AP photographers honored with Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar photography awards
The Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar announced the results for its annual photography contest and several AP photographers were awarded prizes.
The winning images are featured below.
Dar Yasin | General News Single: 2nd Place
In this Thursday, April 7, 2016 photo, Kashmiri Muslims climb trees to watch the funeral procession of Waseem Malla, a suspected militant of Hizbul Mujahideen, in Pehlipora, some 60 kilometers (35 miles) south of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir. Anti-India protesters attacked government forces with rocks and burned an armored vehicle as they participated in the funerals of two insurgents killed in a gun-battle in the disputed Kashmir region. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
Emilio Morenatti | General News Single: Honorable Mention
Migrants, most from Eritrea, jump into the water from a crowded wooden boat as they are helped by members of an NGO during a rescue operation in the Mediterranean sea, about 13 miles north of Sabratha, Libya, Monday, Aug. 29, 2016. Thousands were rescued from more than 20 boats by members of the Proactiva Open Arms NGO before transferring them to the Italian cost guard and other NGO vessels operating in the zone. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Daniel Ochoa de Olza | General News Single: Honorable Mention
Members of La Legion, an elite unit of the Spanish Army, sing during a military parade as they celebrate a holiday known as 'Dia de la Hispanidad' or Hispanic Day in Madrid, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016. Almost a year into Spain's political deadlock, the country is celebrating its National Day with a military parade of over 3,000 soldiers marching through Madrid and aircraft drawing trails of red and yellow smoke in the sky to represent the flag. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)
Ben Curtis | Spot News Single: Honorable Mention
In this Monday, May 16, 2016 photo, a Kenyan riot policeman repeatedly kicks a political protester as he lies in the street after falling down while trying to flee from them, during a protest in downtown Nairobi, Kenya. The incident stirred anger and condemnation across Kenya, as the policeman is seen beating and kicking one protester who had fallen on a road curb. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Daniel Ochoa de Olza | Feature Single: 1st Place
Men on horseback ride trough a pine tree forest chased by a a brave bull in Tordesillas, Spain, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016. Men on horseback and on foot traditionally have chased the bull and speared it in front of thousands of onlookers in what became known as one of Spain's goriest spectacles, but amid increasing protests by animal rights activists the regional government last year banned the killing of bulls at town festivals, though traditional bullfights were not affected. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)
Daniel Ochoa de Olza | Feature Single: 2nd Place
Shepherds lead their sheep through the centre of Madrid, Spain, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016. Shepherds have guided a flock of 1,000 sheep through Madrid streets in defense of ancient grazing, droving and migration rights increasingly threatened by urban sprawl and modern agricultural practices. Tourists and city-dwellers were surprised to see the capital's traffic cut to permit the ovine parade to bleat bells clanking its way past the city's most emblematic locations. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)
Ebrahim Noroozi | Feature Single: Honorable Mention
This picture taken on Friday, Aug. 26, 2016, shows Iranians spending time in Urmia Lake near Urmia, North-western Iran. Hopes for survival of Urmia salt lake have been revived after more rains boosted a government program aimed at preserving the almost dried up water body. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
Muhammed Muheisen | Feature Single: Honorable Mention
A wooden boat full of life jackets used by refugees and migrants to cross the Aegean sea from the Turkish coast remains on the shore of the Greek island of Lesbos, Monday, Nov. 23 , 2015. Hundreds of migrants have been stranded at the Greek-Macedonian border for days, after Macedonia and other Balkan countries toughened criteria for crossings. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
Maye-E Wong | Sports Feature Single: 2nd Place
North Koreans dressed in their swim suits play a round of volleyball at the Munsu water park on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015, in Pyongyang, North Korea. The water park is opened to both tourists as well as locals living in the North Korean capital. (AP Photo/Maye-E Wong)
Dieu Nalio Chery | Sports Feature Single: Honorable Mention
In this July 22, 2016 photo, children mimic their swimming stroke form during a swim class at a private pool, in the Port-au-Prince neighborhood Carrefour, Haiti. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
Mark J. Terrill | Sports Action Single: Honorable Mention
Competitors start during the swimming portion of the Ironman World Championship Triathlon, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016, in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Mark J. Terrill | Elections Single: Honorable Mention
Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump, gives his acceptance speech in front of teleprompters that read in part in part "...which is why I alone can fix it. I have seen firsthand how the system is rigged..." during the final day of the Republican National Convention, Thursday, July 21, 2016, in Cleveland, Ohio. The words on the teleprompters are backwards so that they appear correct when reflected in the glass at eye level. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Maye-E Wong | Olympics Single: 3rd Place
A diver takes part in a training session at the Maria Lenk Aquatic Center ahead of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
Jae C. Hong | Olympics Single: Honorable Mention
Thailand's Peamwilai Laopeam, bottom, pauses as Colombia's Ingrit Lorena Valencia Victoria celebrates after a women's flyweight 51-kg quarterfinals boxing match at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
David Goldman | Sports Picture Story: 1st Place
Andrew Hale, right, holds his daughter Chloe, 3, both of Louisville, as he explains to her who Muhammad Ali was as they visit a makeshift memorial to him at the Muhammad Ali Center, Saturday, June 4, 2016, in Louisville, Ky. "He was strong, courageous, and I hope I can be like that one day and just show love to my daughter like he showed his. That's what I was explaining to her," said Hale. "She asked me where he is and I said he was in heaven." Ali, the magnificent heavyweight champion whose fast fists and irrepressible personality transcended sports and captivated the world, died Friday at the age of 74. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Carol Conaway, of Louisville, carries flowers to leave at a makeshift memorial to Muhammad Ali at the Muhammad Ali Center Tuesday, June 7, 2016, in Louisville, Ky. "I really appreciated his stand on the Vietnam war," said Conaway. "I was very opposed to it. I really admired the man." In a city accustomed to capturing the world's attention for just two minutes during the Kentucky Derby each year, Ali's memorial service Friday looms as one of the most historic events in Louisville's history. Former presidents, heads of nations from around the globe, movie stars and sports greats will descend upon the city to pay final respects to The Louisville Lip. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Constantine Kavgazoff, of Louisville, Ky., carries a poster from his son's bedroom after having his wife take a photo of him with it outside the childhood home of Muhammad Ali, rear, Sunday, June 5, 2016, in Louisville, Ky. "It's sad, real sad," said Kavgazoff. "He's in a better place and what he stood for is hopefully spread more profound now." Ali, the magnificent heavyweight champion whose fast fists and irrepressible personality transcended sports and captivated the world, died Friday at the age of 74. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Keilan Malone, 11, takes a break while working out at TKO Boxing, a local boxing gym near where Ali Muhammad used to train Monday, June 6, 2016, in Louisville, Ky. The president of Turkey and king of Jordan joined the long line of world leaders, religious figures and superstars set to speak at Ali's funeral Friday. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Sonya Reed kisses her son Dashawn Roberts, 11, both of Louisville, during a memorial service to Muhammad Ali outside his childhood home Monday, June 6, 2016, in Louisville, Ky. In a city accustomed to capturing the world's attention for just two minutes during the Kentucky Derby each year, Ali's memorial service Friday looms as one of the most historic events in Louisville's history. Former presidents, heads of nations from around the globe, movie stars and sports greats will descend upon the city to pay final respects to The Louisville Lip.(AP Photo/David Goldman)
Shamila Zuberi is silhouetted while standing by a window before the start of an interfaith service at the Islamic Cultural Center of Louisville following the death of Muhammad Ali Sunday, June 5, 2016, in Louisville, Ky. Ali, the magnificent heavyweight champion whose fast fists and irrepressible personality transcended sports and captivated the world, died Friday at the age of 74. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Nerissa Sparkman, of Louisville, practices yoga while waiting in line for the box office to open for tickets to Muhammad Ali's memorial service Friday at the KFC Yum! Center Wednesday, June 8, 2016, in Louisville, Ky. Ali's memorial service Friday looms as one of the most historic events in Louisville's history. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
American flags fly at half-staff in honor of Muhammad Ali as a woman sits on a steamboat on the Ohio River Tuesday, June 7, 2016, in Louisville, Ky. In a city accustomed to capturing the world's attention for just two minutes during the Kentucky Derby each year, Ali's memorial service Friday looms as one of the most historic events in Louisville's history. Former presidents, heads of nations from around the globe, movie stars and sports greats will descend upon the city to pay final respects to The Louisville Lip. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Rahaman Ali, brother of Muhammad Ali, cries during a service at King Solomon Missionary Baptist Church where Muhammad Ali's father worshipped and where Ali would occasionally accompany him, Sunday, June 5, 2016, in Louisville, Ky. Ali, the magnificent heavyweight champion whose fast fists and irrepressible personality transcended sports and captivated the world, died Friday at the age of 74.(AP Photo/David Goldman)
