February 12 World Press Photo jury announced the 2009 winners. The nominees for best picture in 2009 "the main prize was an Italian freelance photographer Pietro Masturtso. A prize of € 10 thousand, he can get at a ceremony in Amsterdam, scheduled for May 2. Participated in the contest more than 5 thousand photographers from 128 countries, awards received 63 photographers from 23 States. World Press Photo - one of the world's largest and most influential competition among photojournalists. Works selected recognized professionals in various fields of photojournalism. Photos Winners of prizes are usually exhibited at the exhibitions, the first of which will go to Amsterdam in early May.


 1. Best photo of 2009.


Women scream from the roof during a protest against the results of presidential elections in Tehran on June 24. Tenths of Iran's presidential elections were held June 12, 2009. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad opposed the three other candidates. The next morning, the Islamic Republic News Agency announced that after counting the votes of two thirds Ahmadinejad won with 62%, and Mir-Hussein Musavi received only 34%. Many analysts have expressed their doubts about the results. (Pietro Masturzo /AP)

 2. Category: urgent news, a separate photo. First place.

Afghan woman runs from the explosion at a hotel in Kabul on December 15. The explosion of the hotel, where they often stop foreigners, 8 people died, 40 were injured. Among the dead were 4 women. (Adam Ferguson /VII Mentor Program for The New York Times)



 3. Category: urgent news, a separate photo. Second place.

Smoke rises into the air during Israeli military operations in Gaza on January 8. Palestinians are faced with more severe conditions in the Gaza Strip after the UN agency to help stop its work, claiming that too great a risk by Israeli forces. This statement came after the death of two drivers. (Mohammed Salem /Reuters)



 4. Category: Emergency news, photos. First place.

Two supporter of the mayor of Antananarivo Endri Radzholiny hide behind the container, until the police disperse rally with tear gas in the capital of Madagascar on 16 February. (Walter Astrada /Agence France-Presse)



5. Category: Emergency news, photos. Third place.

Palestinian citizens and doctors are fleeing to the shelter during the Israeli shelling of UN school in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip, January 17. The shelling killed a woman and a child. The school has been at the epicenter of the conflict between Israel and Palestine. (Mohammed Abed /AFP - Getty Images)

6. Honorable Mention in the category "Urgent news».

The car drove into spectators at a parade in Apeldurne, Netherlands, April 30. As a result of attempts to attack the Dutch Queen Beatrix and her family, killing five people. The royal family has suffered. (Robin Utrecht /Pool via AP)

6. Honorable Mention in the category "Urgent news».

The car drove into spectators at a parade in Apeldurne, Netherlands, April 30. As a result of attempts to attack the Dutch Queen Beatrix and her family, killing five people. The royal family has suffered. (Robin Utrecht /Pool via AP)

7. Category: General News, a separate photo. First place.

The light penetrates into the hole left by a tank shell in Tuffah, northern Gaza, March 3. 39-year-old Mohammed Ali Ahmed Shuhada and his family managed to run out of the house, but when he returned to the house for things children, he died as a result of another attack. (Kent Klich)

8. Category: general news, photos. First place.

Drugs violated the political stability in Guinea-Bissau and destroyed thousands of lives. They pay for Europe's insatiable desire for cocaine. Drug addiction was unknown plague until 2007, when drug traffickers are targeting the country. Since then, hundreds of people living in slums Bissau, became drug addicts. Prostitution is also strengthening its position there, only helping the spread of HIV infection. This photo - just another face of cocaine in Guinea-Bissau. (Marco Vernaschi /for Pulitzer Center)

9. Category: Sports, separate photo. First place.

Jonathan Trot from England trying to get the ball during the fifth practice matches at the stadium «Oval» in London on 20 August. (Gareth Copley /Press Association)

10. Category: sports, photo essay. First place.

Athletes come from the Gulf of Kona on Hawaii during the World Cup "Iron Man" on October 11. (Donald Miralle)




 

14. Category: modern history, a separate photo. First place.
This giraffe died as a result of drought in the Vajra, Kenya, October 9. In Kenya, there was no rain for several years. Yields and animals die and people are weakened. Lack of resources in Kenya and neighboring countries, fueling conflicts intra - group fighting for pasture and water. The proliferation of weapons only exacerbates the situation. (Stefano De Luigi /VII for Le Monde)
15. Category: everyday life, a separate photo. Second place.

Family at Sunday's picnic at the beach in Maputo, Mozambique. (Joan Bardeletti)
16. Category: People in the news. First place.

Barack Obama awaits the inauguration ceremony in Washington on January 20. (Charles Ommanney /Getty Images for Newsweek)
17. Category: People in the news. Second place.

Soldiers from the First Battalion, 26th Infantry Division, take defensive positions in the operational base Restrepo, by bombarding suspected Taliban insurgents in the Korengal Valley of Kunar province May 11, 2009. Soldier Zaher Boyd (left) did not even have time to put on his pants, ran out of the tent to join his comrades. Right Cecil Montgomery, in the center of Jordan Custer. (David Guttenfelder /AP)

18. Category: Portrait. First place.

Graham - a teenager who suffers from anorexia. (Laura Pannack /The Guardian Weekend Magazine)
19. Category: portrait, photo essay. Second place.

In a series of photographs "Boys and girls are" collected pictures of boys, similar to the girls, and vice versa. (Annie van Gemert)
20. Category: art and entertainment. First place.

A hip portfolio. Picture taken in Mali. (Malick Sidibe /The New York Times Magazine)