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  • Protesters burn tires on roads to stop the military from passing in Ouagadougou
  • General Gilbert Diendere, president of the CND (National Council for the Democracy), a new organ that has declared itself the new governing authority in Burkina Faso
    General Gilbert Diendere, president of the National Council for Democracy, a new party that declared itself the governing authority in Burkina Faso following last weeks coup by the RSP, has said he will hand over power to civilian rule.
  • “Please, take these, they are very, very good!” says a Croatian man handing out apples to a group of Afghan refugees who have already spent several days at the border.
  • Many refugees spend up to three days camping out at the border near Obrezje waiting to be allowed on to a bus. - Croatia, September 2015
  • A woman tries to convince police officers to allow her husband to join her on the train, but the doors have already been locked. Families often get separated in the rush to board the train. - Croatia, September 2015
  • With only about two trains a day departing from Tovarnik, Croatia, the number of waiting passengers far exceeds the available space and authorities struggle to ensure that families with children are given priority.
  • Another crowd of refugees forms on the train tracks in Tovarnik, Croatia, where many wait more than 24 hours for a train to take them north.
  • Degraded farmland in Nigeria
  • Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé, President of Togo, addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s seventieth session.
  • Young chlid and mother
  • Afghan asylum seekers at the border between Slovenia and Austria. Large numbers of Afghans are likely to be rejected for refugee status, but deporting them is highly controversial
  • A volunteer helps a young Syrian girl find new shoes and socks at Miksaliste, a hub for the refugee response in Belgrade, started by Refugee Aid Serbia, an umbrella group of local charities
  • The parks in central Belgrade have filled with refugees and migrants who bed down for a night or two before continuing their journeys to Western Europe
    The parks in central Belgrade have filled with refugees and migrants who bed down for a night or two before continuing their journeys to Western Europe
  • Refugees and migrants queue for food at Miksaliste, a hub for the refugee response in Belgrade, started by Refugee Aid Serbia, an umbrella group of local charities
  • A man rows his boat in the Irrawaddy delta where some areas are still under nine feet of water
  • A child is alone in the center of a room helping to prepare food.
    A child helps prepare food in his home in the village of Gaung Gyi where subsistence farmers often become trapped in a cycle of debt when their harvests fail
  • Houses on stilts surrounded by water with a canoe moored to the center house.
    According to the Food and Agriculture Organization, people from 385,000 households have been displaced by the floods
  • Two men paddle a canoe through a flooded rice paddy.
    Men paddle a canoe through a flooded rice paddy. The Food and Agriculture Organization reports that almost a million acres of crops, mostly rice, have been lost due to flooding
  • Naw Eh Eh Wah, a Baptist church minister in the village of Nwe Ni Chaung of Myanmar, sits in a room with a view to many people paddling in boats behind her.
    Naw Eh Eh Wah, a Baptist church minister in the village of Nwe Ni Chaung, said the village has not seen flooding like this in over a decade
  • In the village of Sit Pin Gyi in the Irawaddy delta of Myanmar, a boy paddles in boat made from empty bottles after months of persistent flooding.
    In the village of Sit Pin Gyi, where locals have had to improvise to deal with the floods, a boy paddles in boat made from empty bottles
  • People wade and paddle through flooded streets on the outskirts of Pathein, in the Irawaddy delta of Myanmar.
    People wade through flooded streets on the outskirts of Pathein, where flooding has persisted for months
  • A riverside scene with a boat and a golden pagoda.
    With rain still falling in the headwaters of the Irrawaddy, the government has warned that water levels have exceeded danger points in some areas
  • A child helps prepare food in his home in the village of Gaung Gyi where subsistence farmers often become trapped in a cycle of debt when their harvests fail
  • According to the Food and Agriculture Organization, people from 385,000 households have been displaced by the floods
  • Men paddle a canoe through a flooded rice paddy. The Food and Agriculture Organization reports that almost a million acres of crops, mostly rice, have been lost due to flooding
  • Naw Eh Eh Wah, a Baptist church minister in the village of Nwe Ni Chaung, said the village has not seen flooding like this in over a decade
  • In the village of Sit Pin Gyi, where locals have had to improvise to deal with the floods, a boy paddles in boat made from empty bottles
  • Member of the Chilean Red Cross working in the recovery of the country after the earthquake in 2010.
    Un membre de la Croix-Rouge chilienne participe au redressement du pays après le tremblement de terre de 2010 (Carola Solis/Croix-Rouge chilienne)
  • The Yemenia Airline in the Yemeni capital Sana'a is booked up for weeks ahead
    The Yemenia Airline in the Yemeni capital Sana'a is booked up for weeks ahead
  • A Chilean Red Cross volunteer assisting with earthquake relief efforts in the city of Illapel.
  • Yemenis rush to try and get visas and flight tickets to leave their country's civil war
    Yemenis rush to try and get visas and flight tickets to leave their countrys civil war

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