• In this image released by World Press Photo titled “Into the Light” by photographer Zohreh Saberi which won the third prize in the Daily Life Singles category shows Raheleh, who was born blind, standing behind the window in the morning. She likes the warmness of the sunlight on her face. Babol, Mazandaran, Iran, Nov. 12, 2015. Zohren Saberi / Mehrnews Agency, World Press Photo via AP
    In this image released by World Press Photo titled “Into the Light” by photographer Zohreh Saberi which won the third prize in the Daily Life Singles category shows Raheleh, who was born blind, standing behind the window in the morning. She likes the warmness of the sunlight on her face. Babol, Mazandaran, Iran, Nov. 12, 2015. Zohren Saberi / Mehrnews Agency, World Press Photo via AP
  • In this image released by World Press Photo titled “Vetluga’s Hockey” by photographer Vladimir Pesnya which won the first prize in the Sports Stories category shows the match between junior teams from Vetluga and village Sharanga in Vetluga, Russia, Feb. 19, 2015. Vetluga’s hockey players of an amateur team in provincial Russia are photographed before, during and after a game in the regional championship in Vetluga, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia. Vladimir Pesnya / World Press Photo via AP
    In this image released by World Press Photo titled “Vetluga’s Hockey” by photographer Vladimir Pesnya which won the first prize in the Sports Stories category shows the match between junior teams from Vetluga and village Sharanga in Vetluga, Russia, Feb. 19, 2015. Vetluga’s hockey players of an amateur team in provincial Russia are photographed before, during and after a game in the regional championship in Vetluga, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia. Vladimir Pesnya / World Press Photo via AP
  • In this image released by World Press Photo titled “Tough Times for Orangutans” by photographer Tim Laman which won the first prize in the Nature Stories category shows a Bornean orang-utan climbing over 30 meters up a tree in the rainforest of Gunung Palung National Park, West Kalimantan, Indonesia, Aug. 12, 2015. Tim Laman, World Press Photo via AP
    In this image released by World Press Photo titled “Tough Times for Orangutans” by photographer Tim Laman which won the first prize in the Nature Stories category shows a Bornean orang-utan climbing over 30 meters up a tree in the rainforest of Gunung Palung National Park, West Kalimantan, Indonesia, Aug. 12, 2015. Tim Laman, World Press Photo via AP
  • In this image released by World Press Photo titled “Haze in China” by photographer Zhang Lei which won the first prize in the Contemporary Issues Singles category shows a city in northern China shrouded in haze, Tianjin, China, Dec. 10, 2015. Zhang Lei / Tianjin Daily, World Press Photo via AP
    In this image released by World Press Photo titled “Haze in China” by photographer Zhang Lei which won the first prize in the Contemporary Issues Singles category shows a city in northern China shrouded in haze, Tianjin, China, Dec. 10, 2015. Zhang Lei / Tianjin Daily, World Press Photo via AP
  • Sports, 1st prize singles, World Press Photo Awards (Christian Walgram — FIS World Championships) Ondrej Bank of Czech Republic crashes during the downhill race of the alpine combined at the FIS World Champioships 2015 in Beaver Creek February 8, 2015. Christian Walgram / Reuters via WPP
    Sports, 1st prize singles, World Press Photo Awards (Christian Walgram — FIS World Championships) Ondrej Bank of Czech Republic crashes during the downhill race of the alpine combined at the FIS World Champioships 2015 in Beaver Creek February 8, 2015. Christian Walgram / Reuters via WPP
  • A handout image provided by the World Press Photo (WPP) organisation on 18 February 2016 shows a picture by Russian photographer Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times that won First Prize Stories in the General News Category of the 59th annual World Press Photo Contest, it was announced by the WPP Foundation in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on 18 February 2016. The picture shows migrants walking atop a dyke as Slovenian riot police escorted them to a registration camp outside Dobova. War, drought and more are driving millions of people from their homelands. Under Europe’s system of open internal borders, the island’s thinly patrolled, easily accessible coastline, within sight of the Turkish coast, might as well be the frontier of France or Germany or Sweden. Sergey Ponomarev / EPA
