War and weather offered a number of subjects that received notice. Both photography awards went to Iraq-related photos, with the Chronicle's Deanne Fitzmaurice taking the feature photography prize for her photo essay that accompanied the paper's series on an Iraqi boy nearly killed by an explosion.
The award for breaking news photo went to the Associated Press staff, which won for a series of 20 pictures about Iraq War-related tragedies. In all, six Pulitzer winners and finalists were recognized for coverage of the war, but the two photo awards were the only Iraq-related winners.
"The war in Iraq seemed less present this year," Gissler noted. "Possibly because of limitations on the press [in Iraq]."
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