The New York Times: California DroughtA housing development on the edge of undeveloped desert in Cathedral City, Calif., April 3, 2015.Damon Winter—The New York Times/Redux
This month’s Photojournalism Links collection highlights 10 excellent photo essays from across the world, including The New York Times staff photographer Damon Winter’s stunning aerial pictures documenting the ongoing drought in California.
The New York Times: California DroughtA housing development on the edge of undeveloped desert in Cathedral City, Calif., April 3, 2015.Damon Winter—The New York Times/ReduxThe New York Times: 100 Years Later, a Genocide Haunts the Armenian PsycheThe Ani ruins, once the capital of an Armenian kingdom that stretched from eastern Turkey into modern-day Armenia, in Ani, Turkey, April 8, 2015. Bryan Denton—The New York Times/ReduxTIME LightBox: The Women Taking the Battle to ISIS18-year-old YPJ (Women's Protection Unit) fighter Torin Khairegi: “We live in
a world where women are dominated by men.
We are here to take control of our future. I injured an ISIS jihadi in Kobani. When he was wounded, all his friends left him behind and ran away. Later I went there and buried his body. I now feel that I am very powerful and can defend my home, my friends, my country, and myself. Many of us have been martyred and I see no path other than the continuation of their path."Newsha Tavakolian for TIMEFrom the May issue of National Geographic magazine: Harnessing the MekongVietnam
A riverboat loaded with rice moves slowly through one of the canals that crisscross the delta. Dams will trap fertile sediments upstream, threatening harvests.David GuttenfelderTIME LightBox: Inside Sudan's War-Torn Darfur
Hundreds of women and children seek shelter in a cave from the bombing by government forces outside of the town of Sarong in Central Darfur, Sudan, March 2, 2015.Adriane OhanesianFrom the May issue of National Geographic magazine: Taking Back DetroitKenneth Morgan, a Gulf War veteran, returned to Detroit four years ago after 30 years away. He
left when he was nine years old, traveling the world with his military father, but chose to settle his family in Detroit
because, he says, “it’s home. There’s no place like home.” Morgan, his wife, Robin, and their children, Gary Effler and
Kenneth D. and Korey Morgan, are renovating a duplex they bought on the East Side for $1,800 plus back taxes. “I figure
if I can fight for my country, I can definitely fight for my city.”Wayne Lawrence—National GeographicWired: Playground
Aida Boys School, Bethlehem, West Bank.James MollisonThe New Yorker Photo Booth: Digging for Gold in the AndesMiners return home carrying bags filled with rocks, some of which may contain gold. The mines operate on an ancient labor system called cachorreo, which is usually described as thirty days of unpaid work followed by a single frantic day in which workers get to keep whatever gold they can haul out for themselves.
Moises Saman—MagnumThe New Yorker Photo Booth: Taken at the BorderA vehicle transporting 12 undocumented migrants is pulled over in La Joya near MCallen, Texas on the US-Mexico border. Katie OrlinskyThe New York Times Magazine: Foot Soldiers Bolivar Gomez, Ecuador, 47.Christopher Griffith
![18-year-old YPJ fighter Torin Khairegi: “We live ina world where women are dominated by men.We are here to take control of our future..I injured an ISIS jihadi in Kobane. When he was wounded, all his friends left him behind and ran away. Later I went there and buried his body. I now feel that I am very powerful and can defend my home, my friends, my country, and myself. Many of us have been matryred and I see no path other than the continuation of their path." Newsha Tavakolian for TIME Zinar base, Syria "I joined YPJ about seven months ago, because I was looking for something meaningful in my life and my leader [ Abdullah Ocalan] showed me the way and my role in the society. We live in a world where women are dominated by men. We are here to take control of our own future. We are not merely fighting with arms; we fight with our thoughts. Ocalan's ideology is always in our hearts and minds and it is with his thought that we become so empowered that we can even become better soldiers than men. When I am at the frontline, the thought of all the cruelty and injustice against women enrages me so much that I become extra-powerful in combat. I injured an ISIS jihadi in Kobane. When he was wounded, all his friends left him behind and ran away. Later I went there and buried his body. I now feel that I am very powerful and can defend my home, my friends, my country, and myself. Many of us have been matryred and I see no path other than the continuation of their path."](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/kurdish-women-fighters-syria-isis-newsha-tavakolian-09.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
