In Pictures: 59th Annual World Press Photo Awards winners

Hailed as the Oscars of photojournalism, the World Press Photo Awards showcases the most poignant and provocative photos from around the world. Here are some of the winning entries.

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Feb 18, 2016, 09:39 PM

The World Press Photo of the Year and Spot News singles first prize winner, Warren Richardson's Hope For A New Life (above). This photo depicts a man passing a baby through the fence at the Serbia/Hungary border in Roszke, Hungary on Aug 28, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS

Russian photographer Sergey Ponomarev's photos won first prize for the Stories in the General News category at the 59th annual World Press Photo Contest. This photo depicts a Slovenian police officer on horseback escorting migrants after they crossed from Croatia. PHOTO: EPA

Russian photographer Sergey Ponomarev's photos won first prize for the Stories in the General News category at the 59th annual World Press Photo Contest.This photo shows migrants walking atop a dike as Slovenian riot police escorted them to a registration camp outside Dobova. PHOTO: EPA

Russian photographer Sergey Ponomarev's photos won first prize for the Stories in the General News category at the 59th annual World Press Photo Contest. This photo shows migrants and refugees arriving by boat on the Greek island of Lesbos on Nov 15, 2015. PHOTO: EPA

Russian photographer Sergey Ponomarev's photos won first prize for the Stories in the General News category at the 59th annual World Press Photo Contest. This photo shows migrants struggling to climb onto a train headed to Zagreb, Croatia. PHOTO: EPA

Abd Doumany's photos won Second Prize Stories in the General News category at the 59th annual World Press Photo Contest. This photo shows a wounded Syrian girl crying at a makeshift hospital in the rebel-held area of Douma. PHOTO: EPA

Abd Doumany's photos won Second Prize Stories in the General News category at the 59th annual World Press Photo Contest. This photo shows a wounded Syrian girl holding on to a relative as she awaits treatment at a makeshift hospital in the rebel-held area of Douma. PHOTO: EPA

Abd Doumany's photos won Second Prize Stories in the General News category at the 59th annual World Press Photo Contest. This photo shows a Syrian man carrying the body of a child killed in a reported air strike by government forces in the rebel-held area of Douma. PHOTO: EPA

Swedish photographer Paul Hansen won second prize in the General News category of the 59th annual World Press Photo Contest. This photo shows refugees traveling in darkness through Europe to avoid detection, taken in Lesbos, Greece on Dec 6, 2015. PHOTO: EPA

Chinese photographer Chen Jie won third prize singles in the General News category of the 59th annual World Press Photo Contest. This photo shows an aerial view of the destruction after the explosion in Tianjin, China on Aug 15, 2015. PHOTO: EPA

Zhang Lei's Haze In China won first prize singles in the Contemporary Issues category at the World Press Photo Awards. The photo shows a city in northern China shrouded in haze, taken on Dec 10, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS

Rohan Kelly's Storm Front On Bondi Beach won first prize singles in the Nature category at the World Press Photo Awards. The photo shows a massive cloud tsunami looming over Sydney, an event seen only a few times a year. PHOTO: REUTERS

Christian Walgram won first prize singles in the Sports category at the World Press Photo Awards. This photo shows Ondrej Bank of the Czech Republic crashing during the downhill race of the alpine combined at the FIS World Championship 2015 in Beaver Creek on Feb 8, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

Matic Zorman's Waiting To Register won first prize singles in the People category of the World Press Photo Awards. The photo shows a child refugee wearing a raincoat as she waits in line to get registered in the Presevo refugee registration camp on Oct 7, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS

Kevin Frayer's China's Coal Addiction won first prize singles in the Daily Life category at the World Press Photo Awards. The photo shows Chinese men pulling a tricycle in a neighbourhood next to a coal-fired power plant in Shanxi, China on Nov 26, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS

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