Fascinating faces and characters

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1st classified

Kid With Hand Crafts
by David Nam Lip Lee


In Ethiopia, the kids of the Suri tribe are being over-protected by their families. Imagine these metal handcrafts as a jail with a Suri kid locked inside. Young kids are the hope and inheritors of the Suri culture, but the overprotection will marginalize the new generation from...

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2nd classified

Yamea
by Tariq Zaidi


Yamea, 58, who has been a 'Sapeur' for half a century, brings colour and joie de vivre to his community. He has nine children and works as a bricklayer. His favourite item of clothing is his hat. La Sape, Société des Ambianceurs et des Personnes Élégan...

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3rd classified

Yi Ethnic Elder
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Wuqi Manuo is a respected elder who lives in the village of Meigu in the mountainous area of Dalaing. He is the head of the Yi ethnic community and occupies a prominent position in his community.

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Honorable mention

Qasr al-Yahud Baptismal Site
by Abir Sultan


An Eritrean Orthodox Christian pilgrim baptizes a young girl, as pilgrims celebrate Epiphany at the Qasr al-Yahud Baptismal Site, near the West Bank city of Jericho. The baptism site is where, according to the tradition, Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist. Christian tradition...

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Break
by Burak Şenbak


During heavy work at a noodle factory in Indonesia, this man had the chance to rest for a little while. His exhausted expression is a clear sign of the extremely hard working conditions these people face every day.

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Drink
by Wei Bai


In a small hilltop village with water shortage problems, a little boy drinks water from a water pipe.

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Young Lama in the Snowstorm
by Ying Zhang


In the temple of Gerdeng, in the county of Aba, Sichuan province, young Lamas are sitting on stone steps, listening carefully to their teachers, in spite of the intense snowfall.

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Waiting in Limbo: Kashmir’s Half-Widow
by Wei Tan


Shamla Begum’s husband, Fathiq Nagar, was 37 years old when he was taken by strangers on his way to Baramulla, the nearest town to their village. The violence of Kashmir’s armed conflict has given rise to a category of women known as “half-widows”, whose...

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Meet the Hosts - Metro Driver
by Isabela Pacini


In 2018 Russia will host the Football World Cup and the idea of my project is to portray Russian people as the hosts. All together, they convey a picture of Russia and give an insight into the Russian soul. This work is about people, their identity, their environment, their cul...

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Joana, dancer at the Tropicana, sat with her grandmother.
by Katinka Herbert


Joana Menendez Gonzalez, a performer at the Tropicana Cabaret in Havana, sat with her maternal grandmother, proudly looking at her.

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The wandering pilgrim
by Raed Ammari


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Sisters Love
by Ewa Cwikla


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Gypsy child
by Shahab Naseri


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Ethiopian Ladies
by Robin Yong


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Face Book
by Mohammad Awadh


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Rohingya Exodus
by K Asad


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Humility
by Andrea Rizzi


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Turning Heads
by Tariq Zaidi


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The orange bouquet
by Fulvio Bugani


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Olympic boxer, Joahnys Argilagos
by Katinka Herbert


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Share
by Zhonghua Yang


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The Ramnami Lady
by Debdatta Chakraborty


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Sharing emotion
by Mohd Nazri Sulaiman


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Horizontal bar on the tricycle
by Weiguo Hu


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smoking an old woman
by Tianyi Xiong


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Beautiful Scars
by Jose Insunza


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