Photojournalism winners
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1st Place - Outstanding Achievement Title: Over the Border Over the border, Idomeni, Greek-Macedonian border, Greece. Migrants from countries such as Eritrea, Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan were barred from crossing into Macedonia along the Balkan route. Unable to cross the border legally and with nothing to lose, those caught by Macedonian forces climbed, at their own risk, over the Greek border, only to attempt to cross back into Macedonia at a secluded part of the fence.
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2nd Place - Merit of Excellence Title: Newroz in Kurdistan Kurdish men march with torches as part of the Newroz (Kurdish New Year) celebration in Akre, Iraq.
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3rd Place - Honor of Distinction Title: Beaten Asylum Seeker Iraqi asylum seeker Abdullatif Almoftaji (20) - detained by Australia on Manus Island Papua New Guinea since he was 17 - beaten, battered, bruised in a police cell after his arrest by local police.
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Honorable Mention Title: Syria Catapult Severely under-armed members of the Free Syrian Army resort to launching blocks of concrete into a compound housing President Bashar al-Assad's forces in Aleppo, Northern Syria.
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Honorable Mention Title: Bangladeshi Muslims Offer Friday Prayers by Anik Rahman(NurPhoto) Bangladeshi Muslims offer Friday prayers on the banks of the Turag River during Bishwa Ijtema or World Congregation of Muslims, in Tongi, on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims assembled Friday on the sandy river bank near Bangladesh's capital for one of the world's largest Islamic gatherings.
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Honorable Mention Title: Radiology in Kabul About half of all medical equipment in Afghanistan goes unused because of the lack of medical professionals and qualified staff at hospitals around the country.
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Honorable Mention Title: Palloncini per Angeli 30 agosto 2016 Amatrice la santa messa per le vittime del terremoto Amatrice
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Honorable Mention Title: 19240 Shrouds of The Somme at Northernhay Gardens in England by Geoff Swaine (UPPA) commemorating the 19,240 men and women from across the world who gave their lives at the battle of The Somme on July 1, 1916, created by artist Rob Heard, at Northernhay Gardens Exeter, Devon, Britain.
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Honorable Mention Title: Fumo Nero incendio alla italpannelli di ancarano pompieri passano dentro il fumo nero
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Honorable Mention Title: Attempted Cou Demonstration in Turkey after the Attempted Cou
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Honorable Mention Title: Open the Border Having made their way from war in the Middle East thousands of refugees on the Greek-Macedonian border hope to cross the border in order to find sanctuary in European Union countries such as Germany.
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Honorable Mention Title: Yakellu, a witness to her son's slaughter by the Boko Haram Yakellu is 90 years old, suffering from acute trauma as she describes the pain of witnessing her son's brutal killing. The insurgents invaded their home, dragged her son onto the floor, shot him in th
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Honorable Mention Title: Cattle of Kings A Mundari man guards his precious Ankole-Watusi herd with a rifle. About 350,000 cattle are stolen and more than 2000 people killed each year by cattle rustlers. South Sudan.
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Honorable Mention Title: Burundi Struggle A demonstrator celebrates as a road blockade burns behind him during violent anti-presidential protests in Bujumbura, Burundi.
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Honorable Mention Title: Earthquake in Central Italy Rescuer 2016, august 24th, During the strong earthquake in Amatrice, village in the center of Italy, a rescuer rest, shocked by all the death and the damages he saw
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Honorable Mention Title: 2016 Taiwan Earthquake A magnitude-6.4 earthquake struck southern Taiwan at 03:57 local time (19:57 UTC) on February 6, 2016. The earthquake was the deadliest earthquake in Taiwan since the 921 earthquake in 1999.
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Honorable Mention Title: Dutch Wind Park Dutch Wind Park at the North Sea near IJmuiden, The Netherlands
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Honorable Mention Title: Suppression This heat haze cannot convey the actual intensity experienced by this firefighter as he attempts to control the spread of flames during a prescribed burn.
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