10 February 2012 Last updated at 12:12

World Press Photo winner 2011

A woman holding a wounded relative during protests against president Saleh in Sanaa, Yemen October 15, 2011.

Spanish photographer Samuel Aranda has won the 2011 World Press Photo of the Year award for the New York Times with an image of a veiled woman holding a wounded relative in her arms after a demonstration in Yemen. Jurors said the photo captured multiple facets of the "Arab Spring" uprisings across the Middle East.

Rebels in Ras Lanuf, Libya, March 11, 2011.

Yuri Kozyrev of Russia has won the first prize in the Spot News Singles category with this picture of rebels in Ras Lanuf, Libya.

Rugby match between Old Belvedere and Blackrock played in heavy rain in Dublin, Ireland. February 5, 2011.

Ray McManus from Ireland has won the second prize Sports Singles with this action picture from a rugby match between Old Belvedere and Blackrock played in heavy rain in Dublin last winter.

A picture of North Korea's founder, Kim Il-sung, decorating a building in the capital Pyongyang October 5, 2011.

Damir Sagolj has won the first prize Daily Life Singles with this photograph of a picture of North Korea's founder, Kim Il-sung, decorating a building in the capital Pyongyang.

Maria, a drug addict and sex worker, in between clients in a room she rents in Kryvyi Rig, Ukraine August 31, 2011.

Brent Stirton from South Africa, a Getty Images photographer working for Kiev Independent, has won the first prize Contemporary Issues Singles with this picture of Maria, a drug addict and sex worker.

Marika Bajur sings "Kuriu" in the restaurant Eurasia.

Rob Hornstra from the Netherlands has won first prize Arts and Entertainment Stories with the series "The Sochi Project: Sochi Singers".

A model posing in front of tailor stalls, wears the creation of a designer, Yolande Mancini, participating in the 9th edition of Dakar Fashion Week.

Vincent Boisot of France, a Riva Press photographer working for Le Figaro Magazine, has won the second prize Arts and Entertainment Singles with this picture of a model posing in front of tailors' stalls in the centre of Dakar, Senegal.

The aftermath of a devastating 9.0-magnitude earthquake that hit the northeast coast of Japan triggered hugely destructive tsunami waves of up to 38 meters that struck Japan travelling up to ten kilometres inland.

Paolo Pellegrin from Italy has won the second prize General News Stories with the "Tsunami aftermath" series.

A male polar bear climbing precariously on the face of a cliff above the ocean at Ostrova Oranskie in northern Novaya Zemlya, Russia June 30, 2011, attempting to feed on seabird eggs.

Jenny E. Ross of the U.S. has won the first prize Nature Singles with this picture of a male polar bear climbing on the face of a cliff in northern Novaya Zemlya in Russia.

Tahani (in pink), who married her husband Majed when she was 6 and he was 25, poses for this portrait with former classmate Ghada, also a child bride, outside their mountain home in Hajjah Hajjah, Yemen, June 10, 2010.

Stephanie Sinclair of the U.S. has won the first prize Contemporary Issues Stories with the series "Child brides: Too young to wed", with pictures taken in the mountains of Yemen.

Protesters crying, chanting and screaming in Tahrir Square after listening to the speech in which Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said he would not give up power in Cairo, Egypt, February 10, 2011.

Alex Majoli of Italy has won the first prize General News Singles with this picture of protesters crying, chanting and screaming in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt.

Marcos leads Monica from their room to the living room. Monica was diagnosed with Alzheimer"s disease. Since that moment, her husband devoted all his time to take care of her.

Alejandro Kirchuk of Argentina has won the first prize Daily Life Stories, with the series "Never Let You Go". The picture shows a husband looking after his wife, who has Alzheimer's disease.

The picture shows a female rhino in Tugela Private Game Reserve, Colenso, Natal, South Africa, November 9, 2010, that four months earlier survived a brutal de-horning by poachers who used a chainsaw to remove her horns and a large section of bone in that area of her skull.

Brent Stirton of South Africa has won first prize Nature Stories for the "Rhino Wars" series. The picture, from a game reserve in Natal, shows a rhino which had had its horn cut off by poachers using a chainsaw.

An arrest of protesters during a demonstration against police tactics and income inequality in Harlem, New York City, October 25, 2011.

Tomasz Lazar of Poland has won the second prize People in the News Singles with this picture of an arrest of protesters in Harlem, New York City.

Danish actress Mellica Mehraban, in Copenhagen, May 4, 2011.

Laerke Posselt of Denmark has won the first Prize Portraits Singles with this picture of Iranian-born Danish actress Mellica Mehraban, in Copenhagen.

Chieko Matsukawa shows her daughter's graduation certificate as she finds it in the debris in Higashimatsushima city, Miyagi prefecture, Japan April 3, 2011.

Yasuyoshi Chiba of Japan has won the first prize People in the News Stories with the "Aftermath of the tsunami" series. A Japanese mother finds her daughter's graduation certificate in the debris of Higashimatsushima city.

Trying to avoid the killers bullets, many people jumped into the cold water in Utoya, Norway, July 22, 2011.

Niclas Hammerstrom of Sweden, a photographer working for Aftonbladet, has won the second prize Spot News Stories with the series "Utoya". This island was the scene of a massacre in Norway in July 2011.

New Afghan police recruit at the German police training centre in Kunduz, Afghanistan

Ton Koene of the Netherlands has won the second prize Portraits Stories with the series "Recruits at police training centre". This shows an Afghan recruit at a German-run training centre.

Divers practicing during the 14th FINA World Championships at the Oriental Sports Centre in Shanghai, China, July 17, 2011.

Adam Pretty of Australia, a Getty Images photographer, has won the second prize Sports Stories with the "World Swimming Championships" series. The picture was taken at the championships in Shanghai, China.

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