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Photos: World Press Photo announces 2015 winners

February 12, 2015 6:11PM ET

Highlights from the prestigious annual awards for the best in photojournalism

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First Prize, Spot News Single: Bulent Kilic — A young girl is wounded during clashes between riot police and demonstrators after the death of 15-year-old Berkin Elvin, Istanbul, March 12, 2014. Buletn Kilic / AFP / Getty Images / World Press Photo
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First Prize, General News Singles: Sergei Ilnitsky — A still life of table in Donetsk, Ukraine, August 26, 2014. Sergei Ilnitsky / EPA / World Press Photo
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First Prize, General News Story: Pete Mueller — Medical staff at the Hastings Ebola Treatment Center escort a man in the throes of an Ebola-induced delirium back to the isolation ward from which he escaped, Hastings, Sierra Leone, November 23, 2014. Pete Muller / Prime / Washington Post / National Geographic / World Press Photo
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First Prize, Sports Single: Bao Tailiang — Argentine striker Lionel Messi studies the FIFA World Cup trophy prior to the tournament final at the Estadio do Maracana in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 13, 2014. Tai Lang / Chengdu Economic Daily / World Press Photo
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Second Prize, Nature Singles: Ami Vitale — A group of young Samburu warriors encounter a rhino for the first time, Kenya. Ami Vitale / National Geographic / World Press Photo
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First Prize, Portraits, Singles: Raphaela Rosella — A young girl from a disadvantaged neighborhood waits for a bus to Sunday school, New South Wales, Australia. Raphaella Rosella / Oculi / World Press Photo
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Second Prize, General News: Glenna Gordon — School uniforms belonging to three of the missing girls abducted by Islamic militants Boko Haram, in Abuja, Nigeria, one of series of images of personal effects belonging to the kidnapped girls. Glenna Gordon / World Press Photo
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Second Prize, General News: Massimo Sestini — Migrants from a boat wrecked at sea are rescued by the Italian navy, twenty miles north of Libya. Massimo Sestini / World Press Photo
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Third Prize, Contemporary Issues: Tomas van Houtryve — A photograph taken by a drone of children in a schoolyard in El Dorado County, California. Tomas Van Houtryve / VII / Harper's Magazine / World Press Photo
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Third Prize, Spot News Singles: Bulent Kilic — Fighters of Islamic State near an explosion from an air strike near the Syria Turkey border. Bulent Kilic / AFP / Getty Images / World Press Photo
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Third Prize, Spot News Stories: Arash Khamooshi — The mother of a murdered man slaps his killer during an execution ceremony in Noor, Iran, April 15, 2014. After striking him, she removed the noose from around his neck, thus sparing the life of her son’s murderer. Arash Khamooshi / AFP / Getty Images / World Press Photo
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Second Prize, Spot News Stories — An Orthodox priest blesses protesters on a barricade, Kiev Ukraine, February 20, 2014. Jerome Sessisi / Magnum Photos / De Standaard / World Press Photo
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World Press Photo of the Year: Mads Nissen — A gay couple during an intimate moment, St. Petersburg, Russia. Mads Nissen / Scanpix / Panos / World Press Photo