The 2016 World Press Photography Awards

GALLERY: Australian photographers, including The Daily Telegraph’s own Rohan Kelly, lead the way in the 2016 World Press Photo Awards.

“Chameleon Under Pressure” by photographer Christian Ziegler for National Geographic which won the third prize in the Nature stories category shows a Furcifer Ambrensis female foraging for insects with extendable tongue, Montain d’Ambre, Madagascar, Nov. 29, 2014.(Christian Ziegler/National Geographic, World Press Photo via AP)

1/33“Chameleon Under Pressure” by photographer Christian Ziegler for National Geographic which won the third prize in the Nature stories category shows a Furcifer Ambrensis female foraging for insects with extendable tongue, Montain d’Ambre, Madagascar, Nov. 29, 2014.(Christian Ziegler/National Geographic, World Press Photo via AP)

Photo taken by Australian freelance photographer Warren Richardson on August 28, 2015 in Roszke, Hungary, shows a refugee passing a baby under a barbed wire fence at the Hungarian-Serbian border. Titled “Hope for a New Life,” the picture won the prestigious World Press Photo Award on February 18, 2016, highlighting Europe’s worst migrant crisis since World War II. / AFP / WORLD PRESS PHOTO / Warren Richardson / -- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT “AFP PHOTO / WORLD PRESS PHOTO/ Warren Richardson” - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS -- NO ARCHIVES - STRICTLY NO SALES --

2/33Photo taken by Australian freelance photographer Warren Richardson on August 28, 2015 in Roszke, Hungary, shows a refugee passing a baby under a barbed wire fence at the Hungarian-Serbian border. Titled “Hope for a New Life,” the picture won the prestigious World Press Photo Award on February 18, 2016, highlighting Europe’s worst migrant crisis since World War II. / AFP / WORLD PRESS PHOTO / Warren Richardson / -- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT “AFP PHOTO / WORLD PRESS PHOTO/ Warren Richardson” - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS -- NO ARCHIVES - STRICTLY NO SALES --

“Bliss Dharma Assembly” by photographer Kevin Frayer for Getty Images which won second prize in the Daily Life stories category shows Tibetan Buddhist nomads listening during the annual Bliss Dharma Assembly in Sertar county, Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province, China, Oct. 31, 2015. (Kevin Frayer/Getty Images, World Press Photo via AP)

3/33“Bliss Dharma Assembly” by photographer Kevin Frayer for Getty Images which won second prize in the Daily Life stories category shows Tibetan Buddhist nomads listening during the annual Bliss Dharma Assembly in Sertar county, Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province, China, Oct. 31, 2015. (Kevin Frayer/Getty Images, World Press Photo via AP)

“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)

4/33“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)

“Reporting Europe’s Refugee Crisis” by photographer Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times which won the first prize in the General News Stories category shows refugees arriving by boat near the village of Skala on Lesbos, Greece, 16 November 2015. (Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times, World Press Photo via AP)

5/33“Reporting Europe’s Refugee Crisis” by photographer Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times which won the first prize in the General News Stories category shows refugees arriving by boat near the village of Skala on Lesbos, Greece, 16 November 2015. (Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times, World Press Photo via AP)

“Storm Front on Bondi Beach” by photographer Rohan Kelly for the Daily Telegraph which won first prize in the Nature singles category shows a massive cloud tsunami looming over Sydney as a sunbather reads, oblivious to the approaching cloud on Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia, Nov. 6, 2015. (Rohan Kelly/Daily Telegraph, World Press Photo via AP)

6/33“Storm Front on Bondi Beach” by photographer Rohan Kelly for the Daily Telegraph which won first prize in the Nature singles category shows a massive cloud tsunami looming over Sydney as a sunbather reads, oblivious to the approaching cloud on Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia, Nov. 6, 2015. (Rohan Kelly/Daily Telegraph, World Press Photo via AP)

“Whale Whisperers” by photographer Anuar Patjane Floriuk which won second prize in the nature singles category shows divers observing and surrounding a humpback whale and her newborn calf whilst they swim around Roca Partida in the Revillagigedo Islands, Mexico, Jan. 28, 2015.(Anuar Patjane Floriuk, World Press Photo via AP)

