2020 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
First Place: Carol Guzy
First Place - 2020 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
SYRIA WEEPS A man reacts with alarm to noise from fireworks as a celebration takes place commemorating the 41st anniversary of PKK on Qandil Mountain in the Kurdistan region of Iraq on Sunday Nov. 29, 2019. Fierce fighting with Turkey waged with the insurgency into NE Syria after U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew troops, which was widely viewed as a betrayal of Kurdish allies. Turkey has deemed the PKK a terrorist organization and the ongoing conflict with them has been stated as a main reason for the insurgency. Kurdish PKK fighters are based in the mountains of this region and many people taking part in the party have lost family members to the fighting. Turkeys intent was to establish a safe zone using sophisticated drones and air artillery, but a proclaimed ceasefire did not hold as wounded were rushed to hospitals and civilians fled besieged cities.
Carol Guzy
First Place - 2020 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
Soldiers with the Syrian army cheer on their way to the frontline to battle Turkish forces in Tel Tamir, Syria on Saturday Nov. 14, 2019. Some will not return. Fierce fighting with Turkey waged after the insurgency into NE Syria when U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew troops, which was widely viewed as a betrayal of Kurdish allies who then formed an alliance with the Syrian regime forces.
Carol Guzy
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Syrian Kurdish YPG soldiers fight Turkish forces with mortars at the front line near Tel Tamir, Syria on Monday Nov. 2, 2019. Turkey has used sophisticated weaponry and drones. Fierce fighting waged after U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew troops, which was viewed as many as a betrayal of Kurdish allies.
Carol Guzy
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Fida Aziz holds her baby as Internally Displaced Persons that fled the conflict with Turkey receive aid from a humanitarian group near the frontline in Tel Tamir, Syria on Thursday Oct. 29, 2019. Turkeys intent was to establish a safe zone using sophisticated drones and air artillery, but a proclaimed ceasefire did not hold as wounded and dead were rushed to hospitals and residents fled besieged cities.
Carol Guzy
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Tires and oil burn in an attempt to act as cover from airstrikes in the besieged city of Tel Tamir, Syria on Friday Oct. 30, 2019 as residents flee. Dave Eubank from Free Burma Rangers based nearby stated, This zone is one of ethnic cleansing with 300,000 people displaced. Many have been killed and wounded. Homes are destroyed. The Kurds are calling this area the genocide zone. The safe zone is not safe by any definition. It is the zone of the Turkish invasion. Weve seen their tanks and been fired upon by those tanks and their aircraft. There has been no ceasefire this whole time.
Carol Guzy
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Ajmad Bikair lost both parents - Ibrahim Muhammad Xalif, 60 and Ali Salish, 55 who were killed by mortar fire in the Syrian conflict with Turkey near Tel Tamir, Syria on Saturday Oct. 31, 2019. He rushed them to hospital in the besieged city hoping they could be saved. They were gravely wounded at their home in Tal El Ward, which means Village of Flower. He wept inconsolably as body bags were unzipped and he viewed his lifeless parents then put them on a pickup truck for burial.
Carol Guzy
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Local residents throw rocks at a joint Russian Turkish patrol in Bi'r Khneiss, Syria on Wednesday Nov. 11, 2019. Rage overwhelmed many in Syria who felt betrayed by the U. S. and forgotten by a world community.
Carol Guzy
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Free Burma Ranger Dave Eubank prays as his team and hospital staff try to revive Zau Seng, a medic and videographer for the humanitarian group who was mortally wounded by a drone strike at the frontline in the conflict with Turkey in Tel Tamir, Syria on Tuesday Nov. 3, 2019. He was from Burma and left a wife and baby who celebrated her first birthday the day her father died. They were at a casualty collection point to rescue wounded. He came here to help," said Eubank who constantly apologized for what he called a betrayal of Kurdish allies after U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw troops that opened the door to the insurgency. Call it Turkish zone of invasion, zone of genocide, ethnic cleansinganything but a safe zone, he said.
Carol Guzy
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Noora Hassan, mother of Kurdish YPG soldier Jan Qamishlo, screams in grief and rage at a funeral for three martyrs killed in the Syrian conflict with Turkey in Qamishli, Syria on Tuesday Nov. 3, 2019. One grieving family member said bitterly, Americans you betrayed us and anything that happens to us you are responsible.
Carol Guzy
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Large crowds gather for a funeral held for three Kurdish martyrs killed in the Syrian conflict with Turkey in Qamishli, Syria on Tuesday Nov. 3, 2019.
Carol Guzy
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A woman weeps in profound, quiet sorrow as eight SDF soldiers killed in the brutal battle with Turkey were honored at a martyr funeral in Hassaka, Syria on Thursday Nov. 5, 2019. Americans you betrayed us and anything that happens to us you are responsible, wept a family member at the funeral of her loved one as Syria endures another tragic conflict.
