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UK Picture Editors' Guild Awards: see the shortlisted entries

The pictures, which will compete to win in several categories, capture some of the most notable news events of the last year

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Liz Connor21 January 2016

More than 2000 photographs have been whittled down to to a shortlist of just 41 ahead of this year's UK Picture Editors' Guild Awards.

The pictures, which will compete to win in several categories, capture some of the most notable news events of the last year including the Tunisia terror attack in June, the refugee crisis and the days leading up to the general election.

Chair of the Judges Sophie Batterbury, Picture Editor of the Independent Newspaper said “The overall calibre of entries was exceedingly high this year, in several categories it was very difficult to choose a winning entry.”

Over 380 photographers entered, and fifty per cent of entries received in the last few hours of the entry period. Established figures in press photography joined Keren Sachs of Shutterstock and Ray Wells of the Sunday Times to sift through the entries to put together the shortlist.

The winners will be announced at the UK Picture Editors Guild Awards that will be held on February 25th at a black tie event hosted by journalist and broadcaster Kate Silverton at the headquarters of the Honourable Artillery Company in City road London.