World Press Photo 2014

3rd prize, Contemporary Issues Single: Police arrive at a crime scene where two bodies hang from a bridge and another three are on the floor. They had been killed by organized crime in retaliation against other criminal groups in Mexico. Christopher Vanegas, La Vanguardia / El Guardian / AP Photo

2nd prize, Spot News Stories: A woman and children hide after gunmen had opened fire in the Westgate mall in Nairobi. They escaped unharmed but 39 people were killed in one of the worst terrorist attacks in Kenya’s history. Tyler Hicks, The New York Times / AP Photo

1st prize, Spot News Stories: Syrian rebels fire a rocket-propelled grenade towards a government controlled army checkpoint in the Ain Tarma neighborhood of Damascus. After evacuating their comrade, who died from army sniper fire, the rebels returned to attack the army checkpoint but would soon be hit by tank shelling. Goran Tomasevic / Reuters

1st Prize, Spot News Single: Survivors of typhoon Haiyan marching during a religious procession in Tolosa, Philippines. Phillipe Lopez / Reuters

1st prize, Daily Life Single: Kachin Independence Army fighters celebrate at a funeral of one of their commanders who died the day before, in Burma. Julius Schrank, De Volkskrant / AP Photo

2nd prize, General News Stories: Demonstrators gather on a street in Bangui, Central African Republic, Nov. 17, 2013, to call for the resignation of interim President Michel Djotodia following the murder of Judge Modeste Martineau Bria by members of Seleka. William Daniels, Panos Pictures for Time / AP Photo

1st prize, General News Single: Military Ramp, an emergency refugee center in an abandoned school in Sofia, Bulgaria. The center provides housing for about 800 Syrian refugees, including 390 children. Alessandro Penso, OnOff Picture / AP Photo

1st Prize, People - Observed Portraits Stories: Hannah and Alena, two sisters living in the rural village of Merkenbrechts, Austria, taken July 19, 2012. Carla Kogelman / Reuters

World Press Photo of the Year 2013: African migrants on the shore of Djibouti city at night, raising their phones in an attempt to capture an inexpensive signal from neighboring Somalia in Djibouti City, Djibouti. John Stanmeyer, VII for National Geographic / AP Photo

Included here are a selection of winners from this year's World Press Photo contest.The prize-winning entries of the World Press Photo Contest 2014, the world's largest annual press photography contest, were announced February 14, 2014.

For more photos winners visit: https://www.worldpressphoto.org/awards/2014