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AMSTERDAM (AP) - American photographer John Stanmeyer has won the World Press Photo of the Year award for 2013 with a moonlit shot of African migrants in Djibouti holding their cellphones to the sky, seeking a better reception signal.
Stanmeyer, of the VII photo agency, was working for National Geographic. Jury member Jillian Edelstein says the photo raised issues of technology, globalization, migration, poverty, desperation, alienation, and humanity.
The jury chose 53 winning photographers in 18 categories from nearly 100,000 submissions globally for one of photojournalism's most prestigious awards.
National Geographic took the most prizes Friday, with seven. The Associated Press won two awards, including first place in portraits for Markus Schreiber's picture of a disappointed woman in Pretoria, South Africa, who learned she would not be able to view Nelson Mandela's casket.
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