2017 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
First Place: Moe Zoyari
First Place - 2017 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
A woman checks on dry fruit on top of Asheghaan-Arefaan neighborhood of Kabul, Afghanistan. There is a certain bleakness assumed by a country that has been plagued by decades of war. In Afghanistan particularly, the landscape gives evidence of warfarebeggars wounded by bomb blasts grovel for spare change, educational opportunities are sparse, and citizens struggle to provide their families with basic necessities, even safe drinking water. Yet in the midst of this hardship, there exists a vibrant civilian lifeone that is equally religious, playful and beautifully mundane. Small family-owned shops buzz with business, mosques host religious ceremonies, children turn trash into playgrounds, and neighbors play games in the streets. Afghanis perhaps best exhibit the resiliency of human spirit.
Moe Zoyari
First Place - 2017 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
Burger clad women walk up and down the stairs in Arefaan-Asheghaan neighborhood of Kabul, Afghanistan.
Moe Zoyari
First Place - 2017 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
Parviz, carries gallons of gas up to his house in Deh Afghana neighborhood of Kabul, Afghanistan.
Moe Zoyari
First Place - 2017 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
An Afghan women feeds pigeon at the Blue Mosque in Mazar-e-Sharif (Tomb of the Exalted) in Afghanistan.
Moe Zoyari
First Place - 2017 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
Kids play in a playground in Arefaan-Asheghaan neighborhood of Kabul, Afghanistan.
Moe Zoyari
First Place - 2017 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
Afghans smoke opium in Herat, Afghanistan.
Moe Zoyari
First Place - 2017 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
White Burqa-clad women walk their way through the Blue Mosque in Mazar-e-Sharif (Tomb of the Exalted) in Afghanistan
Moe Zoyari
First Place - 2017 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
A boy rests in a carpet shop in a bazaar in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Moe Zoyari
First Place - 2017 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
An Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier sits on his AK47 gun while he prays at the Blue Mosque in Mazar-e-Sharif (Tomb of the Exalted) in Afghanistan.
Moe Zoyari
First Place - 2017 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
A girl looks on while other women pray at a mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Moe Zoyari
First Place - 2017 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
A pigeon takes off as Jaan Agha rests in a shrine at Asheghaan-Arefaan neighborhood of Kabul, Afghanistan.
Moe Zoyari
First Place - 2017 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
An Afghan man plays with his child in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Moe Zoyari
Second Place: Felipe Dana / Associated Press
Second Place - 2017 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
This series chronicles the continuing fight by Iraq to regain control of Islamic State militant held territory in and around Mosul, Iraq. The Battle of Mosul is a joint offensive by Iraqi government forces with allied militias, Iraqi Kurdistan, and international forces to retake the city of Mosul from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). The offensive, dubbed Operation "We Are Coming, Nineveh" began on 16 October 2016 with forces besieging ISIL-controlled areas in the Nineveh Governorate surrounding Mosul. The battle for Mosul is considered key in the military intervention against ISIL, which seized the city in June 2014. A car bomb explodes next to Iraqi special forces armored vehicles as they advance towards Islamic State held territory in Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016.
Felipe Dana / Associated Press
Second Place - 2017 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
An injured man is carried atop an Iraqi special forces armored vehicle during fighting against Islamic State militants in western Mosul, Iraq, Tuesday, March 14, 2017.
Felipe Dana / Associated Press
Second Place - 2017 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
In this March 14, 2017 photo, a woman holds her daughters as gunshots are heard in a neighborhood recently liberated by Iraqi security forces in western Mosul, Iraq.
Felipe Dana / Associated Press
Second Place - 2017 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
An Iraqi Special Forces soldier exchanges fire with Islamic State militants in the Old City of Mosul, Iraq, Friday, June 30, 2017.
Felipe Dana / Associated Press
Second Place - 2017 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
A girl hiding behind a blanket looks as Iraqi special forces enter her house while advancing towards Islamic State militant-held territory in Mosul, Iraq, Friday, Nov. 18, 2016.
