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Giovanni Isolino

A smile in a cemetery

Wednesday 24 December 2014

"I took this picture on July 1 in the port of Pozzallo at the southern tip of Sicily. It shows migrant families waiting to disembark from an Italian navy ship after being rescued in the Strait of Sicily," writes Giovanni Isolino. "Covering migrant landings and shipwrecks, sometimes you see children arriving alone. And even when they have their families, they are usually upset, and frightened. Seeing a child smile like this is something very rare, and special."

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