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Mellia, Chad, 2 March 2016. At the IDP site in Mellia. Credit: OCHA/Ivo Brandau

A displaced child stands in an aircraft hanger amidst military helicopters at the M'Poko Air Force base where thousands of Muslims have taken shelter in Bangui, Central African Republic, on 21 February 2014. Following violence that has largely split communities along religious lines, tens of thousands are displaced in the capital alone. Credit: OCHA/Phil Moore

31 October 2015, Kafia, Chad. A family of internally displaced people living in Kafia site (near Baga-Sola). Credit: OCHA Chad/ Mayanne Munan.

MYA_9499: 22 October 2014, ZAKHO, IRAQ: A young girl stands by her tent in the Warga Dalal camp in Zakho, northern Iraq. An estimated 2.8 million people are in need of food assistance and approximately 800.000 people are in urgent need of emergency shelter assistance. The onset of winter in Iraq, where temperatures can drop as low as -16°C in the high altitude regions of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KR-I) provides added urgency to the appeal. (OCHA/Iason Athanasiadis)

27 November 2014, Goma, North Kivu, DRC. Credit: OCHA/Naomi Frerotte

Dawodia Camp is completely funded with KSA funds with a number of UN agencies involved. The camp will ultimately have a capacity of 7,000 people once completed, but currently houses 3,000 IDPs living in caravans provided by IOM and UN-Habitat 500 + 400 units consecutively. There is a secondary school built by UNESCO and a primary school under construction by UNICEF. UNDP has built a camp management centre and is currently building a health clinic, which will be managed by WHO. Credit: OCHA/Bahaa Elias

Children in a school at Je Yang IDP Camp (pop. 8,700) in Kachin State, Myanmar, on 23 February 2016. (Photo: OCHA/P.Peron)

17 June 2016, Iraq, Anbar Province, Khalidiyah: Newly arrives families from Fallujah receive emergency assistance in camp 3. Over 83,000 people have fled Fallujah and surroundings since 23 May 2016, when military operations to retake the city started. They arrive in several IDP camps like the one in Khalidiyah. Credits: OCHA/Themba Linden

John Mamer (left, in hat), on the way back to his old home in Bor. The journey on the River Nile on a barge takes two-three hours depending on the current. John has only been back to Bor very few times since he and the family fled to Minkaman. Credit: OCHA/Jacob Zocherman

Ganyiel, Unity State, South Sudan, April 21 2014: Rebbecca Nyaknme fled the fighting in Bentiu together with her family. Only her and two children arrived after they were separated from the husband and the other two children. Rebbecca and the two children live in simple straw huts on the outskirts of Ganyiel. Having lost everything they own, they arrived in Ganyiel empty-handed. Their survival relies on foreign aid, and without emergency food they will starve. Credit: OCHA/Jacob Zocherman

Ganyiel, Unity State, South Sudan, 17 April 2014: Women waiting in line for a chance to get one of the tarpaulins handed out by an aid organisation. Poor infrastructure makes it difficult for relief efforts to reach the people in Ganyiel and the surrounding areas. Many people have to return empty-handed from the distribution, as there are many more people in need of shelter than there are tarpaulins. Credit: OCHA/Jacob Zocherman

Ding Kok (Mamer’s mother) , Age – 65 Joined the family on June 1st from one of the islands in Jonglei where she was staying with in-laws after fleeing conflict. She is one of 16 people currently staying in the Mamer household. – Life on the island was very harsh. We did not have different types of food, just fish. And as a woman, I did not have a net to fish with; I had to beg for food, she says. Credit: OCHA/Jacob Zocherman

Leer, Unity State, South Sudan, May 8, 2014: En man tittar på kvarlevorna från ett av många offer från striderna i Leer. Kroppsdelar och ben är spridda över stora områden. De många hålen i marken är tecken på tung artillerield som slagit ner. Befolkningen i Leer menar att nästan alla offer är civila som blivit klädda i militära kläder efter att de dödats eller innan de avrättats av regeringssoldater så att de ska se ut som militära förluster. Credit: OCHA/Jacob Zocherman

Children outside a temporary school in Ah Nauk Ywe IDP camp in Pauktaw, Rakhine State, Myanmar. Photo taken on 22/10/13 by Pierre Peron/OCHA.

