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Arko Datta, India, Reuters.
Woman mourns relative killed in tsunami, Cuddalore, India, Tamil Nadu, 28 December.

Update: There are so many winning photos related to the Arab world. Mostly Palestine and Iraq. I could not resist but posting some of them here.

People in the News: 1st prize singles
Sniper victim in morgue, Gaza
Kristen Ashburn, USA, Contact Press Images.

General News: 2nd prize stories
Arafat’s funeral
Paolo Pellegrin, Italy, Magnum Photos for Vanity Fair.

General News: 3rd prize singles
Detainee in solitary confinement, Abu Ghraib Prison, Iraq, 19 June
John Moore, USA, The Associated Press.

Sports Features: 2nd prize singles
Street football in Iraq
Jos Jimenez-Tirado, Puerto Rico.

(more here, highly recommended)