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Dog stopped my nightmares after Breivik massacred my friends: Stunning portrait



Cuddling up to her two dogs on a leather sofa, Iselin Rose Borch looks like any other teenage girl.

But Iselin Rose, 15, survived the Utoya massacre by hiding behind a rock while right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik gunned down young people at a summer camp, and says her pets have helped her to cope with the aftermath.

'In the period after Utoya I had a really hard time sleeping,' said Iselin Rose, who was rescued by tourists in a boat.




This photograph of Utoya survivor Iselin Rose Borch was among the collection that won Norwegian photographer Andrea Gjestvang the L'Iris d'Or photographer of the year prize in the 2013 Sony World Photography Awards. Miss Borch is seen with her pet dogs who helped her come to terms with the aftermath of the massacre by Anders Breivik







Ylva Schwenke survived being shot in the shoulder, stomach and thighs by Anders Behring Breivik on July 22 2011. She hid by the island's 'love path'

Adam Pretty won the professional sport category with this view of Usain Bolt, second right, racing towards 100m gold at the London Olympic Games last year







Adam Pretty also entered this photograph of Australian diver Melissa Wu practising in the Aquatics Centre ahead of the Olympic competition

'I was afraid of the dark and suffered from dreadful nightmares.


'My mom and I decided that getting a dog might help me, so I got Athene. Now she sleeps on top of my stomach every night.'


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The moving image is part of the One Day in History series of survivors of the July 22 2011 massacre, which has claimed the top prize in a major photography competition.

Breivik murdered 77 people that day in the worst peacetime attack Norway had seen. He first car-bombed a government building in Oslo, leaving eight dead and more than 200 injured.

Croatian photographer Nenad Saljic's atmospheric image of the north face of the Matterhorn on the Swiss/Italian border won the Professional Landscape category



Klaus Thymann from Denmark won the top prize for fashion and beauty pictures by a professional photographer





Thymann, a Danish professional photographer, won first prize for these icy images in the fashion and beauty category

He then made his way to a summer camp for Labour Youth members on Utoya, where he roamed the island with a gun, mowing down 69 and leaving more than 100 injured.

Last August, he was sent to Ila Prison near Oslo for pre-meditated murder and terrorism to serve a 21-year sentence, which can be extended if he is considered to remain a threat.

Another survivor, Ylva Schwenke, is seen baring her shoulder to show her scars from being shot in the shoulder, stomach and thighs. She survived by hiding in the island's 'love path'.

She said: 'I bear my scars with dignity, because I got them standing for something I believe in.'




Gali Tibbon photographed a pilgrimage to Lalibela in Ethiopia, where pilgrims gathered to watch an infertile worshipper lowered into a baptism pool for its perceived fertility benefits





Natalia Wiernik from Poland won Student Focus Photographer of the Year



Jens Juul from Denmark won the top prize for portraiture with black and white entries





Jens Juul's black and white photographs saw him claim the first prize for portraiture

Norwegian photographer Andrea Gjestvang was awarded the L'Iris d'Or and named Photographer of the Year at the Sony World Photography Awards for her portraits of the survivors in London last night, winning almost £17,000 ($25,000) in prize money.

She said: 'I feel so honoured, grateful and proud to receive this fantastic recognition and prize. I am grateful the important stories of these young people are reaching out and moving people the way they move me.'



The Professional Arts and Culture category was won by Myriam Meloni from Italy for this picture of twins Laura and Bela on their 15th birthday in the back of a limousine in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Turning 15 represents the transition from childhood to maturity







A 1972 Ford Fairlane, transformed into a limousine is seen in Buenos Aires as the twins hired it to celebrate their 15th birthday

Jury chairman Catherine Chermayeff said: 'The entire jury was unanimous in selecting this body of work. One Day in History is a quiet, thoughtful and ultimately powerful voice for the children and survivors of the massacre in Norway. We were all moved by the dignity and beauty of these images.'

Among the other winners in the professional photographer categories was Adam Pretty, who works for Getty Images and won the sports category for his Olympics work, including an image of Usain Bolt steaming towards the finish line in the men's 100m final in London last summer.

Valerio Bispuri from Italy won the professional contemporary issues category for his work documenting prisoners in Latin American jails. This photo shows inmates in prison in Santiago, Chile



Bispuri took the overall contemporary issues award for his work with prisoners in Latin America






Japanese professional photographer Satoru Kondo took first place in the nature and wildlife competition

Croatian photographer Nenad Saljic was named the best professional landscape photographer for his picture of mist swirling around the Matterhorn on the Swiss/Italian border.

A photo of twin sisters Laura and Bela, dressed up in ballgowns and elbow-length gloves on their way to their 15th birthday celebrations, won the professional arts and culture prize for Myriam Meloni from Italy.

Valerio Bispuri was acclaimed for his work documenting the stories of Latin American prisoners while student Alecsandra Dragoi won the youth category for a vivid portrayal of New Year's Eve in Romania, showing people wearing bear skins in celebration.



Hoang Hiep Nguyen won the Open Photographer of the Year prize for amateurs with her photo of a girl in a storm in Vietnam



An advertising campaign for shoe brand Jim Rickey, shot in Hong Kong, won campaign of the year


















Christian Ã…slund's Honkey Kong photographs atop Hong Kong's buildings won the top prize for advertising at the Sony World Photography Awards

More than 122,000 entrants from 170 countries applied for the awards in total, with categories for professional photographers including lifestyle, people, still life and travel, which were presented at a gala last night.


The winning photographs are now on display at Somerset House in central London until May 12 and are published in the 2013 edition of the Sony World Photography Awards book.



A North Korean crowd at celebrations for the 100th anniversary of the birth of the country's founder Kim Il-sung, as taken by the winner of the current affairs category





Ilya Pitalev from the Russian Federation, won the professional current affairs category at the 2013 Sony World Photography Awards


Alecsandra Dragoi from Romania took the Youth Photographer of the Year prize for his image of people wearing bear skins during New Year's Eve celebrations in Romania






Roman Pyatkovka, from Ukraine, claimed first place in the professional conceptual category

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