Citation: The Robert Capa Gold Medal Award 2016

Citation Year: 2016
Citation Recipient: Goran Tomasevic, Zohra Bensemra, Mohammed Salem and Ahmed Jadallah
Affiliation: Reuters
Honored Work: “Battle for Mosul”
 


Flames and smoke rise from oil wells set ablaze by Islamic State militants before they fled the oil-producing region of Qayyara, Iraq, November 4, 2016. Photos: Goran Tomasevic, Zohra Bensemra, Mohammed Salem and Ahmed Jadallah

An Iraqi soldier uses his rifle to hold up a helmet as a decoy during clashes with Islamic State fighters in Al-Qasar, South-East of Mosul, Iraq November 28, 2016. Photos: Goran Tomasevic, Zohra Bensemra, Mohammed Salem and Ahmed Jadallah

Members of an Iraqi special forces police unit fire their weapons at Islamic State fighters in al-Shura, south of Mosul, Iraq October 29, 2016. Photos: Goran Tomasevic, Zohra Bensemra, Mohammed Salem and Ahmed Jadallah

People run in panic after a coalition airstrike hit Islamic State fighters positions in Tahrir neighbourhood of Mosul, Iraq, November 17, 2016. Photos: Goran Tomasevic, Zohra Bensemra, Mohammed Salem and Ahmed Jadallah

An Iraqi father (L) mourns the death of his son, who was killed during clashes in the Islamic State stronghold of Mosul, in al-Samah neighborhood, Iraq December 1, 2016. Photos: Goran Tomasevic, Zohra Bensemra, Mohammed Salem and Ahmed Jadallah

People react as Iraqi police fire shots in the air to control a crowd of people overrunning an aid distribution point run by United Nations agencies at Zahra district, east of Mosul, Iraq December 8, 2016. Photos: Goran Tomasevic, Zohra Bensemra, Mohammed Salem and Ahmed Jadallah

A newly displaced woman carries her child at a check point in Qayyara, east of Mosul, Iraq October 26, 2016. hotos: Goran Tomasevic, Zohra Bensemra, Mohammed Salem and Ahmed Jadallah

Men pull with a rope the body of an Islamic State fighter before burying him near Karamah, south of Mosul, November 11, 2016. Photos: Goran Tomasevic, Zohra Bensemra, Mohammed Salem and Ahmed Jadallah

A detained man accused of being an Islamic State fighter sits in front of newly displaced men near a check point in Qayyara, east of Mosul, Iraq October 26, 2016. Photos: Goran Tomasevic, Zohra Bensemra, Mohammed Salem and Ahmed Jadallah

Newly displaced people wait to receive food supplies at a processing center for displaced people In  Qayyara, south of Mosul, Iraq October 21, 2016. Photos: Goran Tomasevic, Zohra Bensemra, Mohammed Salem and Ahmed Jadallah