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Photographer and editor with Reuters for 22 years, Andrew Winning has died of brain cancer at the age of 49. Andrew joined Reuters in 1996 as chief photographer of Mexico, where he remained until assuming the role of senior photographer in London, in 2008. He went on to be the head of the UK pictures desk. Andrew's own production was of a vast range of stories, from natural disasters and civil conflict in Latin America, to war in North Africa and major sports events. Here: A resident takes photos of wrecked telephone company vehicles after Hurricane Pauline devastated Mexico's famous tourist resort of Acapulco, October 9, 1997. (Photo by Andrew Winning/Reuters)

Photographer and editor with Reuters for 22 years, Andrew Winning has died of brain cancer at the age of 49. Andrew joined Reuters in 1996 as chief photographer of Mexico, where he remained until assuming the role of senior photographer in London, in 2008. He went on to be the head of the UK pictures desk. Andrew's own production was of a vast range of stories, from natural disasters and civil conflict in Latin America, to war in North Africa and major sports events. Here: A resident takes photos of wrecked telephone company vehicles after Hurricane Pauline devastated Mexico's famous tourist resort of Acapulco, October 9, 1997. (Photo by Andrew Winning/Reuters)



A worker at the Wellcome Collection places her hands on a skull during the press preview of the “Skeletons: London's buried bones” exhibition in London July 22, 2008. The exhibition comprises 26 skeletons from the Museum of London's centre of human bioarcheology and aims to show how Londoners lived and died over the last 2,000 years. (Photo by Andrew Winning/Reuters)

A worker at the Wellcome Collection places her hands on a skull during the press preview of the “Skeletons: London's buried bones” exhibition in London July 22, 2008. The exhibition comprises 26 skeletons from the Museum of London's centre of human bioarcheology and aims to show how Londoners lived and died over the last 2,000 years. (Photo by Andrew Winning/Reuters)



Swimmers prepare to take part in the annual Christmas Day Peter Pan Cup handicap race in the Serpentine River, in Hyde Park, London, December 25, 2015. (Photo by Andrew Winning/Reuters)

Swimmers prepare to take part in the annual Christmas Day Peter Pan Cup handicap race in the Serpentine River, in Hyde Park, London, December 25, 2015. (Photo by Andrew Winning/Reuters)



Wolverhampton Wanderer fans kiss the goal post after their English Premier League soccer match against Blackburn Rovers at the Molineux stadium in Wolverhampton, May 22, 2011. Wolves avoided relegation despite coming from 3-0 down to lose 3-2 to Blackburn, a defeat that was celebrated as if they had won the league and also secured Blackburn's safety. (Photo by Andrew Winning/Reuters)

Wolverhampton Wanderer fans kiss the goal post after their English Premier League soccer match against Blackburn Rovers at the Molineux stadium in Wolverhampton, May 22, 2011. Wolves avoided relegation despite coming from 3-0 down to lose 3-2 to Blackburn, a defeat that was celebrated as if they had won the league and also secured Blackburn's safety. (Photo by Andrew Winning/Reuters)



A security guard gestures as he stands with a colleague in front of a UBS bank in the City of London September 15, 2011. News that a single trader had lost Swiss bank UBS around $2 billion in unauthorised deals, and the arrest of 31-year-old Kweku Adoboli in London in connection with the case, stunned the market and sent shares skidding. (Photo by Andrew Winning/Reuters)

A security guard gestures as he stands with a colleague in front of a UBS bank in the City of London September 15, 2011. News that a single trader had lost Swiss bank UBS around $2 billion in unauthorised deals, and the arrest of 31-year-old Kweku Adoboli in London in connection with the case, stunned the market and sent shares skidding. (Photo by Andrew Winning/Reuters)



Racegoers watch their horses on the fourth day at Royal Ascot, southwest of London, June 22, 2012. (Photo by Andrew Winning/Reuters)

Racegoers watch their horses on the fourth day at Royal Ascot, southwest of London, June 22, 2012. (Photo by Andrew Winning/Reuters)



