AFP Afghan photographer Massoud Hossaini won the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography for an image of a young Afghan girl after a suicide attack at a shrine in Kabul in December 2011. WARNING: Final, prize-winning image contains graphic violence and may be disturbing. (All photos by Massoud Hossaini for AFP unless otherwise indicated.)
The Photos Of Pulitzer-Winner Massoud Hossaini
![An Afghan demonstrator holds a copy of a half-burned Koran, allegedly set on fire by U.S. soldiers, at the gate of Bagram air base during a protest against Koran desecration at Bagram in February.](https://gdb.rferl.org/8ee96b08-c37e-45dd-b6ec-d07f4d9a63cc_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An Afghan demonstrator holds a copy of a half-burned Koran, allegedly set on fire by U.S. soldiers, at the gate of Bagram air base during a protest against Koran desecration at Bagram in February.
![Eleven-year-old girl Tarana Akbari poses for a photograph after an interview with an AFP reporter at her home in Kabul on April 17 after the announcement that Hossaini's photo had won the Pulitzer Prize. (AFP/Shah Marai)](https://gdb.rferl.org/fb714174-115f-4cf6-b940-9869c6e660ba_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Eleven-year-old girl Tarana Akbari poses for a photograph after an interview with an AFP reporter at her home in Kabul on April 17 after the announcement that Hossaini's photo had won the Pulitzer Prize. (AFP/Shah Marai)
![An elderly vendor sits at his shop in Kabul in April.](https://gdb.rferl.org/def64396-97a4-4f0e-abac-667373f83936_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An elderly vendor sits at his shop in Kabul in April.
![A young man enters a barber shop in Kabul in January.](https://gdb.rferl.org/db40ff27-aca9-4db2-8fcc-37d1456577dd_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A young man enters a barber shop in Kabul in January.
![Agence France-Presse (AFP) photographer Massoud Hossaini reacts as the prizewinning photograph is shown on Afghan television on April 17. (AFP/Johannes Eisele)](https://gdb.rferl.org/6093145a-3fbe-40c2-b546-ade89a17ad71_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Agence France-Presse (AFP) photographer Massoud Hossaini reacts as the prizewinning photograph is shown on Afghan television on April 17. (AFP/Johannes Eisele)
![Eleven-year-old Akbari, the "girl in green dress," at her home in Kabul on April 17. (AFP/Shah Marai)](https://gdb.rferl.org/b0c25f1f-74f0-4040-972f-08cc01890c3d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Eleven-year-old Akbari, the "girl in green dress," at her home in Kabul on April 17. (AFP/Shah Marai)
![Afghans walking along a street in Kabul in February.](https://gdb.rferl.org/42dce7f5-a9dc-4c5b-8db0-560e330f4896_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Afghans walking along a street in Kabul in February.
![People gather for a New Year's ceremony at the Sakhi Shrine in Kabul in March.](https://gdb.rferl.org/80dd4cf3-3709-4b6c-83d6-481621d067e7_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People gather for a New Year's ceremony at the Sakhi Shrine in Kabul in March.
![An Afghan woman who was deported from Iran to Afghanistan looks on with other returnees at the provincial refugee agency premises in Herat city in February.](https://gdb.rferl.org/17a2af47-d940-49d8-954d-6b255d935085_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An Afghan woman who was deported from Iran to Afghanistan looks on with other returnees at the provincial refugee agency premises in Herat city in February.
![Sixteen-year-old Aatifa, who set herself on fire in Herat, cries in her hospital bed in February.](https://gdb.rferl.org/6a1ce175-a7df-4d53-bb5c-d5f619041493_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Sixteen-year-old Aatifa, who set herself on fire in Herat, cries in her hospital bed in February.
![An Afghan National Army helicopter flies over the Sakhi Shrine in Kabul in March.](https://gdb.rferl.org/66299bac-0bfc-44cc-88a8-fcff6c09e688_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An Afghan National Army helicopter flies over the Sakhi Shrine in Kabul in March.
![Pashtun leaders listen to President Hamid Karzai speak at a meeting with tribal leaders in Kandahar in June 2010.](https://gdb.rferl.org/8d587ef1-c05c-4e0f-a661-2e041505a121_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Pashtun leaders listen to President Hamid Karzai speak at a meeting with tribal leaders in Kandahar in June 2010.
![Britain's Prince Charles looks through the window of a British military helicopter en route to Lashkar Gah in March 2010.](https://gdb.rferl.org/14295aff-1e88-4bb8-811c-5fcd42c48d76_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Britain's Prince Charles looks through the window of a British military helicopter en route to Lashkar Gah in March 2010.
![The photograph that was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, showing Tarana Akbari reacting amid the casualties after the suicide bombing at a crowded Shi'ite shrine in Kabul on December 6, 2011.](https://gdb.rferl.org/828d0901-dd0a-41c4-80e9-9efa1e29cfdb_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The photograph that was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, showing Tarana Akbari reacting amid the casualties after the suicide bombing at a crowded Shi'ite shrine in Kabul on December 6, 2011.