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Children of the World - Professional

Girls of Coal Mine Wei Tan
USA

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement
Children of the World
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"Girls of Coal Mine"
A group of young girls take a short break from stealing coal in the coal mining town of Jharia, India. Many young children who live in the area drop out of school at a young age. September 6, 2015



Constance Picking Flowers Hans Withoos
Netherlands

2nd Place - Merit of Excellence
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"Constance Picking Flowers"
artworks for Orange babies, Dutch Welfare Organisation for mothers and children with HIV in Afrika, ' The most beautiful children of Zambia, Beautiful and proud with HIV'



Didihome Griselda San Martin
USA

3rd Place - Honor of Distinction
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"Didihome"
Four year-old Garifuna kid Didier Mejia at his family's apartment in the South Bronx. In the past decades, there has been a constant migration of Garifuna people from their home countries in Central America to the United States. In New York, there are approximately 100,000 people who identify as Garifuna, making this the largest concentration outside of Central America. Didi left Honduras 2 years ago and came to the Bronx with his mom and 5 siblings.



A Walk in the Woods Phil James
UK

Honorable Mention
Children of the World
Professional

"A Walk in the Woods"
I wanted to portray that total freedom and pure adventure you have when you have the world at your feet.



Buehrle Plow Andy Goodwin
USA

Honorable Mention
Children of the World
Professional

"Buehrle Plow"
From my series on a little guy making his way in the world



Child Labor A.M. Ahad
Bangladesh

Honorable Mention
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"Child Labor"
A Bangladeshi young girl works at a plastic recycling factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh.



Play Kristian Piccoli
Australia

Honorable Mention
Children of the World
Professional

"Play"



At Museum Vyacheslav Sarkisian
Turkmenistan

Honorable Mention
Children of the World
Professional

"At Museum"
Girls schoolgirl showing greater interest in the exhibits of the museum than boys



Portrait of Blessing Hans Withoos
Netherlands

Honorable Mention
Children of the World
Professional

"Portrait of Blessing"
artworks for Orange babies, welfare Organisation for mothers and children with HIV in Afrika, ' The most beautiful children of Zambia, Beautiful and proud with HIV



Africa Goma Congo Basketball High Ground Gary Smith
USA

Honorable Mention
Children of the World
Professional

"Africa Goma Congo Basketball High Ground"
Kids in Goma, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, find high ground to watch a street dance performance at an outdoor basketball stadium.



Emilia Tatyana Bessmertnaya
USA

Honorable Mention
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Professional

"Emilia"
Emilia lost most of her family during gas explosion at the kitchen.



The Intensity of the Young Concertina Player Glen McClure
USA

Honorable Mention
Children of the World
Professional

"The Intensity of the Young Concertina Player"
Young Concertina player during the Achill Island, Ireland Saint Patricks Day Parade



Youth Baseball Players, Teammates Shoji Fujita
Japan

Honorable Mention
Children of the World
Professional

"Youth Baseball Players, Teammates"
from the series 'Youth baseball players_teammates'



A Million Wishes Suzanne Taylor
Canada

Honorable Mention
Children of the World
Professional

"A Million Wishes"
"I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream" - Vincent van Gogh



Louvre Museum Adolfo Enriquez Calo
Spain

Honorable Mention
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Professional

"Louvre Museum"
the first time a child enters a great museum, its size contrasts with the great paintings and huge rooms.



Schoolchildren - Nigeria Tom Lindboe
Denmark

Honorable Mention
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"Schoolchildren - Nigeria"
Village school in rural Nigeria.



Torn Marinka Masseus
Netherlands

Honorable Mention
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"Torn"
In Namibia live many Angolan refugees, after over 40 years of war. The photo of this Angolan girl visualizes the psychological impact of being torn between two countries when forced to live somewhere



Same Again Luke Smith
UK

Honorable Mention
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"Same Again"
Campaign Image for under age drinking in the UK.



Orphanage Finn Byrum
Denmark

Honorable Mention
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"Orphanage"
Orphanage in Peru - this boy shows all he owns - a figure of the virgin mary.



Happiness Children H. Allen Benowitz
USA

Honorable Mention
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Professional

"Happiness Children"
With mom nearby, these siblings have definitely bought into King Jigme Singye Wangchuck's philosophy of National Domestic Happiness; Jambay Festival, Bumthang, Bhutan.