Felipe Dana / Associated Press
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Men accused of being Islamic State militants ride on the back of an Iraqi special forces armoured vehicle after being captured in Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016.
Felipe Dana / Associated Press
Second Place - 2017 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
Federal Police Rapid Response Forces fire a rocket towards Islamic State positions near the old city, in Mosul, Iraq, Monday, March 20, 2017.
Felipe Dana / Associated Press
Second Place - 2017 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
The body of an alleged Islamic State militant lays on a bed in a destroyed house during fighting in the Old City of Mosul, Iraq, Friday, June 30, 2017.
Felipe Dana / Associated Press
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In this July 4, 2017 photo, fleeing Iraqi civilians walk past the heavily damaged al-Nuri mosque during fights between Iraqi security forces and Islamic State militants in the Old City of Mosul, Iraq.
Felipe Dana / Associated Press
Second Place - 2017 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
A displaced injured man, fleeing from conflicts waits for an ambulance at a checkpoint near Qayara, south of Mosul, Iraq, Sunday, Nov. 6, 2016.
Felipe Dana / Associated Press
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A man rides his bike on a street as smoke rises from burning oil fields in Qayara, some 50 kilometers south of Mosul, Iraq, Monday, Oct. 31, 2016.
Felipe Dana / Associated Press
Third Place: Luis Tato / Stringer / Agence France-Presse
Third Place - 2017 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
A Kenya Administration police officer holding a stick monitors access to a polling station at Kariokor Community Centre in Nairobi on August 8, 2017 during general elections. Kenyans were voting on August 8 in elections headlined by a knife-edge battle between incumbent Uhuru Kenyatta and his rival Raila Odinga that has sent tensions soaring in east Africa's richest economy. Kenyan elections were marred by violent protests, killings, and beatings in key opposition strongholds along the country. Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International found that just during the August poll, police killed at least 33 people, possibly as many as 50, and injured hundreds more in some parts of Nairobi alone.
Luis Tato / Stringer / Agence France-Presse
Third Place - 2017 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
A man seriously affected by tear gas and allegedly beaten up by police officers lays on the ground with handcuffs on after being arrested in Uhuru Park, Nairobi on October 13, 2017 during street protests by NASA to call for the resignation of Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) officials over claims of bungling the August presidential vote, which was nullified by the Supreme Court. Kenyan elections were marred by violent protests, killings, and beatings in key opposition strongholds along the country. Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International found that just during the August poll, police killed at least 33 people, possibly as many as 50, and injured hundreds more in some parts of Nairobi alone.
Luis Tato / Stringer / Agence France-Presse
Third Place - 2017 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
Supporters of the Kenyan opposition presidential candidate shout and hold sticks during a protest in the Mathare slums of Nairobi on August 9, 2017, a day after the presidential election. Kenyan elections were marred by violent protests, killings, and beatings in key opposition strongholds along the country. Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International found that just during the August poll, police killed at least 33 people, possibly as many as 50, and injured hundreds more in some parts of Nairobi alone.
Luis Tato / Stringer / Agence France-Presse
Third Place - 2017 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
Kenyan police arrive to break up a protest of supporters of the Kenyan opposition presidential candidate in the Mathare slums of Nairobi on August 9, 2017, a day after the presidential election. Kenyan elections were marred by violent protests, killings, and beatings in key opposition strongholds along the country. Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International found that just during the August poll, police killed at least 33 people, possibly as many as 50, and injured hundreds more in some parts of Nairobi alone.
Luis Tato / Stringer / Agence France-Presse
Third Place - 2017 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
An opposition supporter reacts in front a burning barrricade in Mathare, Nairobi on October 26, 2017, as a group of demonstrators attempted to prevent voters from accessing a polling station in presidential elections. Kenyan elections were marred by violent protests, killings, and beatings in key opposition strongholds along the country. Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International found that just during the August poll, police killed at least 33 people, possibly as many as 50, and injured hundreds more in some parts of Nairobi alone.
