Image of US soldier in Afghanistan wins major photo award

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AMSTERDAM (AFP) — British photographer Tim Hetherington has won the prestigious World Press Photo Award for 2007 with a picture of an exhausted US soldier inside a bunker in Afghanistan, organisers said Friday.

"This image shows the exhaustion of a man -- and the exhaustion of a nation," jury chairman Gary Knight said. "We're all connected to this. It's a picture of a man at the end of a line."

Two Agence France-Presse (AFP) photographers were also awarded. Roberto Schmidt, based in Nairobi, won second prize for spot news stories for a photo taken amid recent election-related unrest in Kenya.

AFP's Miguel Riopa won second prize in the sport features singles category for a picture during the America's Cup in Valencia, Spain.

Hetherington, who was on...