Floods in Pakistan, an earthquake in Haiti, an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and violent suppression of human rights the world over: The prize-giving ceremony at this year's Days Japan International Photojournalism Award, which was held in Tokyo on Thursday evening, was a graphic reminder of the catalog of horrors that befell the world in 2010.
The Grand Prix at what is Japan's largest independent international award for photojournalism went to Danish photographer Jan Dago for a selection of shots taken in the immediate aftermath of the Haiti earthquake, which struck in January. Several of the 15 haunting images submitted by Dago depicted Haitians struggling to clean up, or just get their lives back in order, some of them to a backdrop that included the still-unburied victims of both the quake and its chaotic postscript.
Dago was awarded ¥1 million in prize money in addition to a Nikon camera and other prizes.