In Pictures: 2018 World Press Photo Awards

Agence France-Presse photographer Ronaldo Schemidt won the prestigious 2018 World Press Photo of the Year Award on Thursday (April 12) with a fiery image of a masked Venezuelan protester which judges said symbolised a country "burning". AFP also scooped other awards, with London-based stringer Oliver Scarff taking first prize in the Sports-Singles category and Caracas-based AFP photographer Juan Barreto coming third in the Spot News-Stories category.

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Apr 13, 2018, 12:38 PM

Competitors from opposing teams, the Up'ards and the Down'ards, reach for the ball during the annual Royal Shrovetide Football Match in Ashbourne, northern England. This photo, taken on Feb 28, 2017, by British AFP photographer Oliver Scarff, won 1st prize in the Sport Singles category in the World Press Photo 2018 contest in Amsterdam on April 12, 2018. PHOTO: AFP

A demonstrator catches fire during clashes with riot police in protest against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas. This photo, taken on May 3, 2017, by AFP Venezuelan photographer Ronaldo Schemidt, won the World Press Photo Picture Of The Year 2018 award and 1st prize in the Spot News Singles category in Amsterdam on April 12, 2018. PHOTO: AFP

The second-prize winner of World Press Photo 2018 for General News Singles, taken by Richard Tsong-Taatarii on June 18, 2017, shows John Thompson being embraced after speaking out at a memorial rally for his close friend Philando Castile, two days after police officer Jeronimo Yanez was acquitted of all charges in the shooting of Castile in St Anthony Village, Minnesota, US. PHOTO: REUTERS

The third-prize winner of World Press Photo 2018 for Spot News Singles, taken by Goran Tomasevic on March 3, 2017, shows an Iraqi Special Forces soldier some moments after shooting dead a suspected suicide bomber during the offensive to retake Mosul in Iraq. PHOTO: REUTERS

The third-prize winner of World Press Photo 2018 for General News Singles, taken by Md Masfiqur Akhtar Sohan on Sept 9, 2017, shows a group of Rohingya at the Leda makeshift settlement in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, watch as houses burn just across the border in Myanmar. PHOTO: REUTERS

The second-prize winner of World Press Photo 2018 for General News Stories comprises a series of photos taken by Kevin Frayer in October 2017 showing Rohingya refugees fleeing Myanmar to Bangladesh. PHOTO: REUTERS

The second-prize winner of World Press Photo 2018 for Spot News Singles, taken by Ryan M. Kelly on Aug 12, 2017, shows people being thrown into the air as a car plows into a group of protesters demonstrating against a 'Unite the Right' rally in Charlottesville in Virginia, US. PHOTO: REUTERS

The third-prize winner of World Press Photo 2018 contest for Spot News Stories, comprising photos taken by Juan Barreto on May 3, 2017, shows Victor Salazar catching fire after a motorcycle explodes during a street protest in Caracas, Venezuela. PHOTO: AFP

The winning series of images of World Press Photo 2018 for Spot News Stories, taken by David Becker on Oct 1, 2017, shows people running for cover after a gunman opens fire on concertgoers at the Route 91 country music festival in Las Vegas, US. PHOTO: REUTERS

A handout photo from the World Press Photo Foundation shows Kadir van Lohuizen's winning work, which picks up the 1st prize in the Environment - Stories category in World Press Photo 2018, announced on April 12, 2018. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

A handout photo from the World Press Photo Foundation shows Jesco Denzel's winning work, which picks up the 1st prize in Contemporary Issues - Singles category in World Press Photo 2018, announced on April 12, 2018. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

A handout photo from the World Press Photo Foundation shows a picture Alain Schroeder's winning work, which picks up the 1st prize in the Sports - Stories category in World Press Photo 2018, announced on April 12, 2018. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

A handout photo from the World Press Photo Foundation shows Heba Khamis' winning work, which picks up the 1st prize in the Contemporary Issues - Stories category in World Press Photo 2018, announced on April 12, 2018. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

A handout photo from the World Press Photo Foundation shows Neil Aldrige's winning work, which picks up the 1st prize in the Environment - Singles category in World Press Photo 2018, announced on April 12, 2018. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

A handout photo from the World Press Photo Foundation shows Ivor Prickett's winning work, which picks up the 1st prize in the General News - Stories category in World Press Photo 2018, announced on April 12, 2018. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

A handout photo from the World Press Photo Foundation shows Patrick Brown's winning work, which picks up the 1st prize in the General News - Singles category in World Press Photo 2018, announced on April 12, 2018. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

A handout photo from the World Press Photo Foundation shows Corey Arnold's winning work, which picks up the 1st prize in the Nature - Singles category in World Press Photo 2018, announced on April 12, 2018. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

A handout photo from the World Press Photo Foundation shows Magnus Wennman's winning work, which picks up the 1st prize in the People - Singles category in World Press Photo 2018, announced on April 12, 2018. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

A handout photo from the World Press Photo Foundation shows Ami Vitale's winning work, which picks up the 1st prize in the Nature - Stories category in World Press Photo 2018, announced on April 12, 2018. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

A handout photo from the World Press Photo Foundation shows Carla Kogelman's winning work, which picks up the 1st prize in the Long-Term Projects category in World Press Photo 2018, announced on April 12, 2018. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

Nominated for the Picture of the Year in World Press Photo 2018, the photo shows an unidentified young boy carried out of the last ISIS-controlled area in the Old City by a man suspected of being a militant and cared for by Iraqi Special Forces soldiers. PHOTO: REUTERS

Nominated for the Picture of the Year and People-Singles in World Press Photo 2018, the photo shows 14-year-old Aisha standing for a portrait in Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria. PHOTO: REUTERS

Nominated for Photo of the Year in World Press Photo 2018, the photo shows civilians, who have remained in west Mosul during the battle to retake the city, lining up for an aid distribution in the Mamun neighbourhood. PHOTO: REUTERS

Nominated for Photo of the Year in World Press Photo 2018, the photo shows a passerby comforting an injured woman lying on the pavement after Khalid Masood drove his car into pedestrians, killing four in addition to a police officer at Westminster Bridge in London, Britain, on March 22, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS

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