An image of a group of young Lebanese driving a car through bombed-out South Beirut, taken by Spencer Platt of Getty Images, won the top World Press Photo prize for news photography on Friday.

Described by judges as full of "complexities and contradictions", the August 15, 2006 photo shows five people in a bright red car -- one taking pictures with her camera phone, another with her expression hidden behind designer sunglasses -- driving amid rubble with crumbled buildings in the background.

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