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In a nation marred by conflict, these silent sentinels aim to empower citizens, providing critical awareness about the millions of landmines, booby-traps, and unexploded munitions scattered across the Afghan landscape. ©Thomas James Hurst https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6424824f71361221a6f8f986/507b9832-0ae9-4066-9693-c2c9939fbf5e/Afghan_6.jpg Photography - War in Afghanistan - Afghanistan 1996 In quiet resilience, a man patiently anticipates a new chapter in his life – the fitting of a prosthetic limb. 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In this culinary symphony, nourishment becomes a testament to the unwavering commitment to provide sustenance and warmth to the hearts and bellies of those who have found solace within these walls. ©Thomas James Hurst https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6424824f71361221a6f8f986/9b08fdd4-231a-4193-877c-b7321fda0900/Afghan_14.jpg Photography - War in Afghanistan - Afghanistan 1996 Amidst the haunting echoes of conflict, veiled women and their children stand in solemn queues at a food distribution center in Kabul. Widowed by the relentless wars in Afghanistan, these resilient mothers grapple with the harsh reality of legal constraints, forced to choose between begging on the unforgiving streets or enduring arduous lines at aid organizations. 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Haiti On Fire In the smoky aftermath of chaos, U.S. Soldiers navigate the fiery streets of Port-au-Prince, maintaining order in the wake of a tumultuous day marked by tires ablaze and simmering unrest. ©Thomas James Hurst/For Time magazine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6424824f71361221a6f8f986/1680230249052-RDLCYPZIDZ03AVB4EEWI/Haiti_4.jpg Photography - Haiti On Fire Vigilantes drag a man from a vehicle and beat him to death in the streets of Port-au-Prince following the burial of a beloved community leader. ©Thomas James Hurst/For Time magazine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6424824f71361221a6f8f986/219549fd-3064-4feb-a344-4520252ca9c9/Haiti_5.jpg Photography - Haiti On Fire Tragic aftermath: Lifeless body lies in Port-au-Prince, brutally bludgeoned amidst the chaos as a grieving community seeks justice for their beloved leader. ©Thomas James Hurst/For Time magazine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6424824f71361221a6f8f986/895a7b32-a8b2-4adf-b88e-8da171e383dd/Haiti_6.jpg Photography - Haiti On Fire In a somber funeral procession, mourners openly grieve as they lay to rest a beloved community leader, tragically murdered in the very slums he dedicated his life to safeguarding. ©Thomas James Hurst/For Time magazine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6424824f71361221a6f8f986/70a1d1fd-98bc-41a2-af22-4d00d4a3de0b/Haiti_7.jpg Photography - Haiti On Fire In a display of unity, mourners carry flowers and flags, honoring the memory of a beloved community leader tragically murdered in the very slums he tirelessly worked to protect. The funeral procession becomes a poignant symbol of resilience and collective grief as the community comes together to bid farewell to a cherished advocate for change. ©Thomas James Hurst/For Time magazine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6424824f71361221a6f8f986/09f22163-139c-4811-afc9-643a17aec553/Haiti_8.jpg Photography - Haiti On Fire Locked behind the gates of an asylum in Haiti, two men gaze through the bars, silently bearing witness to the stark reality of mistreatment and neglect faced by the mentally disabled in third-world countries. A poignant reminder of the urgent need for global attention and compassionate action to address the profound challenges these individuals endure. ©Thomas James Hurst/For Time magazine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6424824f71361221a6f8f986/1680229027143-CD4RI0RKTTEPHMQTTJGB/Haiti_1.jpg Photography - Haiti On Fire Amidst the vibrant hues of hope in Port-au-Prince's Cité Soleil slum, a resilient Haitian boy finds solace leaning against a wall adorned with the iconic stars and stripes of the American flag—a poignant reflection of dreams transcending borders. ©Thomas James Hurst/For Time magazine https://www.thomashurst.com/photography/war-in-iraq monthly 0.5 2023-03-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6424824f71361221a6f8f986/28a2ffb9-3cb7-41a9-ac01-ecb5681449d1/C8AD2296.jpg