    A handout image provided by the World Press Photo (WPP) organisation on 18 February 2016 shows a picture by Russian photographer Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times that won First Prize Stories in the General News Category of the 59th annual World Press Photo Contest, it was announced by the WPP Foundation in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on 18 February 2016. The picture shows migrants walking atop a dyke as Slovenian riot police escorted them to a registration camp outside Dobova. War, drought and more are driving millions of people from their homelands. Under Europe’s system of open internal borders, the island’s thinly patrolled, easily accessible coastline, within sight of the Turkish coast, might as well be the frontier of France or Germany or Sweden. Sergey Ponomarev / EPA
  • A handout image provided by the World Press Photo (WPP) organisation on 18 February 2016 shows a picture by Russian photographer Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times that won First Prize Stories in the General News Category of the 59th annual World Press Photo Contest, it was announced by the WPP Foundation in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on 18 February 2016. The picture shows migrants struggling to climb onto a train headed to Zagreb, the Croatian capital. Under Europe’s system of open internal borders, the island’s thinly patrolled, easily accessible coastline, within sight of the Turkish coast, might as well be the frontier of France or Germany or Sweden. Sergey Ponomarev / EPA
    A handout image provided by the World Press Photo (WPP) organisation on 18 February 2016 shows a picture by Russian photographer Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times that won First Prize Stories in the General News Category of the 59th annual World Press Photo Contest, it was announced by the WPP Foundation in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on 18 February 2016. The picture shows migrants struggling to climb onto a train headed to Zagreb, the Croatian capital. Under Europe’s system of open internal borders, the island’s thinly patrolled, easily accessible coastline, within sight of the Turkish coast, might as well be the frontier of France or Germany or Sweden. Sergey Ponomarev / EPA
  • A handout image provided by the World Press Photo (WPP) organisation on 18 February 2016 shows a picture by Swedish photographer Paul Hansen for Dagens Nyheter that won 2nd prize singles in the General News category of the 59th annual World Press Photo Contest, it was announced by the WPP Foundation in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on 18 February 2016. The picture shows refugees travelling in darkness through Europe to avoid detection; Lesbos, Greece, 06 December 2015. Paul Hansen / EPA
    A handout image provided by the World Press Photo (WPP) organisation on 18 February 2016 shows a picture by Swedish photographer Paul Hansen for Dagens Nyheter that won 2nd prize singles in the General News category of the 59th annual World Press Photo Contest, it was announced by the WPP Foundation in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on 18 February 2016. The picture shows refugees travelling in darkness through Europe to avoid detection; Lesbos, Greece, 06 December 2015. Paul Hansen / EPA
  • In this image released by World Press Photo titled “Vetluga’s Hockey” by photographer Vladimir Pesnya which won the first prize in the Sports Stories category shows a player from the junior team from the village Sharanga expected to yield to the ice in Vetluga, Russia, Feb. 19, 2015. Vetluga’s hockey players of an amateur team in provincial Russia are photographed before, during and after a game in the regional championship in Vetluga, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia. Vladimir Pesnya / World Press Photo via AP
    In this image released by World Press Photo titled “Vetluga’s Hockey” by photographer Vladimir Pesnya which won the first prize in the Sports Stories category shows a player from the junior team from the village Sharanga expected to yield to the ice in Vetluga, Russia, Feb. 19, 2015. Vetluga’s hockey players of an amateur team in provincial Russia are photographed before, during and after a game in the regional championship in Vetluga, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia. Vladimir Pesnya / World Press Photo via AP
  • Daily Life, 1st prize singles, World Press Photo Awards (Kevin Frayer — China’s Coal Addiction) Chinese men pull a tricycle in a neighbourhood next to a coal-fired power plant in Shanxi, China, November 26, 2015. A history of heavy dependence on burning coal for energy has made China the source of nearly a third of the world’s total carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, the toxic pollutants widely cited by scientists and environmentalists as the primary cause of global warming. Kevin Frayer / Reuters via WPP
