Photo of the Week - 23.09.11
Update:
Congratulations to this week's winner, Sunil Sharma! Thanks to everyone else for your fantastic photos - Demotix is nothing without all of you out there reporting, and the fact that I find new people whose work I can show every week tells us how many talented photographers we have out there!.
It's time for another Demotix Photo of the Week, and first up come the results from last week's exciting contest, where the result has been much more clear-cut than last time around. Keren Chernizon convinced over half of the voters with his amazing photograph of workers in an electronic dumping ground in Ghana.
It's been another big week for news, with exciting events happening all over the world. Here are some of the highlights you've covered for Demotix - take a careful look at each one and take your time to pick a favourite:
1. Our first nominee is Saleh Maglam from Yemen, who has been sending in some fantastic reporting from Sana'a, which I believe must have come at great personal risk. Many of his images are too disturbing to show here, and it's very difficult to pick just one to represent his work, but this one is a powerful document of scale of the anti-government protests. Here the protesters are shown praying for those killed during the violence.
2. Our next photo, from Samson Opus, is a glimpse into a side of Africa that's usually hidden, as well as an exciting sport photograph. He's captured a moment during the Ugandan National Blind Games when a goalkeeper has made a save at the last moment.
3. In this photograph following the destructive earthquake - 6.8 on the Richter Scale - that rocked Nepal, Sunil Sharma has spotted high government officials and ordinary people reduced the same level, as the Prime Minister and other high officials seek safety outside the Constituent Assembly Building.
4. Afghanistan was shocked by the death of Burhanuddin Rabbani this week in what seems to have been a surprise attack by the Taliban. A former President of the country, Rabbani was extremely popular, and many Afghans have been mourning in the streets, as captured in this photo by Daud.
5. On the other side of the globe, another death has provoked similar demonstrations in the streets. After the State of Georgia went ahead with the execution of Troy Davis, many people held vigils in the streets. Brent Walker has captured a detail of a few of the participants which demonstrates the mood of the vigil perfectly.
