2021 General News
First Place - 2021 General News
Relatives and neighbors wail during the funeal of Waseem Ahmed, a policeman who was killed in a shootout, on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Sunday, June 13, 2021. Two civilians and two police officials were killed in an armed clash in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Saturday, police said, triggering anti-India protests who accused the police of targeting the civilians.
Dar Yasin / Associated Press
Second Place - 2021 General News
A man runs to escape heat emitting from the multiple funeral pyres of COVID-19 victims at a crematorium in the outskirts of New Delhi, India, April 29, 2021. A deadly second wave of coronavirus infections devastated India, leaving millions of people infected and putting stress on the countrys already overtaxed health care system. By late May 2021, about 27 million infections had been confirmed and more than 300,000 people were dead, but experts said the actual figures were most likely much higher. At one point, India had been responsible for more than half of the worlds daily Covid-19 cases and set a record-breaking pace of about 400,000 a day.
Amit Sharma / Associated Press
Third Place - 2021 General News
Relatives of Ahmad Saleh, 26 years old, who was killed by Israeli gunfire on Thursday during a protest along the Israeli border, mourn over his body during his funeral in Jabaliya refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip, Friday, Sept. 3, 2021.
Khalil Hamra / Associated Press
Honorable Mention - 2021 General News
A Kashmiri doctor in protective suit takes a nasal swab sample of a nomad to test for COVID-19 in Budgam southwest of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, May 18, 2021. Indias total virus cases since the pandemic began swept past 25 million on Tuesday as the country registered more than 260,000 new cases and a record 4,329 fatalities in the past 24 hours.
Dar Yasin / Associated Press
Honorable Mention - 2021 General News
Javier Anto, 90, reacts in front of his wife Carmen Panzano, 92, through the window separating the nursing home from the street in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, April 21, 2021. Since the pandemic struck, a glass pane has separated _ and united _ Javier and Carmen for the first prolonged period of their six-decade marriage. Anto has made coming to the street-level window that looks into the nursing home where his wife, since it was closed to visits when COVID-19 struck Spain last spring.
Emilio Morenatti / Associated Press