Norooz holiday in Tehran. Acrobatics are performed on this Iranian holiday at the beginning of spring. (First place, World Understanding Award.)Hashem Shakeri — Norooz holiday in Tehran. Acrobatics are performed on this Iranian holiday at the beginning of spring. (First place, World Understanding Award.)
Hashem Shakeri

Pictures of the Year

February 26, 2017

What beautiful stories the winners of the Pictures of the Year have captured! I can't stop looking at the above very busy image by Hashem Shakeri...there is so much going on....bravo judges. I have included more of my favorites below. Take time to really look at this art. Emotion, intent, and sentiment are in all of these.

A mother and son at the makeshift refugee camp in Idomeni, Greece. (First place, General News.)Olmo Calvo — A mother and son at the makeshift refugee camp in Idomeni, Greece. (First place, General News.)
Olmo Calvo

In a downpour, SOCO (scene of the crime operatives) for the Manila police investigated in an alley where a man named Romeo Joel Torres Fontanilla, 37, had been killed by two unidentified gunmen riding motorcycles in the early morning of Oct. 11, 201… — In a downpour, SOCO (scene of the crime operatives) for the Manila police investigated in an alley where a man named Romeo Joel Torres Fontanilla, 37, had been killed by two unidentified gunmen riding motorcycles in the early morning of Oct. 11, 2016. (Award of excellence, General News.)
Daniel Berehulak for The New York Times

Drew Moore, 11, posing with his air gun collection in his bedroom, where the definition of a boy is stenciled on the wall. In his Arkansas community, hunting and manhood are entwined. Pete Muller/PRIME for National Geographic — Drew Moore, 11, posing with his air gun collection in his bedroom, where the definition of a boy is stenciled on the wall. In his Arkansas community, hunting and manhood are entwined.
Pete Muller/PRIME for National Geographic