WORLD PRESS PHOTO OF THE YEAR 2010 Jodi Bieber, South Africa, Institute for Artist Management/Goodman Gallery for Time magazine Bibi Aisha, disfigured as punishment for fleeing her husband’s house, Kabul, Afghanistan SPOT NEWS SINGLES 1 Péter Lakatos, Hungary, MTI Suicide jump, Budapest, Hungary, 22 May 2 Daniel Morel, Haiti Rescue of a woman trapped under earthquake rubble, Port-au-Prince, 12 January 3 Uwe Weber, Germany, for Bild Crowd throngs at entrance to Love Parade, Duisburg, Germany, 24 July SPOT NEWS STORIES 1 Daniel Morel, Haiti Minutes after the earthquake, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 12 January 2 Corentin Fohlen, France, Fedephoto Anti-government riots, Bangkok, Thailand, May 3 Lu Guang, China Firefighters during oil spill cleanup attempt, Dalian, China, 20 June Honorable mention Alexandre Vieira, Brazil, Jornal O Dia Shootout on the street, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 3 March GENERAL NEWS SINGLES 1 Riccardo Venturi, Italy, Contrasto Old Iron Market burns, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 18 January 2 Guang Niu, China, for Getty Images Tibetan monks prepare mass cremation for earthquake victims, Qinghai Province, China, 17 April 3 Javier Manzano, USA Mexico’s drug wars: severed head of a murder victim, Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, 6 February GENERAL NEWS STORIES 1 Olivier Laban-Mattei, France, Agence France-Presse Earthquake aftermath, Port-au-Prince, 15-26 January 2 Massimo Berruti, Italy, Agence Vu Targeted killings in Karachi, Pakistan 3 Fernando Brito, Mexico, El Debate de Culiacán Victims of Mexico’s drug wars, Culiacán PEOPLE IN THE NEWS SINGLES 1 Altaf Qadri, India, The Associated Press Funeral of Feroz Ahmad, Pahan, Indian-administered Kashmir, 6 September 2 Seamus Murphy, Ireland, VII Photo Agency Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, London, 30 September 3 Vincent Yu, Hong Kong, The Associated Press North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and his son Kim Jong Un, Pyongyang, North Korea, 10 October  PEOPLE IN THE NEWS STORIES 1 Daniel Berehulak, Australia, Getty Images Pakistan floods, August-September 2 Kemal Jufri, Indonesia, Panos Pictures Eruption of Mount Merapi, Central Java, Indonesia, November 3 Filip Cwik, Poland, Napo Images for Newsweek Polska National mourning, Poland, April SPORTS SINGLES 1 Mike Hutchings, South Africa, Reuters Netherlands Demy de Zeeuw is kicked in the face by Uruguay’s Martin Cáceres during World Cup semi-final, Cape Town, 6 July 2 Gustavo Cuevas, Spain, EFE Matador Julio Aparicio is wounded by a bull, Madrid, 21 May 3 Steve Christo, Australia, Sydney Morning Herald The Cole Classic ocean racing competition, Manly Beach, Australia, 7 February SPORTS STORIES 1 Adam Pretty, Australia, Getty Images Sports portfolio 2 Tomasz Gudzowaty, Poland, Yours Gallery Mexico’s Car Frenzy 3 Chris Keulen, the Netherlands, Panos Pictures for Geo Tour of Eritrea CONTEMPORARY ISSUES SINGLES 1 Marco Di Lauro, Italy, Reportage by Getty Images Food crisis in Niger: meat and offal for sale, Gadabedji, Niger, July 2 Ed Kashi, USA, VII Photo Agency Nguyen Thi Ly, 9, suffers from Agent Orange disabilities, Da Nang, Vietnam 3 Ivo Saglietti, Italy, Prospekt Relatives at Potocari Memorial, Srebrenica, Bosnia, 11 July CONTEMPORARY ISSUES STORIES 1 Ed Ou, Canada, Reportage by Getty Images Escape from Somalia, March 2 Darcy Padilla, USA, Redux Pictures The Julie Project, 1993-2010 3 Sarah Elliott, USA Illegal abortions in Ribera, Kenya Honorable mention Michael Wolf, Germany, Laif Photos & Reportagen A Series of Unfortunate Events, Google Street View  DAILY LIFE SINGLES 1 Omar Feisal, Somalia, for Reuters Man carries a shark through the streets of Mogadishu, Somalia, 23 September 2 Malte Jäger, Germany, Laif Photos & Reportagen CouchSurfers in a Brooklyn loft, New York 3 Andrew Biraj, Bangladesh, Reuters Overcrowded train approaches station, Dhaka, Bangladesh DAILY LIFE STORIES 1 Martin Roemers, the Netherlands, Panos Pictures Metropolis 2 Fernando Moleres, Spain Juveniles in prison, Sierra Leone 3 Mads Nissen, Denmark, Berlingske In the Name of Victoria PORTRAITS SINGLES 1 Jodi Bieber, South Africa, Institute for Artist Management for Time magazine Bibi Aisha, disfigured as punishment for fleeing her husband’s house, Kabul, Afghanistan 2 Joost van den Broek, the Netherlands, de Volkskrant Kirill Lewerski, cadet on Russian tall ship Kruzenshtern 3 Guillem Valle, Spain A Dinka man in front of his home, Akkach, Southern Sudan PORTRAITS STORIES 1 Andrew McConnell, Ireland, Panos Pictures “The Last Colony”, Western Sahara 2 Wolfram Hahn, Germany Self-portraits for social networks 3 Kenneth O'Halloran, Ireland Fairground public, Ireland ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT SINGLES 1 Andrew McConnell, Ireland, Panos Pictures for Der Spiegel Josephine Mpongo practices the cello, Kinshasa, DR Congo 2 Davide Monteleone, Italy, Contrasto for The New York Times Style Magazine Milan Fashion Week: Valeria Marini show 3 Fabio Cuttica, Italy, Contrasto Narco Cinema: Fabian Lopez on the set of the film El Baleado 2, Tijuana, Mexico ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT STORIES 1 Amit Madheshiya, India Night screenings at traveling cinema, India 2 Daniele Tamagni, Italy The Flying Cholitas, Bolivia 3 Amit Sha'al, Israel, Calcalist “Altneuland”, Israel  NATURE SINGLES 1 Thomas P. Peschak , Germany, Save our Seas Foundation Cape Gannet comes to land, Malgas Island, South Africa 2 Reinhard Dirscherl, Germany Atlantic sailfish attack Spanish sardines, off Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico 3 Olivier Grunewald, France, for Le Figaro Magazine Volcano Nyiragongo lava lake, DR Congo NATURE STORIES 1 Benjamin Lowy, USA, Reportage by Getty Images for GQ Gulf of Mexico oil spill 2 Stefano Unterthiner, Italy, for National Geographic magazine Whooper Swan 3 Christophe Archambault, France, Agence France-Presse Mount Bromo volcano erupts, East Java, Indonesia