54º world press photo: notícias - 2º prémio (singulares)

Guang Niu, China

"Tibetan monks prepare for the mass cremation of earthquake victims on a mountaintop in Yushu county, Qinghai province, in China. A 6.9 magnitude earthquake struck the province on 14 April, killing over 2 600 people and injuring some 12 000 more. Tibetan  usually practice sky burial, leaving corpses out for vultures, but the sheer numbers of dead in this case forced the monks to abandon tradition."