The World’s Best News Photos – The New York Times

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The World’s Best News Photos

The World Press Photo contest winners were announced, with a moody black-and-white image depicting the hardship of the Syrian migration crisis winning photo of the year. The New York Times also won five awards.

via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/02/18/world-press-photo-contest-warren-richardson-migrants-photos/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollection=Multimedia&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs&region=Body&_r=0

Francis Kohn, the jury chairman and photo director at Agence France-Presse, described Mr. Richardson’s World Press Photo of the Year image as subtle, with an “overall simplicity of just the moonlight, the barbed wire, the man and the baby.”

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