On 27 December 2007, former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated after a rally. Getty Images photographer John Moore was one of the only two photographers present on the scene, standing a few meters away from where the bomb that killed Bhutto exploded.

In February, Moore talked to BJP about the experience.

'In a situation like the assassination, which was very chaotic and with quickly fading light, there were many images that were shot at very slow shutter speeds and simply didn't work. Plus, I have to admit, in the seconds and minutes after surviving a suicide bomb blast like that, I wasn't thinking about switching my 16-35mm f/2.8 for my 28mm f/1.8, which would have given me a lot more light. There were some photos I would have liked to have done better, but ultimately the set that we put together, I hope, told the story well.

'I should mention that it was not immediately clear that she had been killed. I heard the shots, saw her go down and then the blast came. But I had no idea she was seriously injured, much less dead. The hardest part was walking towards the carnage so soon after the blast. It is not something a normal human being walks towards. Before the screaming started, there was total silence and it was unnerving.

'The fact that I was one of the only photojournalists on the scene when the assassination took place was a little random. I got out of the campaign rally grounds before the other journalists, simply because I wanted to get ahead of the crowd. It was strange for me to suddenly be on the other side of the camera, talking about the event on the BBC, CNN and to other newspaper reporters.'

Moore's photos won first prize in both the Spot News categories (Singles and Stories) at last year's World Press Photo. He went on to win the Robert Capa Gold Medal award from the Overseas Press Club of America in April. You can read his account of the assassination on the Getty Images' blog here.