2015 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
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First Place - 2015 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
After crossing a three mile stretch of the Aegean Sea from Turkey, a family of refugees from Syria arrives on the beach as the sun rises on the island of Kos August 28, 2015 in Kos, Greece. Migrants from the Middle East and North Africa continue to flood into Europe at a rate that marks the largest migration since World War II.
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A refugee from Syria collapses on the beach after paddling a small boat across a three mile stretch of the Aegean Sea from Turkey August 29, 2015 in Kos, Greece. The number of people leaving their homes in war torn countries such as Syria, marks the largest migration of people since World War II.
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With little money to fund their remainder of the journey after paying exorbitant rates to smugglers in Turkey, migrants from Pakistan sleep under a bridge August 30, 2015 in Kos, Greece. The number of people leaving their homes in war torn countries such as Syria, marks the largest migration of people since World War II.
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Syrian refugees cross though a cornfield as they walk to a border crossing on the Greek and Macedonian border September 2, 2015 in Idomeni, Greece. The number of people leaving their homes in war torn countries such as Syria, marks the largest migration of people since World War II.
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A young Syrian girl holds onto her mother next to railroad tracks where refugees wait to cross into Macedonia September 2, 2015 in Idomeni, Greece. The number of people leaving their homes in war torn countries such as Syria, marks the largest migration of people since World War II.
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A young Syrian boy cries as his father carries him up a steep hill as a group of refugees hike to a border crossing on the Greek and Macedonian border September 2, 2015 near Idomeni, Greece. The number of people leaving their homes in war torn countries such as Syria, marks the largest migration of people since World War II.
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During their journey to western Europe, Syrian refugees sleep on railroad tracks waiting for authorities to allow them to cross the Macedonian border September 2, 2015 in Idomeni, Greece.The number of people leaving their homes in war torn countries such as Syria, marks the largest migration of people since World War II.
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While making their way to western Europe, a Syrian man carries his younger brother with cerebral palsy on his shoulder after their family crossed the Macedonian border from Greece September 3, 2015 in Gevgelija, Macedonia. The number of people leaving their homes in war torn countries such as Syria, marks the largest migration of people since World War II.
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A Syrian woman waits for a train bound for Munich, Germany at the Keleti railway station on September 9, 2015 in Budapest, Hungary. The number of people leaving their homes in war torn countries such as Syria, marks the largest migration of people since World War II.
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As their family tries to board a train bound for western Europe, a Syrian child cries as her mother argues with a Hungarian policeman September 10, 2015 in Budapest, Hungary. Refugees arriving in Budapest overnight gather in large numbers at the railway station each morning as they try to be on the first trains leaving Budapest due to fears that the borders would soon close.
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A Syrian woman carries her baby on her chest as she leads family members past Hungarian police after being caught in a surge of migrants attempting to board a train bound for Munich, Germany at the Keleti railway station on September 9, 2015 in Budapest, Hungary. Refugees in Budapest were concerned that governments would soon close or severely limit continued travel to Austria and Germany.
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Refugees cross into Hungary as they walk over railroad tracks at the Serbian border September 7, 2015 in Horgas, Serbia. The number of people leaving their homes in war torn countries such as Syria, marks the largest migration of people since World War II.
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Series chronicling the continuing war in Ukraine. A pro-Russian rebel fires a rocket propelled grenade on the rooftop of an apartment building during clashes with Ukrainian troops on the outskirts of Luhansk, Ukraine, Monday, June 2, 2014. Hundreds of pro-Russia insurgents attacked the border guard base in eastern Ukraine on Monday.
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An elderly woman walks on a destroyed bridge on the road to the airport which was the scene of heavy fighting, on her way to retrieve belongings from her home, in Donetsk, Ukraine, Sunday, March 1, 2015.
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A Russia-backed rebel looks at the flag covered body of an Ukrainian serviceman in Debaltseve, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 20, 2015.
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A Russia-backed separatist fighter sits in a self propelled 152 mm artillery piece, part of a unit moved away from the front lines, in Yelenovka, near Donetsk, Ukraine,Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015.
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A Russia-backed separatist, right, watches as Ukrainian prisoners of war remove the body of a Ukrainian serviceman from the rubble of the airport building, outside Donetsk, Ukraine, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015. Ukrainian troops held captive in the separatist stronghold of Donetsk began digging through the rubble Wednesday to retrieve the bodies of fellow soldiers killed last month in a bitter battle for the city's airport.
