The photo won first prize in the prestigious World Press Photo awards, which have been running since 1955.
US photojournalist John
Stanmeyer has won first prize in the 2014 World Press Photo awards for
his image of African migrants near Djibouti city.
The moonlit image shows men trying to get a phone signal from nearby Somalia.Panel member Jillian Edelstein said the photo raised issues of technology, globalisation, migration, poverty, desperation, alienation and humanity.
The prestigious awards, selected by an expert panel, have been running since 1955.
Stanmeyer shot the winning image while on assignment for the US-based National Geographic magazine, and said that it was an honour to win the prize.
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