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Main | World Understanding Award | Finalist
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"

Finalist
Mary F. Calvert
ZUMA Press


"POLIO'S LINE IN THE SAND"

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Children under the age of five line up at a fixed post vaccine site to receive two drops of polio vaccine on their tongues. Polio vaccinators fan out across the Fagge Government Area, in Ward Kwciri, looking for children under the age of five on day one of the Immunization Plus Day sponsored by UNICEF around Kano, Nigeria.