2012 News Picture Story
First Place: Shannon Stapleton / Reuters
First Place - 2012 News Picture Story
Martha Hiatt gathers sand bags at the Belle Harbor section of Rockaway beach in the Queens borough of New York October 28, 2012. Hurricane Sandy could be the biggest storm to hit the United States mainland when it comes ashore on Monday night, bringing strong winds and dangerous flooding to the East Coast from the mid-Atlantic states to New England, forecasters said on Sunday..."HURRICANE SANDY"
Shannon Stapleton / Reuters
First Place - 2012 News Picture Story
A woman takes a photo at Beach 98th street on the boardwalk at Rockaway beach in the Queens borough of New York October 29, 2012. .."HURRICANE SANDY"
Shannon Stapleton / Reuters
First Place - 2012 News Picture Story
The wreckage of homes devastated by fire and the affects of Hurricane Sandy are seen in the Breezy Point section of the Queens borough of New York October 31, 2012. . .."HURRICANE SANDY"
Shannon Stapleton / Reuters
First Place - 2012 News Picture Story
Neighbors Lucille Dwyer (R) and Linda Strong embrace after looking through the wreckage of their homes devastated by fire and the affects of Hurricane Sandy in the Breezy Point section of the Queens borough of New York October 30, 2012. .."HURRICANE SANDY"
Shannon Stapleton / Reuters
First Place - 2012 News Picture Story
A NYPD police officer stands on top of the devastated Rockaway beach boardwalk do the affects of Hurricane Sandy in the Queens borough of New York November 1, 2012. .."HURRICANE SANDY"
Shannon Stapleton / Reuters
First Place - 2012 News Picture Story
A rainbow is seen among homes devastated by the affects of Hurricane Sandy are seen the Breezy Point section of the Queens borough of New York October 30, 2012. .."HURRICANE SANDY"
Shannon Stapleton / Reuters
First Place - 2012 News Picture Story
Brianna King (R) consoles her neighbor Barbara Cohen inside her hurricane damaged home in Long Beach, New York November 2, 2012. Four days after superstorm Sandy smashed into the U.S. Northeast, rescuers on Friday were still discovering the extent of the death and devastation in New York and the New Jersey shore, and anger mounted over gasoline shortages, power outages and waits for relief supplies. .."HURRICANE SANDY"
Shannon Stapleton / Reuters
First Place - 2012 News Picture Story
A sign is seen asking for help from FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency )in the BroadChannel section of the Queens borough of New York November 2, 2012. .."HURRICANE SANDY"
Shannon Stapleton / Reuters
First Place - 2012 News Picture Story
Louis Decarolis stands next to a fire outside his home on Beach 91st street in the Rockaways section of the Queens borough of New York November 3, 2012. .."HURRICANE SANDY"
Shannon Stapleton / Reuters
First Place - 2012 News Picture Story
People raise the American flag among the wreckage of their homes devastated by fire and the affects of Hurricane Sandy in the Breezy Point section of the Queens borough of New York October 31, 2012. .."HURRICANE SANDY"
Shannon Stapleton / Reuters
First Place - 2012 News Picture Story
People scramble for food and supplies being handed outside a grocery store damaged by Hurricane Sandy in the Rockaways section of the Queens borough of New York November 1, 2012. .."HURRICANE SANDY"
Shannon Stapleton / Reuters
First Place - 2012 News Picture Story
Women stand on a piece of the devastated Rockaway beach boardwalk that was blown onto Beach 91st street in the Queens borough of New York November 1, 2012. .."HURRICANE SANDY".
Shannon Stapleton / Reuters
Second Place: Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times
Second Place - 2012 News Picture Story
Republican presidential candidates campaign through the United States to win support to become the Republican nominee for president. .REPUBLICAN PRIMARY
Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times
Second Place - 2012 News Picture Story
Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times
Second Place - 2012 News Picture Story
Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times
Second Place - 2012 News Picture Story
Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times
Second Place - 2012 News Picture Story
Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times
Second Place - 2012 News Picture Story
Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times
Second Place - 2012 News Picture Story
Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times
Second Place - 2012 News Picture Story
Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times
Second Place - 2012 News Picture Story
Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times
Second Place - 2012 News Picture Story
Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times
Second Place - 2012 News Picture Story
Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times
Second Place - 2012 News Picture Story
Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times
Third Place: Emilio Morenatti / Associated Press
Third Place - 2012 News Picture Story
Mireia Arnau, 39, reacts behind the broken glass of her shop stormed by demonstrators during clashes with the police at the general strike in Barcelona, Thursday, March 29, 2012. Spanish workers livid over labor reforms they see as flagrantly pro-business staged a nationwide strike Thursday and tried to bring the country to a halt by blocking traffic, closing factories and clashing with police in rowdy demonstrations.
