Typhoon Haiyan survivors pass by on a scooter as two U.S. Osprey aircraft fly over the ruins of Tacloban, central Philippines on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013. Typhoon Haiyan, one of the most powerful storms on record, hit the country's eastern seaboard on Friday, destroying tens of thousands of buildings and displacing hundreds of thousands of people. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder). David GuttenfelderSHARE
Typhoon survivors make their way along the road during a procession for the disaster’s victims, following a Sunday mass at San Joaquin church at Palo township, Leyte province in central Philippines. Bullit Marquez is the Associated Press’ chief photographer for the Philippines, covering both breaking and general news. See more of his work here. AP Photo/Bullit Marquez
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Quebec rower Mylene Paquette celebrates as she arrives in Lorient, western France, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013, after a solo journey across the Atlantic Ocean. Paquette is the first North American woman to row solo across the North Atlantic. She left Halifax just over four months ago in a specially designed 7.3-metre boat propelled only by Paquette and the currents. David Vincent is a stringer working for the Associated Press in France.
A camel herder arrives at the annual cattle fair in Pushkar, located in the western Indian state of Rajasthan. Deepak Sharma is an Associated Press contributing photographer based in Indian. He also shoots for the Hindustan Times and The Press Trust of India, in addition to several other syndicates. AP Photo/Deepak SharmaBelgian tourists watch a hybrid solar eclipse from Lake Oloidien near Naivasha in Kenya Sunday, Nov. 3, 2013. A rare solar eclipse swept across parts of the US, Africa and Europe on Sunday with some areas witnessing a total blackout and others experiencing a partial version. Ben Curtis is an Associated Press staff photographer based in Kenya. See more of his work here. AP Photo/Ben CurtisAfghan refugee children play in a field as the sun sets on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, Nov. 25, 2013. Pakistan hosts over 1.6 million registered Afghans, the largest and most protracted refugee population in the world, according to the U.N. refugee agency, with thousands living without electricity, running water and other basic services. Muhammed Muheisen is the Chief Associated Press photographer for Pakistan. Check out more of his work in our 2012’s Best Photojournalism round-up. AP Photo/Muhammed MuheisenRam Lal, 60, shows damage to his wall from a shelling by the Pakistani military on his home in India, not far from the Pakistan border. Lal was also injured in the shelling. A 2003 cease-fire between the nuclear-armed neighbors has largely held for the past 10 years, although sporadic violations are common along the border. Channi Anand is an Associated Press photographer based in India. See more work here. AP Photo/Channi AnandA giant Uncle Sam balloon is marched down 6th Avenue during the 87th Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2013, in New York City. John Minchillo is an independent photojournalist based in New York City. See more of his incredible work here. AP Photo/John MinchilloA man sweeps the street next to a pile of rubbish surrounding trash containers during the ninth day of a garbage collectors strike, in Madrid, Spain. Daniel Ochoa de Olza is an Associated Press staffer based in Spain. See more of his work here. AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de OlzaMiles Scott, dressed as Batkid, right, runs with Batman after saving a damsel in distress in San Francisco, Friday, Nov. 15, 2013. San Francisco turned into Gotham City on Friday, as city officials helped fulfill Scott’s wish to be “Batkid.”Scott, a leukemia patient from Tulelake in far Northern California, was called into service on Friday morning by San Francisco Police Chief Greg Suhr to help fight crime, The Greater Bay Area Make-A-Wish Foundation says. Jeff Chiu is a Bay-area based photographer for the Associated Press. He has been with the organization for 8 years. AP Photo/Jeff Chiu
A Typhoon Haiyan survivor carries his belongings through the ruins of Tacloban, Philippines on his way back to his temporary shelter.
Buddhist monks prepare to release sky lantern after a blessing ceremony during the Loy Krathong Festival at a temple in Chiang Mai, Thailand. During the festival at night time, Thais float lanterns to the sky and float candles on the lotus-shaped basket into the rivers, in order to drift away their bad luck. Vincent Thian is a staff photographer for the Associated Press currently working in Thailand. See more of his work here. AP Photo/Vincent Thian
Our Photojournalism of the Month gallery highlights moments of exceptionally strong documentary photography, culled from the daily output of wire photographers from around the world. Want more photojournalism? Check out Photojournalism of the Month: October 2013.
Dan Bracaglia, the News & Features editor at Popular Photography, has been covering imaging and camera technology for 13 years, with work appearing—both written and photographic—in publications including American Photo magazine, Digital Photography Review, Popular Science magazine, the Star-Ledger, Sound & Vision magazine, and of course, Popular Photography. Contact the author here.
