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Winner
Tomas van Houtryve
VII Photo Agency

"BEHIND THE CURTAINS OF 21ST CENTURY COMMUNISM"

Finalist
Javier Arcenillas
Freelance

"SICARIOS"

Finalist
Mary F. Calvert
ZUMA Press

"POLIO'S LINE IN THE SAND"

Finalist
Ed Ou
Getty Images

"THE YOUTH OF AN UNFINISHED REVOLUTION"

Winner
Tomas van Houtryve
VII Photo Agency


"BEHIND THE CURTAINS OF 21ST CENTURY COMMUNISM"

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A girl holds flowers on the steps of the damaged presidential building in Chisinau, Moldova on 7 April 2009. Opposition leaders accused the communists of rigging the elections on 5 April and demanded a recount. Anti-communist protesters stormed the presidential building, demanding that Communist Party President Vladimir Voronin announce his resignation and leave Moldova.