Daniel Berehulak, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Win Photography Pulitzer Prizes

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Daniel Berehulak, a photographer with Getty Images Reportage, has won the coveted Pulitzer Prize in Feature Photography for his extensive coverage of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.

The Pulitzer Prize committee called Berehulak’s images “gripping” and “courageous.”

Berehulak, who covered the outbreak for the New York Times, was in Liberia and Sierra Leone for more than 14 weeks in 2014. “Most media outlets have people that stay here for around five to 10 days,” Berehulak told TIME last year. “Editors are extremely nervous — there’s a lot of pressure and a lot of restrictions.”

The finalists in the Feature Photography category were Bulent Kilic of Agence France-Presse “for his compelling photographs of Kurds fleeing ISIS attacks in small Kurdish towns on the Syrian-Turkish border,” the Pulitzer committee said in a statement, and Bob Owen, Jerry Lara and Lisa Krantz of the San Antonio Express-News “for chilling photographs that document the hard road Central American migrants must follow to seek refuge in the U.S.”

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Members of a Liberian Red Cross burial team, under contract from the Liberian Ministry of Health, remove the body of a suspected Ebola victim Lorpu David, 30 on Sept. 18, 2014 in the Gurley street community in central Monrovia, Liberia.
Members of a Liberian Red Cross burial team, under contract from the Liberian Ministry of Health, remove the body of suspected Ebola victim Lorpu David, 30, on Sept. 18, 2014, in the Gurley street community in central Monrovia, Liberia.Daniel Berehulak—The New York Times/Redux
Members of a Liberian Red Cross burial team, remove the body of woman, a woman, 75, a suspected Ebola victim on Sept. 18, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia.
Members of a Liberian Red Cross burial team, remove the body of woman, 75, a suspected Ebola victim on Sept. 18, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. Daniel Berehulak—The New York Times/Redux
A burial team collects the body of a 75-year-old woman in a neighborhood called PHP in Monrovia, Liberia, Sept. 18, 2014.
A burial team collects the body of a 75-year-old woman in a neighborhood called PHP in Monrovia, Liberia, Sept. 18, 2014. Daniel Berehulak—The New York Times/Redux
A resident of the West Point neighborhood covers his nose as a burial team departed with a body in Monrovia, Liberia, Sept. 17, 2014.
A resident of the West Point neighborhood covers his nose as a burial team leaves with a body in Monrovia, Liberia, Sept. 17, 2014. Daniel Berehulak—The New York Times/Redux
Members of a burial team from the Liberian Red Cross under contract from the Liberian Ministry of Health remove the body of a man, a suspected Ebola victim from a home in Matadi on Sept. 17, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia.
Members of a burial team from the Liberian Red Cross remove the body of a man, a suspected Ebola victim, from a home in Matadi on Sept. 17, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. Daniel Berehulak—The New York Times/Redux
A member of a Liberian Red Cross burial team is disinfected, with chlorine sprayed on by a colleague, after having removed the body of a man, a suspected Ebola victim from his home on Sept. 6, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia.
A member of a Liberian Red Cross burial team is disinfected, with chlorine sprayed on by a colleague, after having removed the body of a man, a suspected Ebola victim, on Sept. 6, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. Daniel Berehulak—The New York Times/Reportage by Getty Images
Residents look on as the body of a man suspected of dying from Ebola lies in a busy street, after it was reportedly dragged there to draw attention of burial teams following days of failed attempts by his family to have his body picked up, in Monrovia, Liberia, Sept. 15, 2014.
Residents look on as the body of a man suspected of dying from Ebola lies in a busy street after it was reportedly dragged there to draw the attention of burial teams. For several days, his family had asked for the body to be picked up, to no avail. Monrovia, Liberia, Sept. 15, 2014. Daniel Berehulak—The New York Times/Redux
Friends and relatives weep as a burial team removes the body of a 75-year-old woman who neighbors insisted died of a stroke, in a neighborhood called PHP in Monrovia, Liberia, Sept. 18, 2014.
