EuropeWorld Press Awards: 2013’s Best Pictures (Photos)From the wrath of Syria’s civil war to the cruel reality of American domestic abuse, a look at the winning entries in the worldwide photo contest.Updated Jul. 12, 2017 12:42PM EDT / Published Feb. 15, 2014 5:45AM EST John Stanmeyer, USA, VII for National Geographic John Stanmeyer, USA, VII for National Geographic 1st Prize General News SingleAlessandro Penso, Italy, OnOff Picture 2nd Prize General News StoriesWlliam Daniels, France, Panos Pictures for Time 1st Prize Spot News SinglePhillipe Lopez, France, Agence France-Presse 1st Prize Spot News StoriesGoran Tomasevic, Serbia, Reuters 2nd Prize Spot News StoriesTyler Hicks, USA, The New York Times 3rd Prize Contemporary Issues SingleChristopher Vanegas, Mexico, La Vanguardia / El GuardÃÂan 1st Prize Contemporary Issues Stories Sara Naomi Lewkowicz, USA, for Time 1st Prize Daily Life SingleJulius Schrank, Germany, De Volkskrant 1st Prize Daily Life StoriesFred Ramos, El Salvador, El Faro 3rd Prize Sports Action StoriesQuinn Rooney, Australia, Getty Images 1st Prize People – Observed Portraits SingleMarkus Schreiber, Germany, The Associated Press 1st Prize People – Observed Portraits StoriesCarla Kogelman, the Netherlands 1st Prize People – Staged Portraits SingleBrent Stirton, South Africa, Reportage by Getty Images 2nd Prize People – Staged Portraits StoriesDenis Dailleux, France, Agence Vu 3rd Prize -- Nature StoriesChristian Ziegler, Germany, for National Geographic Magazine 1st Prize -- Nature Stories Steve Winter, USA, for National Geographic
John Stanmeyer, USA, VII for National Geographic 1st Prize General News SingleAlessandro Penso, Italy, OnOff Picture 2nd Prize General News StoriesWlliam Daniels, France, Panos Pictures for Time 1st Prize Spot News SinglePhillipe Lopez, France, Agence France-Presse 1st Prize Spot News StoriesGoran Tomasevic, Serbia, Reuters 2nd Prize Spot News StoriesTyler Hicks, USA, The New York Times 3rd Prize Contemporary Issues SingleChristopher Vanegas, Mexico, La Vanguardia / El GuardÃÂan 1st Prize Contemporary Issues Stories Sara Naomi Lewkowicz, USA, for Time 1st Prize Daily Life SingleJulius Schrank, Germany, De Volkskrant 1st Prize Daily Life StoriesFred Ramos, El Salvador, El Faro 3rd Prize Sports Action StoriesQuinn Rooney, Australia, Getty Images 1st Prize People – Observed Portraits SingleMarkus Schreiber, Germany, The Associated Press 1st Prize People – Observed Portraits StoriesCarla Kogelman, the Netherlands 1st Prize People – Staged Portraits SingleBrent Stirton, South Africa, Reportage by Getty Images 2nd Prize People – Staged Portraits StoriesDenis Dailleux, France, Agence Vu 3rd Prize -- Nature StoriesChristian Ziegler, Germany, for National Geographic Magazine 1st Prize -- Nature Stories Steve Winter, USA, for National Geographic