Kiss  A.M. Ahad
Bangladesh

Nominee
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"Kiss "
Nazia kisses on a glass in New York, United States.



Urban Child Alejandro Mari Escalera
Spain

Nominee
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"Urban Child"



kings city Amir Lavon
Israel

Nominee
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"kings city"



Portrait of a Curumin Andre Camara
UK

Nominee
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"Portrait of a Curumin"
The First World Indigenous Games in Palmas, Tocantins, Brazil. 'Curumin'- means 'child' in most Brazilian tribes. This girl is from the Canela people.



The Kids Arnaud Gras
France

Nominee
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Professional

"The Kids"
Les reves d'un petit garcon



Poor American Working Boy Berni Wood
Canada

Nominee
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Professional

"Poor American Working Boy"
Amish boy ... just trying to feed the family!



The Jump Binge Eliasson
Sweden

Nominee
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"The Jump"
Santander Spain.



Blue Britta Radike
Germany

Nominee
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"Blue"
Afghan girl running through the streets of Kabul



My Only Toy Britta Radike
Germany

Nominee
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"My Only Toy"
Afghan girls playing with their only toy.



Are You Listening? Christena Dowsett
USA

Nominee
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"Are You Listening? "
A boy talks on the phone at the Ch�teau d'Angers in Angers, France



Travel Christian Mushenko
Australia

Nominee
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"Travel"
the whole world in front of him



The Turn Chun Hei Che
Hong Kong

Nominee
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"The Turn "
Taken at the public estates of Hong Kong



Ethiopia Duncan de Fey
Netherlands

Nominee
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"Ethiopia"



Ethiopiastreets 2 Duncan de Fey
Netherlands

Nominee
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"Ethiopiastreets 2"



Peruvian Girl 1 Eric Frazier
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"Peruvian Girl 1"



Shy Girl Eric Loh Yong Kim
Singapore

Nominee
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"Shy Girl "
This girl and her family are known as the Bajau people. They are refugees from the Philippines, who now choose to live at sea of Semporna in Sabah.



Maya Etienne van Sloun
Netherlands

Nominee
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Professional

"Maya"
digital remastered



Cattle Boy Filip Gierlinski
UK

Nominee
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Professional

"Cattle Boy"
Young cattle herder in Fogera district, Ethiopia



Charcoal Boy frankie fong yew way
Malaysia

Nominee
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"Charcoal Boy"
The boy father was the charcoal factory workers and he brought up with such enviroment. We are very lucky compare with him.



Outside Franz Messenbaeck
Austria

Nominee
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"Outside"
Senegalese girl with her sister, MBalling, Senegal



Sweet Dream Gabriella Wetli
Switzerland

Nominee
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"Sweet Dream"
Newborn 10 days old having a sweet dream



Novice Monks, Angkor Wat, Cambodia (1) Gary Latham
UK

Nominee
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"Novice Monks, Angkor Wat, Cambodia (1)"
Novice Monks, Angkor Wat, Cambodia.



Novice Monks, Angkor Wat, Cambodia (2) Gary Latham
UK

Nominee
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"Novice Monks, Angkor Wat, Cambodia (2)"
Novice Monks, Angkor Wat, Cambodia.



Africa Goma Congo Lake Kivu Swim Kids Gary Smith
USA

Nominee
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"Africa Goma Congo Lake Kivu Swim Kids"
Two children test the cold waters of Lake Kivu in the African Great Lakes region at Goma, the Democratic Republic of the Congo.



Masai Boy Georgina Goodwin
Kenya

Nominee
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"Masai Boy"
This young Masai boy in northern Tanzania's Burko region, wakes early to collect milk in a tin cup from their goat for his father's breakfast, his red shuka (blanket) popping amidst the grey cold mo



Happy Boy Glen McClure
USA

Nominee
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"Happy Boy"
Young Muscian at The Achill Island, Ireland, Saint Patrick's Day Parade



School Gorazd Golob
Slovenia

Nominee
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"School"
Zanzibar primary school



Garifuna Griselda San Martin
USA

Nominee
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"Garifuna"
Didi Mejia, born in Honduras emigrated to the United States where he lives with his mom and siblings. There are approximately 100,000 people who identify as Garifuna in New York.



Siblings (2) Griselda San Martin
USA

Nominee
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"Siblings (2)"
Siblings Julio Naty and Dulce outside their residence in Rosarito, Mexico, a few miles south of the U.S.-Mexico border.



