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World Press Photo Exhibition at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh, 22 August to 7 September 2006.

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The World Press Photo exhibition is the result of a worldwide annual competition attracting entries from leading photojournalists, agencies, newspapers and magazines from around the globe.

This page features just a small selection of more than 200 photographs from world events that were on display.

Exhibition opens at Holyrood.

Woman and child at emergency feeding centre in Niger   street children in the Democratic Republic of Congo
World Press Photograph of the Year 2005: The fingers of malnourished one-year-old Alassa Galisou are pressed against the lips of his mother Fatou Ousseini at an emergency feeding centre in the town of Tahoua in northwestern Niger. Finbarr O'Reilly, Canada, Reuters.   Street children enjoy a shower in a care centre in Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Food and lodging, as well as basic schooling, are offered to the children in exchange for light labour. Marcus Bleasdale, Ireland, for Human Rights Watch.
Polar bear eating a seal   lamps are released into the sky in a ceremony commemorating the tsunami
A polar bear eats a seal on an ice flow near the Monaco glacier on the northwest coast of Svalbard (Spitsbergen) in Norway. Pål Hermansen, Norway, for Orion Forlag/Getty Images.   5000 kong ming lamps are released into the sky in Khao Lak, Thailand in a ceremony one year after the December 2004 tsunami. Xin Zhou, People's Republic of China, Guangzhou Daily.
horse racing   swimmer
Horse-racing is an important part of the Australian sports scene. It is the third most attended spectator sport in the country after Australian Rules football and rugby league. Mark & Jenny Evans , Australia.
  World-record holder Aaron Peirsol after the 200-metre backstroke preliminary heats during the Santa Clara Grand Prix in California in June. Donald Miralle, Jr., USA, Getty Images.
aftermath of Hurricane Katrina   Migration of fruit bats
The aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, by Michael Appleton, New York Daily News.   Migration of Fruit Bats in Zambia, by Kieran Dodds, Evening Times/The Herald.

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