World Press Photo of the Year Depicts African Migrants Searching for Cellular Signal

The World Press Photo of the year is a surreal capture of a dim moment in the dark of night – a group of African migrants waving phones in the sea of invisible cellular waves. It’s a beautiful photo taken by American photographer, John Stanmeyer, for National Geographic.

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African migrants on the shore of Djibouti city at night, raising their phones in an attempt to capture an inexpensive signal from neighboring Somalia—a tenuous link to relatives abroad.

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