People, 3rd prize
Where the Children Sleep
Magnus Wennman
15 September, 2015
Lamar, from Baghdad, sleeps on a blanket in a forest. After two attempts at crossing the sea from Turkey in a small dinghy, her family has come as far as Serbia to find the border with Hungary closed.
Refugee children, on their long journey to a new home, sleep where they can along the route.
Magnus Wennman
Magnus has worked in more than 80 countries, covering everything from the US election to the refugee crisis in Africa, Middle East and Europe. The five-times Photojournalist of ...
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