`The river is treacherous´: the migrant tragedy one photo can`t capture
(The Guardian Mexico)

The father and his toddler daughter pictured face down in the river were two of dozens who drowned this year while crossing the border to seek asylumShocking photo of drowned father and daughter highlights migrants´ border perilUnder a hot sun beating down on the US border, a family of five can be seen mid-river, struggling against a cruel current of greenish-grey water threatening to sweep them off their feet. It appears to be a couple and their three children, risking their lives in the treacherous Rio Grande that divides Mexico from Texas.The father clutches a black backpack in his hand, the family´s only luggage. On his back he´s carrying a small boy wearing a rainbow-striped T-shirt. A little girl is on the woman´s back, small arms clasped tightly around her mother´s neck.More than eight children have drowned in the river this year. It´s insaneWe are trying to figure out what to do. Do we turn ourselves in or try to keep going? Continue reading...