People, 3rd prize
Where the Children Sleep
Magnus Wennman
10 February, 2015
Walaa (5), in a refugee camp in Lebanon, is distressed at night, because that is when attacks happened when she was at home in Aleppo.
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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