Photography - War in Iraq A US Army soldier leads the Stryker he commands through dense fog as his unit departs their forwarding operating base on a mission to intercept insurgents. ©Thomas James Hurst/The Seattle Times https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6424824f71361221a6f8f986/1680222344383-6HUABGIFQON6WUA2Z47I/65AE8618_BW.jpg Photography - War in Iraq A US Army soldier stands watch as his unit sets up a spot-check roadblock to intercept insurgents transporting weapons and bomb-making equipment north of Baghdad. ©Thomas James Hurst/The Seattle Times (2003-2004) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6424824f71361221a6f8f986/ce082b4d-2d0f-4682-9d51-400ec1e3b878/C8AD2435.jpg Photography - War in Iraq Two Iraqi men are pulled from their truck after failing to stop at a US Army checkpoint being conducted by a Stryker unit based in Ballad, Iraq, north of Baghdad. ©Thomas James Hurst/The Seattle Times (2003-2004) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6424824f71361221a6f8f986/92a3999c-c28c-4e64-ad3c-2956d2378953/65AE8684.jpg Photography - War in Iraq An Iraqi man is arrested after failing to stop at a US Army checkpoint. ©Thomas James Hurst/The Seattle Times (2003-2004) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6424824f71361221a6f8f986/c105db4f-42a6-4222-b15c-31e0df5eb387/65AE8727.jpg Photography - War in Iraq Iraq - 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The War In Kosovo With their windshield smashed out, a family is able to cross into northern Albania and flee from ethnic cleansing happening inside Kosovo. ©Thomas James Hurst https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6424824f71361221a6f8f986/2d5a3988-a905-46d0-af67-a19b9a5dcbbd/Kosovo_3.jpg Photography - The War In Kosovo A young man, right, facing out, who was detained by Serb paramilitary inside Kosovo is reunited with his family across the border in Albania. ©Thomas James Hurst https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6424824f71361221a6f8f986/2d523a1a-a991-479f-b39b-0e5b3da63d70/Kosovo_4.jpg Photography - The War In Kosovo Refugees fleeing the war and ethnic cleansing in Kosovo scramble for fresh water being distributed by aid agencies in northern Albania. ©Thomas James Hurst https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6424824f71361221a6f8f986/5bceb2e4-7ca7-4035-a9bf-72f02e1255f3/Kosovo_5.jpg Photography - The War In Kosovo Hundreds of canvas tents house and shelter refugees pouring in from neighboring Kosovo where war and ethnic cleansing is being waged by Serbian paramilitary forces. ©Thomas James Hurst https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6424824f71361221a6f8f986/8a4b92c5-737b-4357-9c31-b2c8af5646da/Kosovo_6.jpg Photography - The War In Kosovo Family members separated while fleeing the fighting in Kosovo, pass their children through the barbed wire when they are reunited at a refugee camp in northern Albania. ©Thomas James Hurst https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6424824f71361221a6f8f986/287131dc-b7e5-4171-a002-1fb752e1edda/Kosovo_7.jpg Photography - The War In Kosovo Kosovar refugees stand in mud and water waiting to receive their day’s ration of food. ©Thomas James Hurst https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6424824f71361221a6f8f986/5ec8ec5e-15b1-44fe-a7ba-4bbe584a25aa/Kosovo_8.jpg Photography - The War In Kosovo A man rests against his tractor, which he used to pull a cart carrying his family and a few belongings when he fled Kosovo for Albania. ©Thomas James Hurst https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6424824f71361221a6f8f986/b81ccea2-e5af-466d-8e31-dc5583dc69d9/Kosovo_9.jpg Photography - The War In Kosovo In the heart of a crowded gymnasium in Albania, an elderly man and his granddaughter share a joyous respite, immersed in laughter while awaiting aid alongside hundreds of other Kosovar refugees. In this touching interlude, the enduring bond between generations shines through, casting a beacon of hope amid the challenges of displacement. ©Thomas James Hurst/For Time magazine *World Press Photo Award - Daily Life (2000) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6424824f71361221a6f8f986/2c4d0ded-6916-466a-ad8c-5175043586c2/Kosovo_10.jpg Photography - The War In Kosovo A Kosovar boy jumps on a set of bed springs inside an old Albanian military barracks turned