Finalist: Reuters, by Goran Tomasevic

Syrian rebel fighters prepare to attack a government backed Syrian Army checkpoint in the Ain Tarma neighborhood of Damascus on January 30, 2013. A group of rebels planned an attack on a government controlled post but would soon loose a comrade to Army sniper fire. After evacuating their comrade, who would soon die after, the rebels would returned to attack the check post, only to retreat after being hit by a tank shell. After the two hour ordeal, the rebels would return to their base and mourn the lose of the comrade. (January 30, 2013)

A Syrian rebel yells as he is hit by Army sniper fire as they prepared to attack a government controlled checkpoint in the Ain Tarma neighborhood of Damascus January 30, 2013. The rebel on the left would soon be hit by sniper fire. (January 30, 2013)

A wounded Syrian rebel fighter drags his comrade who was shot by Army sniper fire during heavy fighting in the Ain Tarma neighbourhood of Damascus January 30, 2013. The fighter on the ground would soon die. (January 30, 2013)

Syrian rebels pull a comrade who was shot by Army sniper fire during heavy fighting in the Ain Tarma neighbourhood of Damascus January 30, 2013. The man would die soon afterwards. (January 30, 2013)

Syrian rebels lift a comrade who was shot by Army sniper fire after they prepared to attack a government held checkpoint in the Ain Tarma neighborhood of Damascus. (January 30, 2013)

Syrian rebel fighters launch a rocket propelled grenade (RPG) towards an Army checkpoint in the Ain Tarma neighbourhood of Damascus. (January 30 2013)

A Syrian rebel fighter gestures to comrades in front of a burning barricade as they attack an Army checkpoint the Ain Tarma neighborhood of Damascus. (January 30, 2013)

Debris flies through the air as Syrian rebel fighters take cover from a Army tank shell which hit a nearby wall during heavy fighting in the Ain Tarma neighborhood of Damascus (January 30, 2013)

Syrian rebel fighters take cover from debris after a nearby wall was targeted by a tank shell from the Syrian Army during fighting in the Ain Tarma neighborhood of Damascus. (January 30, 2013)

An injured Syrian rebel fighter holds his head soon after a tank shell, fired by the Syrian Army, exploded on a nearby wall during fighting in the Ain Tarma neighborhood of Damascus (January 30, 2013)