and can get a lucky shot of the professional still have an age the proof of that is the world press photo contest which has for fifty five years celebrated the best in professional journalism the two thousand and eleven pictures are currently mosco a spawn of a global two are more than one hundred thousand pictures were submitted for the world press photo contest sifting through such a huge number of images must have been an arduous task for the jury they eventually narrowed it down to the two hundred best shots capturing the major events and spirit of two thousand and eleven. the overall winner is this image which has been described as the icon of the arab spring a yemeni woman cradles her son who is suffering from the effects of tear gas after participating in the street demonstration in order to the growing importance of citizen journalism a special award was given to a nonprofessional shot of captured more american duffy more than just an image it's a historical document i think half half of all the news. categories in which pictures were awarded was were awarded to two pictures that were fro