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  • A MONUSCO armoured troop carrier on patrol in Beni.
    A MONUSCO armoured troop carrier on patrol in Beni.
  • Moiful Nissa fears she could be separated from her family and sent to a detention centre.
    Moiful Nissa lost her case at a foreigners tribunal in 2019. Now she fears she could be separated from her family and sent to a detention centre.
  • Debasmita Ghosh, director of the Human Rights Law Network in Guwahat.
    Debasmita Ghosh, director of the Human Rights Law Network in Guwahati, says most of the people facing foreigners tribunals don’t have the money to fight their cases.
  • Aman Wadud sits in his office in Guwahati, Assam.
    Aman Wadud sits in his office in Guwahati, Assam. The lawyer helps represents people left off the state’s citizenship registry.
  • Abhijit Sarma heads an advocacy group pushing for another citizenship count.
    Abhijit Sarma heads an advocacy group pushing for another citizenship count. He believes more than 4.1 million people in Assam are not rightful citizens: “We want the government to strip them of their voting rights,” he says.
  • Protesters in Guwahati carry torches during a rally against changes to India’s citizenship laws.
    Protesters in Guwahati carry torches during a rally against changes to India’s citizenship laws.
  • A detention centre under construction in Goalpara district is meant to hold 3,000 people.
    A detention centre under construction in Goalpara district is meant to hold 3,000 people. Many of the construction workers at the site are minority Muslims.
  • Shah Ali sits on some steps.
    Shah Ali was held at a detention centre for three years before he was released in December.
  • Asia is home to extremes in elevation and the world's most active seismic and volcanic activity
  • Carlos Guedez pictured in Cucuta bus terminal.
    Carlos Guedez, 34, has had many insults hurled at him since living in Cucuta, the main Colombia Venezuela border town. He helps people with their luggage at the bus terminal in exchange for spare change.
  • Volunteers sort through donated clothes at the San Juan de Dios shelter in Quito.
    The San Juan de Dios shelter in Quito provides daily meals and clothes for those most in need. Volunteers are pictured sorting through donated clothes.
  • Omiera Palacios sells arepas, a traditional regional snack made from corn flour, at the entrance of one of the city’s main parks.
    Omiera Palacios, 45, was a pharmacist in Venezuela and now sells arepas, a traditional regional snack made from corn flour, at the entrance of one of the city’s main parks. She says she faces xenophobia on a daily basis.
  • Elder Rodriguez pictured here with two friends that he travelled to Ecuador with.
    Elder Rodriguez (middle) says he would be blamed for everything in Colombia for being Venezuelan. Now in Ecuador, he is pictured here with two friends that travelled with.
  • Adriana Aldana, 34, pictured with her three children.
    Adriana Aldana, 34, pictured with her three children aged 6, 8 and 14. She struggles to pay for the small room she shares with three children that costs $120 each month.
  • Recent killings by militias have increased anger at the UN mission, sparking protests that resulted in the deaths of several protestors in November.
    Recent killings by militias have increased anger at the UN mission, sparking protests that resulted in the deaths of several protestors in November.
  • A September email sent to UN staff in Geneva said system maintenance would require them to change passwords, without mentioning the cyber-attack.
    A September email sent to UN staff in Geneva said system maintenance would require them to change passwords, without mentioning the cyber-attack.
  • Posters about cyber security in the office of the UN Special Envoy for Yemen in Amman, Jordan, 9 January 2020.
    Posters about cyber security in the office of the UN Special Envoy for Yemen in Amman, Jordan, 9 January 2020.
  • The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva, 27 Jan 2020.
    The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva, 27 Jan 2020.
  • The ruins of Beni town hall, which was destroyed by demonstrators back in November.
    The ruins of Beni town hall, which was destroyed by demonstrators back in November.
  • The ruins of a MONUSCO military base, which was stormed by protesters in November.
    The ruins of a MONUSCO military base, which was stormed by protesters in November.
  • A main road running from the hills surrounding Beni, the site of numerous recent massacres.
    A main road running from the hills surrounding Beni, the site of numerous recent massacres.
  • Amida Maha
    19-year-old Amida Maha lost her mother and 10-month-old brother during a massacre in their village outside Beni city in November.
  • Adama Barrow came to power in a wave of popular support following the downfall of the fall of longtime dictator Yahya Jammeh in January 2017. His popularity has since waned.
    Adama Barrow came to power in a wave of popular support following the downfall of the fall of longtime dictator Yahya Jammeh in January 2017. His popularity has since waned.
  • Dembo Sanneh
    Dembo Sanneh: “Germany was my destiny. It was like I went to paradise, then I came back to the same situation and I had to start all over again.”
  • Gambian migrants in Italy
    Gambian migrants in Europe: Those that return face many challenges in reintegrating.
  • Displaced families fled a village called Miangalewa after an insurgent attack late last month. (Philip Kleinfeld / THN)
  • Residents are struggling to cope in the aftermath of Cyclone Kenneth, which pulled down power lines and sent trees crashing into people’s homes. (Philip Kleinfeld / TNH)
  • Some 35,000 houses were destroyed or damaged by Cyclone Kenneth, which hit Cabo Delgado in April. (Philip Kleinfeld / TNH)
  • Sixty-four displaced people from 19 different families are living in António Alfredo’s single-storey house in Macomia. Most sleep outside, in the local farmer’s courtyard with no mosquito nets and little shelter from the elements. The families fled a vill
  • A displaced family of 17 are crammed together in three mud huts held up by bamboo sticks in Macomia. They arrived in October after insurgents set fire to parts of their village, called Nambija. They now survive on small portions of rice and cassava donate
  • A few months after Cyclone Kenneth battered Atija Malique’s house in the village of Namaneco, insurgents came and burnt down the parts still standing. Her family of seven escaped on wooden boats, eventually making their way to Macomia, where they now live

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