2015 Spot News
First Place - 2015 Spot News
An Israeli soldier fights with the family of Mohammed Tamimi, 12, (bottom) as he tried to detain the boy during clashes between Israeli security forces and Palestinian protesters following a march against Palestinian land confiscation to expand the nearby Jewish Hallamish settlement on August 28, 2015 in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh near Ramallah.
Abbas Momani / Agence France-Presse
Second Place - 2015 Spot News
An injured woman is comforted following an explosion at the main train station in Turkey's capital Ankara, on October 10, 2015, during an anti-government peace rally.
Ozcan Yaman / Agence France-Presse
Third Place - 2015 Spot News
Syrians fleeing the war rush through broken down border fences to enter Turkish territory, near the Turkish border crossing at Akcakale in Sanliurfa province on June 14, 2015. Turkey said it was taking measures to limit the flow of Syrian refugees onto its territory after an influx of thousands more over the last days due to fighting between Kurds and jihadists. Under an "open-door" policy, Turkey has taken in 1.8 million Syrian refugees since the conflict in Syria erupted in 2011.
Bulent Kilic / Agence France-Presse
Honorable Mention - 2015 Spot News
Demonstrators gather near Oriole Park at Camden Yards to protest against the death in police custody of Freddie Gray in Baltimore April 25, 2015.
Sait Serkan Gurbuz / Reuters
Honorable Mention - 2015 Spot News
A protestor throws a tear gas canister back toward riot police after a 10pm curfew went into effect in the wake of Monday's riots following the funeral for Freddie Gray, Tuesday, April 28, 2015, in Baltimore.
David Goldman / Associated Press
Honorable Mention - 2015 Spot News
06/10/15-Boston,MA. A man, threatening to jump from Boston's Tobin Bridge, is seen climbing the bridge this evening as a police negotiator, bottom left, speaks to him through a bull horn. The man climbed down after 2 hours atop the bridge.
Mark Garfinkel / Boston Herald