IDP boy at Shariya camp, outside Dohuk. Kurdistan region. May 2015 Credit: OCHA/Charlotte Cans

IDP girls at Shariya camp, outside Dohuk. Kurdistan region. May 2015 Credit: OCHA/Charlotte Cans

Displaced children at Bulengo IDPs camp which hosts some 24,000 people. Pooled Funds funds Water, hygiene and sanitation improvements projects in North Kivu. Over 900.000 people aree currently living as displaced in North Kivu, an estimated 500.000 have been displaced since the FARD-M23 crisis began in April. December 11 2012. Source OCHA Gemma Cortes

An internally displaced Central African girl sits at a temporary displacement site at the Don Bosco centre in Bangui's 8th arrondissement in Central African Republic on February 23, 2014. The Danish Refugee Council, who manage the site, are providing food for over 10,500 people at the site, who fled their homes in troubled neighbourhoods in Bangui following sectarian killings. Credit: OCHA/Phil Moore

16 September 2014, Zahko, Iraq: "My best friend is Tahsim. We like football but don’t have any balls to play with." Credit: OCHA/Iason Athanasiadis

September 2013, Katanga, DRC: The sun rises over Tanganyika Lake on the far eastern edge of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The lake is tainted with cholera, but for many families it is the only source of water. Credit: OCHA/Gemma Cortes

September 2013, Katanga, DRC. Credit: OCHA/Gemma Cortes

September 2013, Katanga, DRC. Cholera is a waterborne illness and is endemic in parts of Katanga Province. An outbreak a few months ago claimed 257 lives. More than 11,000 cholera cases have been reported in the province since the beginning of the year. Credit: OCHA/Gemma Cortes

Tagal, Chad, 2 March 2016. Fish are spread out on wooden tables to dry before they are sold at the market in nearby Bagasola. Credit: OCHA/Ivo Brandau

Joint visit to CAR by Assistant Secretary General and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator Kyung-wha Kang, UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of IDPs, Chaloka Beyani and ECHO Operations Director, Jean Louis de Brouwer (10-14 February 2015) OCHA/Christophe Illemassene

Women, walking with what possesions they can carry, arrive in a steady trickle at an IDP camp erected next to an AMISOM military base near the town of Jowhar, Somalia, on November 12 2013. Heavy rains in Somalia, coupled with recent disputes between clans, has resulted in over four thousand IDPs seeking shelter at an AMISOM military base near the town of Jowhar, with more arriving daily. AU UN IST Photo / Tobin Jones

27 November 2014, Goma, North Kivu, DRC. Credit: OCHA/Naomi Frerotte

14 September 2014, Dahuk, Iraq: Relatives hold their children as a nurse applies a polio vaccination drop on 14 September 2014. The campaign started in Dahuk Province covers children up to five years old and aims to protect an estimated 184,000 locals, 60,000 IDPs and 12,000 Syrian refugees from polio. Mobile and fixed teams trained and supported by the World Health Organization move around the city, identifying the internally displaced and offering them free vaccinations. Over 500,000 IDPs are currently staying in Dahuk Province, putting a strain on social services and housing Credit: OCHA/Iason Athanasiadis

11 September 2014 Credit: OCHA/Iason Athanasiadis

August 2015, Rakhine: In Kachin/Shan states, food assistance will continue to be provided to 107,143 IDPs in camps and in host families, assuming that regular access to all displaced people both within and beyond Government control is achieved. Specialized fortified blended food will be provided to children under two and pregnant and lactating women. Although the results of post distribution monitoring indicated that some households have access to livelihoods/income activities, their frequency of access to those services as well as the level of income differ from one household to another. If opportunities for durable solutions increase, the Food Security Sector (FSS) may provide assistance to returnees/ relocated IDPs to support their voluntary return and resettlement. FSS partners will continue to enhance coordination with other sectors/clusters operating in Kachin, Shan, Rakhine and other flood-affected states/regions, and incorporate issues such as accountability to affected populations, gender equality, protection, community participation and value for money, while providing food security assistance to the most vulnerable people. Integrated strategy for response to malnutrition will be developed with other relevant sectors/ clusters for northern part of Rakhine State. Credit: Hkun Lat/OCHA

Rakhine State, Myanmar. Credit: UNOCHA/ Nicole Lawrence

Husna with her children and relatives in Sortony gathering area; they are yet to receive assistance and are taking shelter on a nearby hill due to overcrowding. February 2016 ©OCHA

June 2015, displcement camp near Erbil. Displaced boy in Iraq. "What I miss most from my home is my cat", he says. Credit: OCHA/ Charlotte Cans

Malakal, 26 February 2016 - At least 18 people were killed, more than 90 wounded and humanitarian facilities and civilian shelters destroyed during the fighting that took place on 17 and 18 February in Malakal Protection of Civilians (PoC) site between elements of the Shilluk and Dinka communities. Humanitarian partners have rapidly mobilized additional supplies to respond to the new needs generated by the violence. Credit: OCHA / Guiomar Pau Sole.

