Contemporary Issues – Singles, First Prize
A local woman is offering her hands for arrest as part of a protest against the police brutality in Louisiana, US.
Nature – Stories, Second Prize
A caretaker is hugging a newborn panda at the Bifengxia giant panda breeding and research centre in Sichuan, China.
Photo: Ami Vitale/National Geographic
General News – Stories, First Prize
Police are inspecting a crime scene during a snowy day in Manila, Philippines.
Photo: Daniel Berehulak/AP
Long-term Projects – First Prize
Two residents managed to escape from a great fire started by an air attack in Luhanskaya, Ukraine.
Photo: Valery Melnikov/Rossiya Segodnya
Long-term Projects – Second Prize
For the first time, women are playing pool in a male-only venue in Tehran, Iran.
Photo: Hossein Fatemi/Panos Pictures
Sports – Singles, First Prize
Nina Carberry is captured flying off her mount, Sir Des Champs, as the team fails during the Grand National at Aintree in Liverpool.
Photo: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian
Sports – Series, Second Prize
One of the youngest chess players to participate in a competition is expressing himself during a game.
Photo: Michael Hanke/AP
Daily Life – Stories, First Prize
This is what a barber’s shop looks like somewhere in Old Havana, Cuba.
Photo: Tomas Munita/The New York Times
Nature – Singles, Second Prize
A wild leopard is captured strolling around the Sanjay Gandhi national park in Mumbai, India.
Photo: Nayan Khanolkar/EPA
Nature – Singles, First Prize
A sea turtle entangled in a fishing net is trying to swim off the coast of Tenerife, Canary Islands.
Photo: Francis Perez/EPA