World Press Photo of the Year 2002

World Press Photo of the Year 2002.
Autor: Eric Grigorian, Armenia/USA, Polaris Images.
Qazvin Province, Iran, 23 June 2002.
Surrounded by soldiers and villagers digging graves for victims of earthquake, a boy holds his dead father's trousers as he squats beside the spot where his father is to be buried.
Battling the light, and his discomfort, Grigorian shot only five frames, including his winning shot of a boy, who he says seemed oblivious to the world.