7/33“Whale Whisperers” by photographer Anuar Patjane Floriuk which won second prize in the nature singles category shows divers observing and surrounding a humpback whale and her newborn calf whilst they swim around Roca Partida in the Revillagigedo Islands, Mexico, Jan. 28, 2015.(Anuar Patjane Floriuk, World Press Photo via AP)

“La Maya Tradition” by Associated Press photographer Daniel Ochoa de Olza which won second prize People stories shows young girls between the age of 7 and 11 are chosen every year as ‘Maya’ for the ‘Las Mayas’, a festival derived from pagan rites celebrating the arrival of spring, in the town of Colmenar Viejo, Spain. The girls are required to sit still for a couple of hours in a decorated altar. (Daniel Ochoa de Olza/AP, World Press Photo via AP)

8/33“La Maya Tradition” by Associated Press photographer Daniel Ochoa de Olza which won second prize People stories shows young girls between the age of 7 and 11 are chosen every year as ‘Maya’ for the ‘Las Mayas’, a festival derived from pagan rites celebrating the arrival of spring, in the town of Colmenar Viejo, Spain. The girls are required to sit still for a couple of hours in a decorated altar. (Daniel Ochoa de Olza/AP, World Press Photo via AP)

“Amazon’s Munduruku Tribe” by photographer Mauricio Lima for The New York Times which won second prize in the Daily Life singles category shows indigenous Munduruku children playing in the Tapajos river in the tribal area of Sawre Muybu, Itaituba, Brazil, Feb. 10, 2015. The tribesmen of the Munduruku, who for centuries have sanctified the Tapajos River on which their villages sit, are fighting for survival. Brazil’s government plans to flood much of their land to build a $9.9 billion hydroelectric dam, the Sao Luiz do Tapajos, as part of a wider energy strategy across the Amazon rainforest. (Mauricio Lima/The New York Times, World Press Photo via AP)

9/33“Amazon’s Munduruku Tribe” by photographer Mauricio Lima for The New York Times which won second prize in the Daily Life singles category shows indigenous Munduruku children playing in the Tapajos river in the tribal area of Sawre Muybu, Itaituba, Brazil, Feb. 10, 2015. The tribesmen of the Munduruku, who for centuries have sanctified the Tapajos River on which their villages sit, are fighting for survival. Brazil’s government plans to flood much of their land to build a $9.9 billion hydroelectric dam, the Sao Luiz do Tapajos, as part of a wider energy strategy across the Amazon rainforest. (Mauricio Lima/The New York Times, World Press Photo via AP)

“Neptun Synchro” by photographer Jonas Lindkvist for Dagens Nyheter which won the third prize in the Sports Singles category shows members of the Neptun Synchro synchronized swimming team performing during a Christmas show in Stockholm, Sweden, on Dec. 13, 2015 (Jonas Lindkvist/Dagens Nyheter, World Press Photo via AP)

10/33“Neptun Synchro” by photographer Jonas Lindkvist for Dagens Nyheter which won the third prize in the Sports Singles category shows members of the Neptun Synchro synchronized swimming team performing during a Christmas show in Stockholm, Sweden, on Dec. 13, 2015 (Jonas Lindkvist/Dagens Nyheter, World Press Photo via AP)

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. / AFP / ROBERTO SCHMIDT

11/33AFP 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. / AFP / ROBERTO SCHMIDT

12/33“Reporting Europe’s Refugee Crisis” by photographer Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times which won the first prize in the General News Stories category shows refugees attempting to board a train headed to Zagreb, Croatia in Tovarnik, Croatia, 18 September 2015. (Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times, World Press Photo via AP)

“FIS World Championships” by photographer Christian Walgram for GEPA pictures which won the first prize in the Sports Singles category shows Czech Republic’s Ondrej Bank crashing during the downhill race of the Alpine Combined at the FIS World Championships in Beaver Creek, Colorado, USA, on 15 Feb. 15, 2015. (Christian Walgram/GEPA pictures, World Press Photo via AP)

