The 7.8-magnitude earthquakes in Turkey and Syria have claimed over 50,000 lives. Nearly 85,000 buildings are damaged nationwide, leaving several million people homeless, now living in tents and struggling to survive. In earthquake-hit Syria, desperate cries for help echoed in Jinderis for four days after the quake. Women, separated from their children or fighting to save them, screamed without international rescue workers or aid shipments. This rebel-held area, already grappling with war, displacement, hunger, and disease.
Salwan Georges is a Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist for The Washington Post. In 2020, he was awarded a Pulitzer Prize with his team for covering climate change around the world. In 2023, he was named Photographer of the Year by NPPA for his work covering the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the race to save Black Rhinos in Africa, and the fentanyl crisis in U.S. and Mexico. In 2021, Georges was named Photographer of the Year by POYi for covering a racial reckoning in Minneapolis, an unforgettable U.S. national election, and a deadly pandemic.
Awards - Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Journalism, winner, 2020
- Photographer of the Year, POYi, 2021
- Photographer of the Year, NPPA, 2023
- Photographer of the Year, Siena International Photo Awards, 2023
- Photographer of the Year, Northern Short Course, 2021 & 2023
- Kavli Science Journalism Award, Gold Award in Science Reporting, winner, 2022
