Nasser and his family spend a night at the central train station in Munich, Germany, hoping to head north to Sweden. They came from Takhar, Afghanistan, by buses, trains and on foot together with thousands of others searching for a better place. Nasser wants to study. "Engineering, ان شاء الله", he said.	At this moment... I was standing on German soil while Ahmed, 12, from Palmyra, Syria, was still in Austria. His family spent two days on the bridge separating two Schengen countries. Struggling with unending influx of migrants, Germany reinstated border controls in the middle of September.	Elbeyli refugee camp - 100 meters from the border with Syria, Turkey. Residents hear constant bombing.
Elbeyli refugee camp - 100 meters from the border with Syria, Turkey. Residents hear constant bombing.	Kirsten Collins comforts her son Brayden who had an argument with his brother. They are standing in a line for soul food after the service at the Fifth Street Christian Church in Columbia on Sunday, February 23.	JT Taylor, 20, defines a cigarette as a stress reliever. “Smoking is definitely a bad habbit. I wish I’ve never started,” he said. Having lived all his life in Columbia, Taylor wants to move to St. Louis and study graphic design in the Art Institute. He likes creating things. Taylor plays music in a two-man band and loves painting with aerosol.
Joshua packs his purchase into his car after an auction. For 20 dollars he bought more than 10 books. “There was a book about Titanic that I wanted to buy so I had to wait to get a good bid,” Joshua explained. “It is cheaper to buy more stuff at once.”	Children making selfies with an iPad of Steven Herman, VOA foreign correspondent, in a nunnery in Yangon, Myanmar, March 2014.	Reflection of two men in a mirror of a wardrobe in a thrift store in Yangon, Myanmar, March, 2014.
A child hanging out in the street next to Bogyoke Market, Yangon, Myanmar, March, 2014.	Men driving in the back of a truck in Yangon, Myanmar, March, 2014.	Men drinking tea in Bogyoke Market, Yangon, Maynmar, March, 2014.
Playa del Carmen, Mexico. December 2013.	Farmers marched in Mexico City, capital of Mexico, demanding better conditions for the countryside, according to the local press. June 19, 2013.	Sunset in Bombay Beach on Salton Sea, California. January 2013.
Havana, Cuba. October 2011.	Havana, Cuba. October 2011.	Havana, Cuba. October 2011.
Havana, Cuba. October 2011.