The results of the 54th annual World Press Photo Contest are out. The 2011 contest saw a record 108,059 images submitted by 5,847 participating photographers representing 125 different nationalities.

The international jury gave prizes in nine themed categories to 55 photographers of 23 nationalities from: Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Haiti, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Mexico, the Netherlands, Poland, Somalia, South Africa, Spain and the US.

Heading the winners list was Jodi Bieber from South Africa who was awarded the World Press Photo of the Year 2010 for her portrait of Bibi Aisha, an 18-year-old woman from Oruzgan province in Afghanistan, who was terribly disfigured by her husband under the Taliban rule. The entry was also awarded First prize in the category Portraits Singles in this year’s contest. Here are some of the other winning images from the contest.

World Press Photo of the Year 2010 Jodi Bieber, South Africa, Institute for Artist Management/Goodman Gallery for Time magazine

Bibi Aisha, an 18-year-old woman from Oruzgan province in Afghanistan, who fled back to her family home from her husband’s house, complaining of violent treatment. The Taliban arrived one night, demanding Bibi be handed over to face justice. After a Taliban commander pronounced his verdict, Bibi’s brother-in-law held her down and her husband sliced off her ears and then cut off her nose. Bibi was abandoned, but later rescued by aid workers and the American military. After time in a women’s refuge in Kabul, she was taken to America, where she received counseling and reconstructive surgery. Bibi Aisha now lives in the US.

1st Prize Spot News Single Péter Lakatos, Hungary, MTI Suicide jump, Budapest, Hungary, 22 May

1st Prize General News Single Riccardo Venturi, Italy, Contrasto Old Iron Market burns, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 18 January

1st Prize People In The News Stories Daniel Berehulak, Australia, Getty Images Pakistan floods, August-September: Flood victims scramble for food as they battle the downwash from a Pakistan army helicopter during relief operations, Dadu, Pakistan, 13 September.

1st Prize Sport Single Mike Hutchings, South Africa, for Reuters Netherlands Demy de Zeeuw is kicked in the face by Uruguay’s Martin Cáceres during World Cup semi-final, Cape Town, 6 July

1st Prize Contemporary Issues Stories Ed Ou, Canada, Reportage by Getty Images Escape from Somalia, March: Four Somali refugees en route to Yemen sleep in the desert after traveling all night on muddy roads and in pouring rain, Somaliland, 15 March.

1st Prize Daily Life Single Omar Feisal, Somalia, for Reuters Man carries a shark through the streets of Mogadishu, Somalia, 23 September

1st Prize Daily Life Stories Martin Roemers, The Netherlands, Panos Pictures Metropolis