2013 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
First Place: Andoni Lubaki / Associated Press
First Place Winner - 2013 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
Series chronicles the ongoing civil war in Syria. Syrians stomp on a portrait during a demonstration in the neighborhood of Bustan Al-Qasr, Aleppo, Syria, Friday, Jan. 4, 2013. "Syria Civil War"
Andoni Lubaki / Associated Press
First Place Winner - 2013 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
Free Syrian Army fighters fire their weapons during heavy clashes with government forces in Aleppo, Syria, Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013. "Syria Civil War"
Andoni Lubaki / Associated Press
First Place Winner - 2013 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
Two dead bodies lie on a street in the Saif al-Dawlah neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013. "Syria Civil War"
Andoni Lubaki / Associated Press
First Place Winner - 2013 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
A man helps carry the dead body of a civilian killed after a mortar attack in the Saif al-Dawlah neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013. "Syria Civil War"
Andoni Lubaki / Associated Press
First Place Winner - 2013 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
A man shouts after a missile hit a house in Aleppo, Syria, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013. "Syria Civil War"
Andoni Lubaki / Associated Press
First Place Winner - 2013 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
A civilian looks at a destroyed home in Aleppo, Syria, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013. "Syria Civil War"
Andoni Lubaki / Associated Press
First Place Winner - 2013 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
A Free Syrian Army fighter feeds a cat bread in the old city of Aleppo, Syria, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013. "Syria Civil War"
Andoni Lubaki / Associated Press
First Place Winner - 2013 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
Free Syrian Army fighters fire a rocket during clashes with government forces in Aleppo, Syria, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013. "Syria Civil War"
Andoni Lubaki / Associated Press
First Place Winner - 2013 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
A Free Syrian Army fighter aims his weapon in the Saif al-Dawlah neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013. "Syria Civil War"
Andoni Lubaki / Associated Press
First Place Winner - 2013 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
Men help a wounded civilian after a mortar attack in the Saif al-Dawlah neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013. "Syria Civil War"
Andoni Lubaki / Associated Press
First Place Winner - 2013 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
Syrian civilians, one draped in the revolutionary flag, walk through the ruins of a destroyed home in Aleppo, Syria, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013. "Syria Civil War"
Andoni Lubaki / Associated Press
First Place Winner - 2013 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
A Syrian rebel plays football in the Saif al-Dawlah neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria, Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013. "Syria Civil War"
Andoni Lubaki / Associated Press
Second Place: Bernat Armangué / Associated Press
Second Place Winner - 2013 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
This series chronicles the most recent escalation between Israel and Hamas in Gaza in November 2012.
Smoke rises after an Israeli forces strike in Gaza City, Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012. "Conflict in Gaza"
Bernat Armangué / Associated Press
Second Place Winner - 2013 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
A Palestinian woman is helped after being injured during an Israeli forces strike on a soccer field next to her house in Gaza City, Monday, Nov. 19, 2012. "Conflict in Gaza"
Bernat Armangué / Associated Press
Second Place Winner - 2013 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
A Palestinian man cries next the body of a dead relative in the morgue of Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012. "Conflict in Gaza"
Bernat Armangué / Associated Press
Second Place Winner - 2013 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
A broken wall-clock lays on the floor of a house that was damaged after an Israeli airstrike at Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh's office in Gaza City, Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012. "Conflict in Gaza"
Bernat Armangué / Associated Press
Second Place Winner - 2013 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
Palestinians mourners cry during the funeral of Salem Paul Sweliem during his funeral in Gaza City, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. According to the family, the 52-year-old Greek Orthodox Christian carpenter was killed when Israel Air Force strike on a high-rise building, in which Ramez Harb, a senior figure in Islamic Jihad's military wing, was killed. Sweliem was in car when the strike took place flying shrapnel hit him and he died on his way to the hospital. "Conflict in Gaza"
Bernat Armangué / Associated Press
Second Place Winner - 2013 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
A member of the Abdel Aal family is rescued after his family house collapsed during an Israeli forces strike in the Tufah neighbourhood, Gaza City, Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012. "Conflict in Gaza"
Bernat Armangué / Associated Press
Second Place Winner - 2013 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
A Palestinian mourner cries during the funeral of Salem Paul Sweliem in Gaza City, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. According to the family, the 52-year-old Greek Orthodox Christian carpenter was killed when Israel Air Force strike on a high-rise building, in which Ramez Harb, a senior figure in Islamic Jihad's military wing, was killed. Sweliem was in car when the strike took place flying shrapnel hit him and he died on his way to the hospital. "Conflict in Gaza"
Bernat Armangué / Associated Press
Second Place Winner - 2013 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
A crowd of Palestinians kick the dead body of another Palestinian man suspected of collaboration with Israel and previously executed, in Gaza City, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. The man was one of six suspected collaborators who, according to witnesses, were killed in a main intersection by masked men who forced them to lie down in the street and shot them in the head. The Hamas military wing claimed responsibility. "Conflict in Gaza"
Bernat Armangué / Associated Press
