Tomasz Lazar of Poland has won the second prize People in the News Singles

with this picture of an arrest of protesters during a demonstration against police tactics and income inequality in Harlem,

New York City, October 25, 2011.

Brent Stirton of South Africa

a Getty Images photographer working for National Geographic magazine, has won first prize Nature Stories

for the "Rhino Wars" series. 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 dehorning by poachers who used

a chainsaw to remove her horns and a large section of bone in that area of her skull.

The female rhino survived the dehorning and has joined up with a male bull who now accompanies her.

Rhino horn is now worth more than gold on the international market. South Africa alone has lost more than 400 rhino to illegal poaching incidents in 2011. The demand for Rhino horn is fueled by a wealthy Asian middle and upper class

and used overwhelmingly as medication.

Rob Hornstra of the Netherlands has won the first prize Arts and Entertainment Stories with the series

"The Sochi Project: Sochi Singers". Marika Bajur sings 'Kuriu' in the restaurant Eurasia. The southern Russian city

of Sochi lies on the Black Sea and attracts predominantly Russian holidaymakers who come for a mix of sun, sea, sand

and nightlife. Restaurants are plentiful and competition is fierce, with every restaurant

employing a regular live musician blasting Russian chansons and popsa.

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 tailor stalls

 in the center of Dakar, Senegal, July 9, 2011. She wears the creation of a designer, Yolande Mancini, participating

in the 9th edition of Dakar Fashion Week.

Lars Lindqvist

EARTHQUAKE IN JAPAN  15 April 2011 Boats come to rest on top of a pier in the port of Ishinomaki,

after the 9.0-magnitude earthquake hit Japan. 2012, General News, 2nd prize singles.

Remi Ochlik

BATTLE FOR LIBYA 11 March 2011 An opposition fighter rest under a rebellion flag in the middle of

the battlefield oil town Ras Lanouf in Libya. 2012, General News, 1st prize stories.

Massoud Hossaini, 2012, Spot News, 2nd prize singles

05 December 2011 Afghan Shia Muslims cry among the dead and injured after explosions during a religious ceremony

 in the centre of Kabul. At least 30 people were killed in an explosion at a Kabul shrine where Shia Muslims were marking the Day of Ashura Tuesday. The blast came in the city centre where they had gathered to carry out religious rituals to

 mark the day, a public holiday in Afghanistan.

SAVING THE DESPERATE 'BRIDE', Li Yang Spot News  3rd prize singles 2012

A 22-year-old girl in a wedding gown is grabbed as she attempts to kill herself by jumping out of a building.

DAWN OF A REVOLUTION, Eduardo Castaldo

Spot News 3rd prize stories 2012 Following the events of 25 January, Egyptians called for a mass demonstration

and the streets of Cairo filled with thousands of protestors demanding the removal of

Egyptian President Hosni Mobarak's regime.

EVICTED, John Moore

People in the News 2nd prize stories 2012 Families in the United States are evicted

from their homes after falling behind in payments.

THE FIGHT FOR TAHRIR SQUARE, Jan Dago

People in the News 3rd prize stories 2012 Anti-government protestors demanded that Egyptian President

Hosni Mubarak step down peacefully, but clashes broke out between them and Mubarak supporters in Tahrir Square.

STRELKA Alexander Taran

Sports1st prize stories 2012 In the amateur street fighting tournament known as Strelka in Russia, fighters compete on

sand with no time limit, breaks or rounds, and the fight only stops with a knockout or a fighter’s surrender.