Siblings (1) Gunnar Stroem
Norway

Nominee
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"Siblings (1)"
Sony RX-10, Serengeti, Tanzania, Africa.



Young Art Lover Gunnar Stroem
Norway

Nominee
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"Young Art Lover"
Panasonic GX-7. The Tate gallery, London



Walk with Chicken Hans Withoos
Netherlands

Nominee
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"Walk with Chicken"
artworks for Orange babies, welfare Organisation for mothers and children with HIV in Afrika, ' The most beautiful children of Zambia, Beautiful and proud with HIV



Girls with Diamonds Hans Withoos
Netherlands

Nominee
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"Girls with Diamonds"
artworks for Orange babies, welfare Organisation for mothers and children with HIV in Afrika, ' The most beautiful children of Zambia, Beautiful and proud with HIV



Unlocked Guns Harry Giglio
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"Unlocked Guns"
Prevent accidental death to curious kids and lock guns inside your home.



Boy on Wire Hartmut Ahlers
Germany

Nominee
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"Boy on Wire"



The (Little) Village People Jacqueline M. Koh
USA

Nominee
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"The (Little) Village People"
Curiosity lead them to run down the alley towards our group of volunteers visiting their Village in Tanzania, Africa



Blue Girls Bells James Hughes
UK

Nominee
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"Blue Girls Bells"
Dyptych from my book Lost Bazaar documenting the Lost Bazaars of Istanbul



Playing with Fireworks Johannes Frank
Iceland

Nominee
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"Playing with Fireworks"
My son holding fireworks on new years eve



Celebration Jonathan Banks
UK

Nominee
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"Celebration"
Rwanda has come a long way since the 1994 genocide. For a long time education in Rwanda was informal and delivered through the family. There is now an emphasis on children attending school to secure t



Late Afternoon Swim Jordan Junck
Canada

Nominee
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Professional

"Late Afternoon Swim"
Daughter heading in for a swim before the sunsets - Galapagos 2015



Losing Childhood 2 K M Asad
Bangladesh

Nominee
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"Losing Childhood 2"
Bangladesh, the most vulnerable country in the world and the one reason is over population. That time Dhaka city don’t have any place for living. Only some play ground have. But day-by-day city childr



Homework Kelvin Murray
UK

Nominee
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"Homework"



Underwater Boy Kelvin Murray
UK

Nominee
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"Underwater Boy"



Spiderman Kelvin Murray
UK

Nominee
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"Spiderman"



We Call It Freedom Luigi Storto
Italy

Nominee
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"We Call It Freedom"
Children playing in a rural field



Hope Luigi Fieni
Germany

Nominee
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"Hope"
2 months after the earthquake in Nepal life tries to go back to normality. Most of the houses are gone and what is really left among people is their best dress and their hope.



Tololi, Six Years Old: Child Worker Marcel Crozet
France

Nominee
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"Tololi, Six Years Old: Child Worker"
Very often in the field I am able to distinguish a true child worker from a child who undertakes the odd chore by looking at their hands and into their eyes when I photograph them. Tololi is six year



Cook Martin Krystynek
Slovak Republic

Nominee
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"Cook"



Aryani and Elephant Table Martin Miller
USA

Nominee
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"Aryani and Elephant Table"



Girl on Threshold of Church Matthew Gillooley
USA

Nominee
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"Girl on Threshold of Church"
A girl adorned in traditional Maasai beads stands on the threshold of her community's church.



Mothers and their Children 2 Mehmet Turgut
Turkey

Nominee
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"Mothers and their Children 2"
2015 - Pelewa Town / Kenya



Mothers and their Children 6 Mehmet Turgut
Turkey

Nominee
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"Mothers and their Children 6"
2015 - Pelewa Town / Kenya



Female Poppy Seeds Michael Haeusle
Austria

Nominee
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"Female Poppy Seeds"



Listening Girl Portugal Ness Sherry
UK

Nominee
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"Listening Girl Portugal"



Tibetan Nomad Girl Olaf Veltman
Netherlands

Nominee
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"Tibetan Nomad Girl"
tibetan nomad girl, near Namtso lake in Tibet



Mili the Ferret Olga Nebot
Australia

Nominee
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"Mili the Ferret"
Mili the Ferret was the pet for a lovely couple for 8 years, a few weeks ago they welcomed twins, Ivy and Hamish. Mili is delighted and a bit curious to meet her human brother and sister.



