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Link: The Pictures of the Year International Contest Concludes - NYTimes.com](http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/28/prize-winning-photos-and-lingering-questions/)

Top honors in the 70th annual Pictures of the Year International contest went to Paolo Pellegrin of Magnum Photos for freelance photographer of the year and Paul Hansen of the Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter for newspaper photographer of the year.