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Moises Saman

El Salvador Crisis

Members of the MS-13 gang crowd into their cramped cell inside Chalatenango prison, in northern El Salvador. El Salvador Crisis. February 2019. Photographer Moises Saman worked across El Salvador covering issues including gang violence, prison rehabilitation, and extensive emigration.

National Geographic
Moises Saman

El Salvador Crisis

An alleged thief lies dead in a bus after a passenger, in self-defense, shot him during an attempted robbery in downtown San Salvador. El Salvador Crisis. February 2019. Photographer Moises Saman worked across El Salvador covering issues including gang violence, prison rehabilitation, and extensive emigration.

National Geographic
Moises Saman

Caravan of Hope

Dozens of migrants, part of a caravan of hundreds of migrants from El Salvador making their way toward the United States, ride inside a container. Caravan of Hope. February 2019. The migration cycle from Central America north to Mexico continued unabated in 2019. Photographer Moises Saman joined large groups of Central Americans on their treacherous journeys towards a new life north.

National Geographic
Moises Saman

Caravan of Hope

Salvadoran migrants rush to jump a fence at a restricted border crossing area between Guatemala and Mexico in Tecun Uman. Caravan of Hope. February 2019. The migration cycle from Central America north to Mexico continued unabated in 2019. Photographer Moises Saman joined large groups of Central Americans on their treacherous journeys towards a new life north.

National Geographic
Moises Saman

Magnum Photos

The recovery of Mosul, Iraq

The recovery of Mosul, Iraq. June 2019. Mosul and its inhabitants struggle to rebuild their city. Says Sana'a Ahmad Ibrahim al-Tace, grandmother to her 22 grandchildren, "My tears never dry."

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