Lynda Grace Patrizia Burra
Italy

Nominee
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"Lynda Grace"
Portrait



Lucky Paul M. Murray
USA

Nominee
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"Lucky"



Surfer Kids Payam | pictures
USA

Nominee
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"Surfer Kids "



The Pool Peter Bauza
Brazil

Nominee
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"The Pool"
Local comunity (favela) kids use a small bay as a pool and for rock diving.



Being Children peter zander
USA

Nominee
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"Being Children"
Sometimes just the freedom to be children is a priveledge.



Boyhood Philip James
UK

Nominee
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"Boyhood"
A quiet moment captured as my son stops in his tracks on his little adventure.



Market Day in Nizwa Piers Golden
UK

Nominee
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"Market Day in Nizwa"
Young boy carries his Goat at Nizwa Livestock Market, Oman



Summer in Tregastel Piers Golden
UK

Nominee
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"Summer in Tregastel"
Kids in Tregastel, Brittany relax on giant granite rocks above the beach.



Ball Play Piers Golden
UK

Nominee
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"Ball Play"
Boy plays with a ball & bat in Chefchaouen, Morocco



Border's Lives Pino Galasso
Italy

Nominee
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"Border's Lives"
Hundreds of ethnic Karen refugees have found shelter in a tiny village and crossed by dirt roads, where they started a new life away from persecution tyrannical power of the Burmese.



Another Rome Riccardo Ghilardi
Italy

Nominee
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"Another Rome"
Portrait of a nomad child taken in a very depressed area very close to the rich and old Testaccio area in the centre of Rome,



Blake Richard BRADBURY
UK

Nominee
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"Blake"
BLAKE



Laurie Richard BRADBURY
UK

Nominee
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"Laurie"
LAURIE



Linnea Richard BRADBURY
UK

Nominee
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"Linnea"
LINNEA



Tresillian Richard BRADBURY
UK

Nominee
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"Tresillian"
TRESILLIAN



Effects of War RICHARD Wainwright
Australia

Nominee
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"Effects of War"
Abdelnassar (4.5) at his home in the Shijaiyah district of Gaza City was diagnosed with anemia and given emergency iron supplement drops then referred to the local clinic for further tests and treatme



Emealia Richard Lotman Brown
USA

Nominee
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"Emealia"
Canon 5D 24-105 at Sunset 2014



Solo Robert Piccoli
Australia

Nominee
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"Solo"



Confidence Roberto Soares-Gomes
Brazil

Nominee
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"Confidence"
Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.



Relax Salvatore Valente
Italy

Nominee
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"Relax"
Tibet primavera tibetani bambini giocano nei verdi campi fioriti



Gun Control Sara Rubinstein-Case
USA

Nominee
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"Gun Control"
Boy with toy gun, Northern Minnesota, USA



Youth Baseball Players, Friendship Shoji Fujita
Japan

Nominee
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Professional

"Youth Baseball Players, Friendship"
from the series 'Youth baseball players_friendship'



Big Dreams Suzanne Taylor
Canada

Nominee
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Professional

"Big Dreams"
Dreams are whatever a child wishes them to be. The circus, the stars, being 'big' - very little imagination is needed to turn the ordinary into something spectacular.



Little Red Haired Riding Hood Suzanne Taylor
Canada

Nominee
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"Little Red Haired Riding Hood"
The eyes are the true windows to the soul.



Boy In School Yard, Vietnam Tariq Zaidi
UK

Nominee
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"Boy In School Yard, Vietnam"



Stilt Walkers Ethiopia Tariq Zaidi
UK

Nominee
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"Stilt Walkers Ethiopia"



The Curious Child Vito Finocchiaro
Italy

Nominee
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"The Curious Child"
Peru, Cuzco area, 3.400 mt. a.s.l. The curious child.



Peru, Lima Lunch Time Vito Finocchiaro
Italy

Nominee
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"Peru, Lima Lunch Time"
Peru, Lima Lunch time



Argumentation of Fashion Vyacheslav Sarkisian
Turkmenistan

Nominee
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"Argumentation of Fashion"
Children talk about fashion models while their parents prepare for fashion show



Quartet Vyacheslav Sarkisian
Turkmenistan

Nominee
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"Quartet"
Young musicians at the gala presentation