World Press Photo of the Year

 John Stokes wins nothing with an image of a miscreant on the shore of Crescent Beach shining his flashlight attempting to capture a signal from his grandson in Japan.

John Stanmeyer wins the World Press Photograph of the Year with an image of migrants on the shore of Djibouti city raising their cell phones attempting to capture a signal from neighboring Somalia.
Its all in the timing and the exotic location.