A Subtle Moment Becomes the World Press Photo of the Year

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A Houthi demonstration in Sana, the capital of Yemen, on the anniversary of the 2011 uprising that toppled the government.”

The remains of a rocket shell on a street in the town of Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine. Seven civilians were killed and 26 wounded in rocket strikes on the town, the government-controlled regional administration said in a statement.”

Residents of the rebel-held city of Douma, Syria, survey damage and try to put out a fire after an airstrike and a mortar attack by forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad.”

A Ukrainian serviceman in Debaltseve. Russian-backed separatists have taken control of about 200 square miles in the east and are now threatening Debaltseve, a town that sits astride a critical rail hub.”

The New York Times