Emilio Morenatti / Associated Press
Third Place - 2012 News Picture Story
A demonstrator hit a pot during a protest to mark the anniversary of the "Indignados" movement in Sol square, Madrid, Spain, Tuesday May 15, 2012. Spaniards angered by increasingly grim economic prospects and unemployment hitting one out of every four citizens protested in droves in the nation's largest cities, marking the one-year anniversary of a spontaneous movement that inspired similar anti-authority demonstrations across the planet.
Emilio Morenatti / Associated Press
Third Place - 2012 News Picture Story
Police cadets attend a graduation ceremony in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, July 17, 2012. Riot police cordoned off the entrance to a sprawling police facility to prevent demonstrating police officers from disrupting a graduation ceremony for some 1,200 cadets about to enter the police force. The demonstrators were protesting parts of the austerity package, namely the elimination of one of 14 paychecks that most Spanish civil servants get each year. The one being axed comes right before Christmas.
Emilio Morenatti / Associated Press
Third Place - 2012 News Picture Story
A demonstrator uses a traffic sign to storm a shop during clashes with the police at the general strike in Barcelona, Thursday, March 29, 2012. Spanish workers livid over labor reforms they see as flagrantly pro-business staged a nationwide strike Thursday and tried to bring the country to a halt by blocking traffic, closing factories and clashing with police in rowdy demonstrations.
Emilio Morenatti / Associated Press
Third Place - 2012 News Picture Story
Police officers stand guard at the main entrance of the stock exchange where demonstrator burnt garbage during the general strike in Barcelona, Thursday, March 29, 2012. Spanish unions angry over economic reforms are waging a general strike, challenging a conservative government not yet 100 days old and joining other troubled European workers in venting their frustration on the street. The Spanish sentence reads: "General strike against the capital".
Emilio Morenatti / Associated Press
Third Place - 2012 News Picture Story
Riot police officers behind barricades are seen reflected on a safety glasses of a protester firefighter as they cordon off the road to block the access of demonstrators during a protest in Madrid, Spain, on Monday July 16, 2012. Firefighters, police in plainclothes and civil servants tried to march on Spains Parliament to protest stinging austerity measures but were blocked by police in riot gear manning layers of metal fences protecting the legislature.
Emilio Morenatti / Associated Press
Third Place - 2012 News Picture Story
A woman sits in a cafeteria and watches rail workers march inside the Barcelona Sants railway station during a protest during a partial national rail strike in Spain, Monday, Sept. 17, 2012. Hundreds of Spanish train services have been canceled as rail and subway workers staged strikes to protest wage cuts and reforms. State rail company RENFE said Monday it had canceled some 300 high-speed and intercity trains. It said minimum services agreed with labor unions meant that more than 50 percent of trains would run throughout the day.
Emilio Morenatti / Associated Press
Third Place - 2012 News Picture Story
Peruvian Joseph Qituizaca, 8, works on his homework as his mother Rosa, unseen, takes part in a protest against government in front of the Bankia headquarter in Madrid, Spain, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012. Spain's banks and government are struggling as the country suffers through its second recession in three years and its overall unemployment rate is at nearly 25 percent.
Emilio Morenatti / Associated Press
Third Place - 2012 News Picture Story
A man looks the prices of food In a shop in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. Spain's National Statistics Institute says Tuesday that the country's economy contracted 0.3 percent in the third quarter from the previous three month period. Spain is in a double-dip recession and has a 25 percent unemployment rate. Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said Monday the country has no immediate need to ask for outside aid to help deal with its debts.
Emilio Morenatti / Associated Press
Third Place - 2012 News Picture Story
Men performance as they beg for charity in a street in Madrid, Spain, Monday, May 14, 2012. Spain got caught up in the uncertainty surrounding the European single currency and the electoral stalemate in Greece Monday as it saw its borrowing costs rise and stock prices fall at alarming rates.
