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  • Doros Polykarpou is pictured gesturing towards the window panes of the KISA office in Nicosia — shattered by an explosive device on January 5.
    Doros Polykarpou, founder of the refugee and asylum seeker support organisation KISA, in front of the shattered window of the group's office in Nicosia, Cyprus, which was attacked with explosives on 5 January.
  • A man stands behind a cardboard sign in protest of his poor living conditions in Cyprus. The sign reads: There are human rights violations in southern Cyprus "Stop this".
    Asylum seeker Ferit, who has been homeless since arriving to Cyprus in 2022, holding a sign in the capital Nicosia protesting the poor living conditions faced by asylum seekers and refugees on the island.
  • We see a large grouo of people walking up a path, behind them a jungle. They their migration journey leaving the last camp in Acandi, Colombia.
    Hundreds of migrants leave a camp in Acandí, Colombia, heading towards the Darién Gap, in April 2024. Last year, migrants from over 100 countries took the dangerous jungle trek into Panama.
  • This photo shows large groups of people gathering to receive the humanitarian aid supplies that are being airdropped by plane through parachutes into the city of Khan Yunis. You can see two parachutes over the crowd.
    Aid airdrops and other performative humanitarian actions in Gaza have served to focus attention on false solutions to the suffering caused by Israel's military campaign while distracting from calls to end the violence and address its underlying causes.
  • The header image for the Inkling's newsletter entry of 29 May, 2024. On the top left you see Inklings written in a serif font with an ink bleed effect and underlined with a burgundy color line. On the bottom right we see a list of the main topic: Who’s asking for Global South views on AI? 
  • This photo shows a car that has been destroyed after a shelling.
    El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur state, is the latest epicentre of the year-long war between Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. Over 100 people have been killed and nearly 1,000 injured in recent fighting.
  • 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).

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