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4:01 PM, Feb 8, 2008 • By MICHAEL GOLDFARB

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British photog Tim Hetherington wins the World Press Photo Award for 2007 with this:

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"This image shows the exhaustion of a man -- and the exhaustion of a nation," jury chairman Gary Knight said. "We're all connected to this. It's a picture of a man at the end of a line."

Images of tired soldiers have great propaganda value--$15,000 to be precise. My choice for photo of the year here. It's from Michael Yon, and it actually captures something other than the fondest wishes of lefty photographers.

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