Luis Tato / Stringer / Agence France-Presse
Third Place - 2017 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
A Kenyan policeman check a street with a burning barrricade in Mathare, Nairobi on October 26, 2017, as a group of demonstrators attempted to prevent voters from accessing a polling station in presidential elections. Kenyan elections were marred by violent protests, killings, and beatings in key opposition strongholds along the country. Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International found that just during the August poll, police killed at least 33 people, possibly as many as 50, and injured hundreds more in some parts of Nairobi alone.
Luis Tato / Stringer / Agence France-Presse
Third Place - 2017 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
A woman reacts as she passes Kenyan police troops during a protest by supporters of the National Super Alliance (NASA) presidential candidate on August 11th, 2017 at the Mathare slum of Nairobi, a stronghold of Kenyan opposition leader. Kenyan elections were marred by violent protests, killings, and beatings in key opposition strongholds along the country. Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International found that just during the August poll, police killed at least 33 people, possibly as many as 50, and injured hundreds more in some parts of Nairobi alone.
Luis Tato / Stringer / Agence France-Presse
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Relatives surround the body of Stephanie Moraa (9) allegedly killed by gunshot injury in the balcony of his house at Mathare slums in Nairobi on August 12, 2017. The nine-year-old girl's family said she had been shot while watching the riots from a fourth floor balcony in Mathare slums of Nairobi, a stronghold of Kenyan opposition leader, on August 12, 2017. Kenyan elections were marred by violent protests, killings, and beatings in key opposition strongholds along the country. Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International found that just during the August poll, police killed at least 33 people, possibly as many as 50, and injured hundreds more in some parts of Nairobi alone.
Luis Tato / Stringer / Agence France-Presse
Third Place - 2017 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
An opposition supporter reacts under the heavy rain in front a burning barrricade in Mathare, Nairobi on October 26, 2017, as a group of demonstrators attempted to prevent voters from accessing a polling station in presidential elections. Kenyan elections were marred by violent protests, killings, and beatings in key opposition strongholds along the country. Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International found that just during the August poll, police killed at least 33 people, possibly as many as 50, and injured hundreds more in some parts of Nairobi alone.
Luis Tato / Stringer / Agence France-Presse
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Doctors of the Drugnet Hospital surround the dead body of Paul Omina (29), allegedly killed by gunshot on October 26, 2017 in the Mathare slums of Nairobi, a stronghold of Kenyan opposition leader. Kenyan elections were marred by violent protests, killings, and beatings in key opposition strongholds along the country. Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International found that just during the August poll, police killed at least 33 people, possibly as many as 50, and injured hundreds more in some parts of Nairobi alone.
Luis Tato / Stringer / Agence France-Presse
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A man, belonging to the Luo tribe, lays motionless on the ground after being beaten by the mob in a Kikuyu tribe area on August 13, 2017 during violent clashes between Luo supporters of defeated opposition leader Raila Odinga and members of President Uhuru Kenyatta's Kikuyu ethnic group in the Mathare slum, a neighborhood of the capital Nairobi. The confrontation broke out after Odinga supporters torched businesses belonging to Kikuyu, who then grouped together armed with sticks, bows and arrows. Clashes followed in which a man was severely beaten, leaving him motionless on the ground. Kenyan elections were marred by violent protests, killings, and beatings in key opposition strongholds along the country. Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International found that just during the August poll, police killed at least 33 people, possibly as many as 50, and injured hundreds more in some parts of Nairobi alone.
Luis Tato / Stringer / Agence France-Presse
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Winfred Nzunga (8), allegedly hit in the head by a tear gas canister shot by Kenyan police officers during the post-electoral turmoil, stands nearby her home located at the Mathare slums in Nairobi, Kenya on August, 15th, 2017. Kenyan elections were marred by violent protests, killings, and beatings in key opposition strongholds along the country. Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International found that just during the August poll, police killed at least 33 people, possibly as many as 50, and injured hundreds more in some parts of Nairobi alone.
Luis Tato / Stringer / Agence France-Presse