Safety marshals watch over competitors as they compete in a triathlon during the London Triathlon in the docklands area of East London August 1, 2009. (Photo by Andrew Winning/Reuters)

Safety marshals watch over competitors as they compete in a triathlon during the London Triathlon in the docklands area of East London August 1, 2009. (Photo by Andrew Winning/Reuters)



Ten-year-old Braa Mabrok from Brega cries in pain as she has the shrapnel wounds to the legs dressed by medical staff at Ajdabiyah hospital in Libya, April 4, 2011. Relatives said that Braa was injured the night before while asleep when her home was hit. (Photo by Andrew Winning/Reuters)

Ten-year-old Braa Mabrok from Brega cries in pain as she has the shrapnel wounds to the legs dressed by medical staff at Ajdabiyah hospital in Libya, April 4, 2011. Relatives said that Braa was injured the night before while asleep when her home was hit. (Photo by Andrew Winning/Reuters)



A rebel looks out of a destroyed tank belonging to pro-Gaddafi forces, at the western outskirts of Ajdabiyah, Libya, April 7, 2011. The rebel and his friends were smoking marijuana in the tank. (Photo by Andrew Winning/Reuters)

A rebel looks out of a destroyed tank belonging to pro-Gaddafi forces, at the western outskirts of Ajdabiyah, Libya, April 7, 2011. The rebel and his friends were smoking marijuana in the tank. (Photo by Andrew Winning/Reuters)



Poland's Lukasz Mamczarz starts his run up during the men's high jump F42 final at the London 2012 Paralympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in London September 3, 2012. (Photo by Andrew Winning/Reuters)

Poland's Lukasz Mamczarz starts his run up during the men's high jump F42 final at the London 2012 Paralympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in London September 3, 2012. (Photo by Andrew Winning/Reuters)



Bronze medallist Patricia Bezzoubenko of Canada competes in the ribbon competition of the individual apparatus final in the rhythmic gymnastics at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, July 26, 2014. (Photo by Andrew Winning/Reuters)

Bronze medallist Patricia Bezzoubenko of Canada competes in the ribbon competition of the individual apparatus final in the rhythmic gymnastics at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, July 26, 2014. (Photo by Andrew Winning/Reuters)



Ifeoma Nwoye of Nigeria is carried away by her coach after she lost her women's freestyle 55kg wrestling semi-final to Brittanee Laverdure of Canada at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, July 31, 2014. (Photo by Andrew Winning/Reuters)

Ifeoma Nwoye of Nigeria is carried away by her coach after she lost her women's freestyle 55kg wrestling semi-final to Brittanee Laverdure of Canada at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, July 31, 2014. (Photo by Andrew Winning/Reuters)



Demonstrators jump off burning park benches during a protest outside the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, central London December 9, 2010. Britain's parliament approved plans to increase fees paid by university students despite a rebellion by members of the coalition government. Protesters had earlier clashed with police outside parliament in central London during the debate. (Photo by Andrew Winning/Reuters)

Demonstrators jump off burning park benches during a protest outside the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, central London December 9, 2010. Britain's parliament approved plans to increase fees paid by university students despite a rebellion by members of the coalition government. Protesters had earlier clashed with police outside parliament in central London during the debate. (Photo by Andrew Winning/Reuters)



Members of the Church of England's General Synod listen to speeches in Church House in central London November 20, 2013. The Church of England's law-making body voted in favor of female bishops, a move that ended a 20-year impasse and saw the first women ordained as senior clergy in 2015. (Photo by Andrew Winning/Reuters)

Members of the Church of England's General Synod listen to speeches in Church House in central London November 20, 2013. The Church of England's law-making body voted in favor of female bishops, a move that ended a 20-year impasse and saw the first women ordained as senior clergy in 2015. (Photo by Andrew Winning/Reuters)