Friends and relatives weep as a burial team removes the body of a 75-year-old woman. Her neighbors insisted she had died of a stroke. Monrovia, Liberia, Sept. 18, 2014.Daniel Berehulak—The New York Times/Redux
Eric Gweah, 25, grieves as he watches members of a Red Cross burial team carry the body his father, Ofori Gweah, 62, a suspected Ebola victim, in a riverside area called Rock Spring Valley in central Monrovia, Liberia, Sept. 18, 2014.
Eric Gweah, 25, grieves as he watches members of a Red Cross burial team carry the body his father, Ofori Gweah, 62, a suspected Ebola victim, in a riverside area called Rock Spring Valley in central Monrovia, Liberia, Sept. 18, 2014.Daniel Berehulak—The New York Times/Redux
Residents discuss an Ebola awareness campaign in Monrovia, Liberia, Aug. 30, 2014.
Residents discuss an Ebola awareness campaign in Monrovia, Liberia, Aug. 30, 2014. Daniel Berehulak—The New York Times/Redux
Residents of the West Point neighborhood attend church after a 10-day quarantine was lifted in Monrovia, Liberia, Aug. 31, 2014.
Residents of the West Point neighborhood attend church after a 10-day quarantine was lifted in Monrovia, Liberia, Aug. 31, 2014. Daniel Berehulak—The New York Times/Redux
James Dorbor, 8, suspected to have Ebola, lays on the ground as his father Edward tried to get the boy to drink coconut water as, they wait for James to be admitted into the JFK Ebola treatment centre on Sept. 5, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia.
James Dorbor, 8, suspected to have Ebola, lays on the ground as his father Edward tried to get the boy to drink coconut water. They waited for James to be admitted into the JFK Ebola treatment center on Sept. 5, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. Daniel Berehulak—The New York Times/Reportage by Getty Images
James Dorbor, 8, suspected to have Ebola, lays on the ground motionless and appeared to have died, as his father Edward Dorbor reacts in believeing the boy is dead, however the boy survived for a few more hours before passign away in the JFK Ebola treatment centre on Sept. 5, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia.
Edward Dorbor reacts after believing that his son, James Dorbor, 8, had died. However, the boy survived for a few additional hours before dying at the JFK Ebola treatment center on Sept. 5, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. Daniel Berehulak—The New York Times/Reportage by Getty Images
Medical staff carry James Dorbor, 8, suspected of having Ebola, into a treatment facility in Monrovia, Liberia, Sept. 5, 2014.
Medical staff rush into the treatment facility, carrying James Dorbor, 8, suspected of having Ebola. Since the health workers weren't wearing the appropriate protection against Ebola, they positioned James' body in a way to limit exposure to the deadly virus. Monrovia, Liberia, Sept. 5, 2014. Daniel Berehulak—The New York Times/Redux
A relative grieves as a Liberian Red Cross burial team, dress themselves in full protective clothing, prior to removing the body of a suspected Ebola victim, Ofori Gweah, 62, on Sept. 18, 2014 in central Monrovia, Liberia.
A relative grieves as members of a Liberian Red Cross burial team dress themselves in full protective clothing prior to removing the body of suspected Ebola victim, Ofori Gweah, 62, on Sept. 18, 2014 in central Monrovia, Liberia.Daniel Berehulak—The New York Times/Redux
Medical staff spray down a small plastic bag containing the blood sample of Hawa Konneh, 9, a suspected Ebola victim, as she lays on the dirt wrapped in a shawl in front of the Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) Ebola treatment centre, as her mother Masogbe sits near to her prior to Hawa's passing away on Sept. 4, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia.
Medical staff spray down a small plastic bag containing the blood sample of Hawa Konneh, 9, a suspected Ebola victim, as she lays on the dirt wrapped in a shawl in front of the Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Ebola treatment center, as her mother, Masogbe, sits near to her prior to Hawa's passing away on Sept. 4, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. Daniel Berehulak—The New York Times/Reportage by Getty Images
Marvin Gweah, 28, is overcome by emotion as members of a Liberian Red Cross burial team, carry away the body of his father, Ofori Gweah, 62, a suspected Ebola victim, on Sept. 18, 2014 in central Monrovia, Liberia.
Marvin Gweah, 28, is overcome by emotion as members of a Liberian Red Cross burial team carry away the body of his father, Ofori Gweah, 62, a suspected Ebola victim, on Sept. 18, 2014 in central Monrovia, Liberia. Daniel Berehulak—The New York Times/Reportage by Getty Images

