2 Malaysians Among Winners Of 2013 World Press Photo Award

The photo was selected from a total of 103,481 images submitted by 5,666 photographers from 124 countries. "The strength of the picture lies in the way it contrasts the anger and sorrow of the adults with the innocence of the children," jury member Mayu Mohanna said. "It's a picture I will not forget."

Malaysian photographer, Stefen Chow, commissioned by the Smithsonian magazine, won the 2nd Prize Prize in the category 'Staged Portraits.' Ai WeiWei poses for a photo on Feb. 6, 2012, in Beijing, China.

Photographer Wei Seng Chen from Malaysia won 1st prize in the Sports Action Single category of the 56th World Press Photo Contest. A jockey, his feet stepped into a harness strapped to the bulls and clutching their tails, shows relief and joy at the end of a dangerous run across rice fields in the Pacu Jawi Bull Race in Batu Sangkar, West Sumatra, Indonesia, on Feb. 12, 2012 . The Pacu Jawi (bull race) is a popular competition at the end of harvest season keenly contested between villages.

First Prize, Daily Life Stories: Taken by Italian Fausto Podavini, this picture shows a 71-year-old wife taking care of her Alzheimer's stricken husband in Rome, Italy.

First Prize, Spot News: Palestinian woman is helped after being injured during an Israeli forces strike on a soccer field next to her house in Gaza City. This photo was one in a series of images by Associated Press photographer Bernat Armangue.

First Prize, Spot News Series: This photo is one of a series by Associated Press photographer Bernat Armangue shows a Palestinian man kissing the hand of a dead relative in the morgue of Shifa Hospital in Gaza City

First Prize, Spot News Single: Palestinian schoolchildren walk between debris of a damaged school in Gaza City. The school was damaged when Israeli forces struck on a nearby building. This photo was one in a series of images by Associated Press photographer Bernat Armangue.

07 August 2012 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Natalia Gonzales, a 15-year-old crack user, poses for a portrait in an area known as 'Crackland' in the Manguinhos slum.

First Prize, Contemporary Issues: This photo by American Micah Albert, for Redux Images, shows a woman taking a break from working as a trash picker in Nairobi, Kenya in April 2012.

Third Prize, Contemporary Singles: This photo by Associated Press photographer Emilio Morenatti shows Mireia Arnau, 39, reacting behind the broken glass of her shop stormed by demonstrators during clashes with the police at the general strike in Barcelona.

Second Prize, Contemporary Issues: This photo by Associated Press photographer Esteban Felix shows the bodies of Lesbia Altamirano and Wilmer Orbera lying on the floor of a pool hall after being attacked by unidentified masked assailants in Choloma on the outskirts of San Pedro Sula, Honduras.

First Prize, Contemporary Issues: This photo by American Micah Albert, for Redux Images, shows a woman taking a break from working as a trash picker in Nairobi, Kenya in April 2012.

First Place, General News Single: This photo by Associated Press photographer Rodrigo Abd shows 'Aida' crying as she recovers from severe injuries after the Syrian Army shelled her house in Idlib north Syria. Aida's husband and and two children were killed after their home was shelled.

First Prize, Nature Stories: Canadian Paul Nicklen took this for National Geographic magazine. It shows Emperor Penguins, tripling their swimming speed to 30kph by releasing millions of bubbles from their feathers. These bubbles reduce the friction between their feathers and the icy seawater, allowing them to accelerate in the water.

Torture: This image by Emin Ozmen, from Turkey, in July last year won second prize in the Spot News Single category. It shows Syrian opposition fighters torturing a suspected government informant in Aleppo.