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Pro-Russian rebels and relatives walk next to the coffin of Alexander Alexandrovich Gizai, a member of military-patriotic group 'Kaskad' who was killed Monday during clashes with Ukrainian troops, during his funeral in Luhansk, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, June 4, 2014.
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A Russia-backed female rebel fighter watches as colleagues perform during a beauty contest involving women from the main separatist battalions in Donetsk, Ukraine, Saturday, March 7, 2015. Self-proclaimed authorities in the rebel-held Donetsk held a beauty pageant for female rebel fighters on the eve of March 8, a women's day widely celebrated throughout the former Soviet Union.
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A man speaks to a crowd of residents warning them not to push as they wait to get bread, one per person, baked by Russia-backed separatists in Chornukhyne, Ukraine, Monday, March 2, 2015. More than 6,000 people have died in eastern Ukraine since the start of the conflict almost a year ago that has led to a "merciless devastation of civilian lives and infrastructure," the U.N. human rights office said Monday.
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The Euro 2012 soccer championship Group D teams, Ukraine, Sweden, France and England are listed on a bullet riddled metal sheet attached to the fence of the inmates sports area inside the destroyed prison in Chornukhyne, Ukraine, Monday, March 2, 2015.
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A couple and baby walk past a fuel pump covered in sandbags to protect it from possible shelling, in Donetsk, Ukraine, Monday, March 2, 2015.
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Russia-backed separatists, some injured, walk on a snowy road in no man's land after being released by the Ukrainian military in a prisoner exchange, near Zholobok, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2015. Ukrainian military and separatist representatives exchanged dozens of prisoners under cover of darkness at a remote frontline location Saturday evening. 139 Ukrainian troops and 52 rebels were exchanged, according to a separatist official overseeing the prisoner swap at a no mans land location near the village of Zholobok, some 20 kilometers (12 miles) west of Luhansk.
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A man rides a bicycle by a destroyed building in Vuhlehirsk, Ukraine, Monday, March 9, 2015.
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This series chronicles the political unrest in the African nation of Burundi. Men duck for cover as shots are fired in Bujumbura, Burundi, Monday, May 4, 2015. Anti-government demonstrations resumed in Burundi's capital after a weekend pause as thousands continue to protest the president's decision to seek a third term.
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Jean Claude Niyonzima, a suspected member of the ruling party's Imbonerakure youth militia, pleads with soldiers to protect him from a mob of demonstrators after he came out of hiding in a sewer in the Cibitoke district of Bujumbura, Burundi, Thursday May 7, 2015. Niyonzima fled from his house into the sewer under a hail of stones thrown by a mob protesting President Pierre Nkurunziza's decision to seek a third term in office.
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Demonstrators sing the national anthem in front of a line of riot police in the Musaga neighborhood of Bujumbura, Burundi, Friday May 1, 2015.
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Demonstrators corner a suspected member of the ruling party's Imbonerakure youth militia at his home in the Cibitoke district of Bujumbura, Burundi, Thursday May 7, 2015.
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Jean Claude Niyonzima, a suspected member of the ruling party's Imbonerakure youth militia, is restrained as a mob gathers around his house, as protests continue against President Pierre Nkurunziza's decision to seek a third term in office in the Cibitoke district of Bujumbura, Burundi, Thursday May 7, 2015.
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A demonstrator seriously wounded by live ammunition waits for treatment in a small clinic in the Musaga district of Bujumbura, Burundi, Monday May 4, 2015.
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Demonstrators topple a burnt out car in the Musaga neighborhood of Bujumbura, Burundi, Friday May 1, 2015.
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A protester lays dead after being shot in the Kinama district of Bujumbura, Burundi, Thursday May 7, 2015.
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People set up a barricade in the Musaga district of Bujumbura, Burundi, Saturday May 9, 2015.
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Demonstrators face off with police in the Musaga neighborhood of Bujumbura, Burundi, Wednesday May 20, 2015.
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Soldiers lift a wounded suspected Imbonerakure militiaman who was attacked by demonstrators protesting against President Pierre Nkurunziza's decision to seek a third term in office in the Cibitoke district of Bujumbura, Burundi, Thursday May 7, 2015.
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Jafeh Hakizimana shows his wounds in the rural Bujumbura village of Kamesa, Burundi, Monday May 18, 2015. Hakizimana is one of three wounded during an attack of his village by Imbonerakure pro-government militias.
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