List of winners for the 2012 photo contest

World Press Photo of the Year 2011 Samuel Aranda, Spain, for The New York Times Spot News 1st prize singles Yuri Kozyrev, Russia, Noor Images for Time 2nd prize singles Massoud Hossaini, Afghanistan, Agence France-Presse 3rd prize singles Li Yang, China, for China Daily Honorable Mention Salil Bera, India, The Week 1st prize stories Koichiro Tezuka, Japan, Mainichi Shimbun 2nd prize stories Niclas Hammarstrm, Sweden, for Aftonbladet 3rd prize stories Eduardo Castaldo, Italy General News 1st prize singles Alex Majoli, Italy, Magnum Photos for Newsweek 2nd prize singles Lars Lindqvist, Sweden, Dagens Nyheter 3rd prize singles Toshiyuki Tsunenari, Japan, Asahi Shimbun 1st prize stories Rmi Ochlik, France, IP3 Press 2nd prize stories Paolo Pellegrin, Italy, Magnum Photos for Zeit Magazin

3rd prize stories David Guttenfelder, US, The Associated Press for National Geographic magazine People in the News 1st prize singles Samuel Aranda, Spain, for The New York Times 2nd prize singles Tomasz Lazar, Poland 3rd prize singles Mohammed al-Law, Egypt, The Associated Press 1st prize stories Yasuyoshi Chiba, Japan, Agence France-Presse 2nd prize stories John Moore, USA, Getty Images 3rd prize stories Jan Dago, Denmark, Jyllands-Posten Contemporary Issues 1st prize singles Brent Stirton, South Africa, Reportage by Getty Images for Kiev Independent 2nd prize singles Ilvy Njiokiktjien, the Netherlands 3rd prize singles Simona Ghizzoni, Italy, Contrasto Honorable Mention Shaofeng Xu, China, ChuTian Metropolis Daily 1st prize stories Stephanie Sinclair, USA, VII Photo Agency for National Geographic magazine 2nd prize stories Ebrahim Noroozi, Iran, Jamejam Online 3rd prize stories Pedro Pardo, Mexico, Agence France-Presse

Daily Life 1st prize singles Damir Sagolj, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Reuters 2nd prize singles Johnny Haglund, Norway, Vi Menn 3rd prize singles Paolo Woods, the Netherlands 1st prize stories Alejandro Kirchuk, Argentina 2nd prize stories Pietro Paolini, Italy, TerraProject 3rd prize stories Alexander Gronsky, Russia, Photographer.ru Honorable Mention Darcy Padilla, USA, Redux Pictures Portraits 1st prize singles Laerke Posselt, Denmark 2nd prize singles Guillaume Herbaut, France, Institute for Artist Management for Stiletto 3rd prize singles Denis Rouvre, France 1st prize stories Donald Weber, Canada, VII Photo Agency 2nd prize stories Ton Koene, the Netherlands 3rd prize stories Simon Norfolk and John Burke, UK Arts and Entertainment

1st prize singles David Goldman, USA, The Associated Press 2nd prize singles Vincent Boisot, France, Riva Press for Le Figaro Magazine 3rd prize singles Pavel Prokopchik, the Netherlands 1st prize stories Rob Hornstra, the Netherlands 2nd prize stories Emiliano Larizza, Italy, Contrasto 3rd prize stories Huimin Kuang, China, Huang Jianglu newspaper Nature 1st prize singles Jenny E. Ross, USA 2nd prize singles Joan Costa, Spain, for Malaspina Expedition 3rd prize singles Francesco Zizola, Italy, Noor Images 1st prize stories Brent Stirton, South Africa, Reportage by Getty Images for National Geographic magazine 2nd prize stories Carsten Peter, Germany, National Geographic magazine 3rd prize stories Paul Hilton, UK, EPA for Pew Sports 1st prize singles Donald Miralle, Jr., USA 2nd prize singles Ray McManus, Ireland, Sportsfile

3rd prize singles Henrik Brunnsgrd, Sweden 1st prize stories Alexander Taran, Russia 2nd prize stories Adam Pretty, Australia, Getty Images 3rd prize stories Tomasz Gudzowaty, Poland, Yours Gallery/Focus Photo und Presseagentur