Children carry banners inside a cage during a protest against forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in Douma Eastern Al-Ghouta near Damascus, Sunday. Bassam Khabieh/Reuters
Istanbul Protest by Bulent Kilic won first prize in the spot news singles category. A young girl pictured after being wounded during anti-government protests.
Kilic also won third prize in the spot news singles category, for his image Air Strike on IS Militants.
Kilic won the Guardians agency photographer prize in 2014.
Photograph: Bulent Kilic/AFP
Christmas Factory by Ronghui Chen won second prize in the contemporary issues singles category. Wei, wearing a face mask and a Santa cap, needs to change the mask five times a day because of the red dust in the atmosphere.
Photograph: Rongchui Chen/City Press
Rescue Operation by Massimo Sestini won second prize in the general news singles category. Shipwrecked people onboard a boat are rescued 20 miles north of Libya by an Italian navy frigate.
Photograph: Massimo Sesstini/EPA
Monkey Training for a Circus by Yongzhi Chu won first prize in the nature singles category. With more than 300 circus troupes, Suzhou is known as the hometown of the Chinese circus.
Photograph: Yongzi Chu/EPA