refugee camp. ©Thomas James Hurst https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6424824f71361221a6f8f986/02186d32-854e-4dc8-a70d-d5b29a8788c3/Kosovo_12.jpg Photography - The War In Kosovo The beheaded body of a Kosovar man floats among the trash in a river running from Kosovo into Albania. Serb paramilitary, carrying out a campaign of ethnic cleansing, murdered men of fighting age and dumped them in rivers and shallow graves. ©Thomas James Hurst https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6424824f71361221a6f8f986/4789f828-f9f4-4fc5-ac41-fafb14d8fac0/Kosovo_11.jpg Photography - The War In Kosovo The boy’s father told a story of how Serb paramilitary broke his son’s legs, promising that he would suffer even worse if the family did not leave their home and country immediately. ©Thomas James Hurst https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6424824f71361221a6f8f986/2d5dda25-0905-4d4e-9149-9f6aa86fe5e8/IMG_20140721_0046.jpg Photography - The War In Kosovo A Kosovar child’s drawing depicting the killing he witnessed in his village before his family was able to flee into the surrounding hills and across the border to a refugee camp in Albania. https://www.thomashurst.com/photography/coming-soon-war-in-bosnia monthly 0.5 2024-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1589847341420-H8BGVV7QHLUZ41NQKDDO/20140301_Trade-151_0124-copy.jpg Photography - Coming Soon: War in the Balkans - Bosnia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1589847340763-INL9ICD0DK2G1M8D7C0L/20140301_Trade-151_0124-copy.jpg Photography - Coming Soon: War in the Balkans - Bosnia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1589847340215-08399OG7B1B8UI9HK97O/20140301_Trade-151_0124-copy.jpg Photography - Coming Soon: War in the Balkans - Bosnia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1589847339638-MF4NXTWSJ51TSBFP4AIM/20140301_Trade-151_0124-copy.jpg Photography - Coming Soon: War in the Balkans - Bosnia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1589847337890-BMG68HKP3DXYMQZ6BZA6/20140301_Trade-151_0124-copy.jpg Photography - Coming Soon: War in the Balkans - Bosnia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1589847337276-72BJU9SDMO608XKWX1Y0/20140301_Trade-151_0124-copy.jpg Photography - Coming Soon: War in the Balkans - Bosnia https://www.thomashurst.com/photography/rwanda-the-face-of-genocide monthly 0.5 2024-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6424824f71361221a6f8f986/b6219ef8-d7d8-4c2b-a8a2-298b82f1f37d/Rwanda_1.jpg Photography - Genocide - Rwanda Rwandans exiled across their home border in the Congo, carry what few belongings they have. The road home is littered with corpses from both genocide revenge killings and rebel fighting against Congo government soldiers. ©Thomas James Hurst https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6424824f71361221a6f8f986/1680231847766-9OFCAC32DG9IBQL0HQZH/Rwanda_2.jpg Photography - Genocide - Rwanda There is no shortage of machine guns and grenade launchers in the Congo, and boys learn at an early age the power and horror these weapons can create. ©Thomas James Hurst https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6424824f71361221a6f8f986/7ae0effa-131b-4a79-8e65-ba398a2f7210/Rwanda_3.jpg Photography - Genocide - Rwanda A man points to an area where aid workers can find more dead and dying. Aid organizations worked quickly to gather dead for immediate burial in the hopes of stopping a deadly outbreak of disease. ©Thomas James Hurst https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6424824f71361221a6f8f986/f7e25d62-2679-45d3-8558-0a0f2955202a/Rwanda_4.jpg Photography - Genocide - Rwanda A child dashes past a line of Rwandan refugees waiting to load into the back of trucks for their return to the villages back in Rwandan. ©Thomas James Hurst https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6424824f71361221a6f8f986/5ec20d45-67d8-415b-9a48-365f14d4c99d/Rwanda_5.jpg Photography - Genocide - Rwanda A Rwandan boy screams in terror when separated from his mother in the chaos to flee the fighting in the Congo. ©Thomas James Hurst - World Press Photo Award - General News (1997) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6424824f71361221a6f8f986/159f4fc3-afd8-44c3-8c9d-8c1c49076a88/Rwanda_6.jpg Photography - Genocide - Rwanda Thousands of Rwandan refugees returning from exile in neighboring Zaire camp for the night along