(c) Jodi Bieber, South Africa, Institute for Artist Management for Time magazine

El jurado del 54 concurso anual World Press Photo ha seleccionado una fotografía de la fotógrafa sudafricana Jodi Bieber como fotografía del año 2010. Su retrato de Bibi Aisha, una mujer afgana mutilada por los talibanes, ha ganado también en la categoría de retratos individuales. La fotografía fue hecha para la revista Time de la que fue portada el 1 de agosto. La fotografía ha sido elegida de entre 108.059 imágenes de 5.847 fotógrafos de 124 países. El resto de premiados puede verse en la lista siguiente por categorías (con su nombre original en inglés), y las fotografías pueden verse en la galería que ha preparado la organización en su web.

SPOT NEWS SINGLES:  Péter Lakatos, Hungary, MTI. Suicide jump, Budapest, Hungary, 22 May

SPOT NEWS STORIE: Daniel Morel, Haiti. Minutes after the earthquake, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 12 January

GENERAL NEWS SINGLES: Riccardo Venturi, Italy, Contrasto. Old Iron Market burns, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 18 January

GENERAL NEWS STORIES: Olivier Laban-Mattei, France, Agence France-Presse. Earthquake aftermath, Port-au-Prince, 15-26 January

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS SINGLES: Altaf Qadri, India, The Associated Press. Funeral of Feroz Ahmad, Pahan, Indian-administered Kashmir, 6 September

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS STORIES: Daniel Berehulak, Australia, Getty Images. Pakistan floods, August-September

SPORTS SINGLES: Mike Hutchings, South Africa, Reuters.Netherlands Demy de Zeeuw is kicked in the face by Uruguay’s Martin Cáceres during World Cup semi-final, Cape Town, 6 July

SPORTS STORIES: Adam Pretty, Australia, Getty Images. Sports portfolio

CONTEMPORARY ISSUES SINGLES: Marco Di Lauro, Italy, Reportage by Getty Images. Food crisis in Niger: meat and offal for sale, Gadabedji, Niger, July

CONTEMPORARY ISSUES STORIES: Ed Ou, Canada, Reportage by Getty Images. Escape from Somalia, March

DAILY LIFE SINGLES: Omar Feisal, Somalia, for Reuters. Man carries a shark through the streets of Mogadishu, Somalia, 23 September

DAILY LIFE STORIES: Martin Roemers, the Netherlands, Panos Pictures. Metropolis

PORTRAITS SINGLES: Jodi Bieber, South Africa, Institute for Artist Management for Time magazine. Bibi Aisha, disfigured as punishment for fleeing her husband’s house, Kabul, Afghanistan

PORTRAITS STORIES: Andrew McConnell, Ireland, Panos Pictures. “The Last Colony”, Western Sahara

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT SINGLES: Andrew McConnell, Ireland, Panos Pictures for Der Spiegel. Josephine Mpongo practices the cello, Kinshasa, DR Congo

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT STORIES: Amit Madheshiya, India. Night screenings at traveling cinema, India

NATURE SINGLES: Thomas P. Peschak , Germany, Save our Seas Foundation. Cape Gannet comes to land, Malgas Island, South Africa

NATURE STORIES: Benjamin Lowy, USA, Reportage by Getty Images for GQ. Gulf of Mexico oil spill