In 2001, Yuri began to cover international news, working first from Afghanistan and then from Iraq as a contract photographer for Time Magazine. Since the beginning of 2011, Yuri has been documenting the “Arab Revolutions” and their aftermaths in Bahrain, Yemen, Tunisia and Egypt and Libya in paerticular. Yuri has received numerous honors for his photography, including several World Press Photo Awards, the OPC’s Oliver Rebbot Award, the ICP Infinity Award for Photojournalism, the Frontline Club Award, the Visa d'or News and the Prix Bayeux-Calvados. In 2011 he was named Photographer of the Year in the Pictures of the Year International competition. In 2015, Yuri began covering the conflict in eastern Ukraine and the migrant crisis in Europe.