Muhammad Ali's casket arrives for his Jenazah, a traditional Islamic Muslim service, in Freedom Hall, Thursday, June 9, 2016, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Muhammad Ali's daughter Laila holds her daughter Sydney Jurldine Conway while standing to Ali's wife Lonnie as she prays during his Jenazah, a traditional Islamic Muslim service, in Freedom Hall, Thursday, June 9, 2016, in Louisville, Ky.(AP Photo/David Goldman)
A portrait of Muhammad Ali is displayed next to a pair of boxing gloves at the I Am Ali Festival at the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts Wednesday, June 8, 2016, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Dieu Nalio Chery | Chris Hondros Memorial International News Story: 2nd Place
Series on political unrest in Haiti. Young men run for cover after police fire shots to disperse a crowd protesting against President Michel Martelly's government, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016. A presidential runoff that had already been delayed once and faced deep public skepticism was put on hold indefinitely. The protesters were demanding that Martelly leave office, as is required under the Constitution, and an interim government take power. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
In this Dec. 12, 2015 photo, a demonstrator is dragged under a towed electricity generator after falling during clashes between police an protesters during a march against the country's electoral council in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. He was rescued after other demonstrators unloaded the generator and the police took him to the hospital where he was treated for his injuries. Disputed election results have brought a renewed surge of paralyzing street protests.(AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
Lindor Kerby, a Radio Tele Timoun journalist, is helped by demonstrators after UN Peacekeepers from Brazil fired teargas during a protest against the country's electoral council, to mark the 25th anniversary of first democratic election in 1990, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
A protester is taken to hospital after he was hit by a bullet during a protest against President Michel Martelly's government to demand the cancellation of the Jan. 24, elections, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2016. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
In this Nov. 26, 2015 file photo, a demonstrator wearing a derelict motorcycle helmet yells anti-government slogans during a protest against election results in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
Government supporters cheer as armed members of Haiti's disbanded army pass by their protest demanding presidential elections in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, Feb. 5, 2016, while the runoff vote to choose the president's successor has been indefinitely postponed. At a different location, the ex-soldiers clashed with anti-government protesters, where a former soldier was beaten to death. Haiti’s military was abolished in 1995 because of its history of toppling governments and crushing dissent. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
An anti-government protester drops a large cinderblock on the head of Neroce R. Ciceron, a former captain in Haiti's disbanded army, as other protesters and members of the press stand behind while he's beaten to death in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, Feb. 5, 2016. Members of Haiti's abolished military clashed with protesters who were demanding the resignation of Haiti's President Michel Martelly. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
Supporters of presidential candidate Maryse Narcisse hold up human skulls and bones along with a booklet with the photo of former president Jean Bertrand Aristide during a voodoo ceremony before the start of a demonstration in support of interim President Jocelerme Privert, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, June 21, 2016. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
A protester holds a ready to throw empty bottle, during a street protest after it was announced that the runoff Jan. 24, presidential election had been postponed, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, Jan. 22, 2016. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
Demonstrators run away from tear gas grenade during a street protest after it was announced that the runoff Jan. 24, presidential election had been postponed, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, Jan. 22, 2016. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
A child that was overcome by teargas is helped by residents during a protest against President Michel Martelly's government to demand the cancellation of the Jan. 24, elections, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2016. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
A campaign card of the ruling party's presidential candidate Jovenel Moise lays on the head of Neroce R. Ciceron, a former captain in Haiti's disbanded army, after he was beaten to death by anti-government protesters in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, Feb. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
Ben Curtis | Chris Hondros Memorial International News Story: 3rd Place
Series on political violence in Kenya. An opposition supporter standing amidst clouds of tear gas throws a rock towards riot police, during a protest in downtown Nairobi, Kenya Monday, May 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Opposition protesters throw rocks and make barricades of burning tyres, as they engage in running battles with police firing tear gas, in the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya Monday, May 23, 2016. Kenya's police shot, beat and tear gassed opposition demonstrators across the country who tried to gather to call for the electoral commission to be dissolved due to allegations of bias and corruption. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Kenyan police charge as they engage in running battles between police firing tear gas and protesters throwing rocks, in the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya Monday, May 23, 2016. Kenya's police shot, beat and tear gassed opposition demonstrators across the country who tried to gather to call for the electoral commission to be dissolved due to allegations of bias and corruption. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Opposition supporters flee from tear gas grenades fired by riot police, during a protest in downtown Nairobi, Kenya Monday, May 16, 2016. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
An opposition supporter yells out as he is beaten with a wooden club by riot police as he tries to flee, during a protest in downtown Nairobi, Kenya Monday, May 16, 2016. Kenyan police have tear-gassed and beaten opposition supporters during a protest demanding the disbandment of the electoral authority over alleged bias and corruption. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
A Kenyan riot policeman repeatedly kicks a protester as he lies in the street after tripping over while trying to flee from them, during a protest in downtown Nairobi, Kenya Monday, May 16, 2016. Kenyan police have tear-gassed and beaten opposition supporters during a protest demanding the disbandment of the electoral authority over alleged bias and corruption.(AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
A motorcycle carrying protesters holding a placard using the acronym of the national electoral commission, drives ahead of demonstrators on foot calling for the disbandment of the commission over allegations of bias and corruption, in downtown Nairobi, Kenya Monday, June 6, 2016. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Opposition supporters climb over a fence into the University of Nairobi campus, as they flee from clouds of tear gas fired by riot police, during a protest in downtown Nairobi, Kenya Monday, May 16, 2016. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Riot policeman charge towards opposition supporters during a protest in downtown Nairobi, Kenya Monday, May 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
An opposition supporter with a head wound crawls on his knees past riot police, begging them not to beat him, during a protest in downtown Nairobi, Kenya, Monday, May 16, 2016. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
An elderly woman caught up in the clashes holds her hands in the air as a riot policeman approaches, amidst clouds of tear gas, during a protest in downtown Nairobi, Kenya Monday, May 16, 2016. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Kenyan riot police patrol and search for protesters on a street in downtown Nairobi, Kenya Monday, May 23, 2016. Kenya's police shot, beat and tear gassed opposition demonstrators across the country who tried to gather to call for the electoral commission to be dissolved due to allegations of bias and corruption.(AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Felipe Dana | News Picture Story: Second Place
Series chronicling the drug/gang violence in Rio's slums. In this July 11, 2016 photo, a young, masked drug trafficker poses for photos holding his guns at a slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Teenagers openly tote guns while they work as guards, lookouts and distributors for drug lords operating just a few miles (kilometers) from where hundreds of thousands and tourists and athletes visited for the Olympic Games. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
In this July 7, 2016 photo, police exchange gunfire with drug traffickers at the "pacified" Alemao slum complex in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
In this July 13, 2016 photo, a police officer documents a crime scene at the entrance of a home in Nova Iguacu, greater Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The man who lived there with his family was removed by gunmen and killed on the spot. Police believe the killing was a gang hit related to a change of leadership in the area. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
In this July 13, 2016 photo, an eyewitness stands with a woman outside a bar where a pre-candidate for local council was shot dead in Mage, in greater Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. According to local news reports the 49-year-old woman was shot by four gunmen while in a bar with a friend and her partner. The woman is the 11th politician murdered in the greater Rio area since November, and police have not been able to determine the motives for the killings. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
In this July 13, 2016 photo, a police officer photographs the body of homicide victim Aga Lopes Pinheiro, a pre-candidate for local council in Mage, in greater Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. According to local news reports the 49-year-old was shot by four gunmen while in a bar with a friend and her partner. Lopes is the 11th politician murdered in the greater Rio area since November, while police have not been able to determine the motives for the killings. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
