Photos: 2016 award-winners by Arizona Daily Star photographers
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Photographs by Arizona Daily Star photographers recognized in the 2016 Better Newspapers Contest sponsored by the Arizona Newspapers Association.
House fire
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Firefighters with Northwest Fire District rest after fighting a fire at a single wide mobile home with attachment on W. El Caminito in Tucson, AZ. There were no injuries in the fire and a dog was rescued from the fire.Β
UA Softball
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Arizona's Chelsea Suitos (3) gives out a big yell after scoring the Wildcats' fifth run against Minnesota in the sixth inning of their NCAA regional game at Hillenbrand Stadium, Saturday, May 16, 2015.
Vehicle collision
- A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
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A young man trapped in a crushed Toyota Prius grimaces as members of the Northwest Fire District work to extricate him from the crushed vehicle on the eastbound off ramp at Interstate 10 and Ruthrauff. Several people were injured and transported to local hospitals as four vehicles were involved in the collision at the light. in Tucson, Ariz., on Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2015.Β
Monsoon storm
- Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
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Monsoon moment: Lightning strikes and the light from an aircraft landing at Tucson International Airport dazzle the sky southwest of downtown Tucson on Aug. 6.
de la Rosa family
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de la Rosa family
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While Bobby and Naomi de la Rosa are occupied on the couch, Gloria helps ready her husband Arsenio for a trip to the barber in Nogales, Sonora. Photo taken Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
de la Rosa family
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Gloria de la Rosa, right, grips her husband Arsenio's hand while they visit in Nogales, Sonora. Photo taken Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
de la Rosa family
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Gloria de la Rosa, left, greets her son Bill and husband Arsenio, right. Bill just returned for the summer from Bowdoin College in Maine where he's able to shuttle Arsenio from Tucson for bi-weekly visits to Nogales. Photo taken Wednesday, May 27, 2015, in Nogales, Sonora. Photo by Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
de la Rosa family
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Naomi de la Rosa, right, does her hair up as she gets ready for a summer school class in the morning while her dad, Arsenio, has just woken up to begin his day. Photo taken Tuesday, June 16, 2015, at their South Tucson home. Photo by Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
de la Rosa family
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Bobby De la Rosa, far right, and his friends comically walk and swing their arms while they head in to line up on their first day of fifth grade at Mission View Elementary School. Photo taken Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, in Tucson, Ariz. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
de la Rosa family
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Bobby De la Rosa, center, recites the Pledge of Allegiance with his classmates on their first day of fifth grade at Mission View Elementary School. Photo taken Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, in Tucson, Ariz. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
de la Rosa family
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Naomi de la Rosa, left, checks over Bobby's completed homework after they arrived home from school at their south side home in Tucson, Ariz. Photo taken Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
de la Rosa family
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Jim de la Rosa, the oldest sibling, dons medical gloves to rub his dad Arsenio's feet with Lamisil to prevent them from drying out. Photo taken Wednesday, June 10, 2015, in South Tucson, Ariz. Photo by Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
de la Rosa family
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Jim de la Rosa, the oldest sibling, leans on one of his dad's walkers while he sits on the living room couch one early morning. Photo taken Tuesday, June 16, 2015, at their South Tucson home. Photo by Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
de la Rosa family
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Bill de la Rosa rubs his eyes in the final minutes of his summertime spent back home in Tucson before he boards a flight back east to start the fall semester at Bowdoin College in Maine. Photo taken Sunday, Aug. 30, 2015. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
de la Rosa family
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Bill de la Rosa takes a moment for himself atop a pile of trash and debris in the late evening light in Nogales. Photo taken Thursday, June 25, 2015, in Nogales, Sonora. Photo by Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
de la Rosa family
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The De la Rosa family. Photo taken Wednesday, May 27, 2015, in Nogales, Sonora. Photo by Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
El Tirabichi
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El Tirabichi
- Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
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Arturo Santana, 35, continues to dig through the pounds of trash at el Tirabichi as the sun begins to set in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico on Saturday May 02, 2015. The dump is located in the Pueblo Nuevo neighborhood about five miles from border. Like many other waste pickers, Santana lived in the United States, in Iowa and still has children there. El Tirabichi is a waste transfer station that opened in the 1990s. The city government voted to contract a private company to be in charge of the main landfill in March and to shut down the transfer station after a March fire left one person dead and burned dozens of homes. Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
El Tirabichi