Wikileaks founder Julian Assange holds up a copy of a newspaper during a press conference at the Frontline Club in central London, July 26, 2010. Thousands of leaked U.S. military documents from Afghanistan contain evidence of possible war crimes that must be urgently investigated, the founder of the whistleblowing website that published the papers said. (Photo by Andrew Winning/Reuters)

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange holds up a copy of a newspaper during a press conference at the Frontline Club in central London, July 26, 2010. Thousands of leaked U.S. military documents from Afghanistan contain evidence of possible war crimes that must be urgently investigated, the founder of the whistleblowing website that published the papers said. (Photo by Andrew Winning/Reuters)



Police arrest a pro-Tibet protester outside the Chinese embassy, during a visit by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, in central London February 1, 2009. (Photo by Andrew Winning/Reuters)

Police arrest a pro-Tibet protester outside the Chinese embassy, during a visit by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, in central London February 1, 2009. (Photo by Andrew Winning/Reuters)



Britain's opposition Labour Party leader Ed Miliband laughs with his wife Justine on stage after delivering his keynote speech at the party's annual conference in Manchester, northern England October 2, 2012. (Photo by Andrew Winning/Reuters)

Britain's opposition Labour Party leader Ed Miliband laughs with his wife Justine on stage after delivering his keynote speech at the party's annual conference in Manchester, northern England October 2, 2012. (Photo by Andrew Winning/Reuters)



Prince William (R) helps his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, to leave the 1902 State Landau carriage as they arrive at Buckingham Palace after their wedding in Westminster Abbey in central London April 29, 2011. (Photo by Andrew Winning/Reuters)

Prince William (R) helps his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, to leave the 1902 State Landau carriage as they arrive at Buckingham Palace after their wedding in Westminster Abbey in central London April 29, 2011. (Photo by Andrew Winning/Reuters)



Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd L) touches hands with Russia's President Vladimir Putin as they walk with Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel, after a G8 summit group photograph was taken at the Lough Erne golf resort in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland June 18, 2013. (Photo by Andrew Winning/Reuters)

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd L) touches hands with Russia's President Vladimir Putin as they walk with Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel, after a G8 summit group photograph was taken at the Lough Erne golf resort in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland June 18, 2013. (Photo by Andrew Winning/Reuters)



An official rushes to move bicycles as Luo Xiao Ling of China (L) and Marlies Mejias Garcia of Cuba lie on the track after crashing in the women's omnium elimination race at the UCI World Track Cycling Championships in London, Britain, March 5, 2016. (Photo by Andrew Winning/Reuters)

An official rushes to move bicycles as Luo Xiao Ling of China (L) and Marlies Mejias Garcia of Cuba lie on the track after crashing in the women's omnium elimination race at the UCI World Track Cycling Championships in London, Britain, March 5, 2016. (Photo by Andrew Winning/Reuters)



Lightning strikes the Caribbean as a thunderstorm passes Tankah Bay, near Tulum, southern Mexico, August 31, 2017. (Photo by Andrew Winning/Reuters)

Lightning strikes the Caribbean as a thunderstorm passes Tankah Bay, near Tulum, southern Mexico, August 31, 2017. (Photo by Andrew Winning/Reuters)



Elite special police run for cover after gunfire was heard from inside the Japanese ambassador's residence in Lima, Peru, January 27, 1997. At the moment the shots were fired, police were parading past the residence in a show of force, and helicopters were flying above. Earlier, several armored personnel carriers rolled past the compound. Tupac Amaru rebels had seized the diplomatic compound December 17 and held 72 hostages. (Photo by Andrew Winning/Reuters)

Elite special police run for cover after gunfire was heard from inside the Japanese ambassador's residence in Lima, Peru, January 27, 1997. At the moment the shots were fired, police were parading past the residence in a show of force, and helicopters were flying above. Earlier, several armored personnel carriers rolled past the compound. Tupac Amaru rebels had seized the diplomatic compound December 17 and held 72 hostages. (Photo by Andrew Winning/Reuters)



