Yannis Behrakis

The Thessaloniki Museum of Photography is presenting an exhibition dedicated to Greek photographer Yannis Behrakis (1960-2019) with material from the rich archive of the internationally renowned photojournalist.

The first Athens Photo World got under way last week with a rich program of events aimed at showcasing the important work being done by photojournalists who acquaint the public with important events and people all over the world, while also imbuing these depictions with their own personal style.

The 2019 World Press Photo exhibition, displaying the most important events of the past year through the lenses of the globe's leading photojournalists, will open at 6 p.m. on Friday, June 7, at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) in Athens.

Greek photographer Alkis Konstantinidis is among a group of Reuters photographers to receive a Pulitzer Prize for their photos of migrants from Central and South Americans crossing the US border.

Doctors Without Borders (Medecins sans Frontieres) has published a video paying tribute to Yannis Behrakis, the late photojournalist whose poignant images helped raise international awareness of the plight of hundreds of thousands of refugees trying to escape war at the peak of the migrant crisis in Greece in 2015 and 2016.

"I feel a very strong need to speak for those people who have been treated unfairly or those who have no voice. This, I feel, is my mission," award-winning Greek photojournalist Yannis Behrakis, who died on Saturday, told Kathimerini in an interview first published on September 11, 2017.

Yannis Behrakis, one of Reuters' most decorated and best-loved photographers, has died after a long battle with cancer. He was 58.

After joining the news wire 30 years ago, Behrakis covered many of the most tumultuous events around the world, including conflicts in Afghanistan and Chechnya, a huge earthquake in Kashmir and the Egyptian uprising of 2011.

An exhibition of newspaper cartoons titled "A Year in the Democratic World, Through the Eyes of Visual Artists" comprises part of the Athens Democracy Forum, running September 13-17.

The Stavros Niarchos Foundation invites city residents and visitors to a summer festival at its new cultural center and park on Athens's southern coast, which is hosting exhibitions, events and all sorts of performances through the weekend. At 10 p.m.

Greek and EU flags flutter atop the Ministry of Finance next to a Ferris wheel recently placed in Athens's Syntagma Square during Christmas festivities in Greece, Thursday.  [Yannis Behrakis/Reuters]