In the Breaking News category, the Pulitzer Prize went to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s photo staff for “powerful images of the despair and anger in Ferguson, Mo., stunning photojournalism that served the community while informing the country,” the committee said.

Joseph Putlizer created the St. Louis Post-Dispatch from the 1878 merger of the St. Louis Dispatch and the St. Louis Evening Post.

“When all the world’s media leaves, this is still our neighborhood,” the newspaper’s director of photography Lynden Steele told TIME last year. “We have to work knowing that what we do now will come back to us a month from now. We have to be able to stand by what we’re doing now because we’re going to be in that neighborhood weeks, months, years from now.”

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Inside Ferguson With Photographers From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Aug. 17, 2014. A protester holds a sign towards the police after they shoot tear gas on W. Florissant in Ferguson. The protesters were throwing rocks and bottles towards the police.
Aug. 17, 2014. A protester holds a sign towards the police after they shoot tear gas on W. Florissant in Ferguson. The protesters were throwing rocks and bottles towards the police.J.B. Forbes—St Louis Post-Dispatch/Polaris
Aug. 13, 2014. A demonstrator throws back a tear gas container after tactical officers worked to break up a group of bystanders on Chambers Road and West Florissant on Wednesday, in St. Louis. Nights of unrest have vied with calls for calm in a St. Louis suburb where an unarmed black teenager was killed by police, while the community is still pressing for answers about the weekend shooting.
Aug. 13, 2014. A demonstrator throws back a tear gas container after tactical officers worked to break up a group of bystanders on Chambers Road and West Florissant on Wednesday, in St. Louis. Nights of unrest have vied with calls for calm in a St. Louis suburb where an unarmed black teenager was killed by police, while the community is still pressing for answers about the weekend shooting.Robert Cohen—St. Louis Post-Dispatch/AP
Aug. 13, 2014. A protester takes shelter from smoke billowing around him in Freguson, Mo. Protests in the St. Louis suburb rocked by racial unrest since a white police officer shot an unarmed black teenager to death turned violent Wednesday night, with some people lobbing Molotov cocktails and other objects at police who responded with smoke bombs and tear gas to disperse the crowd.
Aug. 13, 2014. A protester takes shelter from smoke billowing around him in Freguson, Mo. Protests in the St. Louis suburb rocked by racial unrest since a white police officer shot an unarmed black teenager to death turned violent Wednesday night, with some people lobbing Molotov cocktails and other objects at police who responded with smoke bombs and tear gas to disperse the crowd.David Carson—AP
Aug. 18, 2014. Police fire tear gas in the direction of where bottles were thrown from crowds gathered near the QuikTrip on W. Florissant Avenue.
Aug. 18, 2014. Police fire tear gas in the direction of where bottles were thrown from crowds gathered near the QuikTrip on W. Florissant Avenue.David Carson—St Louis Post-Dispatch/Polaris
Aug. 15, 2014. Isaiah King Ivy, 3, makes his shirt a mask as he participates in demonstrations with his north St. Louis County family on West Florissant Avenue in Ferguson.
Aug. 15, 2014. Isaiah King Ivy, 3, makes his shirt a mask as he participates in demonstrations with his north St. Louis County family on West Florissant Avenue in Ferguson.Robert Cohen—St. Louis Post-Dispatch/AP
Aug. 9, 2014. A crowd gathers near the scene where 18-year-old Michael Brown was fatally shot by police in Ferguson, Mo., near St. Louis on Saturday. A spokesman with the St. Louis County Police Department confirmed a Ferguson police officer shot the man. The spokesman didn’t give the reason for the shooting, nor provide the officer’s name or race.
Aug. 9, 2014. A crowd gathers near the scene where 18-year-old Michael Brown was fatally shot by police in Ferguson, Mo., near St. Louis on Saturday. A spokesman with the St. Louis County Police Department confirmed a Ferguson police officer shot the man. The spokesman didn’t give the reason for the shooting, nor provide the officer’s name or race.David Carson—St. Louis Post-Dispatch/AP
Aug. 13, 2014. Tactical officers work their way north on West Florissant Avenue in Ferguson, clearing the road of residents, on Wednesday.
Aug. 13, 2014. Tactical officers work their way north on West Florissant Avenue in Ferguson, clearing the road of residents, on Wednesday.Robert Cohen—St Louis Post-Dispatch/Polaris
Aug. 19, 2014. Members of the St. Louis County Police tactical team take a truck load of 12 people into custody after they stopped it driving along W. Florissant Road near Canfield Drive. The police found two loaded guns on the people in the truck and removed an unused Molotov cocktail from the truck. Protests and clashes erupted between police and protesters in a Missouri city where racial tensions have boiled over since Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson fatally shot unarmed Black teen Michael Brown on Aug. 9.
Aug. 19, 2014. Members of the St. Louis County Police tactical team take a truck load of 12 people into custody after they stopped it driving along W. Florissant Road near Canfield Drive. The police found two loaded guns on the people in the truck and removed an unused Molotov cocktail from the truck. Protests and clashes erupted between police and protesters in a Missouri city where racial tensions have boiled over since Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson fatally shot unarmed Black teen Michael Brown on Aug. 9.David Carson—St Louis Post Dispatch/Polaris
