World Press Photo 2017 contest winners

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The winners of the World Press Photo 2017 contest have been announced. The winners were selected from more than 80,000 images. Here are some of the winning photographs.

An unnamed gunman gestures after shooting the Russian ambassador to Turkey, Andrei Karlov, at a photo gallery in Ankara, Turkey, Dec. 19, 2016.
Burhan Ozbilici/AP Photo

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