World Press Photo, a non-profit organization based in the Netherlands, recently announced the winners of its 2012 photojournalism contest. More than 5,000 photographers from 124 countries submitted over 100,000 pictures to the competition. Top honors this year went to Samuel Aranda for his image of a woman holding a wounded relative during protests in Yemen. The prize-winning photographs will be assembled into an exhibition that will travel to 45 countries over the next year. Below is just a sample of this year's group of winners -- please visit the World Press Photo website to see them all. (See also the winners from 2011.) [32 photos]
First prize winner in the Spot News Singles category of the 2012 World Press Photo Contest, this photo by by Yuri Kozyrev, Noor Images for Time, shows rebels in Ras Lanuf, Libya, on March 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Yuri Kozyrev, Noor Images for Time) 
- Acapulco
- Adam Pretty
- Adam Pretty
- Afghanistan
- Alejandro Kirchuk
- Alex Majoli
- America
- Anders Behring Breivik
- AP Photo/Samuel Aranda/New York Times
- Asahi Shimbun
- Asahi Shimbun
- Ashoura
- Associated Press
- Australia
- Ben Vandandaigue
- Blackrock
- Brandie Barbiere
- Brent Stirton
- Brent Stirton
- Buenos Aires
- Cairo
- Changchun
- Chieko Matsukawa
- China
- China Daily
- Colorado
- Conor Friedersdorf
- Copenhagen
- Dakar
- David A. Graham
- David Goldman
- David Guttenfelder
- David Rohde
- Denmark
- Derek Thompson
- Dublin
- Egypt
- Emily Richmond
- Felipe Calderon
- Fukushima coast
- Fukushima Dai-ichi
- Getty Images
- Getty Images
- Guo Zhongfan
- Hans Villarica
- Heather Horn
- Hosni Mubarak
- I LOVE YOU
- International
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- James Fallows
- Japan
- Jeff Wheelwright
- Jenny E. Ross
- Jilin
- John Moore
- Jordan Weissmann
- Kabul
- Kandahar
- Kasia Cieplak-Mayr von Baldegg
- Kathleen McAuliffe
- Kevin Craft
- Kim Il-sung
- Koichiro Tezuka
- Kunduz
- Laerke Posselt
- Leo Hoshi
- Libya
- Lincoln
- Local media
- Maria Popova
- Mary Mazzio
- Mary Schwartz
- MASSOUD HOSSAINI
- Megan Garber
- Mellica Mehraban
- Mexico
- Milliken
- Miyagi
- Mohammed al-Law
- Molly Ball
- Naraha
- Natal
- National Geographic Magazine
- Natori City
- New York City
- New York Times
- Newsweek
- Newsweek
- Nikola Tesla
- Noor Images
- North Korea
- Norway
- Novaya Zemlya
- Obama
- Okuma
- Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai
- Oslo
- Pakistan
- Paolo Pellegrin
- Pedro Pardo
- People in the News
- Photography
- Photojournalists
- Press Photo
- Pyongyang
- Ras Lanuf
- Ray McManus
- Rebecca J. Rosen
- Reuters
- Rob Hornstra
- Russia
- Saleh
- Samuel Aranda
- Sanaa
- Sandra Tsing Loh
- Scott Meslow
- Senegal
- Shoaib
- South Africa
- Stock photography
- Sweden
- Tarana
- the New York Times
- the General News
- The Netherlands
- the New York Times
- the Spot News
- Tomasz Lazar
- Toshiyuki Tsunenari
- Ukraine
- United States
- Utoya
- Utoya
- Vincent Boisot
- Weld County
- Wendy Kaminer
- Wisconsin
- World Press Photo
- Yemen
- Yolande Mancini
- Yuri Kozyrev
