2008 World Press Photo Awards

World Press Photo of the year 2007 by British photographer Tim Hetherington for Vanity Fair showing an American soldier resting at bunker, Korengal Valley, Afghanistan, Sept. 16, 2007.

First prize in the Arts and Entertainment

First prize in the Arts and Entertainment Singles category of the 2008 World Press Photo contest by American photographer Ariana Lindquist showing a girl in a character costume, Shanghai, China, 2007.

First prize in the Daily Life Singles

First prize in the Daily Life Singles category of the 2008 World Press Photo contest by American photographer Justin Maxon, Aurora Photos, showing Mui, a homeless woman with HIV and her son bathe in the Red River, Hanoi, Vietnam, in 2007.

First prize in the Nature Singles

First prize in the Nature Singles category of the 2008 World Press Photo contest by Chinese photographer Fang Qianhua, Nangfan Dushi Daily/Southern Metropolis Daily, showing an endangered plant at Wanzhou city garden sanctuary, China, 2007.

First prize in the Contemporary Issues Stories

First prize in the Contemporary Issues Stories category of the 2008 World Press Photo contest by Swiss photographer Jean Revillard, Rezo.ch, showing makeshift huts of immigrants, Calais, France, 2007.

First prize in the Portraits Stories

First prize in the Portraits Stories category of the 2008 World Press Photo contest by British photographer Vanessa Winship, Agence Vu, showing rural school girls in eastern Turkey, 2007.

First prize in the Portraits Single

First prize in the Portraits Single category of the 2008 World Press Photo contest by British photographer Platon for Time Magazine showing President Putin of Russia, 2007

First prize in the Daily Life Stories

First prize in the Daily Life Stories category of the 2008 World Press Photo contest by Dutch photographer Pieter Ten Hoopen, Agence Vu, showing Kitezh, the invisible town, Russia, 2007.

First prize in the Arts and Entertainment Stories

First prize in the Arts and Entertainment Stories category of the 2008 World Press Photo contest by Polish photographer Rafal Milach, Anzenberger Agency, showing a retired circus artist, Poland, 2007.

First prize in the Contemporary Issues Singles

First prize in the Contemporary Issues Singles category of the 2008 World Press Photo contest by South African photographer Brent Stirton, Getty Images for Newsweek showing the evacuation of dead Mountain Gorillas at Virunga National Park, Eastern Congo, 2007.

First prize in the Sports Features Stories

First prize in the Sports Features Stories category of the 2008 World Press Photo contest by Danish photographer Erik Refner, Berlingske Tidende, showing a marathon finish line in Copenhagen, Denmark, May 18, 2007.

First prize in the Sports Features Singles

First prize in the Sports Features Singles category of the 2008 World Press Photo contest by Australian photographer Andrew Quilty , Oculi for Australian Financial Review Magazine, showing children watching horses compete at Maxwelton races in Australia, 2007.

First prize in the Spot News Singles

First prize in the Spot News Singles category of the 2008 World Press Photo contest by American photographer John Moore, Getty Images, showing the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Dec. 27, 2007.

First prize in the People in the News Stories

First prize in the People in the News Stories category of the 2008 World Press Photo contest by Swiss photographer Philippe Dudouit for Time Magazine showing PKK fighters in southern Kurdistan/northern Iraq 2007.

First prize in the Sports Action Singles

First prize in the Sports Action Singles category of the 2008 World Press Photo contest by Bulgarian photographer Ivaylo Velev, Bul X Vision Photography Agency, showing freeride competitor Philippe Meier chased by an avalanche in Flaine, France, March 15, 2007.

First prize in the General News Stories

First prize in the General News Stories category of the 2008 World Press Photo contest by Hungarian photographer Balazs Gardi, VII Network, showing Operation Rock Avalanche, Afghanistan, October 2007.

First prize in the People in the News Singles

First prize in the People in the News Singles category of the 2008 World Press Photo contest by Israeli photographer Yonathan Weitzman showing the dress of an African girl caught in the Israel/Egypt border fence Aug. 20, 2007.

Second prize General News Singles

Second prize General news Singles category of the 2008 World Press Photo contest by American photographer Stanley Greene, Noor agency, showing an attack plan drawn in sand at the Chad-Sudan border, January 2007.

Second prize Spot News Stories

Second prize Spot News Stories category of the 2008 World Press Photo contest by Colombian-German photographer Roberto Schmidt, Agence France Presse, showing election unrest in Nairobi, Kenya, end December 2007.

Second prize in the Nature Stories

Second prize in the Nature Stories category of the 2008 World Press Photo contest by Canadian photographer Paul Nicklen, National Geographic Magazine, showing Arctic ivory, hunting the Narwal, Nunavut, Canada, 2007.