Is This the Best News Picture in the World? World Press Photo Cites Jodi Bieber – NYTimes.com

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Is This the Best News Picture in the World?

Jodi Bieber wins the World Press Photo of the Year for her portrait of an Afghan woman who was disfigured by her husband on authority of the Taliban.

via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/11/is-this-the-best-news-picture-in-the-world/

“This could become one of those pictures — and we have maybe just 10 in our lifetime — where if somebody says, ‘You know, that picture of a girl’ — you know exactly which one they’re talking about,” said David Burnett, the chairman of the general jury, in a statement released by World Press Photo.