10th DAYS JAPAN International Photojournalism Awards 2014
Third Prize
Photographer: Ali Ali

A Palestinian man plays with his son during a summer day at the beach in the west of Gaza City, Gaza Strip, on 14 June. Friday is the Muslim holiday and as summer is entering many Palestinian people go to the beach since it is the major entertainment area in the Gaza Strip. EPA/ALI ALI

Palestinian children play outside their family's tent in a poverty-stricken quarter of the town of Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, 26 June 2013. EPA/ALI ALI

A Palestinian girl plays besides her family's tent where they live in a poverty-stricken quarter of the town of Younis town in the southern Gaza Strip, 29 July 2013. EPA/ALI ALI

Palestinian children play inside their family house during the holy month of Ramadan in Al-Zaiton town, central Gaza Strip, 26 July 2013. Muslims around the world are observing the holy fasting month of Ramadan in which they refrain from eating, drinking, sex and smoking from dawn to dusk. EPA/ALI ALI

Palestinians attend at a horse race and show in the North of the Gaza Strip, 01 September 2013. Every other Sunday Palestinians gather to race and show off their horses. A race is held between six horses and the winner gets a small money prize but mostly participants are not after the prize alone - a winning horse increases both fame and a horse's value. EPA/ALI ALI

Palestinian refugee girl sleeps outside her family home in a poverty-stricken quarter of the town of Al-Zaiton, Central Gaza Strip, 05 September 2013. EPA/ALI ALI

Palestinian girls inside their family's home during a power cut in the Bait Lahiya North Gaza Strip on 12 September 2013. Reports state that the power is cut for 12 hours everyday in North Gaza Strip. EPA/ALI ALI

A young wedding guest is pictured on the wedding party day of young groom Ahmed Soboh, 15, and his bride Tala, 14, in the Beit Lahiya town, northern Gaza Strip, 24 September 2013. Sometimes young Muslim brides and grooms are married, though this is not commonplace. EPA/ALI ALI

Palestinian children sit beside a fire in a garage on a winter day in Jabaliya refugee camp, Gaza Strip, 08 January 2013. EPA/ALI ALI

Palestinian school children put their hands up during a class in Jabaliya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, 04 April 2013. New education laws by the Hamas-run government mean that girls and boys will be schooled in separate classes from the age of nine, and male teachers will not be able to teach classes of female pupils. EPA/ALI ALI

A Palestinian refugee boy is assisted by his elder sister as he washes himself outside their family's house in the Bait Lahiya town, northern Gaza Strip, 07 April 2013. The UN aid agency on 05 April 2013 had suspended its cash distribution programme in the Gaza Strip after angry Palestinians stormed its compound in the impoverished enclave to protest cuts. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) said in a statement it had to reduce cash payments to the poorest refugee families in the Gaza Strip as a result of budget shortfalls EPA/ALI ALI

A Palestinian refugee girl plays inside her family home in Jabaliya refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip, 05 June 2013. EPA/ALI ALI