Images of war's aftermath at home and abroad received top honors in the Pulitzer Prizes's two photography categories.
Massoud Hossaini of Agence France-Presse won for Breaking News with his heartbreaking image of a girl crying in fear after a suicide bomber's attack in a crowded shrine in Kabul.
Craig F. Walker of the Denver Post won the Feature Photography category for his essay, "Welcome Home," which told the story of Scott Ostrom, a soldier who returned to United States from Iraq with a severe case of post-traumatic stress disorder.
Other finalists in the Breaking News Photography category included Carolyn Cole and Brian van der Brug of the Los Angeles Times for their illumination of epic disasters in Japan, and John Moore, Peter MacDiarmid and the late Chris Hondros of Getty Images for their coverage of the Arab Spring.
Finalists in the Feature Photo category included David Guttenfelder, Ng Han Guan and Rafael Wober of The Associated Press for their portrayal of daily life inside the reclusive nation of North Korea and Francine Orr of the Los Angeles Times for her portrait of the suffering by desperate families and misunderstood children who live with autism.
The Pulitzer Prize is awarded for achievements in newspaper, online journalism, literature and music composition.
Related links:
- Complete list of Pulitzer Prize winners in journalism and the arts
- PhotoBlog: Revisiting a powerful image of death and devastation
- DenverPost.com: Welcome Home