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Catholic photojournalist wins prestigious award

Catholic photojournalist wins prestigious award
A crowded train in Bangladesh
Published: February 14, 2011 01:00 AM GMT
Updated: February 15, 2011 11:05 AM GMT

A Catholic photojournalist from Bangladesh has won one of the top prizes at an international photography award ceremony. Andrew Biraj, 28, a Dhaka-based Reuters photographer was declared third-prize winner in the Daily Life category at the World Press Photo Awards in Amsterdam, the Netherlands on February 12. A 19-member jury awarded prizes to 55 photographers in nine categories. This year’s contest saw some 108,059 pictorial entries from 5,847 photographers from 125 countries. Biraj’s winning photograph was of an overcrowded train approaching a station near Dhaka during the Eid festival. BA13272.1641

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