Carol Guzy
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War & Innocence. Syrian Kurdish YPG soldiers care for puppies at a checkpoint on the road to the besieged town of Tel Tamir, Syria on Tuesday Nov. 12, 2019. Smoke from burning oil is used as a shield from drones and airstrikes. Fierce conflict with Turkey waged after U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew troops, which was viewed as a betrayal of Kurdish allies. The soldiers said the mother dog became frightened by loud artillery attacks and ran off, abandoning the pups.
Carol Guzy
Second Place: Esteban Felix / Associated Press
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In late 2019, civil protests took place throughout Chile in response to a raise in the Santiago Metro's subway fare, the increased cost of living, privatization and inequality prevalent in the country. The protests began in Chile's capital, Santiago, as a coordinated fare evasion campaign by secondary school students which led to spontaneous takeovers of the city's main train stations and open confrontations with the Carabineros de Chile (the national militarized police force). The demonstrations morphed into a massive protest movement demanding improvements in basic services and benefits, including pensions, health, and education. A rainbow forms as anti-government protesters clash with police during protests in Santiago, Chile, Monday, Nov. 11, 2019.
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Chilean police clash with anti-government demonstrators during a protest in Santiago, Chile, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019.
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Police carry an anti-government protester injured during clashes in Santiago, Chile, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019.
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Anti-government demonstrators run from a tear gas canister launched by the police during protest in Santiago, Chile, Monday, Nov. 4, 2019.
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Smoke billows from a small shopping center set fire by anti-government protesters amid demonstrations in Santiago, Chile, Monday, Oct. 28, 2019.
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An injured anti-government demonstrator is carried to safety during clashes with the Chilean police in Santiago, Chile, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019.
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An entrance to the Santa Lucia subway station burns after anti-government demonstrators set it on fire in Santiago, Chile, Monday, Oct. 28, 2019.
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Anti-government protesters are sprayed by a police water cannon during clashes in Santiago, Chile, Friday, Nov. 29, 2019.
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Police officers run to get assistance after being hit with a gasoline bomb thrown by protesters during an anti-government protest in Santiago, Chile, Monday, Nov. 4, 2019.
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Anti-government demonstrators shine laser pointers at the police during a protest in Santiago, Chile, on Nov. 12, 2019.
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Marco Blues plays the saxophone crouching with anti-government demonstrators during clashes with the Chilean police in Santiago, Chile, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019.
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In this Friday, Nov. 8, 2019 photo, police advance on anti-government protesters, past a religious statue that protesters removed from a church and then damaged, in Santiago, Chile.
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Third Place: Natacha Pisarenko / Associated Press
Third Place - 2020 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
Bolivians voted for president in October, and the tribunal declared socialist President Evo Morales the winner of a fourth term. But the opposition claimed fraud, an Organization of American States audit found clear manipulation of the vote, and protesters began burning the homes of government officials. The heads of the armed forces and police withdrew their support, and Morales resigned and fled the country. The weeks after Moraless resignation in November saw looting, arson and other violence in Bolivias principal cities. A supporter of Bolivia's former President Evo Morales yells at a police officer, telling him to respect the nation's indigenous people in La Paz, Bolivia, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019. Former President Evo Morales, who transformed Bolivia as its first indigenous president, flew to exile in Mexico on Tuesday after weeks of violent protests, leaving behind a confused power vacuum in the Andean nation.
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An Army helicopter flies over the road leading to the state-own Senkata filling gas plant in El Alto, on the outskirts of La Paz, Bolivia, as supporters of former President Evo Morales set up barricades, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019. Morales' backers have taken to the streets asking for his return since he resigned on Nov. 10 under pressure from the military after weeks of protests against him over a disputed election he claim to have won.
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A backer of former President Evo Morales scuffles with police in La Paz, Bolivia, Nov. 13, 2019.
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Supporters of former President Evo Morales escape clouds of tear gas thrown by the police in La Paz, Bolivia, Monday, Nov. 18, 2019. Morales's backers have taken to the streets demanding his return since he resigned on Nov. 10 under pressure from the military after weeks of protests against him over a disputed election that he claimed to have won.
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Supporters of former President Evo Morales stand next to soldiers guarding the road leading to the state-own Senkata fuel plant, in El Alto, on the outskirts of La Paz, Bolivia, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019. At least one person was killed when security forces launched an operation to supply gasoline from the plant that had been blockaded by Moraless backers.
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A couple, holding a Bolivian flag, embrace after spending the night celebrating the resignation of President Evo Morales in La Paz, Bolivia, Monday, Nov. 11, 2019. Morales resigned Sunday under mounting pressure from the military and the public after his re-election victory triggered weeks of fraud allegations and deadly protests.
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Supporters of former President Evo Morales walk past a ditch dug to prevent vehicles from driving through, on the highway that leads to the "Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales Bolivianos" plant in El Alto, Bolivia, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2019. Bolivia's political crisis turned deadly after security forces opened fire on supporters of former President Evo Morales in Sacaba on Nov. 15, killing multiple people and injuring dozens.
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A mourner places a hand on the shoulder of Devi Posto killed during clashes between security forces and supporters of former President Evo Morales, during a vigil at the San Francisco de Asis church in El Alto, on the outskirts of La Paz, Bolivia, Nov. 20, 2019.
