Best photos of 2007 (24 photos)

World Press Photo of the Year: World Press Photo of the Year 2007

Tim Hetherington, UK for Vanity Fair.

American soldier resting at bunker, Korengal Valley, Afghanistan, 16 September

That is it, like, the best picture of the year.

First place in the category General News

John Moore, USA, Reportage by Getty Images.Assassination of Benazir Bhutto, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, 27 December



Spot News: 3rd prize singles

Stephen Morrison, Canada, European Pressphoto Agency

Kenya elections aftermath: police chase looting protesters, Nairobi, 31 December

First place in the category of Stories

John Moore, USA, Reportage by Getty Images.Assassination of Benazir Bhutto, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, 27 December



The first prize in the category People in the News

Balazs Gardi, Hungary, VII Network.Afghan man holds a wounded boy, Korengal Valley, October



Contemporary Issues: 1st prize stories

Jean Revillard, Switzerland, Rezo.ch.

Makeshift huts of immigrants, Calais, France



Portraits: 1st prize stories

Vanessa Winship, UK, Agence Vu.

Rural school girls, Eastern Turkey



Arts and Entertainment: 1st prize stories

Rafal Milach, Poland, Anzenberger Agency.

Retired circus artists, Poland



Contemporary Issues: 1st prize singles

Brent Stirton, South Africa, Reportage by Getty Images for Newsweek.

Evacuation of dead of Mountain Gorillas, Virunga National Park, Eastern Congo



Sports Features: 1st prize stories

Erik Refner, Denmark, Berlingske Tidende.

Copenhagen Marathon finish line, 18 May



Sports Features: 1st prize singles

Andrew Quilty, Australia, Oculi for Australian Financial Review Magazine.

Children watch horses compete at Maxwelton country races, Australia

Daily Life: 1st prize singles

Justin Maxon, USA, Aurora Photos.

Mui, a homeless woman with HIV and her son bathe in the Red River, Hanoi, Vietnam



Daily Life: 1st prize stories

Pieter ten Hoopen, The Netherlands, Agence Vu.

Kitezh, the invisible town, Russia

Arts and Entertainment: 1st prize singles

Ariana Lindquist, USA.

Girl in an anime character costume, Shanghai, China



The first prize in the category People in the News: 1st prize singles

Yonathan Weitzman, Israel. Dress of an African girl caught in the Israel / Egypt border fence, 20 August



Spot News: 2nd prize stories

Roberto Schmidt, Colombia / Germany, Agence France-Presse.

Kenya election unrest, Nairobi,

29-31 December



General News: 2nd prize singles

Stanley Greene, USA, Noor.

Attack plan drawn in sand, Chad-Sudan border, January



First place in the category General News: 1st prize stories

Balazs Gardi, Hungary, VII Network.

Operation Rock Avalanche, Afghanistan, October



First place in kategoriiSports Action (singles)

Ivaylo Velev, Bulgaria, Bul X Vision Photography Agency.

Freeride competitor Philippe Meier chased by an avalanche, Flaine, France, 15 March



The first prize in the category People in the News (stories)

Philippe Dudouit, Switzerland, for Time magazine.

PKK fighters, Southern Kurdistan / Northern Iraq



Portrait year

Platon, UK, for Time Magazine.



Nature: 1st prize singles

Fang Qianhua, China, Nangfang Dushi Daily / Southern Metropolis Daily.

An endangered plant at Wanzhou city sanctuary garden, China



Sports Action: 3rd prize stories

Chris Detrick, USA, The Salt Lake Tribune.

Sports portfolio



Nature: 2nd prize stories

Paul Nicklen, Canada, National Geographic Magazine.

Arctic ivory - hunting the narwhal, Nunavut, Canada

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World Press Photo Contest is held in Amsterdam every year since 1955. This time it was sent to a record number of works of photojournalists: 5019. The competition was attended photomaster from 125 countries. Prizes were assigned in ten categories. Their presentation will be held on April 27 in Amsterdam. Winner Tim Hetherington will receive 10,000 euros and a new camera.