Manu Brabo was born in Spain in 1981. After studying Photography in The School of Arts and Crafts in Oviedo, he moved to Madrid where he started Journalism in Carlos III University while he was working as a photographer for several humble newspapers and agencies. In 2011, Manu was held captive and then released by by Libyan forces. Brabo, along with fellow AP photographers were awarded the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography. Here: a Libyan revolutionary fighter runs for cover while attacking pro-Gadhafi forces in Sirte, Libya, Friday, October 7, 2011. (Photo by Manu Brabo/AP Photo)





Syrian refugee takes water from a volunteer worker in a train at the station in Tovarnik, Croatia, Saturday, September 19, 2015. (Photo by Manu Brabo/AP Photo)





A Syrian man cries while holding the body of his son, killed by the Syrian Army, near Dar El Shifa hospital in Aleppo, Syria, Wednesday, October 3, 2012. (Photo by Manu Brabo/AP Photo)





A Free Syrian Army fighter fires an anti-aircraft machine gun against a Syrian Army jet in the Saif Al Dula district in Aleppo, Syria, Wednesday, September 19, 2012. (Photo by Manu Brabo/AP Photo)





Smoke rises from a damaged building in Aleppo, Syria, Saturday, October 13, 2012. (Photo by Manu Brabo/AP Photo)





Libyan men carry coffins of victims, discovered in a mass grave, at a funeral in Benghazi, Libya, Monday, March 5, 2012. (Photo by Manu Brabo/AP Photo)





An Egyptian protester attacks the Muslim Brotherhood headquarters in the Muqattam district in Cairo, Sunday, June 30, 2013. (Photo by Manu Brabo/AP Photo)





An FSA fighter walks through a street in the Bustan Al Qsar district in Aleppo, Syria, Wednesday, September 12, 2012. (Photo by Manu Brabo/AP Photo)





A Syrian refugee boy cries while he and his family try to board a train at the station in Tovarnik, Croatia, Sunday, September 20, 2015. (Photo by Manu Brabo/AP Photo)





A wounded woman, still in shock, leaves Dar El Shifa hospital in Aleppo, Syria. Dozens of Syrian civilians were killed on Thursday, four children among them, in artillery shelling by government forces in the northern Syrian town of Aleppo, Thursday, September 20, 2012. (Photo by Manu Brabo/AP Photo)





In this May 28, 2015 photo, a suspected gang member who was found out of breath on a bed following a chase by police, faces a wall with his hands on his head, in San Salvador, El Salvador. (Photo by Manu Brabo/AP Photo)





Syrian doctors try to save the life of a boy, shot by a Syrian Army sniper, at Dar El Shifa hospital in Aleppo, Syria, Thursday, October 4, 2012. (Photo by Manu Brabo/AP Photo)





A Syrian girl, who fled her home with her family due to fighting between government forces and rebels, flashes the victory sign at a refugee camp near the Turkish border, Azaz, Syria, Sunday, October 7, 2012. (Photo by Manu Brabo/AP Photo)





The body of an elderly man, said by rebels to be a Coptic Christian, lies at the door of a hospital controlled by the Free Syrian Army in Aleppo, Syria, Wednesday, September 19, 2012. (Photo by Manu Brabo/AP Photo)





A Syrian displaced girl chants slogans during a demonstration in a refugee camp near Atma, Idlib province, Syria, Friday, October 26, 2012. (Photo by Manu Brabo/AP Photo)





A Free Syrian Army fighter cries near the body of his comrade in front of Dar El Shifa hospital in Aleppo, Syria, Tuesday, September 25, 2012. (Photo by Manu Brabo/AP Photo)





A Libyan man looks at a banner with photos of men who were killed during the revolution in Zintan, western Libya. Libyan rebels from the western town of Zintan emerged as heroes after playing a key role in last year's civil war that ousted Moammar Gadhafi, Monday, July 9, 2012. (Photo by Manu Brabo/AP Photo)





An Egyptian protester chants slogans against presidential candidate Ahmed Safiq during a demonstration against the Supreme Constitutional Court rulings in Alexandria, Egypt, June 15, 2012. (Photo by Manu Brabo/AP Photo)