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First Place
Pedro Armestre
Freelance

"Arctic"

Second Place
Brent Stirton
Getty Images

"Living With Lions"

Third Place
Kacper Kowalski
Panos Pictures

"Depth of Winter"

Award of Excellence
Hossein Fatemi
Panos Pictures

"Salt Lake Citizens"

Award of Excellence
Marcus Bleasdale
Freelance

"Last of the Viking Whalers"

Award of Excellence
Hossein Fatemi
Panos Pictures

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"Salt Lake Citizens"

A dead sparrow lies in the salt on the shore of Lake Urmia, a salt lake in the province of West Azerbaijan. The lake was once home to birds and water life but as it has shrunk its salinity has increased making it uninhabitable. Studies have revealed that the lake's size has fluctuated over time largely due to the impact of periods of drought and flooding. Currently the lake is rapidly shrinking due to drought but also from the impact of dams built on some of the rivers that feed the lake.

 

 

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