A Greek photographer has won the
Visa d'Or news photography prize for his coverage of the mass arrival of
migrants on the island of Lesbos last year.
Aris Messinis worked for the French news agency AFP and has won prizes before for images taken in war zones.
He said he never thought he would cover this in his own country.
Notably, he has at times stepped out from behind the lens and helped the people he saw in difficulty.
One photograph that won him acclaim on social media was not taken by him but by a witness, who saw him carrying a refugee child to safety from the sea.
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