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    Azadeh Besharati (Danish School of Media and Journalism)
    Gold | COVID
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    The bodies are buried three meters underground. Graves are also constantly disinfected. In this photo, they are disinfecting the grave
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    Antranik Tavitian (University of Missouri)
    Silver | COVID
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    A kindergartener walks past a wall of memories that was not decorated past the month of February in light of the school moving to virtual learning amid the COVID-19 pandemic on August 6, 2020, at Stokes-Beard Elementary in Columbus, Ms. It was the schools first day of what will be a hybrid learning environment. Many of the school’s children do not have wifi at home or who’s parents can’t be home during the school day, so the school had adopted a hybrid system in hopes to offer a flexible learning platform to children.
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    Colton Rothwell (University of Montana)
    Bronze | COVID
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    Children in the suburbs find a novel way to interact safely while in lockdown in Eagle, Idaho on May 20, 2020. Shot on 120mm film.
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    Shafkat Anowar (University of Hawai‘i at Manoa)
    Award of Excellence | COVID
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    6-year-old Samantha faces hard time while she takes COVID-19 test along with her family at the Kaka’ako Waterfront park testing and screening program on March 29, 2020.
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    Azadeh Besharati (Danish School of Media and Journalism)
    Award of Excellence | COVID
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    Mr. Moradi and her daughter (Mehrnaz) passed away because of coronavirus, Mehrnaz had a child. Her mother also suffered the pandemic virus ; but But she was recovered.
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    Louisa Boeszoermeny (University of Fine Arts (UdK) Berlin)
    Award of Excellence | COVID
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    Shortly before the lock-down came into force in Berlin, my partner and I moved in together. It is the first time I live with a partner and living and working together under these circumstances were challenging, yet rewarding as well. I photographed her and the view out of our bedroom as often as I could.
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    Hadley Green (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
    Award of Excellence | COVID
    Portrait of Quarantine
    Abby Bryson sits at her home in Carrboro, North Carolina during COVID-19 quarantine in April, 2020. “I still live with my partner. We were together for seven years and we broke up right before this happened. We’re trying to be adult about it,” she says.
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    Laura Oliverio (Syracuse University)
    Award of Excellence | COVID
    Peeper Season
    MacKenzie and Alexa touch after months of not seeing each other in quarantine.
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    Yukai Peng (Ohio University)
    Award of Excellence | COVID
    COVID Deaths: Ray Tuineau
    Juliet Tuineau, Ray Tuineau’s widow, pours a bucket of soil on her husband’s coffin during a burial service at Valley View Memorial Park in West Valley City on Saturday, Aug. 22, 2020. Ray Tuineau was one of the more than 350 Utahns who died because of the COVID-19.
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    Nikon INC. MediaStorm National Geographic Missouri Photo Workshop National Press Photographers Foundation University of Missouri
    Photography at the Summit True/False Film Fest