Supporters write on postcards to twelve Hong Kong detained activists, apprehended as they reportedly sailed to Taiwan for political asylum, at a booth in Hong Kong, China September 20, 2020. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

Supporters write on postcards to twelve Hong Kong detained activists, apprehended as they reportedly sailed to Taiwan for political asylum, at a booth in Hong Kong, China September 20, 2020. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

Supporters write on postcards to twelve Hong Kong detained activists, apprehended as they reportedly sailed to Taiwan for political asylum, at a booth in Hong Kong, China September 20, 2020. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

Relatives of some of the 12 Hong Kong activists detained at sea, as they reportedly sailed to Taiwan for political asylum, report to the police to seek help in Hong Kong, China September 20, 2020. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

Pro-democracy activists Eddie Chu and Owen Chow with relatives of some of the 12 Hong Kong activists detained at sea, as they reportedly sailed to Taiwan for political asylum, speak to media before reporting to the police to seek help in Hong Kong, China September 20, 2020. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

Pro-democracy activists Eddie Chu and Owen Chow with relatives of some of the 12 Hong Kong activists detained at sea, as they reportedly sailed to Taiwan for political asylum, speak to media before reporting to the police to seek help in Hong Kong, China September 20, 2020. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

Pro-democracy activists Eddie Chu and Owen Chow with relatives of some of the 12 Hong Kong activists detained at sea, as they reportedly sailed to Taiwan for political asylum, report to the police to seek help in Hong Kong, China September 20, 2020. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

Pro-democracy activists Eddie Chu and Owen Chow with relatives of some of the 12 Hong Kong activists detained at sea, as they reportedly sailed to Taiwan for political asylum, report to the police to seek help in Hong Kong, China September 20, 2020. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

A family member of one of twelve Hong Kong activists who were detained as they reportedly sailed to Taiwan for political asylum, wipes her nose during a news conference, held to seek help in Hong Kong, China September 12, 2020. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

A family member of one of twelve Hong Kong activists who were detained as they reportedly sailed to Taiwan for political asylum, wipes her eyes during a news conference, held to seek help in Hong Kong, China September 12, 2020. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

A family member of one of twelve Hong Kong activists who were detained as they reportedly sailed to Taiwan for political asylum, wipes her eyes during a news conference, held to seek help in Hong Kong, China September 12, 2020. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

Family members of twelve Hong Kong activists, detained as they reportedly sailed to Taiwan for political asylum, hold a news conference to seek help in Hong Kong, China September 12, 2020. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

Family members of twelve Hong Kong activists, detained as they reportedly sailed to Taiwan for political asylum, hold a news conference to seek help in Hong Kong, China September 12, 2020. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

Family members of twelve Hong Kong activists, detained as they reportedly sailed to Taiwan for political asylum, hold a news conference to seek help in Hong Kong, China September 12, 2020. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

Family members of twelve Hong Kong activists, detained as they reportedly sailed to Taiwan for political asylum, hold a news conference to seek help in Hong Kong, China September 12, 2020. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

Family members of twelve Hong Kong activists, detained as they reportedly sailed to Taiwan for political asylum, hold a news conference to seek help in Hong Kong, China September 12, 2020. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

The Wildstrubel mountain and the Plaine Morte glacier are pictured, days ahead federal elections, in Lenk, Switzerland October 14, 2019. Picture taken October 14, 2019. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

Fresh shoe prints are seen at a migrant crossing spot on the Rio Grande near Mission, Texas, U.S., July 25, 2019. Picture taken July 25, 2019. REUTERS/Loren Elliott

Members of the Border Patrol and U.S. Military help a migrant woman in a wheelchair as she and others migrants illegally crossed the border between Mexico and the U.S. to request political asylum, as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, July 6, 2019. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez

Members of the Border Patrol and U.S. Military help a migrant woman in a wheelchair as she and others migrants illegally crossed the border between Mexico and the U.S. to request political asylum, as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, July 6, 2019. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez

Members of the Border Patrol and U.S. Military help a migrant woman in a wheelchair as she and others migrants illegally crossed the border between Mexico and the U.S. to request political asylum, as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, July 6, 2019. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez

Members of the Border Patrol and U.S. Military help a migrant woman in a wheelchair as she and others migrants illegally crossed the border between Mexico and the U.S. to request political asylum, as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, July 6, 2019. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez

When Ali Adnan, 27, fled his home in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad in 2015 and arrived in Denmark, a local Danish family took him in and helped him gain his footing in a country he knew very little about. Now, stuck behind iron gates in one of two departure centres for rejected asylum seekers in Denmark, he feels the reality of political changes sweeping through the Nordic country, and feels his chances of a successful appeal are slim. Ahead of a general election on June 5, both major parties - the left wing Social Democrats and the centre-right Liberal Party, currently in coalition with the Conservatives and the Liberal Alliance, have pledged to continue Denmark's tough stance on immigration. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly SEARCH "KELLY KAERSHOVEDGAARD" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY. Matching text: DENMARK-IMMIGRATION/

From the dusty town in Honduras where thousands are fleeing violence to the currents of the Rio Grande, Reuters photographers walked, waded and flew to capture images of thousands of Central American migrants seeking asylum in the United States. The effort to document the human hardship and its political consequences was honored with a 2019 Pulitzer Prize on Monday, winning the breaking news photography award for "a vivid and startling visual narrative of the urgency, desperation and sadness of migrants as they journeyed to the U.S. from Central and South America," the Pulitzer board said. The entry included 20 pictures from 11 photographers, part of a larger team of people from 14 countries that were assigned to cover the story, some of them joining migrants for daylong journeys on foot. Colleagues were flown in from around the world to reinforce the U.S.- and Latin American-based team of photographers, drivers and fixers, many of them spending weeks or months on the road. REUTERS SEARCH "PULITZER REUTERS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY?

People belonging to a caravan of migrants from Honduras en route to the United States, sleep at the Central Park of Tapachula, Mexico, April 13, 2019. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas

The border wall divides Tijuana, Mexico on the left and San Diego County, California, U.S. November 17, 2018. Picture taken November 17, 2018. REUTERS/Adrees Latif

A migrant, part of a caravan of thousands from Central America trying to reach the United States, stands in a shelter in Tijuana, Mexico, November 19, 2018. REUTERS/Hannah McKay TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

A migrant, part of a caravan of thousands from Central America trying to reach the United States, climbs the border fence between Mexico and the United States, in Tijuana, Mexico, November 18, 2018. REUTERS/Hannah McKay TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

A migrant, part of a caravan of thousands from Central America trying to reach the United States, climbs the border fence between Mexico and the United States, in Tijuana, Mexico, November 18, 2018. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

Protesters against former President Alan Garcia gather outside the residence of the Uruguayan ambassador in Peru, where the former President is seeking asylum, according to Peru's government, in Lima, Peru November 18, 2018. The sign shows a picture of former President Garcia and political leader Keiko Fujimori and reads: Together'. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo

The hand of a U.S. Marine is shown as he helps install concertina wire at the U.S. Mexico border in preparation for the arrival of a caravan of migrants at the San Ysidro border crossing in San Diego, California, U.S. November 15, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Blake

Concertina wire installed by U.S. Marines is shown along U.S. Mexico border in preparation for the arrival of a caravan of migrants at the San Ysidro border crossing in San Diego, California, U.S. November 15, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Blake

Concertina wire is shown where vehicles enter the United States from Mexico as authorities prepare for the arrival of a caravan of migrants at the San Ysidro border crossing in San Diego, California, U.S. November 15, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Blake

Concertina wire installed by U.S. Marines is shown along U.S. Mexico border in preparation for the arrival of a caravan of migrants at the San Ysidro border crossing in San Diego, California, U.S. November 15, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Blake

Concertina wire is shown as vehicles enter the United States from Mexico as authorities prepare for the arrival of a caravan of migrants at the San Ysidro border crossing in San Diego, California, U.S. November 15, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Blake

Concertina wire installed by U.S. Marines is shown along U.S. Mexico border in preparation for the arrival of a caravan of migrants at the San Ysidro border crossing in San Diego, California, U.S. November 15, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Blake

Concertina wire installed by U.S. Marines is shown along U.S. Mexico border in preparation for the arrival of a caravan of migrants at the San Ysidro border crossing in San Diego, California, U.S. November 15, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Blake