    Daily Life, 1st prize singles, World Press Photo Awards (Kevin Frayer — China’s Coal Addiction) Chinese men pull a tricycle in a neighbourhood next to a coal-fired power plant in Shanxi, China, November 26, 2015. A history of heavy dependence on burning coal for energy has made China the source of nearly a third of the world’s total carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, the toxic pollutants widely cited by scientists and environmentalists as the primary cause of global warming. Kevin Frayer / Reuters via WPP
  • People, 1st prize singles, World Press Photo Awards (Matic Zorman — Waiting to Register) A child refugee is covered with a raincoat while she waits in line to get registered in Presevo refugee registration camp October 7, 2015. Most of the refugees who crossed Serbia try to continue their route towards Hungary, Croatia, Slovenia and other countries of the European Union. Matic Zorman / Reuters via WPP
    People, 1st prize singles, World Press Photo Awards (Matic Zorman — Waiting to Register) A child refugee is covered with a raincoat while she waits in line to get registered in Presevo refugee registration camp October 7, 2015. Most of the refugees who crossed Serbia try to continue their route towards Hungary, Croatia, Slovenia and other countries of the European Union. Matic Zorman / Reuters via WPP
  • This file photo taken by Agence France-Presse (AFP) photographer Roberto Schmidt on April 25, 2015 shows a cloud of snow and debris triggered by an earthquake flying towards Everest Base Camp, moments ahead of flattening part of the camp in the Himalayas. AFP’s veteran lensman Roberto Schmidt on February 18, 2016 won second prize at the prestigious World Press Photo Award in the Spot News stories category, for his dramatic shots of the deadly avalanche on Mount Everest triggered by last April’s Nepal earthquake. Roberto Schmidt / AFP Photo
    This file photo taken by Agence France-Presse (AFP) photographer Roberto Schmidt on April 25, 2015 shows a cloud of snow and debris triggered by an earthquake flying towards Everest Base Camp, moments ahead of flattening part of the camp in the Himalayas. AFP’s veteran lensman Roberto Schmidt on February 18, 2016 won second prize at the prestigious World Press Photo Award in the Spot News stories category, for his dramatic shots of the deadly avalanche on Mount Everest triggered by last April’s Nepal earthquake. Roberto Schmidt / AFP Photo
  • A handout image provided by the World Press Photo (WPP) organisation on 18 February 2016 shows a picture by Russian photographer Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times that won First Prize Stories in the General News Category of the 59th annual World Press Photo Contest, it was announced by the WPP Foundation in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on 18 February 2016. The picture shows migrants and refugees arrived by boat in November 2015 near the village of Skala on the Greek island of Lesbos. Under Europe’s system of open internal borders, the island’s thinly patrolled, easily accessible coastline, within sight of the Turkish coast, might as well be the frontier of France or Germany or Sweden. Sergey Ponomarev / EPA
    A handout image provided by the World Press Photo (WPP) organisation on 18 February 2016 shows a picture by Russian photographer Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times that won First Prize Stories in the General News Category of the 59th annual World Press Photo Contest, it was announced by the WPP Foundation in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on 18 February 2016. The picture shows migrants and refugees arrived by boat in November 2015 near the village of Skala on the Greek island of Lesbos. Under Europe’s system of open internal borders, the island’s thinly patrolled, easily accessible coastline, within sight of the Turkish coast, might as well be the frontier of France or Germany or Sweden. Sergey Ponomarev / EPA
  • Nature, 1st prize singles, World Press Photo Awards (Rohan Kelly — Storm Front on Bondi Beach) A sunbather is oblivious to the ominous shelf cloud approaching on Bondi beach November 6, 2015. A massive â??cloud tsunamic?? looms over Sydney in a spectacular weather event seen only a few times a year. The enormous shelf cloud rolled in from the sea, turning the sky almost black and bringing violent thunderstorms in its wake. Rohan Kelly / Reuters via WPP
    Nature, 1st prize singles, World Press Photo Awards (Rohan Kelly — Storm Front on Bondi Beach) A sunbather is oblivious to the ominous shelf cloud approaching on Bondi beach November 6, 2015. A massive â??cloud tsunamic?? looms over Sydney in a spectacular weather event seen only a few times a year. The enormous shelf cloud rolled in from the sea, turning the sky almost black and bringing violent thunderstorms in its wake. Rohan Kelly / Reuters via WPP