Two-year and eight-month-old Carlos Mario Sosa Rosiles, who is mentally handicapped, closes his eyes as a dolphin called Venus nudges him gently during his first session of neuro-stimulating therapy in a dolphin aquarium at a Mexico City zoo, March 3, 1998. The therapy is supposed to help children with motor neuron disabilities, autism and other mental handicaps by stimulating their brains with the dolphins' high-frequency sounds. The doctor running the treatment claims that the children make improvements in their coordination and movement skills as a result of the therapy. (Photo by /Reuters)

Two-year and eight-month-old Carlos Mario Sosa Rosiles, who is mentally handicapped, closes his eyes as a dolphin called Venus nudges him gently during his first session of neuro-stimulating therapy in a dolphin aquarium at a Mexico City zoo, March 3, 1998. The therapy is supposed to help children with motor neuron disabilities, autism and other mental handicaps by stimulating their brains with the dolphins' high-frequency sounds. The doctor running the treatment claims that the children make improvements in their coordination and movement skills as a result of the therapy. (Photo by /Reuters)



A Nicaraguan soldier carries 5-year-old Wendy Dinosta from a U.S. Blackhawk helicopter after she was evacuated with a broken femur from the north-eastern town of Wiwili, Nicaragua, November 5, 1998. Wiwili, like many other Nicaraguan towns, was completely cut off from the rest of the country and accessible only by helicopter, after devastating flooding destroyed roads and bridges and more than 1,000 houses. The U.S. helicopter is taking part in aid flights to deliver food and other essential supplies. (Photo by Andrew Winning/Reuters)

A Nicaraguan soldier carries 5-year-old Wendy Dinosta from a U.S. Blackhawk helicopter after she was evacuated with a broken femur from the north-eastern town of Wiwili, Nicaragua, November 5, 1998. Wiwili, like many other Nicaraguan towns, was completely cut off from the rest of the country and accessible only by helicopter, after devastating flooding destroyed roads and bridges and more than 1,000 houses. The U.S. helicopter is taking part in aid flights to deliver food and other essential supplies. (Photo by Andrew Winning/Reuters)



Brazil's Cafu (L) and Roberto Carlos stand together in the fog-covered field after their Copa America game against Chile was suspended by the referee with five minutes left of the second half in Ciudad del Este, Paraguay, July 6, 1999. Brazil were eventually awarded the victory after leading the match 1-0. (Photo by Andrew Winning/Reuters)

Brazil's Cafu (L) and Roberto Carlos stand together in the fog-covered field after their Copa America game against Chile was suspended by the referee with five minutes left of the second half in Ciudad del Este, Paraguay, July 6, 1999. Brazil were eventually awarded the victory after leading the match 1-0. (Photo by Andrew Winning/Reuters)



Cuban leader Fidel Castro and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez joke during a batting session where Chavez pitched to Castro after taking part in a friendly baseball game between their two countries at Barquisimeto's baseball stadium in Venezuela October 29, 2000. Chavez played first base, and Castro managed his national team to an overwhelming victory in the game which was held as part of Castro's state visit to Venezuela. (Photo by Andrew Winning/Reuters)

Cuban leader Fidel Castro and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez joke during a batting session where Chavez pitched to Castro after taking part in a friendly baseball game between their two countries at Barquisimeto's baseball stadium in Venezuela October 29, 2000. Chavez played first base, and Castro managed his national team to an overwhelming victory in the game which was held as part of Castro's state visit to Venezuela. (Photo by Andrew Winning/Reuters)



Actress Jennifer Aniston and actor Jason Sudeikis pose for photographers as they arrive for the UK premiere of “We're the Millers” in Leicester Square in central London August 14, 2013. (Photo by Andrew Winning/Reuters)

Actress Jennifer Aniston and actor Jason Sudeikis pose for photographers as they arrive for the UK premiere of “We're the Millers” in Leicester Square in central London August 14, 2013. (Photo by Andrew Winning/Reuters)
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