Swiss Press Photo 2013

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Laurent Gilliéron: Bus crash in Siders, March 14, 2012. Main prize (Laurent Gilliéron/Keystone) Keystone

Magali Girardin: growing up on the tarmac. Second prize in the category current affairs A centre for asylum seekers, built near the runways at Geneva airport (Swiss Press Photo/Magali Girardin) Keystone

Martin Guggisberg: Miss. Second prize in the category culture The Miss Tourism Switzerland competition at Zweisimmen (Swiss Press Photo/ Martin Guggisberg) Keystone

Christian Brun: anti-drug fight, Lausanne. Third prize in the category current affairs (Swiss Press Photo/Christian Brun) Keystone

Meinrad Schade: Strange normality in Nagorno-Karabakh. Second prize in the category foreign affairs (Swiss Press Photo/Anzenberger/Meinrad Schade) Keystone

Tomas Wüthrich: Ernst Burren, author. Third prize in the category culture (Swiss Press Photo/Tomas Wüthrich) Keystone

François Schaer: speed skier. Third prize in the category sport (Swiss Press Photo/François Schaer) Keystone

Severin Nowacki: Fabio Carico, Swiss wrestler, Fribourg. Second prize in the category sport (Swiss Press Photo/Severin Nowacki) Keystone

Daniel Tischler: musician Reverend Beat-Man, from the Paradise Tea series. First prize in the category portrait (Swiss Press Photo/Daniel Tischler) Keystone

Michael Buholzer: The wasp and Roger Federer. First prize in the category sport (Swiss Press Photo/Reuters/Michael Buholzer) Keystone

Christian Bobst: Georgia. Third prize in the category foreign affairs (Swiss Press Photo/Christian Bobst) Keystone

Reza Khatir: Magic Box, The Family. Second prize in the category portrait (Swiss Press Photo/Reza Khatir) Keystone

François Schaer: White days. Second prize in the category everyday life and the environment (Swiss Press Photo/François Schaer) Keystone

Dominic Nahr: Border conflict in Sudan. First prize in the category foreign affairs (Swiss Press Photo/Magnum Photos/Dominic Nahr) Keystone

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The top prize of Swiss Press Photo 2013 has been awarded to Laurent Gilliéron for his image of the 2012 bus accident in Sierre. Of the 28 people who died, 22 were Belgian children on holiday.

Swiss Press Photo honours freelance and staff photographers for single photos and photo series that have been published in the Swiss press. The main prize is worth CHF20,000 ($21,400); the winner of each category receives CHF2,000. The prize was established by the Reinhardt von Graffenried Foundation.