Photographer of the Year

Pictures of the Year International (POYI), is the most prestigious and highly regarded universal Photojournalism contest. Last years winner of the Freelance Photographer of the Year section was Yuri Kozyrev with his body of work called "My Year on Revolution Road" where he travelled to seven countries covering protests and uprisings for TIME, including Egypt, Bahrain, Libya, Yemen, Russia, Greece and Tunisia. Below are just a few of his 42 fabulous images:

Libyans react in horror to the remains of more than 50 victims of a massacre allegedly by Gaddafi forces in Tripoli.

Fish market in Aden.

Protester Nabel Ali Mohamed, 28, receives treatment at a makeshift field hospital. During his detention, security forces tortured Mohamid by putting their cigarettes out on his bare skin.

A defected soldier guards the roof while watching anti-government protesters rally demanding the departure of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sana'a

"I really wanted to be part of [the revolution] and support it ... I didn't want the people who had died, and the ones who had protested every day, to pay the price alone for what all Egyptians would benefit from." —Fatma Gaber, 16, student