<p><strong>A man hauls a shark to market in Aden, <a href="http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/countries/yemen-guide/">Yemen</a>, in a photo by Yuri Kozyrev for <a href="http://www.time.com/time/"><em>Time </em>magazine</a>. The image is among the winners—11 of them presented here—of this year's <a href="http://www.poyi.org/">Pictures of the Year International (POYi) contest</a>. </strong></p><p>The contest judges "liked the quality of light," POYi director <a href="http://poyi.org/DirectorBio.html">Rick Shaw</a> said. "They liked the connection of the subject's eyes with the audience, and also how the shark's fin frames and composes the people in the background."</p><p>Organized by the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the <a href="http://journalism.missouri.edu/">Missouri School of Journalism</a>, the annual contest began in 1944 to showcase photography taken during World War II.</p><p>Today its mission remains "to empower the world's best documentary photography, to provide a visual portrayal of society, and to foster an understanding of the issues facing our civilization," according to the organizers.</p><p><em>—Ker Than</em></p>