"The Truth From Another Perspective... A Look Back At The World In 2014"

The Year In Pictures: Witnessing The World, From Alaska To Iraq

As 2014 comes to a close, a look at the best photographic projects commissioned by Al Jazeera America

A Child Called Tragedy in Kurdistan
In August, as thousands of refugees sat trapped on Mt. Sinjar in Kurdistan, AJAM assigned photographer Ayman Oghanna to chronicle the unfolding tragedy.

Pipeline Politics
Photographer Andrew Burton traveled to three states for a multi-part series looking at the states (and families) affected by the Keystone pipeline.

Ferguson after Michael Brown
Less than three months after the killing of Michael Brown, photographer Matt Eich returned to Ferguson to produce medium-format audio portraits of local residents.

High Heels and Hijabs
In Indonesia, photographer Monique Jaques photographed an Islamic answer to beauty pageants.

Trapped in a Nightmare
In April, William Daniels documented the plight of some 23,000 Christians and Muslims trapped by the ongoing conflict in Central African Republic.

Bear Town USA
Katie Orlinsky traveled to a small Alaskan village to document big changes happening as ice slowly vanishes.

Tangier Island
Tangier Island -- just 3 miles long and 1 mile wide -- is a step back in time, but with a very hazy future. Ian Bates traveled to the island numerous times to document the island's language and way of life.

Radio on the Reservation
Tomo photographed how Native Americans are using an old-fashioned technology that keeps languages -- and communities across the US -- alive.

South Sudan's Refugees
Fabio Bucciarelli documented the world's newest country as it struggles with food shortages and ongoing violence.

Mock Prison Riot
Melissa Golden spent two days in a century-old decommissioned West Virginia Prison turned competition and trade show.

World Cup Showdown in Rio
Sebastian Liste spent time with Brazil's pacification police in Rio's Mare Favela in the weeks before the World Cup.

Arizona Border Militias
Johnny Milano embedded with a paramilitary veterans group patrolling the US-Mexico borderlands.

Bhopal: Tragedy Lives On
On the 30th anniversary of the Bhopal lethal gas disaster, Alex Masi documented the victims' continued fight for justice.

For Hire: Dedicated Young Man with Down Syndrome
Sara Naomi Lewkowicz spent time with Jamie, a 22-year-old young man with an insatiable intellectual curiosity about the world.

The Hidden Scars of Chicago's Guns
Carlos Javier Ortiz continued his work on Chicago's growing gun violence in a three-part AJAM series on violence in the city.

The Code for Farewell
As part of AJAM's ongoing series on the Native American Veteran, Nicole Tung documented the funeral of the last Seminole code talker.

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