13/33“FIS World Championships” by photographer Christian Walgram for GEPA pictures which won the first prize in the Sports Singles category shows Czech Republic’s Ondrej Bank crashing during the downhill race of the Alpine Combined at the FIS World Championships in Beaver Creek, Colorado, USA, on 15 Feb. 15, 2015. (Christian Walgram/GEPA pictures, World Press Photo via AP)

“Emily and Kate and Eddie and Reid” by photographer Sara Naomi Lewkowicz which won a third prize in the Contemporary Issues stories category shows Kate often keeping Emily company while she took baths. Late in the pregnancy, particularly once Emily was overdue, she said that baths were one of the easiest ways to relax her body. Kate, who became pregnant three weeks later than Emily, showed less, and the two would often compare their baby bumps and talk to each other’s bellies. Maplewood, New Jersey, USA, Nov. 29, 2015. Although they hadn’t planned it, Emily and Kate got pregnant within weeks of each other through artificial insemination and in vitro fertilization, respectively. Their sons were born within four days of each other, and the couple embraced the challenge of raising the two babies at once. (Sara Naomi Lewkowicz, World Press Photo via AP)

14/33“Emily and Kate and Eddie and Reid” by photographer Sara Naomi Lewkowicz which won a third prize in the Contemporary Issues stories category shows Kate often keeping Emily company while she took baths. Late in the pregnancy, particularly once Emily was overdue, she said that baths were one of the easiest ways to relax her body. Kate, who became pregnant three weeks later than Emily, showed less, and the two would often compare their baby bumps and talk to each other’s bellies. Maplewood, New Jersey, USA, Nov. 29, 2015. Although they hadn’t planned it, Emily and Kate got pregnant within weeks of each other through artificial insemination and in vitro fertilization, respectively. Their sons were born within four days of each other, and the couple embraced the challenge of raising the two babies at once. (Sara Naomi Lewkowicz, World Press Photo via AP)

15/33“Chameleon Under Pressure” by photographer Christian Ziegler for National Geographic which won the third prize in the Nature stories category shows A juvenile Furcifer Balteatus in a recently burned landscape. Fires are often deadly for chameleons, because they can’t move fast enough to escape them. The common practice of burning the landscape at the end of every dry season has affected many species of chameleons, both directly via fatalities due to burning and indirectly due to habitat loss, Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar, Nov. 16, 2015.(Christian Ziegler/National Geographic, World Press Photo via AP)

“Ivory Wars” by photographer Brent Stirton, Getty images for National Geographic, which won a second prize in the Nature stories category shows a container filled with tons of illegal ivory. Togo is seen as a new opportunity by ivory smugglers with its new deep water port. Yet, customs officers with new container scanning technology have made the efforts of these smugglers more difficult. Lome, Togo, Jan. 29, 2014. (Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic, World Press Photo via AP)

16/33“Ivory Wars” by photographer Brent Stirton, Getty images for National Geographic, which won a second prize in the Nature stories category shows a container filled with tons of illegal ivory. Togo is seen as a new opportunity by ivory smugglers with its new deep water port. Yet, customs officers with new container scanning technology have made the efforts of these smugglers more difficult. Lome, Togo, Jan. 29, 2014. (Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic, World Press Photo via AP)

“Waiting to Register” by photographer Matic Zorman which won the first prize in the People singles category shows a child which is covered with a raincoat while she waits in line to register at a refugee camp in Presevo, Serbia, Oct. 7, 2015. (Magic Zorman, World Press Photo via AP)

17/33“Waiting to Register” by photographer Matic Zorman which won the first prize in the People singles category shows a child which is covered with a raincoat while she waits in line to register at a refugee camp in Presevo, Serbia, Oct. 7, 2015. (Magic Zorman, World Press Photo via AP)

