Editor's Note:
The winners of 2017 World Press Photo Contest were announced recently, picked from 80,408 photos from 5,034 photographers in 125 different countries. Photos were awarded in eight categories, including Contemporary Issues, Daily Life, General News, Long-Term Projects, Nature, People, Sports, and Spot News. Here are some of this year’s winners. Photos: CFP/Courtesy of World Press Photo Foundation
“Taking a Stand in Baton Rouge” taken by Jonathan Bachman won first prize singles in Contemporary Issues. The photo shows lone activist Ieshia Evans offered her hands for arrest during a protest against police brutality in Louisiana, US. Photo: Jonathan Bachman TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 
“What ISIS Left Behind” taken by Magnus Wennman won first prize singles in People category. The photo shows five-year-old Maha and her family fled from Iraq due to the fear of so-called Islamic State and the lack of food. Photo: Magnus Wennman, Aftonbladet/Courtesy of World Press Photo Foundation 
“Black Days of Ukraine” won first prize for Long-Term Projects.
The photo shows two residents run away from a burning house destroyed in an air attack in Luhanskaya village. Photo: Rossiya Segodnya/Courtesy of World Press Photo Foundation 
“Caretta Caretta Trapped” taken by Francis Perez won first prize singles in Nature category. The photo shows a sea turtle swims while tangled in a fishing net near the Canary Islands, Spain on June 8, 2016. Photo: Francis Perez/Courtesy of World Press Photo Foundation 
“Grand National Steeplechase” taken by Tom Jenkins won first prize singles in Sports.
The photo shows Jockey Nina Carberry and her horse, Sir Des Champs, are stumbled by The Chair fence, and the rider flies off during day three of the Grand National Meeting at Aintree Racecourse on April 9, 2016 in Liverpool, England. Photo: Tom Jenkins, The Guardian/Courtesy of World Press Photo Foundation 
“They Are Slaughtering Us Like Animals” by Daniel Berehul won first in News category. The photo shows the drug suspects are barred in a police station in Manila, Philippines. Photo: Daniel Berehulak for The New York Times/Courtesy of World Press Photo Foundation 
“Cuba on the Edge of Change” by Tomas Munita won first prize in Daily Life category.
The photo shows people watched Fidel Castro's funeral procession in Santa Clara, Cuba on December 1, 2016. Photo: Tomas Munita for The New York Times/Courtesy of World Press Photo Foundation 
“Rhino Wars” by Brent Stirton won first prize in Nature category.The photo shows a black rhino bull was shot to death, and its horns were took away at Hluhluwe Umfolozi Game Reserve, South Africa on May 20, 2016. Photo: Brent Stirton, Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine/Courtesy of World Press Photo Foundation 
“Pandas Gone Wild” by Ami Vitale won second prize in Nature category. The photo is of 16-year-old giant panda Ye Ye at a conservation center in Wolong Nature Reserve, Southwest China’s Sichuan Province.Photo: Ami Vitale, for National Geographic Magazine/Courtesy of World Press Photo Foundation
