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After a 5km hike through dense forest and trailing the Tlell River at low tide, I found this gem. The Pesuta log barge shipwrecked during a winter storm in 1928. It has been stranded on the beach for nearly a century. @GoHaidaGwaii @HelloBC (at Haida Gwaii)

Embedded. @RYOTNews @NYTimes @NYTMag (at US/Mexico Border Nogales, AZ)

Cartel Lookouts scan the US-Mexico border from a perch on a hillside in Nogales, Mexico. They use binoculars and 2-way radios to communicate the movement of US border patrol agents - looking for a window where the runners can move illicit drugs across the border. They work for Sinaloa Cartel. @RYOTNews @NYTimes @NYTMag (at Nogales, Sonora, Mexico)

The cover of this Sunday's New York Times Magazine. This issue features a new virtual reality film that I shot with @BenjaminUnbutton in the border town of #Nogales, Mexico. 10 Shots Across the Border @RYOTNews @NYTimes @NYTMag (at Nogales, Sonora, Mexico)

Proud to announce our latest film, '10 Shots Across the Border.' A partnership between @RYOTNews & @NYTimes. On October 10, 2012, a US Customs and Border Patrol Agent pulled out his pistol and, through the border fence, shot a 16-year-old boy 10 times in the back. The gun was fired from the USA. The boy was in Mexico. He was unarmed - carrying only a cell phone. Watch the film on the @NYTimes VR App and read the article and see the images in this Sunday's @NYTMag. So proud of the incredible team that helped make this happen. @benjaminunbutton @gabelz @brynmooser @kirstenluce @bcsolomon @daryledwin. (at Nogales, Sonora, Mexico)

About one in five people living in #Lebanon are refugees from Syria's civil war - giving Lebanon more refugees per capita than any other country in the world. Over half of registered refugees in Lebanon are children. I'm in the #Beqaa Valley - just 2 miles from the Syrian border - working on the latest #VR Film for @RYOTNews. 📷 @EthanLovell (at Beqaa Valley)

Friends! The winter months are here and the weather has gotten worse. When refugees arrive on the shores of Lesvos, they are often soaking wet and shivering. There is a shortage of warm dry clothes, survival blankets, rain ponchos, sleeping bags, and rain tarps. The immediate need is to get people warm, dry, and safe as soon as they make landfall. I've started a campaign to bring these items to those who need them most. Follow the link in my bio to learn more and find out how you can join me in providing these much needed items. A small donation can go a long way and have a huge impact. GoFundMe.com/Lesvos-Relief (at Lesvos Island)

The beaches on Lesvos are littered with deflated boats and piles of abandoned life jackets and inflatable tubes. All symbols of migration, journey, and survival. #RefugeesWelcome (at Lesvos Island)

Shipwrecked boats litter the coastline of northern #Lesvos. Refugees, with no prior marine navigation experience will often make the crossing and drive the boats directly into the rocky shore. If the crossing happens at night, volunteers are unaware of their arrival and are unable to help as the boats travel without navigation lights. If the hull is damaged, the boats will take on water faster than the passengers can disembark. Several #refugees have drown - within meters of the beaches of this Greek island. #RefugeesWelcome (at Skala Skamnias)

#Lesvos (at Eftalou)

#Lesvos (at Eftalou)

Dozens of Iranians are participating in a hunger strike in protest over being barred entry into Macedonia and other Balkan countries. They face torture and death in their home countries despite claims by authorities that they are economic migrants. #RefugeesWelcome #Iran (at Greece-Makedonya Border)

These guys are here to make sure that no migrants enter the FYROM. (at Greece-Makedonya Border)

I shared a fire tonight with new friends from Afghanistan and Iran in the Greek border village of Idomeni. We burned wood, soiled blankets, and discarded plastic bottles to keep warm. Traveling alone isn't easy for an 18 and 26 year old. They met a few weeks ago on the migration trail in Greece and are now looking out for each other on this long and dangerous journey. Idomeni sits at the border with Macedonia. The crossing has essentially been shut down to all migrants who aren't from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. Some 3,000 people are sleeping outside in the cold and rain not knowing if the border will open again allowing them to head north through the Balkans and onward to Europe. (at Greece-Makedonya Border)

#RefugeesWelcome (at Greece-Makedonya Border)

So far this year, nearly half a million refugees and migrants have arrived by sea in Greece. More than 100 people have died attempting the crossing from Turkey to Greece this year, while across the Mediterranean as a whole more than 3,100 people have perished. Around 100 boats arrived on Lesvos island in a single day this week, mainly along its northern shore where the channel separating Greece from Turkey is only about 10 kilometres. #RefugeesWelcome (at Skala Skamnias)

About 5,000 refugees and migrants arrived on the shores of Lesvos today. One hundred boats, each carrying about 50 people arrived from sunrise and continued into the night. The majority were young Afghan men and some families. In the boats, there were also many children and elderly people who were barely mobile. We have experienced heavy winds in the past few days which prevented many crossings but today we saw a break in the weather. The Mediterranean will be hit increasingly by storms as autumn progresses towards winter, making the crossing too dangerous for most refugees to attempt it. Most arrive on the islands of Lesvos and Kos, just a few miles from Turkey, and soon head to mainland Greece from where they continue their journey to northern European countries. #RefugeesWelcome (at Skala Skamnias)