SHARJA, DAHUK, IRAQI KURDISTAN: A young Yazidi refugee boy photographed inside a half-built school that became a IDP refuge after the ISIS invasion of Sinjar. Some 2 million IDP's from Syria and Iraq have poured into Kurdistan since the Syrian conflict began 6 years ago. Credit: Giles Clarke/ Getty Images Reportage

DUHOK, IRAQI KURDISTAN. Young children pose for a portrait behind a mural of a three-year-old Syrian boy of Kurdish ethnic background whose image made global headlines after he drowned on 2 September 2015 in the Mediterranean Sea. He and his family were Syrian refugees trying to reach Europe amid the European refugee crisis (see timeline). Photographs of his body were taken by Turkish journalist Nilüfer Demir and quickly spread around the world, prompting international responses. Credit: Giles Clarke/ Getty Images Reportage

MAMILYAN IDP CAMP, AKRE, IRAQI KURDISTAN. At the SEED centre inside the camp. SEED helps the displaced population to recover from violence and trauma. The center was found by Sherri Kraham Talabani, wife of Kurdish deputy prime minister. The center’s programs focus on: Psycho-Social Services, life skills and classes, livelihoods training, and recreational activities. Mamilyan camp in Kurdistan Region’s area of Akre. Some 13,000 IDPs mostly Yezidi Kurds from Sinjar region live in this camp. Some 2 million IDP's from Syria and Iraq have poured into Kurdistan since the Syrian conflict began 6 years ago. Credit: Giles Clarke/ Getty Images Reportage

SINJAR MOUNTAIN, SINJAR, IRAQI KURDISTAN. A young displaced Yazidi group of children pose in the eveing light. The city of Sinjar was overrun by ISIL militants in August 2014 with hundreds killed or abducted in the days following. Some 50,000 Yazidi residents fled to the mountian above the city but then held under seige before US and Iraqi airstrikes enabled supplies through the camping refugees. The city of Sinjar was finally liberated November 13th 2015 after fierce battles that levelled much of the city. Credit: Giles Clarke/ Getty Images Reportage

DRC, North Kivu. 2016. SG visit. Credit: Giles Clarke/ Getty Images Reportage

An IDP settlement in the North Kivu region of the DRC DRC, 2016 OCHA/Giles Clarke

Syria Idlib 13 March 2020 Location: Khair Al-Sham camp A young girl looks to the camera at the Khair Al-Sham IDP camp in Idleb Governorate, west of the town of Sarmada. The camp currently hosts IDPs from various cities and governorates, including many recent arrivals from the town of Kafr Ruma due to shelling in the area. © UNOCHA/Mahmoud Al Basha

Khair Al-Sham camp, Idlib Governorate, March 2020. Women prepare food above the sprawling IDP camp. ©Mohannad Zayat/UNOCHA

April 2020 - Binish, Idleb governorate: 16 families, originally from Marret Al-Numan countryside south of Idleb, now live in a damaged school in the town of Binish. They were displaced 4 months ago and have no other option. They could not obtain a tent in the nearby IDP camps. Credit: OCHA

Binish, April 2020. A mother and her child walk back to the shelter they have found in a damaged school. They could not obtain a tent in the nearby IDP camp. © UNOCHA/Mohannad Zayat

IDPs fleeing East Mosul, Iraq, 26 April 2017. Credit: OCHA

22 Oct. 2014, Zakho, Iraq: The onset of winter, where temperatures can drop as low as -16°C in the high altitude regions of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq provides added urgency to the appeals of the Strategic Response Plan. Health authorities warn of an increase in respiratory tract infections due to the cold. Over $US23 million is needed for health services. Credit: OCHA/Iason Athanasiadis

22 Oct. 2014, Zakho, Iraq: A woman sits on a mat on the ground surrounded by a few possessions, in the Warga Dalal camp in Zakho, northern Iraq. Credit: OCHA/Iason Athanasiadis

22 Oct. 2014, Zakho, Iraq: In the Warga Dalal camp, children improvise games. An estimated 225,000 children are in need of warm winter clothes and shoes. Credit: OCHA/Iason Athanasiadis

16 September 2014, Zakho, Iraq: "We brought my father and mother--who are old, find it difficult to move and can’t bear the hardship of living in a tent--to a house in a nearby village (the rents are way too high in the towns), which has a proper ground, not mud, and a functioning toilet." -Khayri Shammar Khalaf, 40 Credit: OCHA/Iason Athanasiadis

November 2019. Young girls whose families have been displaced by violence in a village near Kandahar, Afghanistan © UNOCHA/ Charlotte Cans

November 2019, Zheray district, Kandahar province. At a mobile clinic where nutrition assistance is provided. OCHA/Matteo Minasi

29 October 2019, Surkh Rod, Jalalabad, AFGHANISTAN. A young boy displaced by conflict. With his family they have found shelter in the Surkhrod area in eastern Afghanistan. While they have been provided with some humanitarian assistance, families struggle. Children are not able to go to school and the nearest medical equipment is poorly equipped. The Afghanistan Humanitarian Fund, through an implementing partner present on the ground, will provide these families with life-saving core relief items, particularly items that will help them prepare for winter. Credit: UNOCHA/Charlotte Cans Note: the community claimed that IS-K attacked their village. Identities have been masked to protect their identity.

29 October 2019, Surkh Rod, Jalalabad, AFGHANISTAN. An OCHA staff member interviews Asma and her neighbours (not her real name). They have been displaced by conflict and have found shelter in the Surkh Rod area in eastern Afghanistan. Asma and her young daughter witnessed her husband being killed. To save their own lives, Asma and her family, along with many others from her community, had to flee in the middle of the night. While they have been provided with some humanitarian assistance, Asma struggles to support her family on her own. Her children are not able to go to school and the nearest medical equipment is poorly equipped. The Afghanistan Humanitarian Fund (AHF), through an implementing partner present on the ground, will provide Asma and other internally displaced people in the community with life-saving core relief items, particularly items that will help them prepare for winter. Credit: UNOCHA/Charlotte Cans Note: the community claimed that IS-K attacked their village. Identities have been masked to protect their identity.

29 October 2019, Surkh Rod, Jalalabad, AFGHANISTAN. A boy displaced by conflict and violence. With his family, they have found shelter in the Surkh Rod area in eastern Afghanistan. The Afghanistan Humanitarian Fund (AHF), through an implementing partner present on the ground, will provide them with life-saving core relief items, particularly items that will help them prepare for winter. Credit: UNOCHA/Charlotte Cans

Surkh Rod, Jalalabad - AFGHANISTAN November 2019. OCHA Staff discusses with a woman who was displaced by conflict to the Surkh Rod area in the eastern province of Nangahar. The community will receive core relief item including items for winter from implementing partner IMC, through a project supported by the AHF supported. Credit: UNOCHA/Charlotte Cans

Surkh Rod, Jalalabad - AFGHANISTAN November 2019. An OCHA staff discusses with a woman who was displaced by conflict to the Surkh Rod area in the eastern province of Nangahar. The community will receive core relief item including items for winter from implementing partner IMC, through a project supported by the AHF supported. Credit: UNOCHA/Charlotte Cans

29 October 2019, Jalalabad, AFGHANISTAN. A cash distribution for families displaced by conflict and violence. The project is funded by the Afghan Humanitarian Fund (AHF), through IMC and will help families prepare for winter. Credit: UNOCHA/Charlotte Cans

November 2019, Jalalabad, AFGHANISTAN. People internally displaced by conflict and violence receive cash assistance to help them get through the winter in Jalalabad city. Credit: UNOCHA/Charlotte Cans

Mazari Sharif, November 2019: Mariam, 9 years old (with the blue shawl), and her family fled conflict and found refuge in this village, set in a barren land, 20 kilometers away from Mazar. They survive mainly on tea, bread and rice. Mariam would like to become a doctor when she grows up. Mariam and her family are from Sherin Taygab in Faryab province and cannot return home due to fighting. They moved to Nahr-e-Shahi village 3 years ago. They purchased their land and NRC provided them with shelter assistance. The family was identified in a needs assessments as being particularly vulnerable. About 1,200 families live in the area. The father, Ramazan, drives a motorcycle taxi to support his family and is a recipient of a shelter grant for winter. The parents have 5 children, 3 boys and 2 girls. One of the boys was injured when a rocket hit their village. He survived, but he now has brain damage and need special care. The youngest kid, still a baby, was born with a disability. The nearest hospital is in the city about 10 km away. IDPs settled on this land where there previously was no shelter. Fighting is ongoing in Faryab and causing ongoing displacement to Balkh province. Needs persist as new families continue to arrive. An estimated 4,000 families are living in informal sites in Mazar and Nasi district.

Mazari Sharif, November 2019. Mariam and her little brother at breakfast. Mariam, 9 years old (with the blue shawl), and her family fled conflict and found refuge in this village, set in a barren land, 20 kilometers away from Mazar. They survive mainly on tea, bread and rice. Mariam would like to become a doctor when she grows up. © UNOCHA/Charlotte Cans Contextual info: Mariam and her family are from Sherin Taygab in Faryab province and cannot return home due to fighting. They moved to Nahr-e-Shahi village 3 years ago. They purchased their land and NRC provided them with shelter assistance. The family was identified in a needs assessments as being particularly vulnerable. About 1,200 families live in the area. The father, Ramazan, drives a motorcycle taxi to support his family and is a recipient of a shelter grant for winter. The parents have 5 children, 3 boys and 2 girls. One of the boys was injured when a rocket hit their village. He survived, but he now has brain damage and need special care. The youngest kid, still a baby, was born with a disability. The nearest hospital is in the city about 10 km away. IDPs settled on this land where there previously was no shelter. Fighting is ongoing in Faryab and causing ongoing displacement to Balkh province. Needs persist as new families continue to arrive. An estimated 4,000 families are living in informal sites in Mazar and Nasi district.

Mazari Sharif, November 2019. Portrait of Mariam, 9 years old, standing in the doorway. Mariam and her family fled conflict and found refuge in this village, set in a barren land, 20 kilometers away from Mazar. They survive mainly on tea, bread and rice. Mariam would like to become a doctor when she grows up. © UNOCHA/Charlotte Cans Contextual info: Mariam and her family are from Sherin Taygab in Faryab province and cannot return home due to fighting. They moved to Nahr-e-Shahi village 3 years ago. They purchased their land and NRC provided them with shelter assistance. The family was identified in a needs assessments as being particularly vulnerable. About 1,200 families live in the area. The father, Ramazan, drives a motorcycle taxi to support his family and is a recipient of a shelter grant for winter. The parents have 5 children, 3 boys and 2 girls. One of the boys was injured when a rocket hit their village. He survived, but he now has brain damage and need special care. The youngest kid, still a baby, was born with a disability. The nearest hospital is in the city about 10 km away. IDPs settled on this land where there previously was no shelter. Fighting is ongoing in Faryab and causing ongoing displacement to Balkh province. Needs persist as new families continue to arrive. An estimated 4,000 families are living in informal sites in Mazar and Nasi district.

OCHA/Matteo Minasi

Susanne Hyapwasi holds her baby daughter Lorenne, one month, in an internally displaced camp sheltering families who have been displaced due to the latests floods, on March 9, 2021 in the capital Bangui, Central African Republic. Violence in CAR has displaced more than 240,000 people since mid-December and it is estimated that 2.8 million people need urgent humanitarian assistance within the country – 57% of the population. (Siegfried Modola/UNOCHA)

Young men play football in an internally displaced camp on March 10, 2021 in Bambari, Central African Republic. Violence broke out in the Central African Republic between the government and a coalition of armed groups around the 27 December 2020 election. (Siegfried Modola/UNOCHA)

Friends walk in an internally displaced camp on March 11, 2021 in Bambari, Central African Republic. Violence broke out in the Central African Republic between the government and a coalition of armed groups around the 27 December 2020 election. (Siegfried Modola/UNOCHA)

A woman crosses a bridge on March 11, 2021 in Bambari, Central African Republic. Violence in CAR has displaced more than 240,000 people since mid-December and it is estimated that 2.8 million people need urgent humanitarian assistance within the country – 57% of the population. (Siegfried Modola/UNOCHA)

Une foule attend la distribution alimetaire du Programme alimentaire Mondial, le 12 février 2021, sur le site de déplacés internes de Siwa, en République Centrafricaine. A crowd awaits the World Food Program's food distribution on February 12, 2021, at the IDP site of Siwa, Central African Republic. UNOCHA/Adrienne Surprenant

Un jeune déplacé observe la distribution, le 12 février 2021, sur le site de déplacés internes de Siwa, en République Centrafricaine. A displaced youth observes the distribution on February 12, 2021, at the IDP site in Siwa, Central African Republic. UNOCHA/Adrienne Surprenant

Des déplacées vendent des petits aliments, le 12 février 2021, sur le site de déplacés internes de Siwa, en République Centrafricaine. Displaced people sell small food on February 12, 2021, at the IDP site in Siwa, Central African Republic.

Deux jeunes filles puisent de l'eau. Il n'y a qu'une source d'eau, brune, pour tous les déplacés et villageois, le 12 février 2021, sur le site de déplacés internes de Siwa, en République Centrafricaine. Two young girls draw water. There is only one source of water, brown, for all displaced people and villagers, on February 12, 2021, at the internally displaced persons site of Siwa, in the Central African Republic.

Des déplacés ayant trouvé refuge sur une île traversent la rivière pour venir voir les humanitaires, le 12 février 2021, près de Bangassou, en République Centrafricaine. Displaced people who have found refuge on an island cross the river to come see aid workers on February 12, 2021, near Bangassou, in the Central African Republic.

Credit: Viviane RAKOTOARIVONY Mananjary town, Masindrano public school. Photo taken on 10/02/2022 Nadia Razanamamonjy is 46 years old. She lost everything to cyclone Batsirai and now lives in one of the school’s classrooms. The population is regrouping by neighborhood into the classrooms. Nadia’s neighborhood is located by the sea, and has been one of the most affected by the cyclone. “The sea started to rise the day before the cyclone hit, on Friday. We hadn’t planned to evacuate so early and we got caught by surprise. The sea rose so quickly that we couldn’t do anything. We had water up to our shoulders and had to leave everything behind us.” Her house was destroyed by the storm and all her belongings were swept away by water: clothes, schools supplies, utensils and even her small business items. “Before the cyclone, I was running a gargotte [street kitchen]. But I lost of my cooking materials. And I spent all the savings I had to buy some basic items to survive in the first days. Now I don’t have the means to start again.” Nadia and her four children are sheltering in the school. One week after the cyclone, humanitarian aid and early recovery is starting to reach people in need.

Credit: Viviane RAKOTOARIVONY Mananjary town, Masindrano public school. Photo taken on 10/02/2022

Marie Madeleine is a 34 years old single mother. She has 4 children who go to school but all the copybooks are wet and not usable. She stays at the EPP next to her home now. Her house was carried away by water. She needs money to buy new school supplies and to build a new house. Morarano. Credit: Viviane Rakotoarivony

Nivagnona, born in 1946. 6 children. 2 are dead. He stayed in the house during the cyclone because he was afraid that people would steal his belongings. The sheet metals were blown by the wind. He needs some money to buy materials for his house. Credit: Viviane Rakotoarivony

René is 54 years old. 3 children, 1 is still at school. He is a "mpanentana" (helping his neighbors when there is danger). He went to every house before the cyclone to tell people to be careful. They followed his instructions and put heavy bags on the roof but the wind was too strong so many houses were destroyed. Now, he asks people to work together to rebuild the houses when they are not too damaged. But help from authorities is needed for the most damaged ones. He wants seeds or farming animals to develop his area. Credit: Viviane Rakotoarivony

10 February 2022, Mananjary, Madagascar. In partnership with a phone provider, the World Food Programme (WFP) organizes a a cash distribution to support populations affected by cyclone Batsirai. Credit: UNOCHA/Viviane Rakotoarivony

11 February 2022, Mananjary, Madagascar. A member of OCHA’s emergency response team talks with Larissa Marina, who's waiting for a health consultation at the Médecins du Monde mobile clinic with her sons, Evan and Alan. Credit: UNOCHA/Viviane Rakotoarivony

10 February 2022, Morarano, Mananjary, MADAGASCAR. Josie, 26 years old, single mother with one child. She is now sleeping at the local school next to her house. She is not working. There is no work and she is hoping for help from the authorities. UNOCHA/Viviane Rakotoarivony

14 February 2022, Joseph de Cluny primary school, Mananjary, MADAGASCAR. Over 300 hot meals were distributed by World Central Kitchen to people displaced by Cyclone Batsirai that day. Children were given priority. Photo: UNOCHA/Viviane RAKOTOARIVONY

23 February 2022, Morarano primary school, Mananjary, MADAGASCAR. Halima Adjima is 50 years old, and has four children, all living nearby. But all their houses got destroyed by the cyclone and the floods. She has taken shelter inside the mosque with her children's families. She used to make a living breeding fish but everything was destroyed by the cyclone. Photo: UNOCHA/Viviane RAKOTOARIVONY

Photo taken on 18 February 2022. Credit: UNOCHA/Priscilla Lecomte Adeline, 28 ans, a trois enfants, deux filles (Gracie 14 ans et Jessie, 9 ans) ainsi que Sedra, un petit garçon de 5 ans. Elle habite à Mananjary. Pendant le cyclone, une partie de sa maison a vu le toit s’envoler. La maison a été totalement inondée. La famille a perdu de nombreuses affaires, leurs appareils electroménagers ont été détruits. Jessie et Gracie ont hâte de reprendre les cours. Leur école a été endommagée par le cyclone. Le mari d’Adeline a perdu son travail de chauffeur suite au cyclone, car son patron a du vendre le véhicule, pour payer les réparations de sa maison. La famille n’a donc plus de sources de revenu et la Adeline est très inquiète. Des volontaires de l’association Medair ont sensibilisé la famille et le voisinage aux questions d’hygiène. C’est d’autant plus important que de nombreux puits et toilettes ont été endommagés par le cyclone. Les organisations humanitaires craignent le développement de la malaria en raison des eaux stagnantes. Adeline Rajanasoa is a 28 year-old mother of three, Gracie Anjarasoa, 14 years old, Jessie Anjarasoa, 9 years old and Sedra, a 5 year-old boy. She sits outside her house with Gracie and Jessie and neighbors as volunteers from Medair are visiting the neighborhood for sensitization about hygiene and disease prevention. Medair emergency teams have worked in the affected areas with 75 volunteers on water and sanitation issues, disinfecting wells, assessing water quality in wells that were flooded by river or sea waters and raising awareness about hygiene in the communities. Adeline’s house has been partially damaged, the wind has blown off part of the roof and her toilets have been damaged. Cooking utensils and personal belongings have been broken or washed away. Jessie and Gracie can’t wait to go back to school but their school has been flooded and remains closed for now. Their dad, a taxi driver, has lost his job. The owner of the car he used for work has sold the vehicle to pay for the repairs of his house. He doesn’t know yet whether he’ll be able to work again any time soon. Adeline is worried as they don’t have money to repair the damaged roof, and the cyclonic season is not over yet. Adeline hopes life will go back to normal. With other mothers in the neighborhood, she plays basketball in a team. The pitch has been damaged by the cyclone, and she hopes it can be repaired so they started playing games again. Gracie shares the story of her friend Lorena, who’s twelve years old and lives with her grandmother. Their house was completely destroyed by the cyclone. Adeline’s family took them in for a week after the cyclone. The community helped Lorena and her grandmother repair their house. Gracie wants to be a doctor. Jessie wants a be a veterinary. She loves animals, all of them! Even mice – jokes her sister. Jessie was so scared during the cyclone, the house was shaking and as things were flying around outside with the flooding and the winds, she was worried about her cat Nicky, that he may die. Luckily, Nicky made it through.

Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, 3 May 2022. 101 civilians have successfully been evacuated from the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol and other areas in a safe passage operation coordinated by the United Nations (UN) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Credit: UNOCHA/Kateryna Klochko

101 civilians have successfully been evacuated from the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol and other areas in a safe passage operation coordinated by the United Nations (UN) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Elina, who was evacuated from Azovstal, Mariupol, cries. Credit: UNOCHA/Kateryna Klochko

Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, 8 May 2022. More than 170 civilians have successfully been evacuated from the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol and the city of Mariupol in a safe passage operation coordinated by the United Nations (UN) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). This new safe passage operation brings the total number of people evacuated from the area to over 600. Credit: UNOCHA/Kateryna Klochko

7 April 2022, Borodyanka, Kyiv suburb, Ukraine. In the Kyiv suburb of Borodyanka, 29 residential buildings and many more private houses were destroyed by Russian airstrikes on March 4th during the battle for Kyiv. According to city officials, there are confirmed bodies of residents under the rubbles. After the Russians retreated, emergency services started to clear rubbles. Photo credit: Serhii Korovayny for UNOCHA

7 April 2022, Borodyanka, Kyiv suburb, Ukraine. For several days now, Igor has been waiting for the firefighters to dig outthe bodies of two of his relatives, his niece and her mother, out of the rubble. In the Kyiv suburb of Borodyanka, 29 residential buildings and many more private houses were destroyed by Russian airstrikes on March 4 during the battle for Kyiv. According to city officials, there are confirmed bodies of residents under the rubbles. After the Russians retreated, emergency services started to clear rubbles. Rescuers are dismantling the debris around the clock but finding someone alive after such a long period of time is unrealistic. Photo credit: Serhii Korovayny via UNOCHA

12 April 2022. Village of Novoselivka, north of Chernihiv, Ukraine. Distribution of humanitarian aid. During the fighting, the village was badly damaged by bombing. There are streets with not a single house left. Photo credit: Serhii Korovayny

12 April 2022. Chernihiv in northern Ukraine was under siege and attack from Russian forces for over a month. Residential buildings and civilian infrastructure was damaged by Russian shelling and airstrikes. Many civilians died. A humanitarian centre run by volunteers operates in Chernihiv downtown to help all those in need of food, medicines, clothing and more. The centre worked, during the siege. In the photo above, people are standing in line for humanitarian kits. Photo credit: Serhii Korovayny via UNOCHA

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15 Jun 2020

Internally displaced persons

Binish, April 2020. A mother and her child walk back to the shelter they have found in a damaged school. They could not obtain a tent in the nearby IDP camp. © UNOCHA/Mohannad Zayat

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Syria: Displacement in Binish, Idleb, April 2020

24 January 2020, Katitika village, Kitui county, Kenya - A child attempts in vain to prevent a swarm of desert locusts from devouring crops and garden. The desert locusts have swarmed in Kenya from Somalia and Ethiopia, destroying farmlands. Ravenous swarms threaten entire East Africa subregion. FAO scales up its emergency response with a massive, border-spanning campaign needed to combat locust upsurge in East Africa. Given the scale of the current swarms, aerial control is the only effective means to reduce the locust numbers. FAO/Sven Torfinn

24 January 2020, Katitika village, Kitui county, Kenya - A view of a desert locust swarm in Kenya. The desert locusts have swarmed into Kenya from Somalia and Ethiopia, destroying farmlands. Ravenous swarms threaten entire East Africa subregion. FAO scales up its emergency response with a massive, border-spanning campaign needed to combat locust upsurge in East Africa. Given the scale of the current swarms, aerial control is the only effective means to reduce the locust numbers.

24 January 2020, Katitika village, Kitui county, Kenya - A farmer seeks in vain to save his crop from desert locusts. The desert locusts have swarmed in Kenya from Somalia and Ethiopia, destroying farmlands. Ravenous swarms threaten entire East Africa subregion. FAO scales up its emergency response with a massive, border-spanning campaign needed to combat locust upsurge in East Africa. Given the scale of the current swarms, aerial control is the only effective means to reduce the locust numbers.

