Continental Drift: A Partnership with MSNBC

As the world faces its greatest global migrant crisis since WWII, Magnum Photos and MSNBC partner to create a global documentation of people on the move

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Moises Saman A refugee waves to indicate a safe landing area to an approaching inflatable raft as it approaches the shores of Lesbos island in Greece. They had traveled from Assos, Turkey, in inflatable rafts t (...)

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Stories published to date include Alex Majoli’s documentation of the 2.9 billion voyages taken by Chinese workers for the annual Spring Festival, Mark Power’s record of the Azraq and Zaatari camps, the “temporary” tent cities that 100,000 Syrian refugees currently call home and Moises Saman’s poignant journey of the million migrants pressed into Europe in 2015.

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Alex Majoli People flood the local market for last minute shopping before new year's eve. Chunyun, also referred to as the Spring Festival travel season, is a period of travel in China with extremely high traf (...)

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Alex Majoli People queueing at Guangzhou railway station. As many as 100 000 traveller's were stranded there over two days due to bad weather conditions. Chunyun, also referred to as the Spring Festival travel (...)

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Alex Majoli A man carrying heavy luggage on his way home. Chunyun, also referred to as the Spring Festival travel season, is a period of travel in China with extremely high traffic load around the time of the (...)

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Alex Majoli People gather in Beijing railway station to board the trains that will take them home for new year's eve. Chunyun, also referred to as the Spring Festival travel season, is a period of travel in Ch (...)

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Moises Saman Discarded life vests and clothing in an abandoned lighthouse on the northern coast of Lesbos Island, Greece. September 22, 2015. © Moises Saman | Magnum Photos

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