“Digging the Future” by photographer Matjaz Krivic which won second prize in the People singles category shows a mine worker taking a smoke break before going back into the pit. Miners in Bani face harsh conditions and exposure to toxic chemicals and heavy metals. Image taken in Bani, Burkina Faso, on Nov. 20, 2015. (Matjaz Krivic, World Press Photo via AP)

18/33“Digging the Future” by photographer Matjaz Krivic which won second prize in the People singles category shows a mine worker taking a smoke break before going back into the pit. Miners in Bani face harsh conditions and exposure to toxic chemicals and heavy metals. Image taken in Bani, Burkina Faso, on Nov. 20, 2015. (Matjaz Krivic, World Press Photo via AP)

“Lost Family Portraits” by photographer Dario Mitidieri which won third prize in the People singles category shows a portrait of a Syrian refugee family in a camp in Bekaa Valley, Lebanon, on Dec. 15, 2015. The empty chair in the photograph represents a family member who has either died in the war or whose whereabouts are unknown. (Dario Mitidieri, World Press Photo via AP)

19/33“Lost Family Portraits” by photographer Dario Mitidieri which won third prize in the People singles category shows a portrait of a Syrian refugee family in a camp in Bekaa Valley, Lebanon, on Dec. 15, 2015. The empty chair in the photograph represents a family member who has either died in the war or whose whereabouts are unknown. (Dario Mitidieri, World Press Photo via AP)

“An Antarctic Advantage” by photographer Daniel Berehulak for The New York Times which won first prize Daily Life stories shows a priest looking on in the Bell room, after a vigil at the Russian Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity, Fildes Bay, Antartica, Dec. 3, 2015.(Daniel Berehulak/The New York Times, World Press Photo via AP)

20/33“An Antarctic Advantage” by photographer Daniel Berehulak for The New York Times which won first prize Daily Life stories shows a priest looking on in the Bell room, after a vigil at the Russian Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity, Fildes Bay, Antartica, Dec. 3, 2015.(Daniel Berehulak/The New York Times, World Press Photo via AP)

“China’s Coal Addiction” by photographer Kevin Frayer for Getty Images which won first prize in the Daily Life singles category shows Chinese men pulling a tricycle in a neighborhood next to a coal-fired power plant in Shanxi, China, on Nov. 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/Getty Images, World Press Photo via AP)

21/33“China’s Coal Addiction” by photographer Kevin Frayer for Getty Images which won first prize in the Daily Life singles category shows Chinese men pulling a tricycle in a neighborhood next to a coal-fired power plant in Shanxi, China, on Nov. 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/Getty Images, World Press Photo via AP)

“In the Same Boat” by photographer Francesco Zizola for Noor agency which won the second prize in the Contemporary Issues category shows migrants wrapped in emergency blankets two days after being rescued catch sight of the Italian coast for the first time, Strait of Sicily, Mediterranean Sea, Aug. 23, 2015. (Francesco Zizola/Noor, World Press Photo via AP)

22/33“In the Same Boat” by photographer Francesco Zizola for Noor agency which won the second prize in the Contemporary Issues category shows migrants wrapped in emergency blankets two days after being rescued catch sight of the Italian coast for the first time, Strait of Sicily, Mediterranean Sea, Aug. 23, 2015. (Francesco Zizola/Noor, World Press Photo via AP)

“March Against Police Violence” by photographer John J. Kim for the Chicago Tribune which won a third prize in the Contemporary Issues singles category shows Lamon Reccord staring down a police sergeant during a protest following the fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald by police in Chicago, Illinois, USA, Nov. 25, 2015.(John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune, World Press Photo via AP)

23/33“March Against Police Violence” by photographer John J. Kim for the Chicago Tribune which won a third prize in the Contemporary Issues singles category shows Lamon Reccord staring down a police sergeant during a protest following the fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald by police in Chicago, Illinois, USA, Nov. 25, 2015.(John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune, World Press Photo via AP)

“The Gris-gris Wrestlers of Senegal” by photographer Christian Bobst which won the second prize Sports Stories category shows a tournament in the Adrien Senghor arena leaning towards the end. The wrestling fights take place in the late evenings when temperatures drop. Dakar, Senegal, 28 March 28, 2015. (Christian Bobst, World Press Photo via AP)

