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A picture of spot news, general news or issue reporting event.
1st Place
Nir Elias
Reuters
Israeli policemen inspect a head which they later confirmed belonged to a Palestinian suicide bomber after a bomb exploded in Jerusalem March 21, 2002. The suicide bomber blew himself up in a busy shopping street in Jerusalem killing two people.
2nd Place
Scott Nelson
Getty Images
An Afghan man and his son watch as soldiers from the U.S. Army 82nd Airborne Division prepare to sweep their home November 7, 2002 in southeastern Afghanistan. Soldiers discovered over a dozen mines and grenades, 14 rocket propelled grenades, and plastic explosives as they searched several compounds as part of Operation Alamo Sweep.
3rd Place
Scott Nelson
Getty Images
A Palestinian woman weeps over the body of a slain Palestinian fighter April 13 , 2002 at the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank city of Jenin. Israeli forces have besieged the city for more than a week now, and they estimate that more than 250 Palestinians have been killed in this portion of the Israeli offensive known as Operation Defensive Shield.
Honorable Mention
Natalie Behring-Chisholm
Getty Images
A French soldier from the 2nd Engineer Regiment of the French Foreign Legion walks past villagers on his way to an ammunition dump in Dasawe Aole, north of Kabul August 6, 2002. The French soldiers, who are part of the peacekeeping mission to Kabul, are clearing the village of numerous unexploded ordnance, which they will destroy. The village was once on the front line of fighting between the Taliban and Northern Alliance. Thirty seven soldiers have been working for four months to rid the village of the explosives, and they have collected 200 rockets, 5 bombs, about 100 mortar shells, 30 land mines and more than 50 artillery shells.
Honorable Mention
Aleksei Shynkarenko
Getty Images
A SU-27 fighter jet crashes into a crowd of spectators at an air show July 27, 2002 in Lviv, Ukraine. The two crewmen ejected and survived, but at least 83 people on the ground are dead and 116 injured.
Honorable Mention
David Silverman
Getty Images
A Palestinian woman watches as Israeli soldiers jump through her bedroom window during house-to-house searches March 7, 2002 in a refugee camp in the West Bank town of Tulkarem. Nine Palestinians have been killed and many more wounded in the Tulkarem area in air attacks and fighting since Israel began its incursion in search of Palestinian militants and weapons earlier in the day.
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