Peter Van Agtmael won second prize in the General News/Stories category of the 2007 World Press Photo competition for his piece on night raids in Iraq. For more information, please visit:
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An Iraqi soldier walks past a wall riddled with bullet holes during a night raid in Mosul which resulted
in the wounding of an American soldier and the death of one insurgent.

U.S. soldiers search for contraband near a child's swingset and wading pool at the home of a
suspected insurgent.

A Kurdish translator crouches on a dark street in Mosul, waiting for a raid to begin.

An Iraqi teen's face was bloodied by the rifle butt of an American soldier during a raid on the home
of a suspected insurgent that turned up bomb-making materials and manuals.

A U.S. soldier shines his flashlight above the dead body of an Iraqi man after forces staged a raid
on the home of a suspected bomb-maker.

Three generations of Iraqi women wait under guard as two of their male family members are
detained during a raid in Mosul.

Sergeant Jackson of the 172nd Stryker Brigade rests in the living room of a residential home after
a raid in Rawah detained two suspected being insurgents.

A suspected Iraqi insurgent is interrogated in his home by American troops after a late night raid in Mosul.

An Iraqi boy waits in an empty room as his home is searched by U.S. soldiers.

An Iraqi detainee waits with his hands cuffed and eyes covered after a raid in Mosul.

A child and two women restrain an elderly woman as she yells at soldiers detaining her son.

An Iraqi soldier stands guard outside a house in Mosul where a substantial weapons cache was discovered.