the roadside. ©Thomas James Hurst - World Press Photo Award - General News (1997) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6424824f71361221a6f8f986/1680231186712-2DQC2FBDJMW9ZR3ZNLMD/Rwanda_7.jpg Photography - Genocide - Rwanda The legs and body of a Rwandan woman who died trying to return home goes virtually unnoticed to those who still have so far to travel. ©Thomas James Hurst https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6424824f71361221a6f8f986/7a601a3e-b53a-45df-99b2-3a5d1fa498b2/Rwanda_8.jpg Photography - Genocide - Rwanda An old man and a young boy travel the road home. ©Thomas James Hurst https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6424824f71361221a6f8f986/acdfb135-c0c0-4af9-be04-bc05f6e7170c/Rwanda_9.jpg Photography - Genocide - Rwanda Passengers on a bus leaving Zaire watch as other refugees prepare to board. ©Thomas James Hurst https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6424824f71361221a6f8f986/1680231214700-83IASNBI8XYMQEY380PM/Rwanda_10.jpg Photography - Genocide - Rwanda The wide eyes of a baby look back as its mother rushes forward to a waiting truck. ©Thomas James Hurst https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6424824f71361221a6f8f986/6f2fa8a3-ddd9-4dee-85ba-16e31c95b97c/Rwanda_11.jpg Photography - Genocide - Rwanda A 13-year-old member of Zaire’s Mi-Mi (“my-my”) Tribe poses with his bicycle and AK-47 assault rifle. ©Thomas James Hurst https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6424824f71361221a6f8f986/1680231278259-A8G3F5ULEEJCZDHCPHX7/Rwanda-6b.jpg Photography - Genocide - Rwanda An exhausted elderly woman ends a long day of walking the road out of the jungles of the Congo and back into her home country of Rwanda ©Thomas James Hurst https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6424824f71361221a6f8f986/d82c99f7-246f-4d13-8e22-c41eab116973/Rwanda_12.jpg Photography - Genocide - Rwanda A father and son reunite in the Rwandan village they had lived in before fleeing to Zaire in 1994. 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Burma - The Outtakes Burma Civil War - 2022 ©Thomas James Hurst https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6424824f71361221a6f8f986/fdd3e313-c4b8-4a92-9b30-54899847147c/IMG_8368.JPG Photography - Burma - The Outtakes Burma Civil War - 2022 ©Thomas James Hurst https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6424824f71361221a6f8f986/a6ddf9c2-9d1c-4278-918e-b08637dc92ef/IMG_8385.JPG Photography - Burma - The Outtakes Burma Civil War - 2022 ©Thomas James Hurst https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6424824f71361221a6f8f986/69b36919-93b1-4164-abde-a6dc76a6aabe/2K6B9625.jpg Photography - Burma - The Outtakes Burma Civil War - 2022 ©Thomas James Hurst https://www.thomashurst.com/photography/pakistan-earthquake-cxfl6 monthly 0.5 2024-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6424824f71361221a6f8f986/f01430b5-ce8d-4d74-aaf4-64b869e3573c/Story_01jpg.jpg Photography - From Tragedy to Hope Arrives at SeaTac airport with his grandmother - Hamoody was brought to the Seattle area from Iraq in May 2006 by the nonprofit group Healing the Children and has undergone tests for a year. -©Thomas James Hurst/The Seattle Times https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6424824f71361221a6f8f986/9985aaea-8c13-4bf6-8f3c-fed414db824d/Story_02.jpg Photography - From Tragedy to Hope Muhammed Hussein, three, finds solace between his Iraqi grandmother Saudna Ali and new foster mother Julie Robinett Smith in Snohomish, creating a poignant moment as Saudna bids a heartfelt farewell to her grandson before returning to Iraq. ©Thomas James Hurst/The Seattle Times https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6424824f71361221a6f8f986/bb05b7e8-097e-4fe4-8553-ff7d193dc7c9/Story_03.jpg Photography - From Tragedy to Hope A tearful farewell: Saudna Ali embraces her grandson in a poignant moment before departing his foster family's home near Seattle, Washington, to return to Iraq. As she bids farewell to the blind and deformed boy, a survivor of the face-shattering violence in their war-torn homeland, Ali finds solace in the knowledge that his new life promises safety and fulfillment, even as the emotional distance spans across continents. ©Thomas James Hurst/The Seattle Times https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6424824f71361221a6f8f986/e8019e63-7424-4d7e-a0ec-e4fa577817f4/Story_04.jpg