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Japanese photographer Yasuyoshi Chiba took first prize in the People in the News Stories category for Agence France Presse for an April 3 photo of a woman, identified as Chieko Matsukawa, standing alone and holding her daughter's graduation certificate aloft after she found it amid a swirl of debris in Higashimatsushima, Japan. In all, 57 photographers of 24 nationalities won awards in a field of more than 5,000 professional photographers, who submitted more than 100,000 entries. The jury also selected a photo taken by an unidentified amateur for special mention: a still image taken from a video of a Libyan National Transition Council fighter pulling Moammar Gadhafi onto a military vehicle in Sirte, Libya, on Oct. 20. "The photo captures a historic moment, an image of a dictator and his demise that we otherwise would not have seen, had it not been photographed by a member of the public," Sullivan said. Aranda's photo also took first place in the "People in the News Singles" category. He will be given a cash prize of euro10,000 ($13,300) at a ceremony later this year.
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