The best press photos of 2012

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Mark Henley: Bank on Us (Zurich financial centre) Swiss Press Photographer of the Year 2012 Mark Henley

Credit Suisse board members laughing before the annual general meeting. Mark Henley

Shareholder at the UBS AGM. Mark Henley

Crossing Paradeplatz at the centre of Zurich's financial district. Mark Henley

Adrian Moser: Justice Minister Simonetta Sommaruga Winner: Portrait category Adrian Moser

Olivier Vogelsang: Midnight swim Winner: Daily life and environment category Olivier Vogelsang

Olivier Vogelsang: Midnight swim Winner: Daily life and environment category Olivier Vogelsang

Olivier Vogelsang: Midnight swim Winner: Daily life and environment category Olivier Vogelsang

Simon Tanner: Silvesterchläuse (New Year custom in Urnäsch, eastern Switzerland) Winner: Art and culture category Simon Tanner

Georges Cabrera: Impact Night (Kickboxing) Winner: Sport category Georges Cabrera

Georges Cabrera: Impact Night (Kickboxing) Winner: Sport category Georges Cabreras

Olivier Vogelsang: Tripoli liberated Winner: Foreign reportage category Olivier Vogelsang

Olivier Vogelsang: Hannibal Gaddafi's seaside home Winner: Foreign reportage category Olivier Vogelsang

Olivier Vogelsang: a boy poses outside one of Gaddafi's ex-villas Winner: Foreign reportage category Olivier Vogelsang

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Swiss Press Photo awards images published in the Swiss media. The 2012 top prize went to British photographer Mark Henley, who lives in Switzerland. He found a way of showing emotion and drama in the dry subject of the economy and banks.

Others ranged from images of war in Libya to kickboxing and midnight swimming. The top prize is worth SFr20,000 ($21,800).

Photos: swisspressphoto.ch