Photography - From Tragedy to Hope Dr. Joseph Gruss reviews Hamoody’s CAT scans the day of the surgery. The operation lasted eight hours. ©Thomas James Hurst/The Seattle Times https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6424824f71361221a6f8f986/06b6ed52-ddbf-4d50-969c-cd254812d37f/Story_05.jpg Photography - From Tragedy to Hope Foster mother Julie Robinett Smith comforts 3-year-old Muhammed during a visit to a doctor's office. "He can go from sad to happy really fast," she says. He now can recite his ABCs, count to 10 and say "I love you," Smith says. Nine months later, Muhammed speaks excellent English and forgotten his Arabic language. ©Thomas James Hurst/The Seattle Times https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6424824f71361221a6f8f986/3edfd036-5e59-4cfe-aa0c-7c5e9fc0a1c9/Story_06.JPG Photography - From Tragedy to Hope Host mother Julie Robinett Smith sits in on one of Hamoody’s many medical appointments — this one an eye examination by Children’s Hospital pediatric ophthalmologist Dr. Avery Weiss. Foster mother Julie Robinett Smith comforts 3-year-old Muhammed during a visit to a doctor's office. "He can go from sad to happy really fast," she says. He now can recite his ABCs, count to 10 and say "I love you," Smith says. Nine months later, Muhammed speaks excellent English and forgotten his Arabic language. ©Thomas James Hurst/The Seattle Times https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6424824f71361221a6f8f986/dfe93953-9950-482b-8d15-2343a1591774/Story_07.JPG Photography - From Tragedy to Hope ©Thomas James Hurst/The Seattle Times https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6424824f71361221a6f8f986/07e9051c-b21b-4dff-a651-b3dcd3e9be14/Story_08.JPG Photography - From Tragedy to Hope Host mother Julie Robinett Smith sits in on one of Hamoody’s many medical appointments — this one an eye examination by Children’s Hospital pediatric ophthalmologist Dr. Avery Weiss. ©Thomas James Hurst/The Seattle Times https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6424824f71361221a6f8f986/9ee69d99-ca06-4348-a187-3931c6fbd874/Story_09.JPG Photography - From Tragedy to Hope ©Thomas James Hurst/The Seattle Times https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6424824f71361221a6f8f986/1c0060bc-8288-4f38-8105-4e094aa5fbc4/Story_10.JPG Photography - From Tragedy to Hope Swedish Medical Center staff rotates an unconscious Hamoody following a CT scan so that he can be further evaluated by a team of eye doctors. ©Thomas James Hurst/The Seattle Times https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6424824f71361221a6f8f986/f6371da6-595c-45d6-8681-cc15d3d369f9/Story_11.JPG Photography - From Tragedy to Hope 4-year-old Hamoody’s long-awaited facial surgery nears completion. After 8-hours at Children’s Hospital & Regional Medical Center, surgeon Dr. Joseph Gruss used a section of Hamoody’s rib to build a new eye socket and another piece to rebuild his nose. Hamoody received a rebuilt right eye socket, which will be fitted with a prosthetic eye, and a reconstructed nose, which will eventually allow him to breathe properly. ©Thomas James Hurst/The Seattle Times https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6424824f71361221a6f8f986/fdddb0c6-ae96-408f-b87f-719a8fe201fe/Story_12.JPG Photography - From Tragedy to Hope His face still swollen, young Hamoody is back at his Snohomish foster home. ©Thomas James Hurst/The Seattle Times https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6424824f71361221a6f8f986/7aff3c46-41ee-4bd9-8634-9266b9aaf8ff/Story_13.JPG Photography - From Tragedy to Hope When he first arrived at his foster family's home, Muhammed refused to climb into the bathtub. Now, it has become one of his favorite rituals. He doesn't want to get out until the water has chilled and the floor is flooded. ©Thomas James Hurst/The Seattle Times https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6424824f71361221a6f8f986/eb867e3a-ad3d-44b6-a5c6-ce7699356ec3/Story_14.JPG Photography - From Tragedy to Hope ©Thomas James Hurst/The Seattle Times https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6424824f71361221a6f8f986/35d99ef6-5350-4304-bd76-6929173975a0/Story_15.JPG Photography - From Tragedy to Hope Randy and Julie Robinett Smith, Muhammed's foster parents, walk him to the bus for the trip to school. 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