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  • Dil Mohammed, 70, fled his village in Rakhine State in January 2018
    Dil Mohammed, 70, fled his village in Rakhine State in January, just before repatriations were first scheduled to begin. Between 14 and 20 January 2018, an estimated 506 new refugees arrived in Bangladesh, according to the UN’s refugee agency.
  • Asel shortly after her return to Sirte in November 2018
  • A young girl rests on a beam in her house in Sindhupalchok, Nepal, which is being rebuilt after the 2015 earthquake
    A young girl rests on a beam in her house in Sindhupalchok, which is being rebuilt after the 2015 earthquake
  • A Nepal Police officer looks out from an anti-trafficking check post in Sundhupalchok
    A Nepal Police officer looks out from an anti-trafficking check post in Sundhupalchok
  • Guransh Gurung of the NGO Shakti Samuha, which fights human trafficking, in the office in Chautara
    Guransh Gurung of the NGO Shakti Samuha, which fights human trafficking, in the office in Chautara
  • A Rohingya man looks away from the camera
    Noor Mohammed was part of a wave of Rohingya refugees who fled to Bangladesh in 1991. He returned to Myanmar in the 1990s, but now he says he won't go back again.
  • Gum Sha Awng, who works with the Metta Development Foundation, worries that the conflict in northern Myanmar has been overshadowed.
    Gum Sha Awng, who works with the Metta Development Foundation, worries that the conflict in northern Myanmar has been overshadowed.
  • Sunjuddin Rohingya refugee
    Sunjuddin fled Myanmar after August’s violence. He fears he will have nowhere else left to go if his new tarpaulin-roofed home in Bangladesh’s Rohingya camps is hit by a heavy cyclone in the coming months.
  • Density map, Cox's Bazar
    A map by the group coordinating aid to Rohingya refugees shows the extreme density levels in a giant settlement between Kutupalong and Balukhali in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Dark brown shading indicates space of less than 10 square metres per person.
  • A signboard supporting Myanmar's defacto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, is seen in Myitkyina.
    A signboard supporting Myanmar's defacto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, is seen in Myitkyina. Myanmar's national peace process, promoted by Suu Kyi, has stalled.
  • A boy stands in the middle of a displacement camp on a church compound near Myitkyina
    A boy stands in the middle of a displacement camp on a church compound near Myitkyina.
  • A child in Bangladesh's Rohingya refugee camps
    Density is extreme in Bangladesh’s Rohingya refugee camps. The amount of livable space, less than 10 square metres per person in many cases, is far below even bare minimum international standards.
  • Rohingya refugee camp
    The crowded makeshift homes in Bangladesh’s Rohingya refugee settlements spread out over flood-prone fields and slippery hillsides.
  • Hands around a cup of tea at a Kabul cafe
    Mohammad Elham drinks tea in a cafe in Kabul, Afghanistan. Germany deported Elham in early 2017 after rejecting his asylum request. The 36-year-old says he fears for his life because of his previous work with Afghanistan’s intelligence agency.
  • UN humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock in Geneva, December 2017
    UN humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock in Geneva, December 2017
  • School in Maminzo village, Pakistan
    Spread over 1.2 hectares of land, locals say the four-room schoolhouse in Maminzo village was first destroyed in 2005.
  • Hanif Ullah, a local education activist, inspects dust-covered desks and chairs at a shuttered school in Maminzo village, Pakistan.
    Hanif Ullah, a local education activist, inspects dust-covered desks and chairs at a shuttered school in Maminzo village.
  • People asleep on the street with suitcases in Colombia
    Many Venezuelans are short on cash, and they sleep on the streets while they make more money to go further into Colombia
  • Venezuelans cross the border into Colombia under a sign that reads "migracion"
    Every day thousands of Venezuelans walk into Cucuta Colombia, crossing a bridge that marks the border between both countries. Many decide not to return to their country
  • A Venezuelan migrant feeds her child
    A Venezuelan migrant feeds her child at the Divine Providence Dining Hall in Cucuta, Colombia. The Catholic charity is feeding around 1,000 venezuelans each day
  • A Venezuelan migrant feeds her child at the Divine Providence Dining Hall in Cucuta, Colombia. The Catholic charity is feeding around 1,000 venezuelans each day
  • Venezuelan immigrants line up for food at the Divine Providence Dining Hall in Cucuta, Colombia

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