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
According to the latest jobs numbers, issued by the Labor Department on January 6, the U.S. unemployment rate has dropped to 8.5 percent, down from 10 percent in 2009. The Great Recession has claimed more than 8.5 million jobs since 2007, and even though the current trajectory of the U.S. appears to be toward recovery, Americans are still struggling to find work. Nine of the photographs below appear in The Atlantic's January/February 2012 print issue, and I've added 25 more here to round out a collection of images from these years of uncertainty -- of men and women both at work and out of work in the United States. [34 photos]
A workman steams a U.S. flag in preparation for a planned visit by President Barack Obama, on April 6, 2011, at wind turbine manufacture Gamesa Technology Corporation in Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
- Adam Colvin
- Adam Davidson
- Alan Dowden
- Alaska
- America
- Anchorage
- Andrew Cohen
- Anthony Bolante
- AP Photo/Atlanta Journal
- Arthur Rizer
- Associated Press
- Atlanta Technical College in Atlanta
- Barack Obama
- Bill Pugliano
- Bob Andres
- Bob Leverone
- Bobby Bailey
- Boeing
- Boeing 787 Dreamliner
- Boston
- Boulder
- Brandie Barbiere
- Brandy Baker
- Brian Griffin
- Brian Resnick
- Brian Snyder
- Brunswick
- Buffalo
- Burlington
- Cailynn Williams
- Caitlin Flanagan
- California
- car part manufacturer
- Carl Sagan
- close mail processing facilities
- Colorado
- Congress
- Conor Friedersdorf
- day laborer site
- Dearborn
- Department of Labor
- Derek Thompson
- Devin Gosney
- Dexter
- Drew Bonifant
- E. Boothbay
- Eagle Alloy Inc.
- Egelston Township
- El Salvador
- Electric Time Company
- Elise Amendola
- Engineers
- Eric Rego
- Eric Thayer
- Everett
- Fairless Hills
- FDA
- Florida
- food production
- Ford
- Ford Focus
- Ford Motor Co.
- Fort Madison
- Frances Beinecke
- Gamesa Technology Corporation
- Gary Olsem
- gas main
- Georgia
- Gerasmo Perez
- Getty Images
- Getty Images
- Gettysburg
- Gillette
- Harpswell
- Harvey Lesser
- Henry Ford Community College
- Hickory
- high-tech bicycle
- Homestead
- IBM
- Internet boom
- Iowa
- Iris Chang
- Jason Reed
- Jeff Roberson
- Jessica Rinaldi
- Jin Lee
- Joan Didion
- Joe Paterno
- John Lovretta
- John Minchillo
- John Moore
- Jordan Weissmann
- Jose Castillo
- Jose Sanchez
- Josh Gatto
- Journalism
- JP Morgan Chase
- Kaplan Career Institute
- Kasia Cieplak-Mayr von Baldegg
- Kelley Bryan
- Kendra Stanley-Mills
- Kevin Lamarque
- Kevin Ridge
- Kevin Systrom
- King of Prussia
- L'Ecole Culinaire
- Ladue
- large corporate banks
- Lisa Poole
- Lockwood Animal Rescue Center
- Los Angeles
- Lucy Nicholson
- Luis Lizarraga
- Maine
- manufacturing
- Maria Popova
- Marilyn MacKay
- Mark Thiessen
- Martin Mulcahey
- Marty Nemko
- Mary Schwartz
- Mass media
- Massachusetts
- Massoud Hayoun
- Matt Rourke
- Medfield
- Megan Garber
- Mel Evans
- Mexico
- Michigan
- Mike DiBella
- Milliken
- Missouri
- Molly Ball
- molten steel
- national day
- National Football League
- National Park Service
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New York
- New York
- New York Stock Exchange
- Newland
- Newport
- NFL Playoff
- North Carolina
- Occupy
- Pat Wellenbach
- Pennsylvania
- personal health insurance
- Peter R. Barber
- Plymouth
- Postal Clerk Elisha Toni
- Randolph
- Rebecca J. Rosen
- Reuters
- Robert F. Bukaty
- ROBYN BECK
- Salvador Herrera
- San Francisco
- Sargento Cheese Company
- Schenectady
- Seattle Sperm Bank
- Shane Dunlap
- Siemens
- South Carolina
- Sperm Bank
- Sperm Bike
- steel foundry
- Stephen Brashear
- Steve Walthart
- Steven A. Cook
- Stock photography
- Sturm Ruger & Co.
- Syria
- The Detroit News
- The Daily Gazette
- The Great Gatsby
- The Muskegon Chronicle
- Todd Leach
- Tom Hawking
- Travis Bell
- Trenton
- Trenton police
- unemployed software developer
- United States
- Utah
- Washington
- Washington
- Washington, DC
- Wayne
- Weld County
- Wilfredo Lee
- Winthrop
- Wisconsin
- World Bank
- X-ray
The best photos of 2011 from around the globe. Warning: All images in this entry are shown in full, not screened out for graphic content. Some images contain dead bodies, graphic content and tragic events. We consider these images an important part of human history.
