A car melts after temperatures soar to 660C during the wildfires in AustraliaCredit: 2019 MATTHEW ABBOTT
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Volunteers wade through floods after devastating Hurricane Dorian hit the BahamasCredit: AP:Associated Press
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The winning image of a peaceful protester in Sudan by Yasuyoshi ChibaCredit: AP:Associated Press
This year 4,282 photographers from 125 countries entered almost 74,000 gripping and candid news pictures.
The winner was an emotion-charged photo of a young man illuminated by mobile phone lights as he recites poetry amid a crowd of protesters calling for civilian rule in Sudan.
The image, taken by AFP photographer Yasuyoshi Chiba last June, won first prize in the General News Singles category and also won the overall World Press Photo award.
Yasayoshi said: "This moment was the only peaceful group protest I encountered during my stay.
"I felt their undefeated solidarity like burning embers that remain to flare up again."
Getty photographer Chris McGrath, a member of the 2020 jury, called the winning photo "just a really beautiful, quiet photograph that summed up all the unrest across the globe of people wanting change."
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Devastated relatives at the scene of the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max crash
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Another pictures of grieving relatives in Ethiopia from the award-winning set by AP photographer Mulugeta AyeneCredit: AP:Associated Press
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A woman holds an umbrella, a symbol of street protests in Hong KongCredit: AP:Associated Press
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Algerian students and riot police scuffle during an anti-government demonstrationCredit: AFP - DPA
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Thousands line the streets to see the Liverpool parade the Champions League trophyCredit: AFP - Getty
Protests and grief in Africa were strongly represented among news winners, with a series of images by Associated Press photographer Mulugeta Ayene of grieving families at the site of the crash of Ethiopian Airlines crash winning the Spot News Stories category.
The 44 winners came from 24 different countries, organisers said.
Esther Horvath of Hungary won the Environment Singles category with a photo for The New York Times of a polar bear and her cub near equipment placed by climate scientists.
AP photographer Noah Berger won second prize with an aerial image of firefighters battling the Marsh Complex Fire, near the town of Brentwood, California.
Canadian Mark Blinch won the Sports Singles top prize with a dramatic image of Toronto Raptors player Kawhi Leonard watching his match-winning shot drop into the net to defeat the Philadelphia 76ers.
Scroll down to see more of the winners and shortlisted entries.
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Fahzren, a 30-year-old male orangutan, undergoes a routine medical check in the zoo where he has spent most of his lifeCredit: AP:Associated Press
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Football fans watch the action on big screens in AlgiersCredit: AP:Associated Press
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Kawhi Leonard's buzzer-beating shot won first prize in Spot News Singles for Mark BlinchCredit: AP:Associated Press
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Women dash to safety as troops search for attackers during an attack on a hotel in Nairobi, Kenya
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Riot cops fire teargas at protesters on the ravaged streets of ChileCredit: Fabio Bucciarelli
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Firefighters battle the Marsh Fire near Brentwood in CaliforniaCredit: AP:Associated Press
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The Afghan national army detonate an improvised explosive device on a busy roadCredit: Lorenzo Tugnoli/ Washington Post/ Contrasto
A young Kurd with his girlfriend after he had been badly burnt during a battle with Turkish forcesCredit: Ivor Prickett/The New York Times
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The body of a young orangutan is recovered from an illegal palm oil plantation in IndonesiaCredit: AP:Associated Press
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A trader reaches for a pangolin that is due to be slaughtered in ChinaCredit: AP:Associated Press
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This image of polar bears playing with scientific equipment won the top prize in the environment categoryCredit: AP:Associated Press
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Pat Craig and his dog Little Bit make the rounds of The Wild Animal Refuge in Colorado in this image by Steve WinterCredit: AP:Associated Press
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Drag queen Belinda Qaqamba Ka-Fassie poses in a township near Cape TownCredit: AP:Associated Press
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A ski run on the roof of a high-tech waste to energy plant in DenmarkCredit: AP:Associated Press
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Kids cross a flooded walkway in Newtok, Alaska, which is sinking as a result of global warmingCredit: AP:Associated Press
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Fans of Brazil's Flamengo football team celebrate a goal against defending champions River Plate in the final of the Copa LibertadoresCredit: AP:Associated Press