In this July 15, 2016 photo, residents watch as police work the crime scene where a man was murdered in Mage, greater Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Scenes of impunity and violence play out daily in many of Rio's hundreds of slums, known here as favelas, and other outlying areas. The vast majority of killings are the result of heavily armed gangs who frequently shoot it out in turf wars.(AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
In this July 16, 2016 photo, Pastor Nilton, back right in blue, rejoices with members of his church after learning that residents will allow him to hold a prayer service in their courtyard, in a gang-ruled slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Pastor Nilton, a former drug trafficker, spends his energy looking to convert the teenage boys who serve as security guards, lookouts and distributors for the drug lords operating in the slums. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
In this July 13, 2016 photo, police investigate the crime scene where Aga Lopes Pinheiro, a pre-candidate for local council, was shot dead in Mage, in greater Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
In this July 19, 2016 photo, cable cars transport commuters over the Complexo do Alemao, a sprawling cluster of slums in north Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Just a short drive from upscale Rio districts like Ipanema and Copacabana, steep and narrow entryways lead to slums where poverty and gun violence dominate daily life for hundreds of thousands of residents.(AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
In this July 15, 2016 photo, police officers use a flashlight to inspect the crime scene where the body of an alleged thief was found on a roadside in Nova Iguacu, greater Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Gruesome scenes of death and impunity play out daily in Rio's hundreds of shantytowns, known as favelas. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
In this July 16, 2016 photo, pastor Nilton blesses two young drug traffickers at a slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Many of the young drug traffickers have an immense respect for the pastor, a former drug trafficker. It's not uncommon to see young men set their weapons down, but only long enough to receive his blessing.(AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
This June 30, 2016 photo shows the body of a teenage boy who was killed while walking outside of his home turf in a gang controlled area of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Later in the day, according to residents, the father went to denounce his son's death to the gang and was shot dead. Overall murders are on the rise in the first half of 2016 say officials, and the victims are overwhelmingly young, black men. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
Petros Giannakouris | News Picture Story: 3rd Place
Series chronicling the migrant crisis in Europe. Refugees and migrants on the Greek side of the border run away after Macedonian police fired tear gas at a group of people who tried to push their way into Macedonia, breaking down a border gate near the northern Greek village of Idomeni on Monday, Feb. 29, 2016. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Greek police officers allowed a little girl in tears to cross into Macedonia at the northern Greek border station of Idomeni, Friday, Dec. 4, 2015. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
A woman holds her baby as she waits with other refugees in front of the wire fence that separates the Greek side from the Macedonian one, to be allowed to cross into Macedonia, at the northern Greek border station of Idomeni, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
In this Saturday, March 5, 2016 photo, children watch a cartoon movie in a field at the northern Greek border station of Idomeni as they wait to be allowed to cross into Macedonia and continue their trip to the north. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Two refugees warm up above a makeshift fire after a rainfall while waiting to be allowed to cross the border into Macedonia in the northern Greek border station of Idomeni, Friday, March 4, 2016. More than 10,000 mostly Syrian and Iraqi refugees were stuck at the country's Idomeni border as Greek officials said that nearly 32,000 migrants were stranded in the country after drastically reduce of number of transiting migrants. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
A refugee stands near his tent in a camp where thousands of refugees are waiting to be allowed to cross the border into Macedonia in the northern Greek border station of Idomeni, Sunday, March 6, 2016. A regional governor called on the Greek government Saturday to declare a state of emergency for the area surrounding the Idomeni border crossing where thousands of migrants are stranded due to border restrictions along the route toward western Europe. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
A Syrian woman with her children takes a shelter in a iron box during a rainfall, after they arrived from Turkey to the Greek deserted island of Pasas near Chios on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016 . Thousand of migrants and refugees continue to reach Greece's shores despite the winter weather. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Children in tears while they search for their father in their effort to cross into Macedonia at the northern Greek border station of Idomeni, Friday, Dec. 4, 2015. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
