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Winner
Tomas van Houtryve
VII Photo Agency

"BEHIND THE CURTAINS OF 21ST CENTURY COMMUNISM"

Finalist
Javier Arcenillas
Freelance

"SICARIOS"

Finalist
Mary F. Calvert
ZUMA Press

"POLIO'S LINE IN THE SAND"

Finalist
Ed Ou
Getty Images

"THE YOUTH OF AN UNFINISHED REVOLUTION"

Winner
Tomas van Houtryve
VII Photo Agency


"BEHIND THE CURTAINS OF 21ST CENTURY COMMUNISM"

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Children attend class at the main school in Nanjie village in Henan province, China on 2 November 2009. Nanjie is a collective village run along Maoist lines. Residents have socialist benefits like free education and health care, but are only paid token salaries in coupons rather than hard currency.