Best News Photos of the Year Announced

Best News Photos of the Year Announced
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Second Prize, General News (Single Photos)
World Press Photo Contest 2007

An austere image of an attack plan etched in sand along the Chad-Sudan border won U.S. photographer Stanley Greene a 2007 World Press Photo award.

Later, in early 2008, tensions escalated between Chad and Sudan, as Chad accused its western neighbor of supporting an attempted coup in the Chadian capital of N'Djamena.

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