2012 Pictorial
First Place - 2012 Pictorial
1st Place. Ultra Orthodox Jews attend Siyum HaÌShas, a celebration marking the completion of the learning cycle of the Babylonian Talmud, a collection of oral Jewish laws and traditions passed down from generation to generation, at Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem. "Celebration"
Oded Balilty/Associated Press
Second Place - 2012 Pictorial
2nd Place. On a rainy afternoon, passerby make their way up the street in midtown Manhattan, in New York, Ny., on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012.
Patrick Smith/Freelance
Third Place - 2012 Pictorial
3rd Place. A goose flies over a horse as it trudges through a late April snowfall along School House Lane in Donegal, Pa. on April 23, 2012.
Michael Henninger/Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Honorable Mention - 2012 Pictorial
Honorable Mention. Fog descends upon Millennium Park as a lone pedestrian walks in front of a monolith projection at Crown Fountain, Friday, Dec. 30, 2011, in Chicago. "Millennium Fog"
Charles Rex Arbogast/Associated Press
Honorable Mention - 2012 Pictorial
Honorable Mention. Water from a leaky fire hose rains down on neighborhood residents as they attempt to put out a fire that had already burned dozens of homes, in the New Building slum neighborhood in central Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. "Slum Fire"
Rebecca Blackwell/Associated Press
Honorable Mention - 2012 Pictorial
Honorable Mention. Hikers watch a partial solar eclipse from Papago Park in Phoenix. The moon's silhouette blocked out about 83% of the sun's surface area in the Phoenix area. Solar Eclipse.
Michael Chow/The Arizona Republic