2023 Portrait/Personality - 2023 NPPA Best of Photojournalism

First Place

Secret Sports

Ebrahim Noroozi/Associated Press

Afghan mixed martial arts fighter poses for a photo with her trophies in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Oct. 31, 2022.

Second Place

Act But Not Be Seen

Jack Mikrut/Dagens Industri

Third Place

Back to School in Afghanistan

Ebrahim Noroozi/Associated Press

Mahtab 8-year-old Hazara Shiite student poses for a photo in her class in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, April 23, 2022. On Saturday, the Abdul Rahim Shaheed School, which was among the IS-K targets in the Tuesday attacks, re-opened. The school's principal handed each student a pen and a flower as they began classes on Saturday.

Honorable Mention

Andrey, Bereznik Village

Sergei Stroitelev/Independent