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Belkin Sandoval, 9, plays with some water at el Tirabichi, a dump in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico on Friday May 01, 2015. Her mother Heidi Figueroa, 31, separates garbage in order to sell items such as plastic bottles, cardboard and metals to small private recycling companies. Belkin and her siblings spend their days playing amongst the garbage under the sun with little shade or water. Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
El Tirabichi
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While at home Lizbeth Sandoval, 1, sits quietly and examines some greenery she's picked up on Friday May 01, 2015 in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico. Her mother works at el Tirabichi and often leaves the kids to take care of themselves. Regular baths are not part of the routine for the six children. Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
El Tirabichi
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Like a king with his treasures, Hugo Diaz, set up a mattress to get shade from the harsh sun on Saturday May 02, 2015 at el Tirabichi, a dump in Nogales, Sonora. Diaz has lived at the dump for over a year. He did have a makeshift home but it was lost in the March 12 fire. He now sleeps in his armchair. Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
El Tirabichi
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Hugo Diaz spent a couple of hours on Saturday May 02, 2015 extracting copper from a piece of equipment he scavenged at el Tirabichi, a dump in Nogales, Sonora. Copper is the most precious metal to scavenge, bringing in $4.00 per kilo when sold to a recycling company. Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
El Tirabichi
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Jorge Ariel Diaz, 63, crouches down by the fire he built to cook his food after a day of scavenging at el Tirabichi on Saturday May 02, 2015. Like many other waste pickers, Diaz spent 15 years in the United States, including about three years working construction in Arizona. Most of the scavengers are not from Nogales and came to el Tirabichi when they were deported from the United States. Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
El Tirabichi
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Daniela Sandoval, 5, looks up towards Leticia Tolano as she rubs in lotion to try and loosen the dirt that is on Daniela's arms and legs on Friday May 01, 2015. Daniela and two of her sisters were brought to En las Manos de Cristo, an Evangelical church in Nogales, Sonora, to get baths and haircuts. The church does outreach work at el Tirabichi, trying to help the waste pickers into homes and jobs. Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
El Tirabichi
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Daniela Sandoval, 5, center, falls asleep during the Sunday church service on May 03, 2015 at En las Manos de Cristo, an Evangelical church that does some work with waste pickers at el Tirabichi. Daniela's older sister, Karina, is seated next to her holding Lizbeth, 1, their youngest sibling. The girls and their mother, Heidi Figueroa, have been attending the church for two months. Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
El Tirabichi
- Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
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A makeshift home still stands on Friday May 01, 2015 at el Tirabichi, a dump in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico. Some waste pickers still live at the dump. The Mexican government plans to shut down el Tirabichi and city officials say they are trying to work with the pickers to help them form a type of co-operative to work directly for the private company that will now manage the cityβs landfill. The dump is located in the Pueblo Nuevo neighborhood about five miles from U.S./Mexico border. Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
House fire
- Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star
Firefighters with Northwest Fire District rest after fighting a fire at a single wide mobile home with attachment on W. El Caminito in Tucson, AZ. There were no injuries in the fire and a dog was rescued from the fire.Β
Vehicle collision
- A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
A young man trapped in a crushed Toyota Prius grimaces as members of the Northwest Fire District work to extricate him from the crushed vehicle on the eastbound off ramp at Interstate 10 and Ruthrauff. Several people were injured and transported to local hospitals as four vehicles were involved in the collision at the light. in Tucson, Ariz., on Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2015.Β
de la Rosa family
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
While Bobby and Naomi de la Rosa are occupied on the couch, Gloria helps ready her husband Arsenio for a trip to the barber in Nogales, Sonora. Photo taken Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
de la Rosa family
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Gloria de la Rosa, left, greets her son Bill and husband Arsenio, right. Bill just returned for the summer from Bowdoin College in Maine where he's able to shuttle Arsenio from Tucson for bi-weekly visits to Nogales. Photo taken Wednesday, May 27, 2015, in Nogales, Sonora. Photo by Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
de la Rosa family
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Naomi de la Rosa, right, does her hair up as she gets ready for a summer school class in the morning while her dad, Arsenio, has just woken up to begin his day. Photo taken Tuesday, June 16, 2015, at their South Tucson home. Photo by Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
de la Rosa family
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Bobby De la Rosa, far right, and his friends comically walk and swing their arms while they head in to line up on their first day of fifth grade at Mission View Elementary School. Photo taken Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, in Tucson, Ariz. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
de la Rosa family
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Bobby De la Rosa, center, recites the Pledge of Allegiance with his classmates on their first day of fifth grade at Mission View Elementary School. Photo taken Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, in Tucson, Ariz. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