24/33“The Gris-gris Wrestlers of Senegal” by photographer Christian Bobst which won the second prize Sports Stories category shows a tournament in the Adrien Senghor arena leaning towards the end. The wrestling fights take place in the late evenings when temperatures drop. Dakar, Senegal, 28 March 28, 2015. (Christian Bobst, World Press Photo via AP)

“2015 NCAA Tournament” by photographer Greg Nelson for Sports Illustrated which won second prize in the Sports Singles category shows the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 2015 Mens Basketball Tournament game with Wichita State vs. Indiana, Ron Baker shoots over Nick Zeisloft whilst Hanner Mosquera-Perea and Rashard Kelly battle for position at the CenturyLink Center in Omaha, Nebraska, USA, on March 20, 2015.(Greg Nelson/Sports Illustrated, World Press Photo via AP)

25/33“2015 NCAA Tournament” by photographer Greg Nelson for Sports Illustrated which won second prize in the Sports Singles category shows the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 2015 Mens Basketball Tournament game with Wichita State vs. Indiana, Ron Baker shoots over Nick Zeisloft whilst Hanner Mosquera-Perea and Rashard Kelly battle for position at the CenturyLink Center in Omaha, Nebraska, USA, on March 20, 2015.(Greg Nelson/Sports Illustrated, World Press Photo via AP)

“Douma’s Children, Syria” by photographer Abd Doumany for AFP which won the second prize in the General News stories category shows a wounded Syrian girl holding on to a relative as she awaits treatment by doctors at a makeshift hospital in Douma, Syria, May 11, 2015. (Abd Doumany/AFP, World Press Photo via AP)

26/33“Douma’s Children, Syria” by photographer Abd Doumany for AFP which won the second prize in the General News stories category shows a wounded Syrian girl holding on to a relative as she awaits treatment by doctors at a makeshift hospital in Douma, Syria, May 11, 2015. (Abd Doumany/AFP, World Press Photo via AP)

“March Against Terrorism in Paris” by photographer Corentin Fohlen, Divergence for Stern and Paris Match, which won second prize in the Spot News singles category shows a demonstration against terrorism in Paris, after a series of five attacks occurred across the Ile-de-France region, beginning at the headquarters for satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, Paris, France, Jan. 11, 2015.(Corentin Fohlen/Divergence for Stern and Paris Match, World Press Photo via AP)

27/33“March Against Terrorism in Paris” by photographer Corentin Fohlen, Divergence for Stern and Paris Match, which won second prize in the Spot News singles category shows a demonstration against terrorism in Paris, after a series of five attacks occurred across the Ile-de-France region, beginning at the headquarters for satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, Paris, France, Jan. 11, 2015.(Corentin Fohlen/Divergence for Stern and Paris Match, World Press Photo via AP)

“An earthquake’s Aftermath, Nepal” by photographer Daniel Berehulak for The New York Times which won third prize in the General News stories category shows residents foraging through their destroyed homes, gathering salvageable belongings. Bhaktapur, Nepal, April 29, 2015.(Daniel Berehulak/The New York Times, World Press Photo via AP)

28/33“An earthquake’s Aftermath, Nepal” by photographer Daniel Berehulak for The New York Times which won third prize in the General News stories category shows residents foraging through their destroyed homes, gathering salvageable belongings. Bhaktapur, Nepal, April 29, 2015.(Daniel Berehulak/The New York Times, World Press Photo via AP)

“Tianjin Explosion” by photographer Chen Jie which won third prize in the General News singles category shows an aerial view of the destruction after the explosion in Tianjin, China, Aug. 15, 2015.(Chen Jie, World Press Photo via AP)

29/33“Tianjin Explosion” by photographer Chen Jie which won third prize in the General News singles category shows an aerial view of the destruction after the explosion in Tianjin, China, Aug. 15, 2015.(Chen Jie, World Press Photo via AP)