Image of disfigured Afghan woman wins photo prize
A South African photographer's portrait of an Afghan woman whose husband sliced off her nose and ears in a case of Taliban-administered justice has won the World Press Photo award for 2010, one of photojournalism's most coveted prizes.
Jodi Beiber's posed picture, which contrasts the woman's arresting beauty against the results of the violence done to her after she fled an abusive marriage, was published on the cover of Time magazine August 1.The woman, 18-year-old Bibi Aisha, was rescued by the US military and now lives in America. (AP)
