The New York Times and Reuters news agency shared the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in the news photography category with a series of photos about refugees' journey to the promised land of Europe.
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150 migrants on a boat docked near the village of Skala on the Greek island of Lesbos on November 16, 2015. They wanted to return to the Turkish mainland but were detained in Turkish waters. The author of the photo is Sergey Ponomarev. Photo: New York Times |
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A Syrian refugee holds his two children as he tries to leave a dinghy on the Greek island of Lesbos after making the long journey from Türkiye across the Aegean Sea. This photo was taken by Reuters photographer Yannis Behrakis on September 24, 2015. Photo: Reuters |
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Ahmad Majid, (in blue T-shirt, center) with his children and his brother Farid Majid (in green sweater) sleep on the bus. They, along with dozens of other refugee families, left Budapest, Hungary, for Vienna, Austria. Hundreds of thousands of refugees, mainly from Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria, risk their lives to leave their homes, drifting on boats and crowded trains and buses to illegally enter Western European and Scandinavian countries. Photographer Mauricio Lima took this photo on September 5, 2015. Photo: New York Times |
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Slovenian riot police escort illegal migrants to a registration camp outside Dobova on October 22, 2015. Small Balkan countries have seen record numbers of migrants arriving in Europe, and authorities have struggled to manage the influx. Photo: New York Times |
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A man tries to protect his child as police disperse hundreds of migrants and use tear gas at the border between Horgos, Serbia and Hungary. This photo was taken by Sergey Ponomarev on September 16, 2015. Photo: New York Times |
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Migrants and refugees beg Macedonian police to let them cross the border into Macedonia as they stand in the pouring rain in the Greek village of Idomeni. Photo taken on September 10, 2015. Photo: Reuters |
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Refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Morocco, Algeria and Somalia fight over water, blankets and clothes in Idomeni, Greece on November 28, 2015. This is their 10th day of living in the open air in a foreign land. They cannot continue to Macedonia, and only refugees from Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria are allowed to continue their journey. Photo: New York Times |
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A Syrian man holds his daughter as he walks towards the Greek-Macedonian border in heavy rain on September 10, 2015. Photo: Reuters |
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A family of Syrian refugees warm themselves around a fire while others line up to register at a reception camp in Gevgelija, Macedonia, on November 21, 2015. Photo: New York Times |
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Hundreds of migrants from Türkiye rejoiced as they arrived on the Greek island of Lesbos after a long journey battling rough seas and strong winds. Fearing their boat would capsize, some jumped into the icy water to swim to shore. Photo by Tyler Hicks. Photo: New York Times |
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The body of a refugee washed up on the island of Lesbos of Greece. Photographer Mauricio Lima took this photo on November 1, 2015. Photo: New York Times |
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Laith Majid, a refugee from Iraq, cries as he and his daughter and son reach the Greek island of Kos safely after a dangerous journey in a flimsy rubber boat. Photographer Daniel Etter captured the moment on August 15, 2015. Photo: New York Times |
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A migrant family lies on the railway tracks at Bicske station to avoid being taken to a refugee camp by Hungarian police. Hungary is one of the hotspots of the migration crisis that is weighing on the "old continent" as refugees see it as a gateway to Western Europe. Photo: Reuters |
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A boat carrying Syrian refugees drifts in the Aegean Sea between Türkiye and Greece after its engine broke down. This photo was taken by Yannis Behrakis on August 11, 2015. Photo: Reuters |
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Life jackets, tires, and deflated rubber boats of migrants pile up on the island of Lesbos, Greece, November 7, 2015. Photo: New York Times |
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