Stop Press! The world’s best news photographs
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The World Press Photo of the Year titled "Hope for a new Life" by photographer Warren Richardson. The picture also won a first prize in the Spot News singles category and shows a man passing a baby through the fence at the Serbia-Hungary border in Roszke, Hungary, Aug. 28, 2015. (Warren Richardson/ AP)
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In this image released by World Press Photo titled "Tough Times for Orangutans" by photographer Tim Laman which won the first prize in the Nature Stories category shows a Bornean orangutan climbing over 30 meters up a tree in the rain forest of Gunung Palung National Park, West Kalimantan, Indonesia, Aug. 12, 2015. (Tim Laman, World Press Photo via AP) (Tim Laman)
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In this image released by World Press Photo titled ‘Reporting Europe's Refugee Crisis’ by photographer Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times which won the first prize in the General News Stories category shows refugees arriving by boat near the village of Skala on Lesbos, Greece, 16 November 2015. (Sergey Ponomarev/ NYT/ AP)
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In this image released by World Press Photo titled "Reporting Europe's Refugee Crisis" by photographer Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times which won the first prize in the General News Stories category shows refugees attempting to board a train headed to Zagreb, Croatia in Tovarnik, Croatia, 18 September 2015. (Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times, World Press Photo via AP) (Sergey Ponomarev/ NYT/ AP)
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Chinese men pull a tricycle in a neighborhood next to a coal-fired power plant in Shanxi November 26, 2015. A history of heavy dependence on burning coal for energy has made China the source of nearly a third of the world's total carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, the toxic pollutants widely cited by scientists and environmentalists as the primary cause of global warming. (Kevin Frayer/ REUTERS)
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In this image released by World Press Photo titled "Avalanche, 25-27 April, Everest Base Camp, Nepal" by photograher Roberto Schmidt for AFP which won second prize Spot News stories category shows a man suffering from severe head trauma being bundled in a sleeping bag used as a makeshift stretcher while being taken by rescuers to a medical tent moments after the avalanche in Nepal, 25 April 2015. (Roberto Schmidt/AFP, World Press Photo via AP) (Roberto Schmidt/ AFP/ AP)
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In this file photo taken by AFP photographer Roberto Schmidt on April 25, 2015 shows rescuers using a makeshift stretcher to carry an injured person after an avalanche triggered by an earthquake flattened parts of Everest Base Camp. AFP's veteran lensman Roberto Schmidt on February 18, 2016 won second prize at the prestigious World Press Photo Award in the Spot News stories category, for his dramatic shots of the deadly avalanche on Mount Everest triggered by last April's Nepal earthquake. / AFP / ROBERTO SCHMIDT (ROBERTO SCHMIDT/ AFP)
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A child refugee is covered with a raincoat while she waits in line to get registered in Presevo refugee registration camp October 7, 2015. Most of the refugees who crossed Serbia try to continue their route towards Hungary, Croatia, Slovenia and other countries of the European Union. (Matic Zorman/ REUTERS)
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In this image released by World Press Photo titled ‘Under the Cover of Darkness’ by photographer Paul Hansen for Dagens Nyheter which won second prize General News singles category shows refugees traveling in darkness through Europe to avoid detection, Lesbos, Greece, Dec. 6, 2015. (Paul Hansen/ Dagens Nyheter/ AP)
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In this image released by World Press Photo titled ‘North Korea Life in the Cult of Kim’, by photographer David Guttenfelder, AP, which won a third prize in the Long term Projects category shows a North Korean soldier, working as a guide, walking through a forest April 4, 2012, that is said to be a former camp site where the late North Korean leader Kim Il Sung overnight while leading a battle against the Japanese at the foot of Mount Paektu, North Korea. (David Guttenfelder/ AP)
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In this image released by World Press Photo titled ‘Bliss Dharma Assembly’ by photographer Kevin Frayer for Getty Images which won second prize in the Daily Life stories category shows Tibetan Buddhist nomads listening during the annual Bliss Dharma Assembly in Sertar county, Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province, China, Oct. 31, 2015. (Kevin Frayer/Getty Images, World Press Photo via AP) (Kevin Frayer/ Getty Images/ AP)