de la Rosa family
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Naomi de la Rosa, left, checks over Bobby's completed homework after they arrived home from school at their south side home in Tucson, Ariz. Photo taken Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
de la Rosa family
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Jim de la Rosa, the oldest sibling, dons medical gloves to rub his dad Arsenio's feet with Lamisil to prevent them from drying out. Photo taken Wednesday, June 10, 2015, in South Tucson, Ariz. Photo by Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
de la Rosa family
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Jim de la Rosa, the oldest sibling, leans on one of his dad's walkers while he sits on the living room couch one early morning. Photo taken Tuesday, June 16, 2015, at their South Tucson home. Photo by Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
de la Rosa family
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Bill de la Rosa rubs his eyes in the final minutes of his summertime spent back home in Tucson before he boards a flight back east to start the fall semester at Bowdoin College in Maine. Photo taken Sunday, Aug. 30, 2015. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
de la Rosa family
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Bill de la Rosa takes a moment for himself atop a pile of trash and debris in the late evening light in Nogales. Photo taken Thursday, June 25, 2015, in Nogales, Sonora. Photo by Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
El Tirabichi
- Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
Arturo Santana, 35, continues to dig through the pounds of trash at el Tirabichi as the sun begins to set in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico on Saturday May 02, 2015. The dump is located in the Pueblo Nuevo neighborhood about five miles from border. Like many other waste pickers, Santana lived in the United States, in Iowa and still has children there. El Tirabichi is a waste transfer station that opened in the 1990s. The city government voted to contract a private company to be in charge of the main landfill in March and to shut down the transfer station after a March fire left one person dead and burned dozens of homes. Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
El Tirabichi
- Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
Belkin Sandoval, 9, plays with some water at el Tirabichi, a dump in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico on Friday May 01, 2015. Her mother Heidi Figueroa, 31, separates garbage in order to sell items such as plastic bottles, cardboard and metals to small private recycling companies. Belkin and her siblings spend their days playing amongst the garbage under the sun with little shade or water. Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
El Tirabichi
- Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
While at home Lizbeth Sandoval, 1, sits quietly and examines some greenery she's picked up on Friday May 01, 2015 in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico. Her mother works at el Tirabichi and often leaves the kids to take care of themselves. Regular baths are not part of the routine for the six children. Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
El Tirabichi
- Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
Like a king with his treasures, Hugo Diaz, set up a mattress to get shade from the harsh sun on Saturday May 02, 2015 at el Tirabichi, a dump in Nogales, Sonora. Diaz has lived at the dump for over a year. He did have a makeshift home but it was lost in the March 12 fire. He now sleeps in his armchair. Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
El Tirabichi
- Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
Hugo Diaz spent a couple of hours on Saturday May 02, 2015 extracting copper from a piece of equipment he scavenged at el Tirabichi, a dump in Nogales, Sonora. Copper is the most precious metal to scavenge, bringing in $4.00 per kilo when sold to a recycling company. Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
El Tirabichi
- Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
Jorge Ariel Diaz, 63, crouches down by the fire he built to cook his food after a day of scavenging at el Tirabichi on Saturday May 02, 2015. Like many other waste pickers, Diaz spent 15 years in the United States, including about three years working construction in Arizona. Most of the scavengers are not from Nogales and came to el Tirabichi when they were deported from the United States. Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
El Tirabichi
- Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
Daniela Sandoval, 5, looks up towards Leticia Tolano as she rubs in lotion to try and loosen the dirt that is on Daniela's arms and legs on Friday May 01, 2015. Daniela and two of her sisters were brought to En las Manos de Cristo, an Evangelical church in Nogales, Sonora, to get baths and haircuts. The church does outreach work at el Tirabichi, trying to help the waste pickers into homes and jobs. Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
El Tirabichi
- Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
Daniela Sandoval, 5, center, falls asleep during the Sunday church service on May 03, 2015 at En las Manos de Cristo, an Evangelical church that does some work with waste pickers at el Tirabichi. Daniela's older sister, Karina, is seated next to her holding Lizbeth, 1, their youngest sibling. The girls and their mother, Heidi Figueroa, have been attending the church for two months. Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
El Tirabichi
- Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
A makeshift home still stands on Friday May 01, 2015 at el Tirabichi, a dump in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico. Some waste pickers still live at the dump. The Mexican government plans to shut down el Tirabichi and city officials say they are trying to work with the pickers to help them form a type of co-operative to work directly for the private company that will now manage the cityβs landfill. The dump is located in the Pueblo Nuevo neighborhood about five miles from U.S./Mexico border. Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
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