The 2015 Refugee Crisis, in Pictures

Conflict and oppression led nearly one million people to seek refuge in the European Union alone in 2015. According to the United Nations, there haven’t been this many refugees and internally displaced people on earth since World War II.

Mass migrations have forced countries to test their own compassion for those in desperate need. The reality of hundreds of thousands of people trying to start new lives elsewhere has brought out the best and worst of politicians, business owners and average citizens in Europe, North America, and elsewhere.