2013 Portrait/Personality

First Place Winner - 2013 Portrait/Personality

Soviet Jewish World War Two veteran Yaakov Vilkovich, 90, poses for a portrait at his house in the southern Israeli city of Ashdod. Vilkovich joined the Red Army in 1941, served in the 31st Army's infantry battalion and fought in the Battle of Berlin in 1945. He immigrated to Israel in 1998. "Veteran"

Photo By Oded Balilty / Associated Press

Second Place Winner - 2013 Portrait/Personality

Katie Chandler, from Jackson , came to the National Mall to see President Barack Obama speak at his ceremonial swearing-in at the U.S. Capitol during the 57th Presidential Inauguration in Washington, Jan. 21, 2013. "I am here to see my president," said Chandler. "He is going to do things that no other president can."

Photo by Jabin Botsford