Pulitzer prize-winning coverage of the Syrian conflict – in pictures

Free Syrian Army fighters rest in a house on the outskirts of Aleppo in June 2012 Photograph: Khalil Hamra/AP

A Syrian man cries while holding the body of his son near Dar el-Shifa hospital in Aleppo in October 2012. The boy was killed by the Syrian government forces Photograph: Manu Brabo/AP

Night falls on a Syrian rebel-controlled area of Aleppo in November 2012. The buildings, including Dar el-Shifa hospital, were destroyed by air strikes a week before Photograph: Narciso Contreras/AP

Abdullah Ahmed, 10, who suffered burns in a Syrian government air strike and fled his home with his family, stands outside their tent at a camp for displaced Syrians in the village of Atmeh in December 2012 Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP

A man points a torch towards the body of a man killed during Syrian army shelling at a graveyard in Aleppo in October 2012 Photograph: Manu Brabo/AP

A wounded woman still in shock leaves Dar el-Shifa hospital in September 2012. She was injured during shelling by Syrian government forces which killed dozens of civilians, including four children, in Aleppo Photograph: Manu Brabo/AP

A rebel sniper aims at a Syrian army position, as he and another rebels are reflected in a mirror in the Jedida district of Aleppo Photograph: Narciso Contreras/AP

A family escapes from fierce fighting between Free Syrian Army fighters and government troops in Idlib, a city in north-west of the country, in in March 2012 Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP

A boy called Ahmed mourns during his father's funeral in Idlib in March 2012. The child's father was killed by a Syrian army sniper Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP

A rebel fighter gestures after firing a shoulder-fired missile toward a building where Syrian troops loyal to President Bashar al-Assad were hiding in the Jedida district of Aleppo in November 2012 Photograph: Narciso Contreras/AP

Displaced Syrians wait for food near an NGO charity kitchen in a refugee camp near Azaz in October 2012 Photograph: Manu Brabo/AP

Syrian refugees cross from Syria to Turkey via the Orontes river in December 2012 Photograph: Manu Brabo/AP