Bibi Aisha, an 18-year-old woman from Oruzgan province in Afghanistan, who fled back to her family home from her husband’s house, complaining of violent treatment. The Taliban arrived one night, demanding Bibi be handed over to face justice. After a Taliban commander pronounced his verdict, Bibi’s brother-in-law held her down and her husband sliced off her ears and then cut off her nose. Bibi was abandoned, but later rescued by aid workers and the American military. After time in a women’s refuge in Kabul, she was taken to America, where she received counseling and reconstructive surgery. Bibi Aisha now lives in the US.
Jodi Bieber, South Africa, Institute for Artist Management/Goodman Gallery for Time magazine
Suicide jump, Budapest, Hungary, 22 May.
Péter Lakatos, Hungary, MTI
Anti-government riots, Bangkok, Thailand, May.
Corentin Fohlen, France, Fedephoto
Old Iron Market burns, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 18 January.
Riccardo Venturi, Italy, Contrasto
A man throws a dead body at the morgue of the general hospital, Port-au-Prince, 15 January.
Olivier Laban-Mattei, France, Agence France-Presse
Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, London, 30 September.
Seamus Murphy, Ireland, VII Photo Agency
Flood victims scramble for food as they battle the downwash from a Pakistan army helicopter during relief operations, Dadu, Pakistan, 13 September.
Daniel Berehulak, Australia, Getty Images
Netherlands Demy de Zeeuw is kicked in the face by Uruguay’s Martin Cáceres during World Cup semi-final, Cape Town, 6 July.
Mike Hutchings, South Africa, for Reuters
Thomas Daley of Great Britain competes in the preliminary of the Men’s 3m Springboard diving event during the Youth Olympics at Toa Payoh Swimming Complex, Singapore, 22 August.
Adam Pretty, Australia, Getty Images
Nguyen Thi Ly, 9, suffers from Agent Orange disabilities, Da Nang, Vietnam.
Ed Kashi, USA, VII Photo Agency
Four Somali refugees en route to Yemen sleep in the desert after traveling all night on muddy roads and in pouring rain, Somaliland, 15 March.
Ed Ou, Canada, Reportage by Getty Images
Man carries a shark through the streets of Mogadishu, Somalia, 23 September.
Omar Feisal, Somalia, for Reuters
Metropolis
Martin Roemers, The Netherlands, Panos Pictures
Kirill Lewerski, cadet on Russian tall ship Kruzenshtern.
Joost van den Broek, the Netherlands, de Volkskrant
Self-portraits for social network.
Wolfram Hahn, Germany
Milan Fashion Week: Valeria Marini show.
Davide Monteleone, Italy, Contrasto for The New York Times Style Magazine
Lucha libre (Bolivian wrestling) is one of the most popular sports in the country. Women wrestlers are known as cholitas and have in the last ten years become popular in the sport. Here, Carmen Rosa and Yulia la Pacena perform in a benefit show to raise money for the bathrooms of a school in La Paz, Bolivia, 26 June.
Daniele Tamagni, Italy
Atlantic sailfish attack Spanish sardines, off Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.
Reinhard Dirscherl, Germany
Whooper Swans at dawn, Hokkaido, Japan, January.
Stefano Unterthiner, Italy, for National Geographic magazine