  • This file photo taken by Agence France-Presse (AFP) photographer Roberto Schmidt on April 25, 2015 shows rescuers using a makeshift stretcher to carry an injured person after an avalanche triggered by an earthquake flattened parts of Everest Base Camp. AFP’s veteran lensman Roberto Schmidt on February 18, 2016 won second prize at the prestigious World Press Photo Award in the Spot News stories category, for his dramatic shots of the deadly avalanche on Mount Everest triggered by last April’s Nepal earthquake. Roberto Schmidt / AFP Photo
    This file photo taken by Agence France-Presse (AFP) photographer Roberto Schmidt on April 25, 2015 shows rescuers using a makeshift stretcher to carry an injured person after an avalanche triggered by an earthquake flattened parts of Everest Base Camp. AFP’s veteran lensman Roberto Schmidt on February 18, 2016 won second prize at the prestigious World Press Photo Award in the Spot News stories category, for his dramatic shots of the deadly avalanche on Mount Everest triggered by last April’s Nepal earthquake. Roberto Schmidt / AFP Photo
  • In this image released by World Press Photo titled “The Power of Nature” by photographer Sergio Tapiro which won the third prize in the Nature Singles category shows a powerful night explosion of the Colima Volcano with lightning, ballistic projectiles and incandescent rockfalls, Comala municipality in Colima, Mexico, 13 December 2015. Sergio Tapiro / World Press Photo via AP
    In this image released by World Press Photo titled “The Power of Nature” by photographer Sergio Tapiro which won the third prize in the Nature Singles category shows a powerful night explosion of the Colima Volcano with lightning, ballistic projectiles and incandescent rockfalls, Comala municipality in Colima, Mexico, 13 December 2015. Sergio Tapiro / World Press Photo via AP
  • A handout image provided by the World Press Photo (WPP) organisation on 18 February 2016 shows a picture by Russian photographer Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times that won First Prize Stories in the General News Category of the 59th annual World Press Photo Contest, it was announced by the WPP Foundation in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on 18 February 2016. The picture shows a Slovenian police officer on horseback escorting migrants after they crossed from Croatia. Under Europe’s system of open internal borders, the island’s thinly patrolled, easily accessible coastline, within sight of the Turkish coast, might as well be the frontier of France or Germany or Sweden. Sergey Ponomarev / EPA
    A handout image provided by the World Press Photo (WPP) organisation on 18 February 2016 shows a picture by Russian photographer Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times that won First Prize Stories in the General News Category of the 59th annual World Press Photo Contest, it was announced by the WPP Foundation in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on 18 February 2016. The picture shows a Slovenian police officer on horseback escorting migrants after they crossed from Croatia. Under Europe’s system of open internal borders, the island’s thinly patrolled, easily accessible coastline, within sight of the Turkish coast, might as well be the frontier of France or Germany or Sweden. Sergey Ponomarev / EPA
  • A handout image provided by the World Press Photo (WPP) organisation on 18 February 2016 shows a picture by Chinese photographer Chen Jie that won 3rd prize singles in the General News category of the 59th annual World Press Photo Contest, it was announced by the WPP Foundation in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on 18 February 2016. The picture shows an aerial view of the destruction after the explosion in Tianjin, China, 15 August 2015. Chen Jie / EPA
    A handout image provided by the World Press Photo (WPP) organisation on 18 February 2016 shows a picture by Chinese photographer Chen Jie that won 3rd prize singles in the General News category of the 59th annual World Press Photo Contest, it was announced by the WPP Foundation in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on 18 February 2016. The picture shows an aerial view of the destruction after the explosion in Tianjin, China, 15 August 2015. Chen Jie / EPA
  • In this image released by World Press Photo titled “Citizen Journalism in Brazil’s Favelas” by photographer Sebastian Liste for Noor agency which won third prize in the Daily Life Stories category shows the leader of the Papo Reto collective receiving an image of a 22-year-old taxi driver who was shot dead by a police officer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Feb. 8, 2015. A group of friends from Alemao, a slum in Rio de Janeiro, formed a media collective called Papo Reto, or “straight talk”. Social media allow them to report stories from their community otherwise ignored by traditional media. Sebastian Liste / Noor, World Press Photo via AP
