Journalism of Courage
A migrant, hoping to cross into Hungary, walks along a railway track near the village of Horgos in Serbia, towards the border it shares with Hungary, September 1. Hundreds of angry migrants demonstrated outside Budapest's Eastern Railway Terminus on Tuesday demanding they be allowed to travel on to Germany, as the biggest ever influx of migrants into the European Union left its asylum policies in tatters. (Source: Reuters)
An Israeli soldier detains a Palestinian boy during a protest against Jewish settlements in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, near Ramallah, August 28. (Source: Reuters)
Russian President Vladimir Putin exercises in a gym at the Bocharov Ruchei state residence in Sochi, Russia, August 30. (Source: Reuters)
A judge hits a woman with a whip in front of a crowd in Ghor province, Afghanistan, August 31. A man and woman found guilty of adultery received 100 lashes on Monday in front of a crowd who filmed their punishment, TV footage showed. (Source: Reuters)
A double rainbow is seen above a row of terrace houses in Clapham, south London, Britain, September 1. The second rainbow, above the main arc has the sequence of its colours reversed, with red on the inner side of the bow. (Source: Reuters)
Local and government conservationists remove a rescued female orangutan who was found isolated in an palm oil plantation in Batang Serangan district, Langkat, North Sumatra province September 1. (Source: Reuters)
Balloons are released as crowd looks up during a military parade marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two, at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, September 3. Xi announced on Thursday he would cut troop levels by 300,000 as China held its biggest display of military might in a parade to commemorate victory over Japan in World War Two, an event shunned by most Western leaders. (Source: Reuters)
Doves are released as a crowd looks up during a military parade marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two, at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, September 3. (Source: Reuters)
Policemen stand by the family of migrants as they wanted to run away at the railway station in the town of Bicske, Hungary, September 3. A camp for refugees and asylum seekers is located in Bicske. (Source: Reuters)
U.S. President Barack Obama (R) meets traditional fishermen on the shore of the Nushagak River in Dillingham, Alaska September 2. After meeting tribal leaders and fishermen in Dillingham, home to the world's largest sockeye salmon fishery, Obama will fly into Kotzebue, an Arctic town of about 3,000 that is battling coastal erosion caused by rising seas. (Source: Reuters)
Participants gather to watch an art installation burn during the Burning Man 2015 "Carnival of Mirrors" arts and music festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada, September 3. As the week goes on and more people arrive the temporary city becomes more active. (Source: Reuters)
Young girl looks on behind the fence outside a train that stopped in Bicske, Hungary, Friday, September 4. Over 150,000 migrants have reached Hungary this year, most coming through the southern border with Serbia. Many apply for asylum but quickly try to leave for richer EU countries. (Source: AP)
Chinese President Xi Jinping is displayed on a big screen as Type 99A2 Chinese battle tanks take part in a parade commemorating the 70th anniversary of Japan's surrender during World War II in front of Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, Thursday, September 3. (Source: AP)
A toy doll is left behind and lays on the tracks at the railway station in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, September 3. Over 150,000 migrants have reached Hungary this year, most coming through the southern border with Serbia, and many apply for asylum but quickly try to leave for richer EU countries. (Source: AP)
In this Friday, August 21, 2015 photo, an independent artist paints on a concrete barrier wall which blocks a main gate of the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan. Calling his group Art Lords _ a swipe at the warlords who still dominate Afghan politics and are publicly celebrated as warrior heroes _ artist Kabir Mokamel uses street art to highlight social problems in Afghanistan after almost four decades of war. (Source: AP)
In this Thursday, August 20, 2015 photo, a laborer pushes his handcart in front of street art on a barrier wall of the NDS (National Directorate of Security) in Kabul, Afghanistan. I want people to define who really are the heroes of my city _ the people who clean the city, for instance, the 46-year-old artist Kabir Mokamel said. (Source: AP)
Migrants wear Id bracelets aboard of the Norwegian Siem Pilot ship during a migrant search and rescue mission off the Libyan Coasts, Tuesday, September 1. Four dead bodies and hundreds of migrants were transferred on the Norwegian Siem Pilot ship from an Italian Navy ship and a Doctor Without Borders vessels after being rescued in different operation in the mediterranean sea. (Source: AP)
Andy Penn, of Hilo, watches as a large wave crashes off a sea wall on Hilo Bay, Monday, August 31 in Hilo, Hawaii. Hurricane Ignacio is rapidly weakening and has moved farther away from the Hawaiian Islands, allowing forecasters to lift the tropical storm watches for the Big Island and Maui, but big and dangerous surf is expected through midweek. (Source: AP)
Denise S., (L) and Richard S. utilize an art installation during the Burning Man 2015 "Carnival of Mirrors" arts and music festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada, August 31. Approximately 70,000 people from all over the world are gathering at the sold-out festival to spend a week in the remote desert to experience art, music and the unique community that develops. (Source: Reuters)
Indonesian trade union supporters march towards the Presidential Palace in Jakarta September 1. Tens of thousands of workers protested on Tuesday against job cuts and called for higher wages raising pressure on the government as it struggles to kickstart an economy growing at its slowest in six years. (Source: Reuters)
A man inspects the rubble of a Palestinian house which was destroyed by Israeli troops during an Israeli raid in the West Bank city of Jenin September 1. At least five Palestinians and an Israeli soldier were wounded during the raid in the occupied West Bank late on Monday to arrest Islamist militants, Palestinian medical sources and Israeli media said. (Source: Reuters)
Visitors watch an installation depicting a battle between China and Japan during World War Two, at the Museum of the War of Chinese People's Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, in Beijing, China, September 1, two days ahead of the commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two. Some 12,000 soldiers will march through Beijing's central Tiananmen Square on Thursday, mostly Chinese but with Russian and a few other foreign contingents, accompanied by tanks and armoured vehicles, as fighter jets scream overhead. (Source: Reuters)
Migrants enter Macedonia near Gevgelija after crossing the border with Greece, September 1. Migrants are trekking from the southern Macedonian border near Gevgelija to the northern border with Serbia on their way to Western Europe. Trains carrying hundreds of migrants started arriving in Vienna on Monday after Austrian authorities appeared to give up trying to apply European Union rules by filtering out refugees who had already claimed asylum in Hungary. In the latest twist in a humanitarian and political crisis that is now testing the survival of both Europe's open-border regime and its asylum rules, Hungary allowed the migrants, many of them fleeing Syria's civil war, to cram into at least four trains leaving Budapest for Austria or Germany. (Source: Reuters)
A hot air balloon shares the evening sky with cranes as it makes its way over the Town of Oconomowoc, Wis., Monday, August 31. (Source: AP)
Kite boarders and kite skiers compete during an annual amateur regional snow kiting championship on the frozen Yenisei River in the Taiga district outside Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, in this March 15, 2015 file photo. (Source: Reuters)
A woman enjoys the sun on the bank of the Yenisei River, with the air temperature at about 13 Celsius (55.4 degrees Fahrenheit), in the Taiga district outside Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk in this April 6, 2015 file photo. (Source: Reuters)
