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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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Jordy, 14, says he joined the "Seleka" rebels after they ransacked his father's kiosk and killed two relatives. “It was a way to protect myself,” he explains. "And it was a way to survive." While violence still raged in other parts of the country, former child soldiers are set to begin a program sponsored by UNICEF to reintegrate them into society. It has been common practice on both sides to recruit children and turn them into soldiers or sex slaves.

 

 

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