Photo Library

Bonsai Said’s sons, Musa and Ramato, left home to try and reach Saudi Arabia. Musa made it and has found work, but she hasn’t heard from Ramato for months.

Bonsai Said speaks with her husband and two of their children inside a barn on their farm about the fate of their two sons who took the Eastern Route.

Elderly farmer Negesu Tabse shows a photo of his son, Abdelfattah, who was held for ransom by traffickers before he managed to reach Yemen.

In Oromia – the most populous region of Ethiopia – many young people take the risk of trying to reach the Gulf to escape unemployment and limited economic prospects.

Hussain Said scrolls through his phone looking for the number of the trafficker who encouraged his two brothers to make the dangerous journey to the Gulf. He hasn’t heard from one of his brothers – Ramato – for months.

Part of the Dadaab refugee camp complex in northeastern Kenya, which shelters some 427,000 registered refugees.

Ahmed al-Jayeh, 29, fixing worn-out bills at a stall he set up in Deir al-Balah's market.

Abdul Aleem Rabie Mohsen, 53, outside the tent where he is staying with his family in Gaza City after being forcibly displaced by Israel's military campaign.

Afaf Talab Jalo, 48, by a makeshift oven she uses to bake sweets to supplement the cash assistance she receives from an international NGO.

Rita Baroud reporting in Deir al-Balah.

Children collecting water, which is in increasingly short supply and often contaminated, in Deir al-Balah.

Refugee leaders at a meeting in Imvepi, northwestern Uganda. Refugees are demanding to play a leading role in decisions about their future.

A tank photographed in the town of El Geneina. RSF and allied militias carried out mass atrocities against the areas's Massalit people last year.

An aerial photograph of the broken bridge, which the UN has not received permission to mend from the SAF-aligned government, despite its critical role in enabling humanitarian access in Darfur.

A WFP-branded plane taxis at an airstrip in the Chadian town of Adré, which functions as a cross-border aid hub for Darfur.

A stationary truck carrying relief supplies in Darfur. Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have both obstructed aid, creating famine in the western region.