World Press Photo Contest 2010

Ed Ou, a Reportage by Getty Images photographer based in Canada, has won the 1st Prize Contemporary Issues Stories category with the series "Escape from Somalia". In this picture four Somali refugees en route to Yemen sleep in the desert after traveling all night on muddy roads and in pouring rain in Somaliland, taken Mar 15. The prize-winning entries of the World Press Photo Contest 2010, the world's largest annual press photography contest, were announced Feb 11, 2011. [Photo/Agencies]

Ed Kashi, a VII Photo Agency photographer based in the US, has won the 2nd Prize Contemporary Issues Single category with this picture of Nguyen Thi Ly, 9, who suffers from Agent Orange disabilities, in Da Nang, Vietnam. The prize-winning entries of the World Press Photo Contest 2010, the world's largest annual press photography contest, were announced Feb 11, 2011. [Photo/Agencies]