In the General News category, the following photographers have been awarded: Christophe Simon (Gold, Single), Stefan Wermuth (Silver, Single), Daniel Berehulak (Gold, Stories) and Mauricio Lima (Silver, Stories).
Christophe Simon (Gold, Single): Facing firing squad.
A demonstrator is shot by rubber bullets as anti riot police officers charge after clashes erupted during a protest against corruption and price hikes, on June 20, 2013, in Rio de Janeiro.
Stefan Wermuth (Silver, Single): Funeral for Thatcher.
The coffin of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher is carried by Bearers as it arrives for her funeral service at St Paul’s Cathedral, in London April 17, 2013. Thatcher, who was the Conservative prime minister between 1979 and 1990, died on April 8 at the age of 87.
Daniel Berehulak (Gold, Stories): Afghanistan’s Worsening Hunger Crisis series .
8-month-old Samiullah, suffering from what doctors call Marasmus, another sign of advanced malnutrition the child’s face looks like that of a wrinkled old man because his skin hangs on it so loosely, he is held by his mother Islam Bibi, 15, from Marjah district, as they receive treatment on a plastic mattress in an administrative office due to overcrowding in the Inpatient Therapeutic Feeding Centre (ITFC) wards, at the Bost Hospital, a Medecins Sans Frontiers (MSF) assisted hospital, in Lashkar Gah, in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, Sept. 23, 2013.
Afghanistan is experiencing a rise in malnutrition cases across the country. The Bost hospital in Lashkar Gah, the capital of war-torn Helmand Province have been registering significant increases in severe malnutrition among children. Countrywide, such cases have increased 50 percent or more compared with 2012, according to U.N. figures. Reasons for the increase remain uncertain, or in dispute. Most doctors and aid workers agree that continuing war and refugee displacement are contributing factors. Some believe that the growing number of child patients may be at least partly a good sign, as more poor Afghans are hearing about treatment available to them. Despite years of Western involvement and billions of dollars in humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, children’s health is not only still a problem, but also worsening.
Mauricio Lima (Silver, Stories): Uprising in Brazil series
