Early on the morning of 27 July, word reached the bridge of the Bourbon Argos. Two, possibly three, fishing boats grotesquely overladen with refugees had left Libya in the night. They were now thought to be adrift somewhere in the Mediterranean.
Photographer: Paolo Pellegrin
Writer: Scott Anderson
Digital Designer: Rodrigo de Benito Sanz
Graphics Designer: Jeremy White
Director of Photography: Kathy Ryan
Photo Editor: Stacey Baker
Story Editor: Luke Mitchell
Organization: The New York Times Magazine
