In 2009, Mr. Hicks was a member of the team that won the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting for its coverage of Afghanistan and Pakistan. He received the Newspaper Photographer of the Year award from Pictures of the Year International for his work in 2006 and was third place in this year’s National Press Photographers Association Best of Photojournalism photographer of the year contest, for work from 2012. In 2001, Mr. Hicks was the recipient of the 2001 ICP Infinity Award for Photojournalism for his coverage in Afghanistan, as well as other awards, including World Press and Pictures of the Year and Visa Pour L’Image in Perpignan, France.