This year, the international jury of the 56th annual World Press Photo contest has awarded 54 photographers coming from 32 different countries. The hard work of these professionals in visual journalism has been divided into nine categories: Contemporary Issues, Daily Life, General News, Nature, Observed Portraits, Sports Action, Sports Feature, Spot news, Staged Portraits.
Photo of the Year 2012 is a picture taken in Gaza City on November, 20th by Paul Hansen of the Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter.
The Museo di Roma in Trastevere, will feature the awarded photographs from May, 4th until May, 26th.
Opening time: from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. from Tuesday to Sunday. The museum is closed on Mondays and entrance is allowed until one hour before closing time.