2011 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
First Place - Lisa Wiltse
First Place - 2011 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
Series chronicling the 2011 Libyan revolution.....Libyan revolutionary fighters launch a missile during an attack for the city of Sirte, Libya, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011. Rebels use tanks and heavy artillery towards loyalist positions inside the home town of Libya's ousted leader Moammar Gadhafi. "Revolution"
Lisa Wiltse
First Place - 2011 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
A Libyan revolutionary fighter runs for cover while attacking pro-Gadhafi forces in Sirte, Libya, Friday, Oct. 7, 2011. "Revolution"
Lisa Wiltse
First Place - 2011 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
A Libyan rebel fighter fires his machine gun toward loyalist positions in Sirte, Libya, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011. "Revolution"
Lisa Wiltse
First Place - 2011 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
Suspected Gadhafi loyalists are detained by revolutionary fighters in Sirte, Libya, Monday, Oct. 10, 2011. "Revolution"
Lisa Wiltse
First Place - 2011 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
Libyan revolutionary fighters watch as smoke rises above Sirte during an attacking on pro-Gadhafi forces in Sirte, Libya, Friday, Oct. 7, 2011. "Revolution"
Lisa Wiltse
First Place - 2011 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
Revolutionary fighters search for targets in Sirte, Libya, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011. "Revolution"
Lisa Wiltse
First Place - 2011 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
An injured Libyan rebel fighter is carried by another fighter in down town Sirte, Libya, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011. "Revolution"
Lisa Wiltse
First Place - 2011 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
Libyan revolutionary fighters carry a wounded comrade while attacking pro-Gadhafi forces in Sirte, Libya, Friday, Oct. 7, 2011. "Revolution"
Lisa Wiltse
First Place - 2011 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
A suspected Gadhafi loyalist is detained by revolutionary fighters in Sirte, Libya, Monday, Oct. 10, 2011. "Revolution"
Lisa Wiltse
First Place - 2011 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
The body of Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi lies on a mattress a commercial freezer at a shopping center in Misrata, Libya, Friday, Oct. 21, 2011. "Revolution"
Lisa Wiltse
First Place - 2011 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
Revolutionary fighters celebrate the capture of Sirte, Libya, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011. "Revolution"
Lisa Wiltse
First Place - 2011 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
A general view of buildings ravaged by fighting in Sirte, Libya, Saturday, Oct. 22, 2011. "Revolution"
Lisa Wiltse
Second Place - Todd Heisler/The New York Times
Second Place - 2011 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
On July 22, 2011, Anders Behring Breivik gunned down 69 people on the Island of Utoya and killed 8 people with a truck bomb in Oslo. In the days and weeks after the country's worst mass killing since World War II, there was an outpouring of grief. Flowers, letters and gifts piled up outside the Oslo Cathedral. Friends and family of those murdered quietly grieved across the nation. Playing dead to escape death and witnessing their friends being killed weighed heavily on the teenagers who survived. The tight-knit group of young political activists who attended the summer camp on Utoya Island say they have grown even tighter through adversity. Mourners, unable to fit into the tiny wooden church in Nesodden, outside Oslo, gather for the funeral for Bano Rashid. Rashid, a young woman who was one of 77 people killed by gunman Anders Behring Breivik, at Nesodden Church outside Oslo Friday afternoon.
Todd Heisler/The New York Times
Second Place - 2011 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
Flowers, letters and gifts piled up outside the Oslo Cathedral.
Todd Heisler/The New York Times
Second Place - 2011 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
A woman looked out of a streetcar at the massive memorial.
Todd Heisler/The New York Times
Second Place - 2011 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
Relatives of Bano Rashid, a young woman who was one of 77 people killed by gunman Anders Behring Breivik, pray after her burial in the cemetery at Nesodden Church outside Oslo Friday afternoon.
Todd Heisler/The New York Times
Second Place - 2011 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
A funeral is held for Margrethe Boyen Kloven who was one the victims of Anders Behring Breivik, who gunned down 69 people on the Island of Utoya. Her funeral was held at the Lommedalen Kirke outside Oslo on Thursday.
