Press photo competition winners announced

Daniel Rodrigues of Hungary won the Daily Life-stories Award of Excellence for Awá Guajá. [Photo/Asianewsphoto]

Winners of the 11th China International Press Photo Contest were announced by the contest's organization committee in Chengdu, Sichuan province, on Wednesday.

Photographers from more than 30 countries and regions won 68 prizes this year. Xu Zugen, chairman of the China Photojournalists Society and the contest's organization committee, said that the event has become the biggest international press photo contest in Asia and a widely recognized photojournalism event.