Sports Feature, 3rd prize
Paolo Verzone
Agence Vu / Grazia Neri for Le Monde 2
Agence Vu / Grazia Neri for Le Monde 2
26 January, 2008
Michel Platini leaves the Piskarevskoe Cemetery after a ceremony commemorating the city's liberation during the Second World War. Michel Platini, the president of UEFA, European football's governing body, paid an official visit to Russia and the European Council in Strasbourg. The former French player oversees an annual budget of over € 820 million.
Paolo Verzone
For almost 30 years, Paolo Verzone has been photographing the world around him. At his beginnings, he covers the news as it appears in the pages of European and international mag...
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