    In this image released by World Press Photo titled “Citizen Journalism in Brazil’s Favelas” by photographer Sebastian Liste for Noor agency which won third prize in the Daily Life Stories category shows the leader of the Papo Reto collective receiving an image of a 22-year-old taxi driver who was shot dead by a police officer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Feb. 8, 2015. A group of friends from Alemao, a slum in Rio de Janeiro, formed a media collective called Papo Reto, or “straight talk”. Social media allow them to report stories from their community otherwise ignored by traditional media. Sebastian Liste / Noor, World Press Photo via AP
  • A handout image provided by the World Press Photo (WPP) organisation on 18 February 2016 shows a picture by French photographer Corentin Fohlen for Stern and Paris Match that won 2nd prize singles in the Spot News category of the 59th annual World Press Photo Contest, it was announced by the WPP Foundation in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on 18 February 2016. The picture shows a demonstration against terrorism in Paris, France, on 11 January 2015, after a series of five attacks occurred across the Ile-de-France region, beginning at the headquarters for satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo. Corentin Fohln / EPA
    A handout image provided by the World Press Photo (WPP) organisation on 18 February 2016 shows a picture by French photographer Corentin Fohlen for Stern and Paris Match that won 2nd prize singles in the Spot News category of the 59th annual World Press Photo Contest, it was announced by the WPP Foundation in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on 18 February 2016. The picture shows a demonstration against terrorism in Paris, France, on 11 January 2015, after a series of five attacks occurred across the Ile-de-France region, beginning at the headquarters for satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo. Corentin Fohln / EPA
  • A handout image provided by the World Press Photo (WPP) organisation on 18 February 2016 shows a picture by photographer Abd Doumany that won Second Prize Stories in the General News Category of the 59th annual World Press Photo Contest, it was announced by the WPP Foundation in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on 18 February 2016. The picture shows a wounded Syrian girl looking on at a make shift hospital in the rebel-held area of Douma, east of the capital Damascus, following shelling and air raids by Syrian government forces on 22 August 2015. At least 20 civilians and wounded or trapped 200 in Douma, a monitoring group said, just six days after regime air strikes killed more than 100 people and sparked international condemnation of one of the bloodiest government attacks in Syria’s war. Abd Doumany / EPA
    A handout image provided by the World Press Photo (WPP) organisation on 18 February 2016 shows a picture by photographer Abd Doumany that won Second Prize Stories in the General News Category of the 59th annual World Press Photo Contest, it was announced by the WPP Foundation in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on 18 February 2016. The picture shows a wounded Syrian girl looking on at a make shift hospital in the rebel-held area of Douma, east of the capital Damascus, following shelling and air raids by Syrian government forces on 22 August 2015. At least 20 civilians and wounded or trapped 200 in Douma, a monitoring group said, just six days after regime air strikes killed more than 100 people and sparked international condemnation of one of the bloodiest government attacks in Syria’s war. Abd Doumany / EPA
  • A handout image provided by the World Press Photo (WPP) organisation on 18 February 2016 shows a picture by photographer Abd Doumany that won Second Prize Stories in the General News Category of the 59th annual World Press Photo Contest, it was announced by the WPP Foundation in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on 18 February 2016. The picture shows a wounded Syrian girl crying at a makeshift hospital in the rebel-held area of Douma, east of the capital Damascus, following reported air strikes by regime forces, 12 August 2015. At least 27 civilians were killed in Syrian government air strikes on the Eastern Ghouta region near Damascus according to a monitoring group. Abd Doumany / EPA
