2014 General News
First Place - 2014 General News
An anti-balaka militiaman gestures as he vows that the Christian militia will kill all the Chadians if they don't leave the country, in front of a home local residents say was destroyed by Chadian rocket fire, in the Gobongo neighborhood of Bangui, Central African Republic, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2013.
Rebecca Blackwell / Associated Press
Second Place - 2014 General News
FERGUSON, MO - AUGUST 11: Police force protestors from the business district into nearby neighborhoods on August 11, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. Police responded with tear gas and rubber bullets as residents and their supporters protested the shooting by police of an unarmed black teenager named Michael Brown who was killed Saturday in this suburban St. Louis community. Yesterday 32 arrests were made after protests turned into rioting and looting in Ferguson.
Scott Olson / Getty Images
Third Place - 2014 General News
A member of the St.Louis County Police tactical team fires rounds of tear gas into a crowd of people in response to a series of gun shots fired at the police during demonstrations along W. Florissant Road near the QuikTrip in Ferguson on Monday, Aug. 18, 2014.
David Carson / St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Honorable Mention - 2014 General News
A woman cries during a religious service held by villagers in memory of the victims at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, near the village of Hrabove, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, July 22, 2014.
Vadim Ghirda / Associated Press
Honorable Mention - 2014 General News
SLOV'YANS'K, UKRAINE - APRIL 22: A grandmother mourns the death of her 24-year-old grandson as his body rests in a casket outside the family's home in the small village of Aleksandrovka on April 22, 2014 near Slovyansk Ukraine. The man, a pro-Russian activist, was killed during an Easter Sunday attack on a roadside checkpoint where he was working. Pro-Russian militants have been manning roadblocks around Slovyansk and have taken control of government buildings in the city. They are demanding independence from Ukraine. Other pro-Russian activists have been occupying government buildings in other eastern Ukraine cities in recent weeks making similar demands.
Scott Olson / Getty Images
Honorable Mention - 2014 General News
The lifeless bodies of children lay at the morgue of the Shifa hospital in Gaza City, Sunday, July 20, 2014.
Khalil Hamra / Associated Press