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  • “The police forced me from my home,” Jamil Ahmed told IRIN outside the hut he cobbled together from plastic and twigs at the Kutupalong makeshift site, southern Bangladesh
  • A young boy at the Kutupalong makeshift refugee site in Cox's Bazar, southern Bangladesh. There are currently more undocumented refugees at the site than the total number of UNHCR documented refugees combined
    A young boy at the Kutupalong makeshift refugee site in Cox's Bazar, southern Bangladesh
  • Livestock numbers have been dramatically reduced by the drought in Syria
    Some Syrian families are selling their livestock to survive
  • Former child bride Nojood made head lines worldwide when at the age of nine she was granted a divorce. Today she lives with her father (left) and rest of her family
    Nojoo, qui fut aussi une épouse enfant, a défrayé la chronique quand à l’âge de neuf ans, elle a obtenu un divorce. Elle vit aujourd’hui avec son père (à gauche) et le reste de sa famille
  • Lycée Technique Commerciale in Chad's capital N'djaména. La porte fermée, les élèves sont assis dehors pendant la grève. Photos prises ce matin
  • Cluster munitions
  • Cluster munitions
  • Effects of a cluster munition strike
  • Communities in east and northeast Syria are fleeing because of ongoing drought
    The drought has been devastating, placing additional burden on Syrian families. In the east and northeast, some abandoned their villages
  • Shada Mohammed Nasser, a lawyer at the High Court in Sanaa, talking to the parents of a child bride outside court
    Shada Mohammed Nasser, avocate à la Haute Cour de Sanaa, en train de parler aux parents d’une épouse enfant devant le tribunal
  • IDPs in Helmand
  • Map with routes commonly taken by Chin out of Myanmar
Route A: Chin State to Mizoram, India
Route B: Chin State to Mandalay to Yangon to Kawthuang (by boat) to Malaysia
Route C: Chinland to Mandalay to Yangon to Kawthuang (by land) to Malaysia
Route D
    Map with routes commonly taken by Chin out of Myanmar
  • Shelter is rudimentary for undocumented Rohingya in the unofficial Kutupalong camp
    Shelter is rudimentary for undocumented Rohingya in the unofficial Kutupalong camp
  • The unofficial Kutupalong camp in Bangladesh
    The unofficial Kutupalong camp in Bangladesh
  • Effects of a cluster munition strike
    The aftermath of a cluster munitions strike in Lebanon
  • Aisha was 10 years old when she was married. Today, two years later, she is still hoping for a divorce
  • Residents of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo make their way through lava-filled streets after a nearby volcano, Mount Nyirabongo, erupted in January 2002, destroying much of the town
  • No longer able to fish for their livelihood, many displaced have started scavenging or recycling aluminum cans and paper
    No longer able to fish for their livelihood, many displaced have started scavenging or recycling aluminum cans and paper
  • Anna Maravilla has had to relocate three times since September 2009
  • In this photo taken Sunday, Jan. 3, 2010, lava flows down the slope of Nyamulagira volcano, 40 kilometers (25 miles) northwest of Goma, North Kivu, Congo
  • Mount Nyamulagira erupts near the city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, January 4, 2010
  • According to aid workers and analysts, IDPs will be dependent on humanitarian aid for some time after the truce, if it holds
  • Mazraq IDP camp one in Hajjah Governorate is home to some where 20,000 displaced people. It is uncertain when they will leave
  • female Guinea worm, Dracunculus medinensis, extracted from its host
    Female Guinea worm, Dracunculus medinensis, extracted from its host
  • A Chin woman looks for salvageable items in a rubbish dump in Mizoram
  • Rohingya Family
    In June 2009, local authorities ousted Rohingya from a section of the unofficial camp (<a href=http://www.irinnews.org/photogallery/Rohingya_in_Bangladesh_Feb2010/index.html target=_blank><strong><font color=#006699>Photo gallery</font></strong></a>)
  • The entrance to the 2.6km Salang tunnel, which is part of the Salang pass - the major mountain pass connecting northern Afghanistan and Kabul province
    The entrance to the 2.6km Salang tunnel, which is part of the Salang pass - the major mountain pass connecting northern Afghanistan and Kabul province
  • The Salang Pass is major mountain pass connecting northern Afghanistan and Kabul province
  • Polio immunization in southern Afghanistan
  • Children are given measles shots during the Measles Catch up Campaign PhaseII at an additional site specially set up for vulnerable/ floating/ streetchildren in the port city of Chittagong
  • Enrolment in private schools is dropping
  • Shops outside main cities in Yemen still sell arms openly

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