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    Africans win at 2012 World Press Photo Awards

    At the recent 2012 World Press Photo Awards, two African photographers won three awards.
    Africans win at 2012 World Press Photo Awards

    Mohammed al-Law from Egypt gained a third prize singles in the "People in the News" category for his picture of Egypt's former president Hosni Mubarak being taken to courtroom trial in a hospital bed.

    South Africa's Brent Stirton gained two first prizes. He won first prize for a single shot in the category "Contemporary Issues" for a portrait of a drug addict and sex worker in the Ukraine and he won first prize for a photo story in the "Nature" category on the plight of rhinos. Stirton has won several World Press Photo awards in the past as well as a host of other awards including a Visa D'or at the Visa Pour L' image Festival in France for Magazine photography.

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