- 2012 Olympic Games
- Abdulrahman Abshir
- Abu Dhabi
- Adam Pretty
- Afghanistan
- Al Abdullah Saleh
- Alexander Samokutyaev
- Ali Abdullah Saleh
- Aljosa Krivec
- Amanda Knox
- Amri hospital
- Andrey Borisenko
- Aoti Aquatics Centre
- Arizona
- Arlington
- Ashoura
- Asia
- Asian Games
- Athens
- Atlantic City
- Ayutthaya
- Banadir hospital
- Barack Obama
- Barcelona
- Belgium
- Berlin
- Bihar
- Billy Stinson
- Blackpool
- Brandie Barbiere
- Cairo
- California
- Cambodia
- Capitol and Civic Center
- Captured
- car pile
- Carlos Costly
- Centennial
- Central Asia
- China
- Christopher Furlong
- Colorado
- Coronado
- Craig F. Walker
- Dallas Cowboys
- Dan Wheldon
- Daniel Berehulak
- Davis
- Davis Police
- Delaware
- Denver
- DENVER POST
- Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation
- Donnie Jones
- Douglas
- Dover
- Egypt
- Egypt's military
- Emilio Morenatti
- Erin Stinson
- Ethan Miller
- Expedition
- Ezra Shaw
- Florida
- Formula One Grand Prix
- Frank Augstein
- Gabrielle Douglas
- Germany
- Getty Images
- Getty Images
- Greece
- Guangzhou
- Heng Sinith
- High Wycombe
- Honda
- Honduras
- India
- Indiana
- Indianapolis
- Indy
- Italy
- Japan
- Jimmy Leeward
- Joey Foley
- John Holzhauer
- John Moore
- John Pike
- JONATHAN NACKSTRAND
- Jose Tomas
- Joshua Lott/The New York Times
- Julio Cortez
- Justin Lane
- Kabul
- Kampong Thom
- Kazakhstan
- Khalil Hamra
- Kolkata
- Kuni Takahashi/The New York Times
- Las Vegas
- law enforcement officers
- Libya
- London
- M. Djamil hospital
- Majid Saeedi
- Manila
- Marc Serota
- Maritime New Zealand
- Mark Wilson
- Martinsburg
- Mary Schwartz
- Maryland
- MASSOUD HOSSAINI
- Matt Dunham
- Mauricio Lima/The New York Times
- media representatives
- Meredith Kercher
- Mexico
- Milliken
- Milos Bicanski
- Misrata
- Moammar Gadhafi
- Mogadishu
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- National Transitional Council
- Nevada
- New Jersey
- New York
- New York City
- New Zealand
- Newark
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- North Carolina
- Ocean City
- oil
- oil tanker
- Olivia Holzhauer
- Pablo Martinez Monsivais
- Paolo Cito
- Patna
- Paul Gilham
- Paula Bronstein
- Perugia court
- Peter Macdiarmid
- Phnom Penh
- Raffaele Sollecito
- Ramadan
- Rani
- Rich Thompson
- Rina Castelnuovo/The New York Times
- river Ganges
- Robert David Peraza
- Robert Laberge
- Robert Peraza
- Rojuna Industrial
- Ron Agnir
- Ron Garan
- Sam Schmidt Motorsports Dallara Honda
- Samokuttayevare
- Sanaa
- Scott Olson
- Sean Gallup
- Sebastian Vettel
- Sirte
- Slovenia
- Socialist government
- Somalia
- Spa-Francorchamps
- Spain
- Spencer Platt
- St. Louis Rams
- Stock photography
- Stockholm
- T-28
- Tarana Akbari
- Tauranga
- tear gas
- Ted Aljibe
- Texas
- Thailand
- the New York Times
- the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships
- The Denver Post
- the F1 Grand Prix
- the New York Times
- the Philippines
- Tokyo
- Tom Shaw
- U.S. Embassy
- U.S. government
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United Nations
- United States
- University of California, Davis
- Ward Howes
- Washington
- Wayne Tilcock
- West Bank
- West Virginia
- White House
- Will Power
- World Cup 2012
- World Trade Center
- Yemen
- Zhezkazgan
MILK LINE: People waited Thursday to receive free milk from the Milk from the Heart program, which makes deliveries to locations in the Manhattan and Bronx boroughs of New York. Milk prices in the Northeast are about 19% higher than two years ago, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
BARE BASSINET: Weld County Sheriff’s Deputy Mary Schwartz reached out to a toddler as a home-foreclosure eviction was carried out in Milliken, Colo., Wednesday. (John Moore/Getty Images)
UNDER A WATCHFUL EYE: An armed guard watched inmates as they were evacuated to another prison during flooding in Ayutthaya Province, Thailand, Thursday. Deadly typhoons and monsoon rains have slammed Thailand. (Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters)
RICE SACKS: A worker carried a sack of rice at a warehouse in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday. (Irwin Ferdiansyah/Associated Press)
LIGHT ON THE SHOULDERS: A Hindu secured burning oil lamps to his body during rituals for the Dashain Festival near Kathmandu, Nepal, Thursday. The festival commemorates the slaying of a demon king by Hindu goddess Durga. (Niranjan Shrestha/Associated Press)
HEAVY HAUL: Demonstrators rallying for education reform carried large stones as they clashed with police in Santiago, Chile, Thursday. Police responded with water cannons and tear gas. (Ivan Alvarado/Reuters)
- Ayutthaya Province
- Bo
- Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Chile
- Collaboration
- Colorado
- Digg
- Getty Images
- Getty Images
- Indonesia
- Ivan Alvarado
- Jakarta
- John Moore
- Kathmandu
- Mary Schwartz
- Mauritius
- Milliken
- MySpace
- Nepal
- New York
- Photos of the Day
- Rat
- Rice
- RICE SACKS
- Santiago
- secured burning oil lamps
- Social bookmarking
- Social information processing
- Spencer Platt
- Stock photography
- StumbleUpon
- StumbleUpon
- tear gas
- Thailand
- Top News Photos
- Web 2.0
- World Wide Web