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CATEGORY DESCRIPTION
A picture that captures an aspect of the subject's character.
1st Place
Damon Winter
The Dallas Morning News
Abdulsabur, 35, wrestles with the voices inside his head as he sits in his bed in the mental ward at Ali Abad hospital in Kabul. Abdulsabur suffers from dementia due to brain damage from a bullet wound in the head. He was shot when the Taliban captured villages in the Shimali valley six years ago. He talks and shouts to himself almost continuously, sometimes begging for the voices to leave him alone. His condition is incurable.
2nd Place
Cheryl Evans
The Arizona Republic
Maureen West looks at her chest after having a mastectomy at Phoenix Baptist Hospital. West was diagnosed in the early stages of breast cancer. If caught in time it is a 100 percent treatable.
3rd Place
Tim Sloan
Agence France Presse
From the Horse's Mouth - Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan testifies before a Joint House Economic Committee hearing about the state of the economy 13 November, 2002 on Capital Hill in Washington, DC. Greenspan warned that shocks from falling stock prices and worries about war with Iraq are dimming business prospects, even though the economy has proven 'remarkably resilient' over the past year.
Honorable Mention
Maya Alleruzzo
The Washington Times
GHOST OF SEPTEMBER Marinella Hemenway has no remains to bury after her husband Petty Officer 1st Class Ronald Hemenway was killed at the Pentagon on September 11, 2001. Seen here in her Lorton, VA townhouse with his dress uniform.
Honorable Mention
Kathy Moore-Lengell
The Tampa Tribune
Sarah Rodler, 8, right,from Austria gives a hug to Michaela McAvoy, 6,left, from England. The two girls cannot speak the same language but share a common bond. They both have Hutchinson-Guilford Progeria, a rare syndrome that causes premature aging in children. Most die by the time they reach their teens. There are only 35 known cases of Progeria in the world. Every year the Sunshine Foundation, a non-profit organization, brings these children together for a reunion. The reunion was held June 21-26 in Orlando, Florida.
Honorable Mention
Damon Winter
The Dallas Morning News
Dallas Cowboys running back Emmitt Smith stands to make history as he attempts to break the all time career rushing record held by Walter Payton.
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