Emilio Morenatti / Associated Press
Third Place - 2012 News Picture Story
Demonstrators lift their hands and shout slogans as they protest against austerity measures announced by the Spanish government in Madrid, Spain, on Thursday July 19, 2012. Concerns over Spain's attempts to restore market confidence in its economy resurfaced Thursday after a bond auction went poorly and its borrowing costs edged higher even as the country's Parliament passed the latest round of harsh austerity measures designed to cut its bloated deficit.
Emilio Morenatti / Associated Press
Third Place - 2012 News Picture Story
A man leaves a bank stormed by demonstrators following clashes between police and protesters after a general strike in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, March 30, 2012. The Spanish government prepared to approve on Friday a new austerity budget that hundreds of thousands protested against this week in sometimes violent demonstrations.
Emilio Morenatti / Associated Press
Honorable Mention: NG Han Guan / Associated Press
Honorable Mention - 2012 News Picture Story
Series of images from inside the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea"..A North Korean woman waits near a mosaic of North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung at left and Kim Jong Il at right after attending a ceremony in Pyongyang, North Korea, Friday, April 13, 2012. "Inside DPRK"
NG Han Guan / Associated Press
Honorable Mention - 2012 News Picture Story
North Koreans wave clap as North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, unseen waves from a balcony at the end of a mass military parade in Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Square to celebrate 100 years since the birth of his grandfather, and North Korean founder, Kim Il Sung on Sunday, April 15, 2012. "Inside DPRK"
NG Han Guan / Associated Press
Honorable Mention - 2012 News Picture Story
Female North Korean soldiers march during a mass military parade in Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Square to celebrate 100 years since the birth of North Korean founder, Kim Il Sung on Sunday, April 15, 2012. "Inside DPRK"
NG Han Guan / Associated Press
Honorable Mention - 2012 News Picture Story
In this photo taken Sunday, April 15, 2012, a North Korean artillery drives past North Korean journalists during mass military parade in Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Square to celebrate 100 years since the birth of North Korean founder, Kim Il Sung. Inside DPRK"
NG Han Guan / Associated Press
Honorable Mention - 2012 News Picture Story
North Korean military officers watch a mass military parade in Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Square to celebrate 100 years since the birth of North Korean founder, Kim Il Sung on Sunday, April 15, 2012. "Inside DPRK"
NG Han Guan / Associated Press
Honorable Mention - 2012 News Picture Story
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un waves from a balcony at the end of a mass military parade in Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Square to celebrate 100 years since the birth of his grandfather, and North Korean founder, Kim Il Sung on Sunday, April 15, 2012. Light at top is reflection of sunlight. "Inside DPRK"
NG Han Guan / Associated Press
Honorable Mention - 2012 News Picture Story
A child eats ice cream on the streets of Pyongyang, North Korea, Wednesday, April 18, 2012. "Inside DPRK"
NG Han Guan / Associated Press
Honorable Mention - 2012 News Picture Story
A North Korean man lights the cigarette for another during a picnic in Pyongyang, North Korea, Wednesday, April 18, 2012. "Inside DPRK"
NG Han Guan / Associated Press
Honorable Mention - 2012 News Picture Story
North Koreans march and chant near the portraits of late North Korean leader Kim Il Sung at left and Kim Jong Il at right in central Pyongyang, North Korea, for a rally denouncing South Korean President Lee Myung-bak on Friday, April 20, 2012. "Inside DPRK"
NG Han Guan / Associated Press
Honorable Mention - 2012 News Picture Story
A North Korean subway station staff waits for commuters at an underground station in Pyongyang, North Korea, Sunday, April 22, 2012. "Inside DPRK"
NG Han Guan / Associated Press
Honorable Mention - 2012 News Picture Story
A North Korean child walks in the corridor of Kaeson Kindergarden near anti-US propaganda poster in Pyongyang, North Korea, Tuesday, April 24, 2012. "Inside DPRK"
NG Han Guan / Associated Press
Honorable Mention - 2012 News Picture Story
North Korea's new commander in chief, Kim Jong Un is displayed on a giant screen during a concert on the eve of the 80th anniversary of the founding of the North Korean army in Pyongyang, North Korea, Tuesday, April 24, 2012. "Inside DPRK"
NG Han Guan / Associated Press
Honorable Mention: Bryan Thomas / Freelance
Honorable Mention - 2012 News Picture Story
On August 30, 2012, on the final night of the Republican National Convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum in Tampa, Florida, a man checks his cell phone as a #GOP2012 hashtag appears during a slideshow of photographs from Mitt Romney's campaign trail plays behind him. The Republican National Convention, held during the week of August 27, 2012 and almost canceled because of the presence of Tropical Storm Isaac, ended with Mitt Romney accepting the Republican Party's nomination for running for President of the United States...Red, White, Black, and Blue: Two Conventions, Two Weeks, One Country.
