Photograph encapsulates Arab Spring

Spanish photographer Samuel Aranda won the 2011 World Press Photo of the Year award yesterday for an image of a woman holding a wounded relative after a demonstration in Yemen.

Jurors said Aranda’s photo, taken for The New York Times, encapsulated many of the facets of the uprisings across the Middle East which have become known as the Arab Spring.

The photo was taken on Oct 15 in a mosque in Sanaa, Yemen, that was being used as a hospital after demonstrators protesting against the rule of President Ali Abdullah Saleh clashed with government forces.