2015 General News

First Place - 2015 General News
An elderly woman walks on a destroyed bridge on the road to the airport which was the scene of heavy fighting, on her way to retrieve belongings from her home, in Donetsk, Ukraine, Sunday, March 1, 2015.
Vadim Ghirda / Associated Press

Second Place - 2015 General News
A demonstrator raises his fist as police stand in formation as a store burns, Monday, April 27, 2015, during unrest following the funeral of Freddie Gray in Baltimore.
Patrick Semansky / Associated Press

Third Place - 2015 General News
A luxury yacht speeds as Iranian migrants paddle an engineless dinghy trying to cross a part of the Aegean sea from the Turkish coast (seen in the background) to the Greek island of Kos August 15, 2015. United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) called on Greece to take control of the "total chaos" on Mediterranean islands, where thousands of migrants have landed. About 124,000 have arrived this year by sea, many via Turkey, according to Vincent Cochetel, UNHCR director for Europe.
Yannis Behrakis / REUTERS

Honorable Mention - 2015 General News
A cow jumps over a group of revelers in the bull ring, at the San Fermin Festival, in Pamplona, Spain, Wednesday, July 8, 2015. Revelers from around the world arrive in Pamplona every year to take part in some of the eight days of the running of the bulls.
Alvaro Barrientos / Associated Press

Honorable Mention - 2015 General News
Georgette (top) and Allen Sanders pay their respects outside the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina June 20, 2015 three days after a mass shooting left people nine dead during a bible study at the church.
Brian Snyder / Reuters