This award-winning photo perfectly sums up the ongoing refugee crisis

The challenges of the past year, and their potential impact, was perfectly summarized in a single photo from Warren Richardson, who won the World Press Photo of the Year 2015 and also the first prize in the contest's Spot News category.

The photo depicts refugees trying to cross the border from Serbia into Hungary. The night photograph focuses on a man passing his child under a Hungarian security fence which was still under construction.

Richardson depended entirely upon the moonlight for the illumination of the photo, as any flash could have drawn the attention of the police that were trying to halt any cross-border refugees.

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