New images capture Med's never-ending migrant tragedy

The stomach-churning horror, raw terror and delirious joy experienced during life-or-death rescues of crammed migrant boats have been captured in a series of powerful images of the latest deadly episode in the Mediterranean. AFP photographer Aris Messinis was on board NGO boat The Astral as it battled to help a number of overcrowded rubber dinghies and a larger wooden vessel found in distress off the coast of Libya in a frantic operation that lasted from dawn until after dusk on Tuesday.