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  • In this picture is taken outdoors, we see rows of metal bowls on the floor being filled with food. There are people sitting around the bowls.
    Local volunteers from the Shaqra Emergency Response Room prepare food for displaced people camped outside of El Fasher. Half a million people have been displaced from the North Darfur state capital in recent months.
  • This is a composite image. At the centre we see a black and white portrait of Mohamed Elsanousi, executive director of the Network for Religious and Traditional Peacemakers. He is pictured smiling. His portrait is placed inside a yellow box. The background is a yellowish beige and some halftone pattern circles surround the portrait.
  • This is a longshot showing villagers running between rice paddies as they flee fighting between junta forces and the Arakan Army near the Bangladesh-Myanmar border.
    Villagers flee as fighting breaks out between junta forces and the Arakan Army near the Bangladesh-Myanmar border on 6 February 2024. Fighting between the two has intensified since November 2023.
  • A group of cars, trucks and bags are pictured.
    Trucks loaded with the belongings of Afghans arriving from Pakistan in the Spin Boldak district of Afghanistan in April 2024.
  • A person rides their bike in front of a line of trucks loaded with belongings t the Chaman Border Crossing along the Pakistan-Afghanistan Border in Balochistan Province, in Chaman, Pakistan.
    A man rides a bicycle past trucks loaded with Afghans' belongings as they head back to Afghanistan from the border crossing in Chaman, Pakistan in November 2023.
  • The ruins of a hospital in the coastal town of Mocimboa da Praia, which was occupied by al-Shabab jihadists between August 2020 and August 2021.
    The ruins of a hospital in the coastal town of Mocimboa da Praia, which was occupied by al-Shabab jihadists between August 2020 and August 2021.
  • This picture shows in the foreground a person walking away from the camera wearing a turquoise head covering. In the background is a beach with groups of young men.
    A beach in the Paquitequete district of Pemba, the capital of Cabo Delgado province and one of the main towns hosting internally displaced people.
  • This is a photograph of the silhouette of Neila, 37. She sits on the edge of a bed and we only see the silhouette of her profile. The background is a room illuminated by blue light.
  • This is the profile silhouette of Amina, 27.
  • This photo is taken in a dark room. We see the back of the silhouette of a person wearing a head covering.
    Hundreds, possibly thousands, of women have been kidnapped by jihadist insurgents in northern Mozambique. Those who escape face social stigma and meagre assistance.
  • Screenshots of an Instagram video showing civilians celebrating inside UNRWA warehouse in Jabalia while unloading sacks of flour and . Just after midnight 17 March.
    Screenshots of a video showing civilians unloading sacks of flour and celebrating inside an UNRWA warehouse in Jabalia following the first successful aid delivery in months on 16 March.
  • In the foreground we see two rafts using tires for floatation, a man walks between both of them. Behind is a river.
    Raftsmen ferry migrants across the Suchiate river that separates Mexico from Guatemala – one of the most popular border transit points for those heading northwards to the United States.
  • Isaac Sánchez, 25, is seen cutting the hair of a person as they sit on a square in Tapachula. There are barber tools in front of them on a small table.
    Isaac Sánchez, 25, makes some money by cutting other migrants’ hair in a square in the Suchiate municipality, in May 2024. After fleeing Venezuela with his father, he was robbed by police officers when he crossed the Guatemala-Mexico border.
  • A medical practitioner walking down a hospital hallway.
    Agha Khan University Hospital's Haematology-Oncology Outpatient Clinic and Chemotherapy Unit in Nairobi, Kenya.
  • A photo of vehicles (trucks, small cars, bicycles, and animal-drawn carts) loaded with items as Palestinians flee Rafah.
    Palestinians flee Rafah, travelling in trucks, small cars, bicycles, and animal-drawn carts.
  • Aerial photo Guayaquil, early March 2024.
    Ecuador's drastic slide into violence is driving a complex humanitarian crisis that is forcing many Ecuadorians to leave. Guayaquil, the country's most populous city, has been the worst hit by the violence so far.
  • This map, titled, ‘Agadez migration routes’ shows migration routes from Agadez in Niger towards southern Libya and Algeria. Niger's capital Niamey is shown with a locator dots. Agadez is connected with arrows to Arlit, Madama, Assamakka, as well as Sabha, in Libya and Tamanrasset in Algeria.
  • A row of cars filled with people at the Agadez bus station.