    A handout image provided by the World Press Photo (WPP) organisation on 18 February 2016 shows a picture by photographer Abd Doumany that won Second Prize Stories in the General News Category of the 59th annual World Press Photo Contest, it was announced by the WPP Foundation in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on 18 February 2016. The picture shows a wounded Syrian girl crying at a makeshift hospital in the rebel-held area of Douma, east of the capital Damascus, following reported air strikes by regime forces, 12 August 2015. At least 27 civilians were killed in Syrian government air strikes on the Eastern Ghouta region near Damascus according to a monitoring group. Abd Doumany / EPA
  • A handout image provided by the World Press Photo (WPP) organisation on 18 February 2016 shows a picture by photographer Abd Doumany that won Second Prize Stories in the General News Category of the 59th annual World Press Photo Contest, it was announced by the WPP Foundation in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on 18 February 2016. The picture shows a Syrian man carrying the body of a child killed in a reported air raid by government forces in the rebel-held area of Douma, east of the capital Damascus, 07 November 2015. Abd Doumany / EPA
    A handout image provided by the World Press Photo (WPP) organisation on 18 February 2016 shows a picture by photographer Abd Doumany that won Second Prize Stories in the General News Category of the 59th annual World Press Photo Contest, it was announced by the WPP Foundation in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on 18 February 2016. The picture shows a Syrian man carrying the body of a child killed in a reported air raid by government forces in the rebel-held area of Douma, east of the capital Damascus, 07 November 2015. Abd Doumany / EPA
  • A handout image provided by the World Press Photo (WPP) organisation on 18 February 2016 shows a picture by photographer Abd Doumany that won Second Prize Stories in the General News Category of the 59th annual World Press Photo Contest, it was announced by the WPP Foundation in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on 18 February 2016. The picture shows a wounded Syrian girl holding on to a relative as she awaits treatment by doctors at a makeshift hospital in the rebel-held area of Douma, east of the capital Damascus, following reported air strikes on the city on 11 May 2015. Abd Doumany / EPA
    A handout image provided by the World Press Photo (WPP) organisation on 18 February 2016 shows a picture by photographer Abd Doumany that won Second Prize Stories in the General News Category of the 59th annual World Press Photo Contest, it was announced by the WPP Foundation in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on 18 February 2016. The picture shows a wounded Syrian girl holding on to a relative as she awaits treatment by doctors at a makeshift hospital in the rebel-held area of Douma, east of the capital Damascus, following reported air strikes on the city on 11 May 2015. Abd Doumany / EPA
  • A handout image provided by the World Press Photo (WPP) organisation on 18 February 2016 shows a picture by Brazilian photographer Mauricio Lima for The New York Times that won 1st prize singles in the General News category of the 59th annual World Press Photo Contest, it was announced by the WPP Foundation in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on 18 February 2016. The picture shows a doctor rubbing ointment on the burns of a 16-year-old Islamic State fighter named Jacob in front of a poster of Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, at a Y.P.G. hospital compound on the outskirts of Hasaka, Syria on 01 August 2015. Mauricio Lima / EPA
    A handout image provided by the World Press Photo (WPP) organisation on 18 February 2016 shows a picture by Brazilian photographer Mauricio Lima for The New York Times that won 1st prize singles in the General News category of the 59th annual World Press Photo Contest, it was announced by the WPP Foundation in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on 18 February 2016. The picture shows a doctor rubbing ointment on the burns of a 16-year-old Islamic State fighter named Jacob in front of a poster of Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, at a Y.P.G. hospital compound on the outskirts of Hasaka, Syria on 01 August 2015. Mauricio Lima / EPA

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World Press Photo Award winners - in pictures

Brian Kerrigan

February 18, 2016

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An Australian freelance photographer’s haunting, moonlit image of a baby being passed by migrants underneath a razor wire fence on the Hungary-Serbia border has won the World Press Photo award for 2015.

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