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Old Belvedere v Blackrock
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/02/wpc18.jpgRay McManus, a photographer working for Irish agency Sportsfile, won second prize in the sports singles category with this picture from a rugby match between Old Belvedere and Blackrock played in heavy rain in Dublin.
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Utoya
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/02/wpc17.jpgNiclas Hammerstrom of Sweden, a photographer for Aftonbladet, won second prize in the spot news stories category with the series "Utoya" about the massacre in which Anders Behring Breivik killed 69 people on a small island outside Oslo in Norway.
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Ras Lanuf
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/02/wpc16.jpgYuri Kozyrev of Russia, a Noor Images photographer working for Time, won first prize in the spot news singles category with this picture of rebels taken in Ras Lanuf, Libya, on March 11th.
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Aftermath of the tsunami
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/02/wpc13.jpgYasuyoshi Chiba of Japan, a photographer for Agence France-Presse, won first prize in the people in the news stories category with the "Aftermath of the tsunami" series. In this picture, Chieko Matsukawa shows her daughter's graduation certificate as she finds it in the debris in Higashimatsushima city, Miyagi prefecture, Japan on April 3rd.
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Harlem Protest
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/02/wpc12.jpgTomasz Lazar of Poland won the second prize in the people in the news singles category with this picture of an arrest of protesters during a demonstration against police tactics and income inequality in Harlem, New York City, October 25th.
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Rhino Wars
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/02/wpc11.jpgBrent Stirton of South Africa, a Getty Images photographer working for National Geographic magazine, won first prize in the nature stories category for the "Rhino Wars" series. The picture was taken in Tugela Private Game Reserve, Colenso, Natal, South Africa.
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Polar Bear
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/02/wpc10.jpgJenny E Ross of the US won the first prize nature singles category with this picture of a male polar bear climbing precariously on the face of a cliff above the ocean as it attempts to feed on seabird eggs at Ostrova Oranskie in northern Novaya Zemlya, Russia on June 30th, 2011.
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Tsunami aftermath
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/02/wpc9.jpgPaolo Pellegrin of Italy, a Magnum Photos photographer working for Zeit Magazin, won the second prize in the general news stories category with the "Tsunami aftermath" series which were taken in Japan.
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Tahrir Square
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/02/wpc8.jpgAlex Majoli of Italy, a Magnum Photos photographer working for Newsweek, won the first prize in the general news singles category with this picture of protesters crying, chanting and screaming in Tahrir Square, Cairo after listening to the speech in which then president Hosni Mubarak said he would not give up power.
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Never Let You Go
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/02/wpc7.jpgAlejandro Kirchuk of Argentina won first prize in the daily life stories category with the series "Never Let You Go". Marcos leads Monica from their room to the living room. Although at times he grumbles about the time devoted to her care, Marcos did not see any other possibility than caring for his wife who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.
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Pyongyang
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/02/wpc6.jpgDamir Sagolj of Bosnia and Herzegovina, a Reuters photographer based in Thailand, won first prize in the daily life singles category with this photograph of a picture of North Korea's founder, Kim Il-sung, decorating a building in the capital Pyongyang
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Child Brides
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/02/wpc5.jpgStephanie Sinclair of the US, who works for VII Photo Agency and for National Geographic magazine, won first prize in the contemporary issues stories with the series "Child brides: Too young to wed". Tahani (in pink), who married her husband Majed when she was six and he was 25, poses for this portrait with former classmate Ghada, also a child bride, outside their home in Hajjah Hajjah, Yemen.
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Maria
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/02/wpc4.jpgBrent Stirton of South Africa, a Getty Images photographer working for Kiev Independent, won first prize in the contemporary issues singles with this picture of Maria, a drug addict and sex worker, in between clients in a room she rents in Kryvyi Rig, Ukraine.
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Dakar Model
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/02/wpc2.jpgVincent Boisot of France, a Riva Press photographer working for Le Figaro Magazine, won second prize in the arts and entertainment singles category with this picture of a model posing in front of tailor stalls in the centre of Dakar, Senegal.
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Sochi Singers
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/02/wpc3.jpgRob Hornstra of the Netherlands won first prize in the arts and entertainment stories category with the series "The Sochi Project: Sochi Singers". In this photo Marika Bajur sings 'Kuriu' in the restaurant Eurasia in the southern Russian city of Sochi.
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Sanaa
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/02/wpc1.jpgSamuel Aranda of Spain, a photographer working for The New York Times, won the World Press Photo of the Year 2011 with this picture taken on October 15th of a woman holding a wounded relative during protests against president Saleh in Sanaa.