    The Agadez bus station, one of the main departure for migrants, pickups are packed with migrants on Tuesdays, the day of the special convoy for the North of Niger.
  • Boubacar Halilou speaks to three other people at the bus station in Agadez.
    Boubacar Halilou works as a smuggler at the bus station in Agadez.
  • This photo shows the entrance to the Suan Phlu immigration detention centre in Bangkok. We see a person driving a scooter wearing a red jacket in the foreground with the centre in the background. The image is stylized with halftone pattern.
    The entrance to the Suan Phlu immigration detention centre in Bangkok, where 43 Uyghur asylum seekers are detained without charge.
  • What's Unsaid podcast teaser picture with a portrait photo in black and white of Professor Muhammad Zaman, over a radial gradient background. The colour at the centre is a purplish blue and the colour outside is green. On the top left, a bit skewed to the right we see the title of the podcast: What’s Unsaid.
  • A photo taken from the back showing a group of migrants as they cross the swamp rainforest of the Darién Gap. They are surrounded by folliage.
    Migrants cross the swampy rainforest. The presence of a large number of families sets the Darién apart from other migration crises, where most migrants are young, single men.
  • Migrants crossing a river in the Darién Gap. They must do so dozens of time along the route.
    Migrants must cross rivers dozens of times along the route. Fast-flowing currents can easily sweep people away.
  • In the foreground we see a paper sign left by migrants warning others of gangs of thieves. The sign reads: “Están robando más arriba, formen grupos grandes!!”/“They're robbing further up, form big groups!!”. In the background we see a group of migrants walking.
    On the Panamanian side of the Darién, migrants are easy prey to armed groups that rob and sexually abuse them. A sign left by migrants in the middle of the jungle warns others of the danger. It says “They’re robbing further up, form big groups!!”
  • This is a medium shot of a dock in Acandí. We see a boat worker as they transfer bags from migrants who've taken the boat.
    Boat workers unload migrants' bags at the seaport of Acandí, Colombia's gateway to the Darién Gap. Marginalised for years by the Colombian government, local residents are now economically dependent on the migration business.
  • A close up of the border between Panamá and Colombia. The Colombian department of Chocó is highlighted in red. The Darién province in Panamá is highlighted in green. Walking routes to cross the border from Colombia starting from Turbo and Necoclí are marked in blue (boat routes) green (main walking routes) and brown (secondary walking route).
  • Satellite view of the area in Gaza near the town of Al-Zahra where Israeli authorities are building a landing area to receive humanitarian aid from a floating pier being built by the US military. The before image is 27.09.2023, and the after is 29.04.2024.
    A before and after view of the al-Zahra neighbourhood in Gaza showing the area cleared to create a landing zone for the US maritime route to deliver aid. Before image (left) is from 27 September 2023; after image (right) is from 29 April 2024.
  • Internally displaced people gather to fill their buckets at the water point in Muna Garage IDP camp in Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria October 23, 2022.
    Nigerians displaced by the conflict in Borno State northeastern Nigeria gather to fill their buckets at a water point in the Muna Garage camp in Maiduguri, on 23 October 2022.
  • This picture shows the outside of a building at the Abi Adi camp for the Internally Displaced Person in Abi Adi, Tigray Region, Ethiopia. We see groups of children in the background, along with a few mud ovens. In the foreground we see two children walking with jerry cans. Their faces are blurred for their safety and privacy.
    The Abi Adi camp for Internally Displaced Persons in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region.
  • We see the side of a white car. The co-pilot door is open. There is a mattress and bedding strapped to the top of the car. In front of the car, on the ground, we see a pink and transparent pet carrier. Inside it is a grey, fluffy cat.
    After over seven months of being displaced, Maha Hussaini packed up her car and cat named Tom, and attempted to return home to Gaza City.
  • A photo of two English-language billboard that read: “UNDO THE DAMAGE. THE SYRIAN DISPLACED ISSUE NEEDS IMMEDIATE ACTIONS. BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE” in Beirut set up in March 2024 as part of a campaign by several NGOs and companies calling on Syrians to leave Lebanon.
    Billboards in Beirut, part of a new campaign that appears to call on Syrians to leave Lebanon.
  • This is the silhouette against a window of Hassan, a Syrian former delivery worker, poses for a photo at a cafe in Beirut’s Hamra district on April 13, 2024.
    Hassan, a Syrian who used to work as a delivery driver, tries to help his former colleagues keep away from checkpoints, as well as potential abuse and violence.

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