The picture that defines 2015
Ghias Aljundi fled Syria after four years of imprisonment and torture at the hands of the Assad regime. In 2015, he returned to the Mediterranean to help the thousands of refugees from his homeland arriving on the beaches of Lesbos. In October, photographer Lefteris Partsalis captured the moment when Ghias called for help for a Syrian boy he feared dead, in an image that sums up the horror and compassion that have defined 2015
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Natalia Antonova is a journalist and playwright. She has written for The Guardian, Mashable, openDemocracy, Newsweek, The Moscow Times and others. She was the last editor of The Moscow News, Russia's oldest English language newspaper, before it was shut down after the Kremlin liquidated its parent news agency, RIA Novosti.
Natalia Antonova is a journalist and playwright. She has written for The Guardian, Mashable, openDemocracy, Newsweek, The Moscow Times and others. She was the last editor of The Moscow News, Russia's oldest English language newspaper, before it was shut down after the Kremlin liquidated its parent news agency, RIA Novosti.
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