Aug. 19, 2014. A Molotov cocktail sits near a police car after it was removed from a truck carrying 12 people when it was stopped along W. Florissant Avenue near Canfield Drive. The police found two loaded guns on the people in the truck and removed an unused Molotov cocktail from the truck.
Aug. 19, 2014. A Molotov cocktail sits near a police car after it was removed from a truck carrying 12 people when it was stopped along W. Florissant Avenue near Canfield Drive. The police found two loaded guns on the people in the truck and removed an unused Molotov cocktail from the truck.David Carson—St Louis Post Dispatch/Polaris
Aug. 17, 2014. Protesters help Cassandra Roberts, who was hit by tear gas on Sunday in Ferguson, Mo. They had broken into the McDonald's to get milk to wash the gas out of her eyes. "We thought it could be a peaceful night," said Roberts, who was marching in Ferguson for the first time. "What the hell is going on in this world?"
Aug. 17, 2014. Protesters help Cassandra Roberts, who was hit by tear gas on Sunday in Ferguson, Mo. They had broken into the McDonald's to get milk to wash the gas out of her eyes. "We thought it could be a peaceful night," said Roberts, who was marching in Ferguson for the first time. "What the hell is going on in this world?"Robert Cohen—St. Louis Post-Dispatch/MCT/Sipa
Aug. 10, 2014. A man leaves a store on Sunday, in Ferguson, Mo. A few thousand people crammed a suburban St. Louis street Sunday night at a vigil for unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown who was shot and killed by a police officer, while afterward several car windows were smashed and stores were looted as people carried away armloads of goods as witnessed by an an Associated Press reporter.
Aug. 10, 2014. A man leaves a store on Sunday, in Ferguson, Mo. A few thousand people crammed a suburban St. Louis street Sunday night at a vigil for unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown who was shot and killed by a police officer, while afterward several car windows were smashed and stores were looted as people carried away armloads of goods as witnessed by an an Associated Press reporter.David Carson—St. Louis Post-Dispatch/AP
Aug. 18, 2014. Police tackle a man who was walking down the street in front of McDonald's on Monday. The man appeared to be walking past a group that had been assembled nearby and police were telling everyone to keep walking. Moments after he turned around and exchanged words with the police that he was just walking, police took him to the ground. Although there is no curfew in order tonight, police are strictly enforcing protestors to keep moving along the sidewalk or they are subject to arrest.
Aug. 18, 2014. Police tackle a man who was walking down the street in front of McDonald's on Monday. The man appeared to be walking past a group that had been assembled nearby and police were telling everyone to keep walking. Moments after he turned around and exchanged words with the police that he was just walking, police took him to the ground. Although there is no curfew in order tonight, police are strictly enforcing protestors to keep moving along the sidewalk or they are subject to arrest.Laurie Skrivan—St Louis Post-Dispatch/Polaris
Aug. 19, 2014. A member of the St. Louis County Police tactical team sleeps in the back of the team's armored truck after arriving back at the command post W. Florissant Avenue at about 2.49 a.m.
Aug. 19, 2014. A member of the St. Louis County Police tactical team sleeps in the back of the team's armored truck after arriving back at the command post W. Florissant Avenue at about 2.49 a.m.David Carson—St Louis Post Dispatch/Polaris
Aug. 14, 2014. A crowd of several hundred gatheres in a park near the Gateway Arch for a moment of silence on Thursday in St. Louis during a peace vigil and moment of silence for Michael Brown, an unarmed teenager who was shot and killed by Ferguson, Mo., police on Saturday.
Aug. 14, 2014. A crowd of several hundred gatheres in a park near the Gateway Arch for a moment of silence on Thursday in St. Louis during a peace vigil and moment of silence for Michael Brown, an unarmed teenager who was shot and killed by Ferguson, Mo., police on Saturday.Christian Gooden—St. Louis Post-Dispatch/AP
Aug. 18, 2014. "I am out here for justice; not just for Michael Brown, but for all of us," said Krystal Harbor, 23, (third from left) who brought her brother Ray Clark,13, and friend Shylan Times to the protest Monday, Aug. 18, 2014, in Ferguson. Various volunteers passed out roses to those who marched on the sidewalk according to new guidelines set by police.
Aug. 18, 2014. "I am out here for justice; not just for Michael Brown, but for all of us," said Krystal Harbor, 23, (third from left) who brought her brother Ray Clark,13, and friend Shylan Times to the protest Monday, Aug. 18, 2014, in Ferguson. Various volunteers passed out roses to those who marched on the sidewalk according to new guidelines set by police.Laurie Skrivan—St Louis Post-Dispatch/Polaris
Aug. 9, 2014. Lesley McSpadden, left, is comforted by her husband, Louis Head, after her 18-year-old son, Michael Brown was shot and killed by police in the middle of the street in Ferguson, Mo., near St. Louis on Saturday. A spokesman with the St. Louis County Police Department, which is investigating the shooting at the request of the local department, confirmed a Ferguson police officer shot the man. The spokesman didn't give the reason for the shooting.
Aug. 9, 2014. Lesley McSpadden, left, is comforted by her husband, Louis Head, after her 18-year-old son, Michael Brown was shot and killed by police in the middle of the street in Ferguson, Mo., near St. Louis on Saturday. A spokesman with the St. Louis County Police Department, which is investigating the shooting at the request of the local department, confirmed a Ferguson police officer shot the man. The spokesman didn't give the reason for the shooting.Huy Mach—St. Louis Post-Dispatch/AP

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