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Category: Photographer of the Year

First Place
Daniel Berehulak
Getty Images Reportage for The New York Times

Second Place
Paul Hansen
Dagens Nyheter

Third Place
Daniel Rodrigues
Freelance

Award of Excellence
Michael Robinson Chavez
the Los Angeles Times

Award of Excellence
Rick Loomis
the Los Angeles Times

 
Award of Excellence
Rick Loomis
the Los Angeles Times


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Celestine Moussa, 50, holds Abdel Latif, 2, as she turns away from the camera to protect her identity. Moussa was born Christian but converted to Islam when she married her high school sweetheart, Adawai Moussa, in 1986. It was different then, she said. "We lived in harmony. I even advised my sisters to marry a Muslim, because they are good people who take care of their wives." Now she lies awake at night listening to gunfire. She rarely ventures beyond her gates. Her husband fled to Chad in January with the couple's six children. She stayed behind to be close to her aging parents. She is also taking care of Abdel Latif, pictured, her husband's son by his second wife, who left with him to Chad. They planned on a short separation. Now she's afraid she might never see her husband and children again. "All I want is reconciliation between Muslims and Christians," she said, wiping away tears. " I just want things to be the way they were before."

 

 

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