Picture of dead Gaza children wins top photo prize

Swedish photographer Paul Hansen wins top World Press Photo prize for picture of kids killed in Israeli missile strike.

By REUTERS
Swedish photographer wins top photo prize 370 (photo credit: REUTERS)
Swedish photographer wins top photo prize 370
(photo credit: REUTERS)
AMSTERDAM - A photograph of two dead children, who were killed in an Israeli missile strike on Gaza City, won the top World Press Photo prize on Friday for Swedish photographer Paul Hansen of newspaper Dagens Nyheter.
The photograph shows a group of men bearing the bodies of two-year-old Suhaib Hijazi and her brother Muhammad, 3, as they were taken to the mosque for a burial ceremony.
"The strength of the picture lies in the way it contrasts the anger and sorrow of the adults with the innocence of the children," Mayu Mohanna, a member of the jury, said of the photograph which was named World Press Photo of the Year 2012.
Ammar Awad of Reuters received an honorable mention in the General News single category for his photograph "Israeli Border Police Pepper spray Palestinian Protester".