2017 World Press புகைப்பட போட்டியில் பிரமிக்கவைத்த புகைப்படங்கள்

2017 World Press புகைப்பட போட்டியில்

 பிரமிக்கவைத்த புகைப்படங்கள்

Brandishing a gun, his face contorted with rage, the shocking image of a Turkish policeman assassinating the Russian envoy to Turkey has won the prestigious World Press Photo Award 

Speaking about his winning photograph Ozbilici said his professional instincts kicked in despite the shocking scene unfolding in front of him. People are pictured cowering in the aftermath of the killing

Valery Melnikov took top spot in the long-term projects category for images of civilians escaping from a fire at a house destroyed by an air attack in Luhanskaya village in Ukraine

Thomson Reuters photographer Jonathan Bachman won the Contemporary Issues - First Prize, Singles award for his image 'Taking A Stand In Baton Rouge'. It shows lone activist Ieshia Evans standing her ground while offering her hands for arrest as she is charged by riot police during a protest against police brutality outside the Baton Rouge Police Department in Louisiana, USA on July 9. Evans, a 28-year-old Pennsylvania nurse and mother of one, travelled to Baton Rouge to protest against the shooting of Alton Sterling

This image called 'Mediterranean Migration' by photographer Mathieu Willcocks, won third prize in the Spot News, Stories, category of the World Press Photo contest. It shows Libyan fishermen throwing a lifejacket at a rubber boat full of migrants

Mathieu Willcocks also took this image of two men panicking and struggling in the water during their rescue in the Mediterranean 

Santi Palacios won second prize in the General News, Singles, category of the World Press Photo contest with this photo of an 11-year-old girl from Nigeria (right) who said her mother died in Libya, crying next to her 10-year-old brother aboard an NGO rescue boat in July. The children had sailed for hours in an overcrowded rubber boat with other refugees during a rescue operation on the Mediterranean Sea, 16 miles north of Sabratha, Libya

A picture called 'Rescued From The Rubble' by photographer Ameer Alhalbi, won second prize in the Spot News, Stories, category of the World Press Photo contest. It shows Syrian civil defence volunteers, known as the White Helmets, rescuing a boy from the rubble following a reported barrel bomb attack on the Bab al-Nairab neighborhood of Aleppo 

Another photo by Ameer Alhalbi shows Syrian men carrying babies as they make their way through the rubble of destroyed buildings following a reported air strike on the rebel-held Salihin neighbourhood of the northern city of Aleppo, Syria on  September 11

Pakistani photographer Jamal Taraqai captured this gruesome image of lawyers helping their injured colleagues after a bomb explosion in Quetta, Pakistan, on August 8. Some 70 people were killed when a bomb exploded outside a civil hospital where a crowd of lawyers and journalists had gathered to mourn Bilal Anwar Kasi, a senior lawyer who had been assassinated hours earlier. The image has won the first prize in the 'Spot News - Singles' category

Aftonbladet photographer Magnus Wennman won the People - First Prize, Singles award for this image of five-year-old Maha who fled with her family from the village of Hawija outside Mosul, Iraq. The fear of ISIS and the lack of food forced them to leave their home, her mother says

Among winning nature photos were images depicting humanity's devastating effect on wildlife, including a gruesome photograph by Brent Stirton of a poached rhino with its horn hacked off in Hluhluwe Umfolozi Game Reserve, South Africa 

US photographer Michael Vince Kim won the People - First Prize, Stories with a series of picture including of two sisters  Olga and Adelina Lim Hi

Spanish photographer Francis Perez won the Nature - First Prize, Singles award with this image of a sea turtle entangled in a fishing net swimming off the coast of Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, in June. Sea turtles are considered a vulnerable species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature while unattended fishing gear is responsible for many turtle deaths

A woman is supported by two men while crossing a river as migrants attempt to reach Macedonia on a route that would bypass the border fence. AP photographer Vadim Ghirda of Romania won second prize in the Contemporary Issues - Singles category in the 2017 World Press Photo competition with theemotionally charged photo

A car bomb explodes next to Iraqi special forces armoured vehicles as they advance towards ISIS held territory in Mosul, Iraq. AP photographer, Felipe Dana, came third in the Spot News - Singles category for his image

The New York Times photographer Daniel Berehulak won the General News - First Prize, Stories award for his images of inmates watching drug suspects being processed inside a police station in Manila, Philippines. President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines began his deadly anti-drug campaign when he took office on June 30 2016

Tender: 'Pandas Gone Wild' by photographer Amy Vitale, for National Geographic Magazine, won second prize in the Nature, Stories, category. Seven-year-old giant panda Min Min had a baby girl at Bifengxia Giant Panda Breeding and Research Centre in Sichuan Province, China