A Syrian woman cries inside a bus as a group of 40 refugees and migrants is transferred to the camp of Oreokastro, at a makeshift camp of the northern Greek border point of Idomeni, Greece, on Wednesday May 11, 2016. Around 9500 stranded stranded refugees and migrants are camped in Idomeni. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
In this photo taken on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016, clothes for children are seen below a painting at a volunteer center in Karfas village handing out dry clothes for refugees and migrants that arrive in the island of Chios, Greece. Chios, an island of 50,000 residents, saw the second-largest number of arrivals in 2015, behind its northern neighbor Lesbos, where about half of all asylum-seekers landed. Although the islands of the eastern Aegean have been on the migrant-smuggling route for more than a decade, numbers were minimal until recently. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Migrants hug one another as a group of 40 refugees and migrants is transferred to the camp of Oreokastro, at a makeshift camp of the northern Greek border point of Idomeni, Greece, on Wednesday May 11, 2016. Around 9500 stranded stranded refugees and migrants are camped in Idomeni. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Syrian refugees walk on fields in front of a rainbow at the northern Greek border point of Idomeni, Greece, Saturday, May 7, 2016. Thousands of migrants and refugees are trapped in Idomeni for months unable to continue their trip to Europe as the border remain closed. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
David Goldman | News Picture Story: Honorable Mention
An image of Javier Jorge-Reyes sits at a makeshift memorial as his friends Jean Da Silva, left, and Felipe Soto, comfort each other in the wake of Sunday's mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub Tuesday, June 14, 2016, in Orlando, Fla. A gunman opened fire inside a nightclub killing 49 people in the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Crowd members holds up candles against a rainbow lit backdrop during a vigil for those killed in a mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub downtown Monday, June 13, 2016, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Tatiana Osorio, of Orlando, cries while giving blood at the OneBlood blood center near the mass shooting at a nightclub Monday, June 13, 2016, in Orlando, Fla. Osorio lost three friends in the shooting.(AP Photo/David Goldman)
Tatiana Osorio, of Orlando, squeezes an American-flagged themed stress ball while giving blood at the OneBlood blood center near the mass shooting at a nightclub Monday, June 13, 2016, in Orlando, Fla. Osorio lost three friends in the shooting.(AP Photo/David Goldman)
Adriana Kelley, right, kisses Tiffany Findley, both of Orlando, as they stand with supporters outside the visitation for Pulse nightclub shooting victim Javier Jorge-Reyes Wednesday, June 15, 2016, in Orlando, Fla.(AP Photo/David Goldman)
David Ireland polishes a casket painted in the colors of the University of Miami for a victim of the Pulse nightclub shooting who was also a school fan in preparation for his funeral Wednesday, June 15, 2016, in Orlando, Fla. "It hits you, it hits everyone here," said company co-owner Kelly Greenwood who lost a friend in the shooting. "I feel proud knowing that I made something for my friend's mother that will be with them the last time their family sees him." The locally owned company has so far received 23 orders for caskets ahead of the upcoming funerals for the victims. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Ernesto Vergne prays at a cross honoring his friend Xavier Emmanuel Serrano Rosado and the other victims at a memorial to those killed in the Pulse nightclub mass shooting a few blocks from the club early Friday, June 17, 2016, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
The procession with the casket of Christopher Andrew Leinonen, one of the victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting, enters the Cathedral Church of St. Luke for his funeral service Saturday, June 18, 2016, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Jose Hernandez, center, joins hands with Victor Baez, right, as they mourn the loss of their friends Amanda Alvear and Mercedez Flores who were killed in the mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub, as they visit a makeshift memorial, Monday, June 13, 2016, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
A mourner waits to cross the street while leaving a visitation for Pulse nightclub shooting victim Javier Jorge-Reyes Wednesday, June 15, 2016, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Club goers embrace at the approximate time one week ago the Pulse nightclub mass shooting began as the music is turned off on the dance floor to observe a moment of silence at Parliament House, an LGBT nightclub early Sunday, June 19, 2016, in Orlando, Fla.(AP Photo/David Goldman)
Steven Johnson dances amongst club goers as they gather outside Parliament House, an LGBT nightclub, close to the one week passinthe Pulse nightclub mass shooting late Saturday, June 18, 2016, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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