The hand of a U.S. Marine is shown as he helps install concertina wire at the U.S. Mexico border in preparation for the arrival of a caravan of migrants at the San Ysidro border crossing in San Diego, California, U.S. November 15, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Blake

A migrant man, part of a caravan of thousands traveling from Central America en route to the United States, receives vaccination for influenza A H1N1 in a makeshift camp in Mexico City, Mexico, November 15, 2018. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

A migrant, part of a caravan of thousands traveling from Central America en route to the United States, looks out to the city through a wall from inside a makeshift camp in Mexico City, Mexico, November 7, 2018. REUTERS/Hannah McKay TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Migrants from Honduras, part of a caravan en route to the United States, eat a meal as they wait to reunite with more migrant, in Tecun Uman, Guatemala October 25, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins

Laundry belonging to Congolese migrants expelled from Angola who crossed the border is aired to dry near Kamako, Kasai province near the border with Angola, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, October 13, 2018. Picture taken October 13, 2018. REUTERS/Giulia Paravicini

Central American migrants cross the Suchiate river into Mexico on a raft as they try to reach a migrant caravan heading to U.S., in Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico October 23, 2018. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Central American migrants cross the Suchiate river into Mexico on a raft as they try to reach a migrant caravan heading to U.S., in Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico October 23, 2018. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

Undocumented Venezuelan migrants walk along the road between Berlin and Bucaramanga, near La Corcova, Colombia August 27, 2018. The migrants often walk in pitch darkness along dangerous mountain roads while trucks speed by. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins SEARCH "MIGRANT TACHIRA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Nicaraguan human rights activist Alvaro Leiva speaks with Reuters after the Costa Rican government granted him political asylum, in San Jose, Costa Rica October 11, 2018. REUTERS/Juan Carlos Ulate

Nicaraguan human rights activist Alvaro Leiva puts on his vest before speaking with Reuters after the Costa Rican government granted him political asylum, in San Jose, Costa Rica October 11, 2018. REUTERS/Juan Carlos Ulate

Nicaraguan human rights activist Alvaro Leiva adjusts his vest before speaking with Reuters after the Costa Rican government granted him political asylum, in San Jose, Costa Rica October 11, 2018. REUTERS/Juan Carlos Ulate

Nicaraguan human rights activist Alvaro Leiva arrives to speak with Reuters after the Costa Rican government granted him political asylum, in San Jose, Costa Rica October 11, 2018. REUTERS/Juan Carlos Ulate

Nicaraguan human rights activist Alvaro Leiva speaks with Reuters after the Costa Rican government granted him political asylum, in San Jose, Costa Rica October 11, 2018. REUTERS/Juan Carlos Ulate

Nicaraguan human rights activist Alvaro Leiva speaks with Reuters after the Costa Rican government granted him political asylum, in San Jose, Costa Rica October 11, 2018. REUTERS/Juan Carlos Ulate

Nicaraguan human rights activist Alvaro Leiva speaks with Reuters after the Costa Rican government granted him political asylum, in San Jose, Costa Rica October 11, 2018. REUTERS/Juan Carlos Ulate

Nicaraguan human rights activist Alvaro Leiva speaks with Reuters after the Costa Rican government granted him political asylum, in San Jose, Costa Rica October 11, 2018. REUTERS/Juan Carlos Ulate

Nicaraguan human rights activist Alvaro Leiva speaks with Reuters after the Costa Rican government granted him political asylum, in San Jose, Costa Rica October 11, 2018. REUTERS/Juan Carlos Ulate

Nicaraguan human rights activist Alvaro Leiva speaks with Reuters after the Costa Rican government granted him political asylum, in San Jose, Costa Rica October 11, 2018. REUTERS/Juan Carlos Ulate

An aerial view of Hla Phoe Khaung transit camp for Rohingya who decide to return back from Bangladesh, is seen in Maungdaw, Rakhine state, Myanmar, September 20, 2018. Ye Aung Thu/Pool via REUTERS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

A general view of the refugee camp near Atimah village, Idlib province, Syria September 11 ,2018. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

A general view shows the main part of the Palestinian Bedouin encampment of Khan al-Ahmar in the occupied West Bank September 5, 2018. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman