Our thanks go to Santiago Lyon of the AP and his staff for their participation in this effort and
of course to the two photographers in the field who braved many dangers to see that their comrades
get a decent burial after more than a week since their death.

For those wishing to help the families of these two young journalists, please visit the website of
Caucasus-Images, where a donation account has been established in their memory.

Alexander Klimchuk

Giga Chikhladze

On patrol with Georgian peace keepers
In one of the last images Klimchuk transmitted before his death, the head of Georgian peacekepers,
Mamuka Kurashvili, investigates the scene of a shootout in the South Osettian capitol of Tskhinvali.
August 5, 2008

Saakashvili rallies supporters in Tbilisi
Georgia's presidential candidate Mikhail Saakashvili speaks to his supporters during a rally in Tbilisi.
January 4, 2008

Georgians celebrate Stalin's birthday
Georgian fans of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin attend a rally marking his 127th birthday in Gori, the late
dictator's hometown. More than fifty years have passed since Stalin's death on March 5, 1953, but some
Russians and Georgians still revere him as a great leader who defeated Hitler and made the Soviet Union
a superpower, despite his devastating purges which killed millions.
December 21, 2006

Coming from a country that experiences conflict and volatility on a daily basis would heighten anyone’s
perspective on life. Ziv Koren grew up in Israel in the 1970s and ‘80s but his later desire to document
the conflict in his homeland through the medium of photography wasn’t always there. So, what led him
into the dangerous and life-threatening world of being a photojournalist in one of the world’s most troubled regions?

Read more at Ziv's Canon Ambassador page.

Film trailer for "More Than 1,000 Words."

Liss garnered the top prize for his piece titled "Voices from Juvenile Detention: Kids Behind Bars,"
which chronicles the lives of juvenile offenders in pre-trial detention.

Fadek was honored with a Judges' Special Recognition award for his piece, "City of Missing Women,"
which chronicles the chilling story of women murdered on the U.S.-Mexico border in Juarez, Mexico.

For more information, please visit the official POYi site.

It sounds harmless: "pre-trial detention." But the reality is far different. In a squat block buildings
in Laredo, Texas and in Portland, Oregon - and in similar places around the nation - children await
trial or placement in concrete cells while the underlying issues that led to their behavior fester.
Some are addicts who need treatment; others are kids battling mental illnesses. Many are angry
and have been virtually abandoned by absentee or irresponsible parents.

City of Missing Women
Timothy Fadek

There is a saying in the area that, if you want to find Juarez, located just across the border from
El Paso, Texas, just follow the crosses. And there are a lot of them. 421 women, to be exact,
have been murdered in Juarez since 1993, and hundreds more women have disappeared.
Most of them fit a similar profile -- young women who came from other parts of the country to
work in the maquiladoras, the factories on the border that take advantage of Mexico's cheap labor
to produce goods for U.S. and international companies. Many of the women disappeared on their
way to or from work, perhaps while waiting for the buses that take them between the maquiladoras
and the shantytowns on the outskirts of town in the late-night or predawn hours.

The event takes place Tuesday, February 5th at 7:00 p.m.

Barnes and Noble
97 Warren Street between West and Greenwich Streets.

For more information, please visit Insight Editions.

The Bubble Lounges is located at 228 West Broadway, at the intersection of White Street.

During a rain storm, a Marine honor guard practices carrying the casket of Bunny Long, a Cambodian-American
soldier from Modesto, California who was killed in Iraq.

For more information, please visit the Frontline Club website.

North Korean soldiers stand guard at the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) at Panmunjom, separating North and South Korea.

Photo: Palestinians wave flags upon their release from an Israeli jail.

“Ziv is a photojournalist, so he regularly puts his cameras through tough times. Being based in Israel, he has covered some very difficult and dangerous events, and he needs to know his camera will stand up to the rigours of his daily life. Here he talks about this experience with the EOS-1D Mark III.

Covering events in the way he does means Ziv’s time is very precious. He might be away on an assignment for weeks on end, only returning to base for a short period of time before heading off again.”

Read more on the Canon Road Test page.

Best Photo Essay, Non-Daily Division – Circulation of 12K + (1st Place)

Best Feature Photo, Non-Daily Division – Circulation of 15K + (2nd Place)

For more information, please visit the Tribeca Trib.

British philanthropist Dr. Martin "Dill" Faulkes donated a $1 million set of change bells to
New York City's historic Trinity Church.

Abu, 7, buttons the collar of his father's shirt at a camp for amputees outside Freetown, Sierra Leone.
Abu Bakarr Kargbo, 31, is one of the thousands of victims of forced amputations performed by the
Revolutionary United Front during Sierra Leone's 11-year civil war.

In "North Korea: Red Utopia," Kontos takes viewers on a tour of North Korea, perhaps one of the most restrictive environments for a photographer. Kontos had previously tried and failed for three years to get into the country and eventually gained access after using false papers and posing as a tourist. As a result, the majority of the images in this exhibit were taken surreptitiously, as government minders were ever-present.

"Possible/Impossible: Aporias" takes viewers on a journey through Kontos' work from 1997 to the present day. The title comes from the ancient Greek, ‘no passage’, and means ‘the insurmountable’.

For more information, please visit the Canon Professional Network.