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Massoud Hossaini
Agence France-Presse
"KABUL BOMBING"
Second Place
Damian Mulinix
The Chinook Observer
"DALE OSTRANDER RESCUED"
Third Place
Angelos Tzortzinis
Agence France-Presse
"GREECE IN CRISIS"
Award of Excellence
Stringer
Agence France-Presse
"WONDERING LEOPARD"
Award of Excellence
Omar Faruk
Reuters
"SOMALIA CONFLICT"
Award of Excellence
Pedro Pardo
Agence France-Presse
"VIOLENCE IN ACAPULCO"
Third Place
Angelos Tzortzinis
Agence France-Presse

"GREECE IN CRISIS"

Moments after a fellow police officer rammed a protester with his motorbike, a riot policeman in flames tries to escape, after a petrol bomb was thrown on his helmet during riots in front of the Parliament in central Athens, Greece on 23 February 2011. During the year, Greece has been in the eye of this global economical storm. The immense Greek debt led the government to take immediate and cruel austerity measures targeting mostly the working middle class. Violence made its appearance in numerous protests in the Greek capital of Athens marked by clashes with riot police and left hundreds injured. This social unrest does not seem to calm down as there are no signs of a clear and optimistic future for the country and its people.