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![[Egypt] Women and girls in the rural areas are most affected by illiteracy.](/s3/files/styles/media_list_large_2x/public/images/20063829.jpg?itok=bZH88kZT "In rural areas of Egypt, the perpetrator of a rape is often a family member, perhaps an uncle, and blame is often shifted to the victim")
![[Syria] Iraqis in Syria undecided on new constitution.](https://assets.thenewhumanitarian.org/s3fs-public/styles/media_list_large_2x/public/images/2005951.jpg?itok=lXolMNT7 "Over 1,000 Iraqi refugees are crossing into Syria every day")
![[Swaziland] Supt Albert Mkhatshwa, head of Swaziland's Anti-Drug Unit (left) , stands with a colleague in the middle of a cannabis plantation the police discovered while on a search and destroy operation in the Hhohho region to the country's north. [Date](/s3/files/styles/media_list_large_2x/public/images/200610256.jpg?itok=neO9wuRb "Illegal cannabis could become legal 'Swazi Gold'")