59th World Press Photo Contest Winners

A handout image provided by the World Press Photo (WPP) organization on 18 February 2016 shows a picture by photographer Sameer Al-Doumy that won First Prize Stories in the Spot News Category of the 59th annual World Press Photo Contest, it was announced by the WPP Foundation in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on 18 February 2016. The picture shows Syrians evacuating an injured boy from rubble following a reported air strike on a rebel-held town of Douma, northeast of the capital Damascus on June 16, 2015. Nearly every day, Syria's air force drops barrel bombs – containers packed with crude explosives and shrapnel – on areas wrested from government control by rebels. (Photo by Sameer Al-Doumy/World Press Photo Contest/EPA)
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