Bryan Thomas / Freelance
Honorable Mention - 2012 News Picture Story
On Tuesday, August 28, 2012, following a day of protesting the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida, Jack Amico gives a drag of his cigarette to Lauren Digioia as they lay amongst other protestors in a "cuddle puddle." The Republican National Convention, held during the week of August 27, 2012 , was almost canceled because of the presence of Tropical Storm Isaac. And, perhaps because of the storm, political protests in opposition to the Convention were sparse and almost entirely non-violent...Red, White, Black, and Blue: Two Conventions, Two Weeks, One Country.
Bryan Thomas / Freelance
Honorable Mention - 2012 News Picture Story
On August 30, 2012, delegates from Texas, reflected in a media riser, listen to speeches on the last night of Republican National Convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum in Tampa, Florida. The Republican National Convention, held during the week of August 27, 2012 and almost canceled because of the presence of Tropical Storm Isaac, ended with Mitt Romney's acceptance of the Republican Party's nomination for running for President of the United States...Red, White, Black, and Blue: Two Conventions, Two Weeks, One Country.
Bryan Thomas / Freelance
Honorable Mention - 2012 News Picture Story
On August 30, 2012, Veronica Naylor, from Mississippi, smiles before entering the Republican National Convention, being held at the Tampa Bay Times Forum in downtown Tampa, FL...Red, White, Black, and Blue: Two Conventions, Two Weeks, One Country.
Bryan Thomas / Freelance
Honorable Mention - 2012 News Picture Story
On August 30, 2012, a newscaster yawns as Jeb Bush, the former Governor of Florida, gives his speech on the last night of the Republican National Convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum in Tampa, Florida. The Republican National Convention, held during the week of August 27, 2012 and almost canceled because of the presence of Tropical Storm Isaac, ended with Mitt Romney accepting the Republican Party's nomination for running for President of the United States...Red, White, Black, and Blue: Two Conventions, Two Weeks, One Country.
Bryan Thomas / Freelance
Honorable Mention - 2012 News Picture Story
On August 30, 2012, Mitt Romney - his face partially hidden by a teleprompter - gives the final speech of of the Republican National Convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum in Tampa, Florida. The Republican National Convention, held during the week of August 27, 2012 and almost canceled because of the presence of Tropical Storm Isaac, ended with Romney's acceptance of the Republican Party's nomination for running for President of the United States...Red, White, Black, and Blue: Two Conventions, Two Weeks, One Country.
Bryan Thomas / Freelance
Honorable Mention - 2012 News Picture Story
On September 6, 2012, Gabrielle Bynum peeks through curtains to watch speakers at the final night of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina...Red, White, Black, and Blue: Two Conventions, Two Weeks, One Country.
Bryan Thomas / Freelance
Honorable Mention - 2012 News Picture Story
On September 2, 2012, Victor Alvarez protests for increased rights for undocumented immigrants during the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina...Red, White, Black, and Blue: Two Conventions, Two Weeks, One Country.
Bryan Thomas / Freelance
Honorable Mention - 2012 News Picture Story
On September 2, 2012, an American flag lays at the feet of a member of the Grier Heights Community Steppers at a protest on the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina...Red, White, Black, and Blue: Two Conventions, Two Weeks, One Country.
Bryan Thomas / Freelance
Honorable Mention - 2012 News Picture Story
On September 4, 2012, a member of the Black Bloc (name not given) loudly protests during an unauthorized march during the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina...Red, White, Black, and Blue: Two Conventions, Two Weeks, One Country.
Bryan Thomas / Freelance
Honorable Mention - 2012 News Picture Story
On September 6, 2012, Maureen Sebastian, of Los Angeles, California, watches President Barack Obama speak on the last night of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina...Red, White, Black, and Blue: Two Conventions, Two Weeks, One Country.
Bryan Thomas / Freelance
Honorable Mention - 2012 News Picture Story
On September 6, 2012, Barack Obama waves to the crowd on the last night of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina. Obama would eventually go on to defeat Mitt Romney in November's election for President of the United States of America...Red, White, Black, and Blue: Two Conventions, Two Weeks, One Country.
Bryan Thomas / Freelance