Fatally wounded Lance Cpl. Joshua Bernard is tended to by fellow US Marines, Helman Province, Afghanistan, 14 August
4. Honorable mention: Robin Utrecht, the Netherlands, ANP, Car drives into crowd of onlookers during Queen's Day celebrations, Apeldoorn, the Netherlands, 30 April

1. Walter Astrada, Argentina, Agence France-Presse, Bloodbath in Madagascar, February
2. Olivier Laban-Mattei, France, Agence France-Presse, Post-election protests in Tehran, 13-15 June
3. Mohamed Abed, Palestinian Territories, Agence France-Presse, Attack on Gaza Strip, January

1. Kent Klich, Sweden, Gaza photo album: Tuzzah, Gaza Strip, 3 March
2. Carlos Villalon, Chile, Redux Pictures, Medellin's drug gangs: youngster lies dead in the street, Colombia, 27 September
3. Rina Castelnuovo, Israel, for The New York Times, Jewish settler throws wine at Palestinian woman, Hebron, West Bank, 10 March

1. Marco Vernaschi, Italy, for Pulitzer Center, Guinea Bissau
2. Farah Abdi Warsameh, Somalia, The Associated Press, Stoned to death, Somalia, 13 December
3. Meiko Herrmann, Germany, Gaza, landscape of destruction, January

1. Michele Borzoni, Italy, TerraProject, Riots in Srinagar, Kashmir
2. David Guttenfelder, USA, The Associated Press, US soldiers respond to Taliban fire outside their bunker, Korengal Valley, Afghanistan, 11 May
3. Justin McManus, Australia, The Age, Australian bushfires: Jennifer Woods discovers her street reduced to ruins, 8 February

1. Pietro Masturzo, Italy, From the rooftops of Tehran, June
2. Charles Ommanney, United Kingdom, Getty Images for Newsweek, Inauguration Day, Washington DC, 20 January
3. David Chancellor, United Kingdom, ShapeShifters, Villagers discover fallen elephant, Zimbabwe

1. Gareth Copley, United Kingdom, Press Association, England's Jonathan Trott is run out at the fifth Ashes test match, London, 20 August
2. Pat Murphy, Ireland, Sportsfile, Jockey James Carroll and his horse Lord Time fall at Steeplechase, Co. Kildare, Ireland, 28 April
3. Daniel Kfouri, Brazil, Megaramp, Sao Paulo

1. Donald Miralle, Jr., USA, Ironman World Championships, Hawaii
2. Craig Golding, Australia, World Masters Games, Sydney
3. Magnus Wennman, Sweden, Aftonbladet, Stockholm Mean Machines

1. Robert Gauthier, USA, Los Angeles Times Magazine, Yankee fans try to distract Angels left fielder Juan Rivera, Yankee Stadium, 25 October
2. Mark Holtzman, USA, for Sports Illustrated, US Air Force stealth bomber flies over the Rose Bowl, Pasadena, 1 January
3. Robert Beck, USA, for Sports Illustrated, Tiger Woods flips clubs with his caddy Steve Williams, Arizona

1. Elizabeth Kreutz, USA, Lance Armstrong's comeback
2. Denis Rouvre, France, Senegalese wrestlers
3. Stepan Rudik, Ukraine, for RIA Novosti, Street fighting, Kiev, Ukraine

1. Pierre-Olivier Deschamps, France, Agence Vu, France Residence: Avenue des Champs Elysées, Paris
2. Stefano De Luigi, Italy, VII Network for Le Monde Magazine, Giraffe killed by drought, northeast Kenya, September
3. Zed Nelson, United Kingdom, Panos Pictures, Love Me: Christopher (22) gets his chest waxed in a New York salon
4. Honorable mention: Guillermo Arias, Mexico, The Associated Press, Body of an alleged drug dealer, Tijuana, Mexico, 6 September

1. Eugene Richards, USA, Reportage by Getty Images for The Sunday Times, Magazine/Paris Match, War Is Personal, USA
2. Alessandro Imbriaco, Italy, Contrasto, Casilino 900 camp, Italy
3. Tommaso Ausili, Italy, SIME, Slaughterhouse, Italy
4. Honorable mention: Ou Zhihang, China, The Moment

1. Michael Wolf, Germany, Laif, Tokyo subway
2. Joan Bardeletti, France, Sunday picnic, Mozambique
3. Luca Santese, Italy, Cesuralab, Maryen, single mother, Detroit

1. Gihan Tubbeh, Peru, Adrian, 13-year old autist
2. Matt McClain, USA, for People, Finding Their Way, Colorado
3. Simon Roberts, United Kingdom, We English: England at Play
4. Honorable mention: Pieter Ten Hoopen, the Netherlands, Agence Vu, Hungry Horse, Montana

1. Laura Pannack, United Kingdom, Lisa Pritchard Agency for The Guardian, Weekend magazine, Graham, anorexic teenager
2. Pieter Ten Hoopen, the Netherlands, Agence Vu, Katie, Hungry Horse, Montana
3. Jérôme Bonnet, France, for Libération, Monsieur Dendoune, father of the family

1. Roderik Henderson, the Netherlands, In the car
2. Annie van Gemert, the Netherlands, Boys and girls
3. Willeke Duijvekam, the Netherlands, Unit, Eva, transgender teenager

1. Malick Sidibé, Mali, for The New York Times Magazine, Fashion portfolio: Prints and the Revolution, Mali
2. JR, France, Agence Vu, Women are Heroes, Kibera slum, Kenya
3. Kees van de Veen, the Netherlands, Dagblad van het Noorden, Artist Guler Lacht takes portraits of art festival visitors, the Netherlands

1. Kitra Cahana, Canada, Fabrica for Colors, Rainbowland, New Mexico
2. Francesco Giusti, Italy, Société des Ambianceurs et Personnes Élégantes, Congo Brazzaville
3. Karla Gachet, Ecuador, Aurora Photos, Ceci, 20-year old tango dancer, Buenos Aires

1. Joe Petersburger, Hungary, National Geographic, Hunting kingfisher, Hungary
2. Nick Cobbing, United Kingdom, Eyevine for Greenpeace International, Glaciologists paddle down glacier, Greenland
3. Paolo Patrizi, Italy, Kaze no Tabibito, Starling flock, Italy

1. Paul Nicklen, Canada, National Geographic, South Georgia, Antarctica
2. Peter Bialobrzeski, Germany, Laif, Urban jungles
3. Fang Qianhua, China, Southern Metropolis Daily, Contaminated oranges, China