 1st Prize General News Single Rodrigo Abd, Argentina, The Associated Press 10 March 2012, Idib, Syria Aida cries while recovering from severe injuries she received when her house was shelled by the Syrian Army. Her husband and two children were fatally wounded during the shelling. |
 1st Prize Contemporary Issues Single Micah Albert, USA, Redux Images 03 April 2012, Nairobi, Kenya Pausing in the rain, a woman working as a trash picker at the 30-acre dump, which literally spills into households of one million people living in nearby slums, wishes she had more time to look at the books she comes across. She even likes the industrial parts catalogs. “It gives me something else to do in the day besides picking [trash],” she said. |
 1st Prize Sports – Sports Action Single Wei Seng Chen, Malaysia Pacu Jawi Bull Race, Indonesia 12 February 2012, Batu Sangkar, West Sumatra, Indonesia A jockey, his feet stepped into a harness strapped to the bulls and clutching their tails, shows relief and joy at the end of a dangerous run across rice fields. The Pacu Jawi (bull race) is a popular competition at the end of harvest season keenly contested between villages. |
 1st Prize Daily Life Stories “Mirella”, Fausto Podavini, Italy 01 June 2010, Rome, Italy Despite her husband’s life-threatening disease, Mirella devoted her life to assisting Luigi, trying to be positive and reassuring, looking after him with intense love and respect. Everyday care, usually done in a few minutes, takes hours when it concerns someone with dementia. Mirella, 71, spent 43 years of her life with the only person she loved, with all of life’s difficulties, laughter, and beautiful moments. But over the last six years things changed: Mirella lived with her husband Luigi’s illness, Alzheimer’s, and devoted her life to him as his caregiver. |
