Damir Sagolj has won Reuters photojournalist of the year for his 2016 work, which included documenting the deadly Philippine drug war and the North Korea congress. Here: A subway worker walks away after a train departed the station in central Pyongyang, North Korea May 7, 2016. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)





Heavy rain pours as the body of a man killed by unidentified gunmen riding motorcycles is left in a narrow alley in Manila, Philippines early October 11, 2016. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)





Kasandra Kate (C), 12, cries next to the coffin of her father Verigilio Mirano during his funeral at Navotas Public Cemetery in Manila, Philippines October 14, 2016. According to a family member, Mirano, who was using drugs but stopped after Rodrigo Duterte became the president, was killed by masked gunmen at his home on September 27th. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)





Cameramen take position atop one of buildings in the capital's main ceremonial square during a mass rally and parade, a day after the ruling party wrapped up its first congress in 36 years by elevating him to party chairman, in Pyongyang, North Korea, May 10, 2016. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)





Armed security forces take a part in a drug raid, in Manila, Philippines, October 7, 2016. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)





Fireworks explode over participants in a mass dance in the capital's main ceremonial square, a day after the ruling Workers' Party of Korea party wrapped up its first congress in 36 years, in Pyongyang, North Korea, May 10, 2016. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)





Participants carry torches during a torchlight procession in the capital's main ceremonial square, a day after the ruling Workers' Party of Korea party wrapped up its first congress in 36 years, in Pyongyang, North Korea, May 10, 2016. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)





People look inside and take a pictures of a room in which five people were killed in Manila, Philippines early November 1, 2016. According to police and witnesses, unknown masked gunmen killed five people inside a house that is a known drug den. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)





Inmates sleep in the open at Quezon City Jail in Manila, Philippines, November 5, 2016. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)





A policeman investigates at the site where a 17 year old girl and a 21 year old man were killed by unknown motorcycle-riding gunmen in an alley in Manila, Philippines early October 26, 2016. According to the police, a sign on a cardboard reading “Tulak ka, hayop ka”, which translates to “You are a (drug) pusher, you are an animal” was found with the the body of the killed man. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)





A girl and a woman sit inside the car as firecrackers and fireworks explode celebrating the start of the Chinese Lunar New Year of Monkey in Beijing just before midnight February 7, 2016. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)





Simone Biles of the U.S. during the women's team final at the Rio Olympics on August 9, 2016. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)





A funeral parlour worker dresses Florjohn Cruz after his autopsy at Eusebio Funeral Service in Manila, Philippines October 28, 2016. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)





People look from inside a store as police investigate near the body of a man killed by unknown gunmen in Manila, Philippines early October 18, 2016. A sign on a cardboard reading “Pusher Ako, Wag Tularan”, which translates to “I am a (drug) pusher, don't be like me” was found near the body. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)





A 17 year old girl lays dead next to her doll after she and her friend were killed by unknown motorcycle-riding gunmen, in an alley in Manila, Philippines early October 26, 2016. According to the police, a sign on a cardboard reading “Tulak ka, hayop ka”, which translates to “You are a (drug) pusher, you are an animal” was found with the body of girl's friend. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)





A funeral parlour worker, whose hands are bloodied from carrying bodies of killed people, rests against the wall of a house in Manila, Philippines early November 1, 2016. According to police and witnesses, unknown masked gunmen killed five people inside a house that is a known drug den. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)





A migrant worker shows a banner inside a building that is under construction as a part of the Zixia Garden development complex in Qianan, Tangshan City, Hebei province, China January 28, 2016. The banner, which workers claim authorities told them not to use in their protests any more, reads “Pay back the money that you owe”. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)





The mother and other relatives of Florjohn Cruz, who was killed in a police drugs buy-bust operation, mourn by his coffin during his funeral in Manila, Philippines October 30, 2016. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)





A gun is placed inside a plastic bag as police investigate around the bodies of two men killed in Manila, Philippines early October 29, 2016. According to the police, the guns and sachet containing what is believed to be the drug shabu (Metamphetamine Hydrochloride) were found with the two men who were shot dead after trying to speed away from a police checkpoint. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)





A vendor waits for customers at the shop inside the international airport in Pyongyang, North Korea May 3, 2016. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)





Girls play guitars at the Mangyongdae Children's Palace in central Pyongyang, North Korea May 5, 2016. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)





A performer holds an umbrella as she and others wait for their turn to go onto the stage at the Longtan park as the Chinese Lunar New Year, which welcomes the Year of the Monkey, is celebrated in Beijing, China February 9, 2016. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)





Girls play in central Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, July 13, 2016. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)





Onlookers gather as police investigate the scene around a body of a man killed by unknown gunmen in Manila, Philippines early October 18, 2016. A sign on a cardboard found near the body reads, “Pusher Ako, Wag Tularan”, which translates to “I am a (drug) pusher, don't be like me”. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)





Performers wearing traditional clothes take pictures of themselves as they wait for delegations to arrive for traditional nomadic Naadam festival performance during the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) summit just outside Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, July 15, 2016. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)





A woman working at the Kim Jong Suk Pyongyang textile mill fixes a machine during a government organised visit for foreign reporters in Pyongyang, North Korea May 9, 2016. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)





A cross hangs from the neck of an onlooker at the scene where a man was killed by unknown gunmen in Manila, Philippines early October 18, 2016. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)





Kasandra Kate, 12, cries over the open coffin of her father Verigilio Mirano during his funeral at Navotas Public Cemetery in Manila, Philippines October 14, 2016. According to a family member, Mirano, who was using drugs but stopped after Rodrigo Duterte became the president, was killed by masked gunmen at his home on September 27th. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)





A woman covered in blood holds her head after her husband was shot dead by unidentified gunmen riding motorcycles in Manila, Philippines late October 10, 2016. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)





Blood remains on the floor of a room where a Noberto Maderal was killed during a drug-related police operation in Manila, Philippines October 19, 2016. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)