Todd Heisler/The New York Times
Second Place - 2011 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
Numerous windows throughout central Oslo were blown out after Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people, set off a truck bomb outside a government building. As Norwegians tried to make sense of the unprecedented violence, many roamed the streets to leave flowers at memorials and take in the damage.
Todd Heisler/The New York Times
Second Place - 2011 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
Mouners gather for a funeral held for Bano Rashid, a young woman who was one of 76 people killed by gunman Anders Behring Breivik, at Nesodden Church outside Oslo Friday afternoon.
Todd Heisler/The New York Times
Second Place - 2011 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
The casket bearing Margrethe Boyen Kloven, 16, who was one the victims of Anders Behring Breivik, is prepared for her funeral at the Lommedalen Kirke outside Oslo. A musician and Beatles fan, mourners sang "Let it Be" during the service.
Todd Heisler/The New York Times
Second Place - 2011 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
Mourners hug after the funeral for Margrethe Boyen Kloven, 16, who was one the victims of Anders Behring Breivik.
Todd Heisler/The New York Times
Second Place - 2011 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
Ina RangØnes Libak , 21, right, was working in a kitchen on Utoya when she first heard shots and discovered she was hit. She was shot several times in the arms, chest and jaw, and her friends slowed the bleeding by placing rocks on her wounds. Now she is recuperating in a hospital in Oslo and has a constant flow of friends visiting her.
Todd Heisler/The New York Times
Second Place - 2011 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
Hamar, Norway-Semir Vranesi , 17, saw many people killed on Utoya, and himself came close to being shot when Breivik fired at him from 15 meters. He and other friends of relatives of Ismael Haji Ahmed, who was gunned down on Utoya on July 22, are dealing with his death in their town of Hamar. Many of them were on the island, and survived the shooting rampage by gunman Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people.
Todd Heisler/The New York Times
Second Place - 2011 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
A red rose hangs on a barrier outside a building damaged by a massive truck bomb set off by Anders Behring Breivik, who gunned down 69 people on the Island of Utoya and killed 8 people with a truck bomb in Oslo. Flowers adorned damaged areas throughout the city.
Todd Heisler/The New York Times
Third Place - William B. Plowman
Third Place - 2011 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
Following decades of civil war Southern Sudan decides by vote whether or not to remain as part of Sudan or set off alone as the world's newest country. - Southern Sudan's Vote for Independence
William B. Plowman
Third Place - 2011 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
Southern Sudanese returning from Khartoum occupy a make-shift camp on the Nile on the outskirts of Juba, Southern Sudan's capital city. Returnees arrived by the hundreds to vote for Southern independence.
William B. Plowman
Third Place - 2011 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
Children play at a voter's education seminar on the outskirts of Juba, Southern Sudan's capital city prior to the South's vote for independence.
William B. Plowman
Third Place - 2011 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
Nomadic Dinka pastoralists wake in the early hours to tend to their herd outside the SPLA/SPLM stronghold of Bor. Southern Sudan will vote to determine their independence.
William B. Plowman
Third Place - 2011 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
As a part of the 2005 peace agreement between North & South Sudan a vote on January 9 will decide whether or not Southern Sudan will remain as part of Sudan or set off alone as the world's newest country.
William B. Plowman
Third Place - 2011 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
A young boy, malnourished and suffering from a degenerative bone disease cries in an Aweil hospital. A severely challenged health care infrastructure will be one of many obstacles a newly independent South Sudan will face should they separate from the North.
William B. Plowman
Third Place - 2011 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
Pictured is an ariel of marshland from a tributary outside the Southern Sudanese town of Aweil. Water remains a big issue in the proposed spilt between North and South Sudan, as control of the Nile River would be retained primarily by the South.
William B. Plowman
Third Place - 2011 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
A young woman speaks with a "tuk tuk" driver in the Southern Sudanese town of Aweil. A poor road and transit infrastructure will be one of many obstacles a newly independent South Sudan will face should they separate from the North.
William B. Plowman
Third Place - 2011 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
A polling center in the Southern Sudanese town of Bor opens for the much anticipated vote to decide whether or not Southern Sudan will remain part of Sudan or set off alone as the world's newest country.
William B. Plowman
Third Place - 2011 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
Returnees from Khartoum occupy makeshift camp along the nile. Returnees arrived in Juba by the hundreds in order to take place in Southern Sudan's vote for independence.