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In this Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019 photo, a supporter of former President Evo Morales holds a Bolivian flag during clashes with police in La Paz, Bolivia. Bolivia's new interim president Jeanine Anez faces the challenge of stabilizing the nation and organizing national elections within three months at a time of political disputes that pushed Morales to fly off to self-exile in Mexico after 14 years in power.
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Virginia Ticona mourns during the funeral of her son, Antonio Quispe, in El Alto, outskirts of La Paz, Bolivia, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019. Quispe was killed on Tuesday when security forces escorting gasoline tankers from a fuel plant clashed with supporters of former President Evo Morales that had been blockading it for five days.
Natacha Pisarenko / Associated Press
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A woman cries in front of soldiers guarding a street during a march of supporters of former President Evo Morales in downtown La Paz, Bolivia, Nov. 15, 2019. Morales resigned on Nov. 10 at military prompting following massive nationwide protests over suspected vote-rigging in an election in which he claimed to have won a fourth term in office.
Natacha Pisarenko / Associated Press
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Supporter of former President Evo Morales protect themselves from police tear gas in La Paz, Bolivia, Friday, Nov. 15, 2019. Bolivia's new interim president Jeanine Anez faces the challenge of stabilizing the nation and organizing national elections within three months at a time of political disputes that pushed Morales to fly off to self-exile in Mexico after 14 years in power.
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Honorable Mention: Angelos Tzortzinis
Honorable Mention - 2020 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
A man holds a girl as they flee fire burning in the Moria camp on the island of Lesbos on September 9, 2020. Thousands of asylum seekers on the Greek island of Lesbos fled for their lives on September 9, 2020 as a huge fire ripped through the camp of Moria, the country's largest refugee facility. Over 13,000 men, women and children ran in panic out of containers and tents and into adjoining olive groves and fields as the fire destroyed most of the camp.
Angelos Tzortzinis
Honorable Mention - 2020 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
A woman holds a child as they flee fire burning in the Moria camp on the island of Lesbos on September 9, 2020. Thousands of asylum seekers on the Greek island of Lesbos fled for their lives on September 9, 2020 as a huge fire ripped through the camp of Moria, the country's largest refugee facility. Over 13,000 men, women and children ran in panic out of containers and tents and into adjoining olive groves and fields as the fire destroyed most of the camp.
Angelos Tzortzinis
Honorable Mention - 2020 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
A woman runs from flames after a major fire broke out in the Moria migrants camp on the Greek Aegean island of Lesbos, on September 9, 2020.
Angelos Tzortzinis
Honorable Mention - 2020 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
A boy carries a child in his arms, migrants and refugees flee the Moria camp during a fire broke out, on the island of Lesbos on September 9, 2020.
Angelos Tzortzinis
Honorable Mention - 2020 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
Tow boys flee flames after a major fire broke out in the Moria migrants camp on the Greek Aegean island of Lesbos, on September 9, 2020.
Angelos Tzortzinis
Honorable Mention - 2020 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
Migrants and refugees carrying their belongings flee flames after a major fire broke out in the Moria migrants camp on the Greek Aegean island of Lesbos, on September 9, 2020. Thousands of asylum seekers on the Greek island of Lesbos fled for their lives on September 9, 2020 as a huge fire ripped through the camp of Moria, the country's largest refugee facility. Over 13,000 men, women and children ran in panic out of containers and tents and into adjoining olive groves and fields as the fire destroyed most of the camp.
Angelos Tzortzinis
Honorable Mention - 2020 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
This picture taken on September 9, 2020 shows the burnt camp of Moria on the island of Lesbos after a major fire broke out, on September 9, 2020.
Angelos Tzortzinis
Honorable Mention - 2020 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
Migrants and refugees rest as they spend the night on the road near Mytilene, after a fire destroyed the Moria refugee camp on the island of Lesbos, early on September 11, 2020.
Angelos Tzortzinis
Honorable Mention - 2020 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
Migrants clean themselves inside an abandoned building near the Kara Tepe camp on the island of Lesbos on September 13, 2020, a few days after a fire destroyed the Moria refugee camp.
Angelos Tzortzinis
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Two girls sit on their suitcase as they watch other refugees and migrants from the Moria camp protesting on the Greek island of Lesbos, on September 11, 2020, a few days after a fire destroyed the Moria refugee camp.
Angelos Tzortzinis
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A boy suffers after police threw tear gas during clashes near the city Mytilene on the Greek island of Lesbos, on September 12, 2020, a few days after a fire destroyed the Moria refugee camp. Tension was simmering on September 12 on Greece's Lesbos island as thousands of asylum seekers remained homeless four days after Europe's largest migrant camp was destroyed by fire.
Angelos Tzortzinis
Honorable Mention - 2020 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
A woman and children react after police threw tear gas during clashes near the city Mytilene on the Greek island of Lesbos, on September 12, 2020, a few days after a fire destroyed the Moria refugee camp. Tension was simmering on September 12 on Greece's Lesbos island as thousands of asylum seekers remained homeless four days after Europe's largest migrant camp was destroyed by fire.
Angelos Tzortzinis