World Press Photo: Photo of Assassination Wins Top Prize | Time.com

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An Iconic Photograph of an Assassination Is the World Press Photo of the Year

But World Press Photo judges were heavily split in the final decision

via Time: http://time.com/4668281/world-press-photo-2017/

Burhan Ozbilici’s photograph is intense and haunting. Shot in the seconds following the assassination of Andrey Karlov, Russia’s ambassador to Turkey, it shows the gunman, Mevlüt Mert Altıntaş, standing next to the lifeless body, with one hand pointing to the sky and the other still holding the gun. On his face, we can read his fury and determination, making Ozbilici’s photograph one of the most intense images of 2016.