It is one of the best eleven chosen from 12,000 entries.
The first prize went to Cedric Houin for his “Butterfly” photo of a woman and child sitting inside a yurt shot in the Kyrgyz lands of the Wakhan Corridor in Afghanistan.
See some prize-winning photos below:
| "Butterfly" (by Cedric Houin) |
| H'Mong minority children (by Vo Anh Kiet) |
| During the Easter holy celebration called iMisterii in Trapani, the devotees carry the scenes of Christ's passion on their shoulders all night long. Only when the day comes do they take a break (by Andrea Guarner) |
| A child standing in an ancient forest of Baobab trees near the city of Morondava, on the West coast of Madagascar (by Ken Thorne) |
| Men sitting and talking to each other in Chefchaouen, Morocco (by SauKhiang Chau) |
| (by Camila Massu) |
| The village of G Sadalur with 16 residents and the island of Mykines (by Ken Bower) |
| The great Japanese maple tree in the Portland Japanese Gardens (by Fred An) |
| A farmer and livestock walk across Buddhist temples and pagodas in Bagan, Myanmar (by Peter DeMarco) |
| (by Lucia Griggi) |
| Northern Lights in Finnamark, Norway (by Michelle Schantz) |
Voters and people across the country have by far sent over 1,700 opinions covering a wide range of fields to the National Assembly (NA) in the lead to the law-making body’s fifth session, which is to convene on May 20.
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Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on May 18 arrived in Hanoi, successfully completing his official visits to Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus from May 12-17.