Second Place Winner - 2013 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
A Palestinian man cries next the dead bodies of four children in the morgue of Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012. "Conflict in Gaza"
Bernat Armangué / Associated Press
Second Place Winner - 2013 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
Palestinian schoolchildren walk between debris of a damaged school in Gaza City, Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012. Schools in Gaza opened for first time since Israel and the Hamas militant group agreed to a cease-fire to end eight days of the fiercest fighting in nearly four years. The school was damaged when Israeli forces struck on a nearby building. "Conflict in Gaza"
Bernat Armangué / Associated Press
Second Place Winner - 2013 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
A Palestinian man kisses the hand of a dead relative in the morgue of Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, Nov. 18, 2012. "Conflict in Gaza"
Bernat Armangué / Associated Press
Third Place: Justin Merriman / Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Third Place Winner - 2013 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
On the second anniversary of the Egyptian revolution, protesters march to Tahrir Square in Cairo calling for the downfall of the Muslim Brotherhood and demanding bread, freedom and social justice. "Egypt: An Ongoing Revolution"
Justin Merriman / Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Third Place Winner - 2013 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
A man protests as he holds his handcuffed hands to the air in Tahrir Square in Cairo as demonstrations continued throughout Egypt on Saturday, with mounting frustrations with the Islamist government led by President Mohamed Morsy. "Egypt: An Ongoing Revolution"
Justin Merriman / Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Third Place Winner - 2013 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
Protesters find protection behind a wall to throw stones as they clash with police on an off street of Tahrir Square in Cairo on Friday, January 25, 2013, the second anniversary of the uprising that overthrew Hosni Mubarak. "Egypt: An Ongoing Revolution"
Justin Merriman / Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Third Place Winner - 2013 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
A demonstrator runs with a teargas canister fired onto protesters in a clash with security forces near the Qasr el Nil bridge in Cairo on Monday, the second anniversary of the "Day of Rage." Two years ago, the government of now-ousted dictator Hosni Mubarak used massive violence against protesters, who had taken the Qasr el-Nil bridge and Tahrir Square as day four of the 18 days of revolution began in earnest. It was on that day that scores of Egyptians were killed and injured in what was one of the most brutal days leading to the end of the Mubarak era. "Egypt: An Ongoing Revolution"
Justin Merriman / Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Third Place Winner - 2013 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
A protester keeps a bag of stones close to his feet as he joined in a clash with police in Tahrir Square in Cairo on Thursday, the eve of the the second anniversary of the uprising that overthrew Hosni Mubarak. The protesters tried to dismantle a wall of concrete blocks that blocked a street leading to the square. "Egypt: An Ongoing Revolution"
Justin Merriman / Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Third Place Winner - 2013 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
Protesters carry an injured man from a clash with police on an off street of Tahrir Square in Cairo on Friday, January 25, 2013, the second anniversary of the uprising that overthrew Hosni Mubarak. "Egypt: An Ongoing Revolution"
Justin Merriman / Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Third Place Winner - 2013 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
Young boys hide their eyes from the teargas as protesters clash with security forces near the Qasr el Nil bridge in Cairo on Monday, the second anniversary of the "Day of Rage." Two years ago, the government of now-ousted dictator Hosni Mubarak used massive violence against protesters, who had taken the Qasr el-Nil bridge and Tahrir Square as day four of the 18 days of revolution began in earnest. It was on that day that scores of Egyptians were killed and injured in what was one of the most brutal days leading to the end of the Mubarak era. "Egypt: An Ongoing Revolution"
Justin Merriman / Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Third Place Winner - 2013 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
A young boy takes refuge in a wooden box as rocks fall from all around during a clash with police and protesters on an off street of Tahrir Square in Cairo on Friday, January 25, 2013, the second anniversary of the uprising that overthrew Hosni Mubarak. "Egypt: An Ongoing Revolution"
Justin Merriman / Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Third Place Winner - 2013 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
An Egyptian throws a Molotov cocktail bomb over a wall as protesters clashed with police in Tahrir Square in Cairo on Thursday, the eve of the the second anniversary of the uprising that overthrew Hosni Mubarak. "Egypt: An Ongoing Revolution"
Justin Merriman / Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Third Place Winner - 2013 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
A young boy stands in the teargas-filled street as protesters and security forces clash near the Qasr el Nil bridge in Cairo on Monday. "Egypt: An Ongoing Revolution"
Justin Merriman / Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Third Place Winner - 2013 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
A demonstrator stands in the middle of a road where protesters clash with security forces near the Qasr el Nil bridge in Cairo on Monday. Across Egypt, protesters clashed with security forces for a forth straight day, leaving the number of injured and killed to rise. "Egypt: An Ongoing Revolution"
Justin Merriman / Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Third Place Winner - 2013 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
A man holds a little girl as they drive near clashes between police and protesters on the off streets of Tahrir Square in Cairo on January 26, 2013. Across Egypt violence escalated Saturday, leaving at least 42 dead and hundreds wounded. "Egypt: An Ongoing Revolution"
Justin Merriman / Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Honorable Mention: Narciso Contreras / Associated Press
Honorable Mention - 2013 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
This series chronicles Syria's ongoing civil war.
