Tyler Hicks, Josh Haner Pick Up 2014 Photography Pulitzer Prizes

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A woman and children hide inside Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, Sept. 21, 2013.
2014 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography A woman and child hide inside Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, Sept. 21, 2013.Tyler Hicks—The New York Times/Redux
By Richard Conway

New York Times photographers Tyler Hicks and Josh Haner have both won Pulitzer Prizes.

Hicks won the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography for his work on the terrorist attack at Westgate mall in Kenya, while Haner picked up the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography for his essay on a Boston Marathon bomb blast victim who lost most of both legs.

The annually-awarded Pulitzer Prize recognizes achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and music. Established in 1917 by Joseph Pulitzer, it is administered by Columbia University in New York. A full list of 2014 winners is available here.

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Richard Conway is Reporter/Producer for TIME LightBox. Follow him on twitter @RichardJConway

A woman and children hide inside Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, Sept. 21, 2013.
2014 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography A woman and child hide inside Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, Sept. 21, 2013.Tyler Hicks—The New York Times/Redux
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2014 Pulitzer Prize for Feature PhotographyJeff Bauman rests during occupational therapy at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital less than a month after having his lower legs blown off in the first of two pressure cooker bombs that exploded at the Boston Marathon, May 8, 2013.Josh Haner—The New York Times/Redux

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