William B. Plowman
Third Place - 2011 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
A polling center on the outskirts of the Southern Sudanese town of Bor opens for the much anticipated vote to decide whether or not Southern Sudan will remain part of Sudan or set off alone as the world's newest country.
William B. Plowman
Third Place - 2011 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
Soldiers with the SPLA wake up at an oupost near the airport in the Southern Sudanese town of Aweil. The area near the border with the North remains tense, with several clashes and attacks on caravans of Southerners returning home being attacked and killed.
William B. Plowman
Honorable Mention - Rebecca Blackwell/The Associated Press
Honorable Mention - 2011 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
Series chronicling the unrest in Ivory Coast in 2011 when loyalist to ousted president Gbagbo would not pledge allegiance to new president Alassane Ouattara.....The remains of a defaced Laurent Gbagbo campaign poster are seen on a billboard in the Cocody neighborhood of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Wednesday, April 13, 2011. "Ivory Coast Unrest"
Rebecca Blackwell/The Associated Press
Honorable Mention - 2011 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
A soldier allied with Alassane Ouattara is given a handful of bullets for his new AK-47 after a shipment of weapons arrived at a republican forces operating base on the outskirts of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Monday, April 11, 2011. "Ivory Coast Unrest"
Rebecca Blackwell/The Associated Press
Honorable Mention - 2011 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
Republican forces soldiers capture two suspected militiamen in the Riviera I neighborhood of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Wednesday, April 13, 2011. "Ivory Coast Unrest"
Rebecca Blackwell/The Associated Press
Honorable Mention - 2011 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
The bodies of dozens of young men killed in recent clashes lie piled on the floor of a morgue, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast Wednesday, March 2, 2011. "Ivory Coast Unrest"
Rebecca Blackwell/The Associated Press
Honorable Mention - 2011 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
Men captured by forces loyal to Alassane Ouattara and detained for unknown reasons, arrive at a checkpoint serving as an operating base near a main entrance to Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Wednesday, April 6, 2011. "Ivory Coast Unrest"
Rebecca Blackwell/The Associated Press
Honorable Mention - 2011 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
A soldier loyal to Alassane Ouattara lies wounded in the road after a deadly car accident outside Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Tuesday, April 5, 2011. "Ivory Coast Unrest"
Rebecca Blackwell/The Associated Press
Honorable Mention - 2011 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
A taxi drives past a burning body in the Adjame neighborhood of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Saturday, April 16, 2011. "Ivory Coast Unrest"
Rebecca Blackwell/The Associated Press
Honorable Mention - 2011 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
Men detained by soldiers loyal to Alassane Ouattara are told to strip down to their underwear and hand over their mobile phones and other possessions, as they are brought for questioning to a service station, acting as a republican forces operating base on the outskirts of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Saturday, April 9, 2011. "Ivory Coast Unrest"
Rebecca Blackwell/The Associated Press
Honorable Mention - 2011 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
Men detained for unknown reasons by soldiers loyal to Alassane Ouattara react as they are seated in a gas station service bay to await questioning, at a republican forces operating base on the outskirts of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Saturday, April 9, 2011. "Ivory Coast Unrest"
Rebecca Blackwell/The Associated Press
Honorable Mention - 2011 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
The mark left by a body, just removed by Ivorian Red Cross volunteers, is seen under the slogan 'To serve' at the National Police Academy in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Friday, April 15, 2011. "Ivory Coast Unrest"
Rebecca Blackwell/The Associated Press
Honorable Mention - 2011 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
Republican forces soldiers walk through a damaged dining room at the presidential palace in central Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Thursday, April 14, 2011. "Ivory Coast Unrest"
Rebecca Blackwell/The Associated Press
Honorable Mention - 2011 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
