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On the morning of February 11, 2011, the international jury of the 54th World Press Photo Contest named a photo by South African photographer Jodi Bieber, World Press Photo of the Year 2010. The image is a portrait of Bibi Aisha, disfigured as punishment for fleeing her husband's house, taken in Kabul, Afghanistan. Over 5,691 photographers entered 108,059 images in the 2011 World Press Photo Contest and after the two-week judging period, 56 were named winners in nine categories. It is a prestigious contest and an honor to be named a winner. The following post shares some winning images.
Bibi Aisha, an 18-year-old woman from Oruzgan province in Afghanistan, fled back to her family home from her husband's house, complaining of violent treatment. The Taliban arrived one night, demanding Bibi be handed over to face justice. After a Taliban commander pronounced his verdict, Bibi's brother-in-law held her down and her husband sliced off her ears and then cut off her nose. Bibi was abandoned, but later rescued by aid workers and the U.S. military. After time in a women's refuge in Kabul, she was taken to America, where she received counseling and reconstructive surgery. Bibi Aisha now lives in the United States. World Press Photo of the Year 2010, Jodi Bieber, South Africa, Institute for Artist Management/Goodman Gallery for Time magazine.
Flood victims scramble for food as they battle the downwash from a Pakistan army helicopter during relief operations, Dadu, Pakistan, on September 13, 2010. First Prize, People in the News Stories, Daniel Berehulak, Australia, Getty Images.
Nguyen Thi Ly, 9, suffers from Agent Orange disabilities, Da Nang, Vietnam. Second Prize Contemporary Issues Single, Ed Kashi, USA, VII Photo Agency.
Four Somali refugees en route to Yemen sleep in the desert after traveling all night on muddy roads and in pouring rain, Somaliland, on March 15, 2010. First Prize Contemporary Issues Stories, Ed Ou, Canada.
A man carries a shark through the streets of Mogadishu, Somalia, on September 23, 2010. First Prize Daily Life Single, Omar Feisal, Somalia, for Reuters.
An overcrowded train approaches a station in Dhaka, November 16, 2010. Third Prize Daily Life Single, Andrew Biraj, Bangladesh, Reuters.
An Indonesian man wears a mask to avoid inhaling ash as he stands in the ash-covered village of Cemoro Lawang near the active Mount Bromo volcano in the east of Indonesia's central Java island, December 24, 2010. Third Prize Nature Stories, Christophe Archambault, AFP, Getty Images.
Whooper Swans at dawn, Hokkaido, Japan, Jan. 2010. Second Prize Nature Stories, Stefano Unterthiner, Italy, for National Geographic Magazine.
Bibi Aisha, an 18-year-old woman from Oruzgan province in Afghanistan, fled back to her family home from her husband's house, complaining of violent treatment. The Taliban arrived one night, demanding Bibi be handed over to face justice. After a Taliban commander pronounced his verdict, Bibi's brother-in-law held her down and her husband sliced off her ears and then cut off her nose. Bibi was abandoned, but later rescued by aid workers and the U.S. military. After time in a women's refuge in Kabul, she was taken to America, where she received counseling and reconstructive surgery. Bibi Aisha now lives in the United States. World Press Photo of the Year 2010, Jodi Bieber, South Africa, Institute for Artist Management/Goodman Gallery for Time magazine.
Flood victims scramble for food as they battle the downwash from a Pakistan army helicopter during relief operations, Dadu, Pakistan, on September 13, 2010. First Prize, People in the News Stories, Daniel Berehulak, Australia, Getty Images.
Nguyen Thi Ly, 9, suffers from Agent Orange disabilities, Da Nang, Vietnam. Second Prize Contemporary Issues Single, Ed Kashi, USA, VII Photo Agency.
Four Somali refugees en route to Yemen sleep in the desert after traveling all night on muddy roads and in pouring rain, Somaliland, on March 15, 2010. First Prize Contemporary Issues Stories, Ed Ou, Canada.
A man carries a shark through the streets of Mogadishu, Somalia, on September 23, 2010. First Prize Daily Life Single, Omar Feisal, Somalia, for Reuters.
An overcrowded train approaches a station in Dhaka, November 16, 2010. Third Prize Daily Life Single, Andrew Biraj, Bangladesh, Reuters.
An Indonesian man wears a mask to avoid inhaling ash as he stands in the ash-covered village of Cemoro Lawang near the active Mount Bromo volcano in the east of Indonesia's central Java island, December 24, 2010. Third Prize Nature Stories, Christophe Archambault, AFP, Getty Images.
Whooper Swans at dawn, Hokkaido, Japan, Jan. 2010. Second Prize Nature Stories, Stefano Unterthiner, Italy, for National Geographic Magazine.
