WORLD PRESS PHOTO OF THE YEAR 2019: "CRYING GIRL ON THE BORDER"
11.04.2019 Photographer: John Moore, Getty Images
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12 June, 2018: Honduran toddler Yanela Sanchez cries as she and her mother, Sandra Sanchez, are taken into custody by US border officials in McAllen, Texas, USA, on 12 June.
Immigrant families had rafted across the Rio Grande from Mexico and were then detained by US authorities. Sandra Sanchez said that she and her daughter had been traveling for a month through Central America and Mexico before reaching the US to seek asylum. The Trump Administration had announced a 'zero tolerance' policy at the border under which immigrants caught entering the US could be criminally prosecuted. As a result, many apprehended parents were separated from their children, often sent to different detention facilities.
After this picture was published worldwide, US Customs and Border Protection confirmed that Yanela and her mother had not been among the thousands who had been separated by US officials. Nevertheless, public outcry over the controversial practice resulted in President Donald Trump reversing the policy on 20 June.
John Moore is a senior staff
photographer and special correspondent for Getty Images.
He has photographed in 65 countries on six continents and was posted
internationally for 17 years, first to Nicaragua, then India, South Africa,
Mexico, Egypt and Pakistan. Since returning to the U.S. in 2008 he has since
focused on immigration and border issues.
Moore has won top awards throughout his career, including the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography, World Press Photo honors, the John Faber Award and the Robert Capa Gold Medal from the Overseas Press Club, Photographer of the Year from Pictures of the Year International, the NPPA and Sony World Photography Organization.
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