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Children play soccer in the predominantly Hispanic trailer park off Hanes Road in Galax, Va. With a population of just around 7,000, the small town of Galax in rural southwest Virginia has one of the fastest-growing Hispanic populations in the state. Young adults who were born in Galax or arrived as children are now starting families of their own.

Amid A Hispanic Boom, Conflicting Feelings On Immigration

In southwest Virginia, Galax was once a traditional small-town mountain community. It now has one of the fastest-growing Hispanic populations in the state.

Photographer Greg Miller's daughter waits for her morning bus. He says of the project: "My intention was to take something that is universal, an experience we all have had either as a child ourselves or as a parent of a child. ... My hope is that these pictures will communicate something that words can't."

Where The Driveway Ends, Photographer Dad Sees Hopes And Fears

Greg Miller's new series captures the vulnerability and peace of children as they quietly wait for their bus.

Rohingya refugees watch a film about health and sanitation in a camp in Bangladesh.

Prize-Winning #iPhoneOnly Photos: From Dinos To Divers

A selection of the winning photos from the 2018 iPhone Photography Awards contest.

An aerial view of Mexico City, seen from Coyote 1, a helicopter used by the local police force. This visual work focuses on violence in the Mexican capital in recent years.

Working The Night Shift For Mexico City's Bloody Crime Tabloids

Reporting on crime for sensationalist media in the Mexican capital reveals the dark side of a city where officials have tried to keep the crime problem under wraps.

A 2-year-old Honduran asylum seeker cries as her mother is searched and detained near the U.S.-Mexico border on June 12 in McAllen, Texas. The asylum seekers had rafted across the Rio Grande River from Mexico and were detained by U.S. Border Patrol agents before being sent to a processing center for possible separation.

'It Was Hard To Take These Pictures, Knowing What Was Coming Next'

John Moore describes photographing the distressed Honduran toddler, whose mother was being searched by U.S. Border Patrol. That moment, he says, "was just part of a very, very long journey" for them.

Soumana Saley, a leather craftsman from Niger.

The Secrets And Dreams Of A Leather Craftsman

When he was 11 years old, Soumana Saley had never been to school — but he knew what he wanted to do with his life.

Interpol's new album, <em>Maurader, </em>comes out August 24 on Matador.

Interpol's Paul Banks Explains 'Marauder' Track By Track

For their sixth album, Marauder, Interpol come out swinging. Singer Paul Banks shares some of the thoughts and stories behind every song.

Boy back flips off a wall in a soccer field, Umm-Al-Arais

Beyond Orientalism: Photographing Tunisia

Photographer Zied Ben Romdhane explores the mining region of Gafsa in southwest Tunisia and reveals the harshness of the area balanced with the humor of the inhabitants.

A firefighter keeps watch Thursday on the Holy Fire, which has ravaged the Cleveland National Forest in Lake Elsinore, Calif. Authorities say they believe Forrest Gordon Clark, 51, is the arsonist who set the forest ablaze.

It's 'All Gonna Burn': As Holy Fire Rages, Authorities Find A Human Suspect

Forrest Gordon Clark, 51, faces a life sentence if convicted of igniting the Southern California blaze. The wildfire has forced more than 21,000 people to evacuate.

Moises, 17, left, and Jaime look down on the patchwork of neighborhoods outside San Pedro Sula, a city in Honduras where gang rivalries play out. The violence is so bad that "no one goes in" the neighborhoods, says photojournalist Tomas Ayuso. "Food delivery trucks, ambulances don't want to go in because they're afraid something will happen."

PHOTOS: It's Hard To Grow Up — And Grow Old — In Honduras

Photographer Tomas Ayuso captures the plight of Honduran youth struggling to survive in a violent country — and thinking about fleeing to stay alive.

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