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In this image released by World Press Photo titled "March Against Terrorism in Paris" by photographer Corentin Fohlen, Divergence for Stern and Paris Match, which won second prize in the Spot News singles category shows a demonstration against terrorism in Paris, after a series of five attacks occurred across the Ile-de-France region, beginning at the headquarters for satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, Paris, France, Jan. 11, 2015.(Corentin Fohlen/Divergence for Stern and Paris Match, World Press Photo via AP) (Corentin Fohlen/ via AP)
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In this image released by World Press Photo titled "A Life in Death" by photographer Nacy Borowick which won second prize Long Term Projects shows Howie and Laurel Borowick embrace in the bedroom of their home. In their 34- year marriage, they were diagnosed with stage-four cancer at the same time. New York, USA, March 8, 2013. (Nancy Borowick, World Press Photo via AP) (AP)
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In this image released by World Press Photo titled "Sexual Assault in America's Military" by photographer Mary F. Calvert which won first prize in the Long term Projects category shows US Army Spc. Natasha Schuette, 21, who was pressured not to report being assaulted by her drill sergeant during basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. (Mary F. Calvert/ AP)
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In this image released by World Press Photo titled "In the Same Boat" by photographer Francesco Zizola for Noor agency which won the second prize in the Contemporary Issues category shows migrants wrapped in emergency blankets two days after being rescued catch sight of the Italian coast for the first time, Strait of Sicily, Mediterranean Sea, Aug. 23, 2015. (Francesco Zizola/Noor, World Press Photo via AP) (AP)
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Contemporary Issues, 1st prize singles, World Press Photo Awards (Zhang Lei - Haze in China)A city in northern China is shrouded in haze, Tianjin, China, December 10, 2015. REUTERS/Zhang Lei via WPP EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVE (REUTERS)
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Nature, 1st prize singles, World Press Photo Awards (Rohan Kelly - Storm Front on Bondi Beach)A sunbather is oblivious to the ominous shelf cloud approaching on Bondi beach November 6, 2015. A massive “cloud tsunami� looms over Sydney in a spectacular weather event seen only a few times a year. The enormous shelf cloud rolled in from the sea, turning the sky almost black and bringing violent thunderstorms in its wake. REUTERS/Rohan Kelly via WPP EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVE (REUTERS)
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In this image released by World Press Photo titled "The Power of Nature" by photographer Sergio Tapiro which won the third prize in the Nature Singles category shows a powerful night explosion of the Colima Volcano with lightning, ballistic projectiles and incandescent rockfalls, Comala municipality in Colima, Mexico, 13 December 2015. (Sergio Tapiro, World Press Photo via AP) (AP)
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In this image released by World Press Photo titled "The Gris-gris Wrestlers of Senegal" by photographer Christian Bobst which won the second prize Sports Stories category shows a tournament in the Adrien Senghor arena leaning towards the end. The wrestling fights take place in the late evenings when temperatures drop. Dakar, Senegal, 28 March 28, 2015. (Christian Bobst, World Press Photo via AP) (AP)
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Sports, 1st prize singles, World Press Photo Awards (Christian Walgram - FIS World Championships)Ondrej Bank of Czech Republic crashes during the downhill race of the alpine combined at the FIS World Champioships 2015 in Beaver Creek February 8, 2015. REUTERS/Christian Walgram via WPP EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVE (REUTERS)
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In this image released by World Press Photo titled "Ivory Wars" by photographer Brent Stirton, Getty images for National Geographic, which won a second prize in the Nature stories category shows a container filled with tons of illegal ivory. Togo is seen as a new opportunity by ivory smugglers with its new deep water port. Yet, customs officers with new container scanning technology have made the efforts of these smugglers more difficult. Lome, Togo, Jan. 29, 2014. (Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic, World Press Photo via AP) (AP)
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