Phillipe Mangou, left, former army chief under Laurent Gbagbo, salutes President Alassane Ouattara, center right, at a ceremony where former leaders of Gbagbo's security forces pledged allegiance to Ouattara's government, at the Golf Hotel in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Tuesday, April 12, 2011. "Ivory Coast Unrest"
Rebecca Blackwell/The Associated Press
Honorable Mention - Emilio Morenatti/The Associated Press
Honorable Mention - 2011 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
More than 250,000 migrant workers have left Libya for neighboring countries, primarily Tunisia and Egypt, as fighting broke out during the Libyan Revolttion. Men from Bangladesh, who used to work in Libya but recently fled the unrest, walk with their belongings alongside a road, as they head to a refugee camp after crossing the Tunisia-Libyan border, in Ras Ajdir, Tunisia, Friday, March 4, 2011. "Displaced in Tunisia"
Emilio Morenatti/The Associated Press
Honorable Mention - 2011 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
Egyptians try to board a bus as a Tunisian Army soldier tries to stop one of them, at the Tunisia-Libya border, in Ras Ajdir, Tunisia, Thursday, March. 3, 2011. "Displaced in Tunisia"
Emilio Morenatti/The Associated Press
Honorable Mention - 2011 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
Egyptians who worked in Libya and are now fleeing the unrest in the country are seen inside a bus outside the Tunisia-Libyan border, in Ras Ajdir, Tunisia, Thursday, March 3, 2011. Tunisian officials are seen reflected in the bus window. "Displaced in Tunisia"
Emilio Morenatti/The Associated Press
Honorable Mention - 2011 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
2-year-old Egyptian boy Ahmed looks through the window of a bus as he leaves with his family, who worked in Libya and is now fleeing the unrest in the country, outside the Tunisia-Libyan border, in Ras Ajdir, Tunisia, Thursday, March 3, 2011. "Displaced in Tunisia"
Emilio Morenatti/The Associated Press
Honorable Mention - 2011 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
Men, who used to work in Libya and fled the unrest in the country, line up as they wait to board buses to be repatriated in a refugee camp at the Tunisia-Libyan border, in Ras Ajdir, Tunisia, Tuesday, March 15, 2011. "Displaced in Tunisia"
Emilio Morenatti/The Associated Press
Honorable Mention - 2011 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
A man from Sudan, is seen behind a fence as he waits to hear news about his repatriation after crossing from Libya, in a refugee camp near the Tunisia-Libyan border, in Ras Ajdir, Tunisia, Tuesday, March 22, 2011. "Displaced in Tunisia"
Emilio Morenatti/The Associated Press
Honorable Mention - 2011 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
Men, who used to work in Libya and fled the unrest in the country, carry their belongings as they arrive during a sand storm in a refugee camp at the Tunisia-Libyan border, in Ras Ajdir, Tunisia, Tuesday, March 15, 2011. "Displaced in Tunisia"
Emilio Morenatti/The Associated Press
Honorable Mention - 2011 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
Men from Bangladesh, who used to work in Libya and fled the unrest in the country, wait to be called during their repatriation process as they try to leave for their country in a refugee camp at the Tunisia-Libyan border, in Ras Ajdir, Tunisia, Monday, March 14, 2011. "Displaced in Tunisia"
Emilio Morenatti/The Associated Press
Honorable Mention - 2011 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
Men, who used to work in Libya and fled the unrest in the country, scuffle to get pieces of bread during a food distribution in a refugee camp at the Tunisia-Libyan border, in Ras Ajdir, Tunisia, Friday, March 11, 2011. "Displaced in Tunisia"
Emilio Morenatti/The Associated Press
Honorable Mention - 2011 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
Men from Ghana, who used to work in Libya and fled the unrest in the country, wait to be repatriated in a refugee camp at the Tunisia-Libyan border, in Ras Ajdir, Tunisia, Friday, March 18, 2011. "Displaced in Tunisia"
Emilio Morenatti/The Associated Press
Honorable Mention - 2011 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
Men from Sudan, who used to work in Libya and fled the unrest in the country, try to stop a car blocking a road during a protest demanding better conditions during their repatriation process in a refugee camp at the Tunisia-Libyan border, in Ras Ajdir, Tunisia, Wednesday, March 16, 2011. "Displaced in Tunisia"
Emilio Morenatti/The Associated Press
Honorable Mention - 2011 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
Egyptians, who used to work in Libya and fled the unrest in the country, board on an Egyptian ship to take them back to their country at the southern port town of Zarzis, Tunisia, Wednesday, March. 2, 2011. "Displaced in Tunisia"
Emilio Morenatti/The Associated Press