Yemenis gather to watch a Yemeni soldier stand over a man, lying face down on a large piece of red cloth, his hands bound behind him, after shooting him four times, in front of the central prison in San'a, Yemen, Monday, July 6, 2009. The Yemen news agency reports that a barber has been publicly executed after he was found guilty of raping and killing an 11-year-old boy who came to his shop for a haircut. According to the news agency, Saba, the barber was arrested in December 2008 and confessed during a January trial to raping the boy inside his salon, killing him and cutting his body to pieces before dumping it outside San'a. (AP Photo) - AP
Four Iranian criminals hang limply from the nooses during public execution in the southern city of Shiraz, 950 kms (590 miles) south of Tehran, 05 September 2007. Iran executed today 21 criminals in a single day, the latest of a growing number of executions in a crackdown which officials say is aimed at improving security in society. - SHOBERI/SIPA
48 year old Mohamed Abukar Ibrahim is stoned to death by militants from the Hizb Al-Islam group in Afgoye, district Somalia, Sunday, Dec. 13, 2009. THE PGB PHOTO AWARD 2010 THIS PICTURE WAS AWARDED AS: PICTURE STORY OF THE YEAR 2ND PRICE PHOTO BY: Farah Abdi Warsameh / Associated Press Caption: A local Islamist court sentenced Mohammed Abukar to death by stoning after he was found guilty of committing adultery. Mohamed Abukar Ibrahim, 48, is buried in the ground before he was stoned to death by militants from the Hizb Al-Islam group in Afgoye, a district Somalia, Sunday, Dec. 13, 2009. If you are interested in publishing any nominated picture, you will need written permission. Send an email to: jonas@thepgbphotoaward.com The nominated pictures in The PGB Photo Award Contest can only be published in connection with writing about The PGB Photo Award Contest. - Farah Abdi Warsameh / Associated