A rebel fighter gestures for victory after firing a shoulder-fired missile toward a building where Syrian troops loyal to President Bashar Assad were hiding as they attempted to gain terrain against the rebels during heavy clashes in the Jedida district of Aleppo, Syria, Nov. 4, 2012. "Syria's Civil War"
Narciso Contreras / Associated Press
Honorable Mention - 2013 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
A rebel sniper aims at a Syrian army position, as he and another rebel fighter are reflected in a mirror inside a residential building in the Jedida district of Aleppo, Syria, Oct. 29, 2012. "Syria's Civil War"
Narciso Contreras / Associated Press
Honorable Mention - 2013 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
In this Nov. 02, 2012 photo, a sniper line-of-fire is seen through the scope of a rebel fighter's gun in the Karm al-Jebel neighborhood in Aleppo, Syria. "Syria's Civil War"
Narciso Contreras / Associated Press
Honorable Mention - 2013 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
A wounded Syrian civilian lies in the street with a shot to his stomach as he tries to escape the line of fire after he was targeted by a Syrian army sniper while walking near the frontline in the Bustan al-Qasr neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria, Oct. 20, 2012. "Syria's Civil War"
Narciso Contreras / Associated Press
Honorable Mention - 2013 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
A Syrian man wheels a severely injured woman to a hospital for treatment after an artillery shell landed near a bakery in Aleppo, Syria, Oct. 23, 2012. "Syria's Civil War"
Narciso Contreras / Associated Press
Honorable Mention - 2013 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
In this Dec. 8, 2012 photo, a Free Syrian Army fighter offers evening prayers beside a damaged poster of Syria’s President Bashar Assad during heavy clashes with government forces in Aleppo, Syria. "Syria's Civil War"
Narciso Contreras / Associated Press
Honorable Mention - 2013 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
In this Nov. 04, 2012 photo, a rebel fighter prepares to throw a homemade grenade toward Syrian troops loyal to President Bashar Assad who are hiding in a nearby building as they attempt to gain ground against rebel lines during heavy clashes in the Jedida district of Aleppo, Syria. "Syria's Civil War"
Narciso Contreras / Associated Press
Honorable Mention - 2013 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
This Dec. 16, 2012 photo shows the lifeless body of a Syrian army soldier who was killed during heavy clashes with Free Syrian Army fighters at a military academy besieged by rebels north of Aleppo, Syria. "Syria's Civil War"
Narciso Contreras / Associated Press
Honorable Mention - 2013 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
In this Dec. 3, 2012 photo, a Syrian man runs for cover during heavy fighting between Free Syrian Army fighters and government forces in Aleppo, Syria. "Syria's Civil War"
Narciso Contreras / Associated Press
Honorable Mention - 2013 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
Night falls on a Syrian rebel-controlled area of Aleppo, Nov. 29, 2012, as destroyed buildings, including Dar Al-Shifa hospital, are seen on Sa'ar street after airstrikes targeted the area a week before. "Syria's Civil War"
Narciso Contreras / Associated Press
Honorable Mention - 2013 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
In this Oct. 28, 2012 photo, a rebel fighter belonging to the Liwa Al-Tawhid group, kisses a Quran as mortar explosions and gunshots are heard in the nearby battlefield in the Karm al-Jabel neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria. "Syria's Civil War"
Narciso Contreras / Associated Press
Honorable Mention - 2013 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
In this Oct. 27, 2012 photo, Syrian residents cross a street as a pile of rubbish burns along the roadside in Aleppo, Syria."Syria's Civil War"
Narciso Contreras / Associated Press