Locusts can be seen covering the ground in Ceel-Gaal village, in Salal region, Somaliland, on Sunday 03 November 2019. Locusts are harmless when solitary, but become voracious when they congregate in groups and become more abundant. OSRO/SOM/907/UK

A staff member from the Ministry of Agriculture looks at the locust swarm in Ceel-Gaal village, in Salal region, Somaliland, on Sunday 03 November 2019. The Ministry of Agriculture are monitoring the problem, and digging holes in which to trap the locusts. Locusts are harmless when solitary, but become voracious when they congregate in groups and become more abundant. OSRO/SOM/907/UK

Staff members from the Ministry of Agriculture look at the locust swarm in Ceel-Gaal village, in Salal region, Somaliland, on Sunday 03 November 2019. The Ministry of Agriculture are monitoring the problem, and digging holes in which to trap the locusts. Locusts are harmless when solitary, but become voracious when they congregate in groups and become more abundant. OSRO/SOM/907/UK

Abdirizak Awlia, from the Ministry of Agriculture, takes notes on the locust swarm in Ceel-Gaal village, in Salal region, Somaliland, on Sunday 03 November 2019. The Ministry of Agriculture are monitoring the problem, and digging holes in which to trap the locusts. Locusts are harmless when solitary, but become voracious when they congregate in groups and become more abundant. OSRO/SOM/907/UK

Mohamed Omar (left), Abdirizak Awlia (centre), and Mohamed Said, from the Ministry of Agriculture, speak in Ceel-Gaal village, in Salal region, Somaliland, on Sunday 03 November 2019. The Ministry of Agriculture are monitoring the problem, and digging holes in which to trap the locusts. Locusts are harmless when solitary, but become voracious when they congregate in groups and become more abundant. OSRO/SOM/907/UK

Mohamed Said, Director of Plant and Protection, from the Ministry of Agriculture, takes notes on the locust swarm in Ceel-Gaal village, in Salal region, Somaliland, on Sunday 03 November 2019. The Ministry of Agriculture are monitoring the problem, and digging holes in which to trap the locusts. Locusts are harmless when solitary, but become voracious when they congregate in groups and become more abundant. OSRO/SOM/907/UK

An adult gregarious schistocerca gregaria, or Desert Locust, can be seen on the ground in Aisha Ade, Salal region, Somaliland, on 03 November 2019. OSRO/SOM/907/UK

Mohamed Omar from the Ministry of Agriculture holds an adult gregarious schistocerca gregaria, or Desert Locust, in Aisha Ade, Salal region, Somaliland, on 03 November 2019. OSRO/SOM/907/UK

Mohamed Omar (left), from the Ministry of Agriculture, and Abdilahi Bataax, a farmer (right), hold a desert locusts as they pose for a photo on Abdilahi's farmland in Aisha Ade village, Salal region, Somaliland, on 03 November 2019. Abdilahi says, "The first time I saw the locust was when it rained. The locust has now ibeen here for one month. It has eaten a lot of grass and we have nothing to prevent the damage." OSRO/SOM/907/UK

Locusts can be seen covering the ground in Chidhi village, in Salal region, Somaliland, on Sunday 03 November 2019. Locusts are harmless when solitary, but become voracious when they congregate in groups and become more abundant. OSRO/SOM/907/UK

Saleban Awale, 42, inspects his farmland in Ceel-Sheekh village, Awdal region, for evidence of the desert locust on 03 Noember 2019. He says, "All the soil contains locust eggs. If the locusts eat the fields, all our animals will go hungry." OSRO/SOM/907/UK

Mohamed Omar, from the Ministry of Agriculture, holds a Desert Locust in Ceel-Sheekh village, Awdal region, Somaliland, on 04 November 2019. OSRO/SOM/907/UK

A swarm of Desert Locusts in Chidhi village, Salal region, Somaliland, on 05 November 2019. OSRO/SOM/907/UK

A swarm of Desert Locusts in Chidhi village, Awdal region, Somaliland, on 05 November 2019. OSRO/SOM/907/UK

Haybe Agane poses for a photo on his farmland in Dooxa-Fuguxo village, Awdal region, Somaliland, on 05 Nvoember 2019. He says, "This is not the first time we have seen the desert locust. They move from place to place." OSRO/SOM/907/UK

A scorpion eats a locust on farmland in Chidhi village, Salal region, Somaliland, on 05 November 2019. OSRO/SOM/907/UK

A locust swarm can be seen on farmland in Chidhi village, Salal region, Somaliland, on 05 November 2019. OSRO/SOM/907/UK

Farmers look for traces of the Desert Locust on their farmland in Quljeed village, Salal region, Somaliland, on 05 November 2019. OSRO/SOM/907/UK

A view of farmland in Quljeed village, Salal region, Somaliland, on 05 November 2019. OSRO/SOM/907/UK

Ethiopia, Shilabo, December 2019 On the photograph: The impact of the locust invasion around Shilabo, Ogaden, Somali region in Ethiopia. Many locust have died as a result of spraying. Concerted efforts required to scale up interventions and avert a crisis The Desert Locust (Schistocerca gregaria) infestation in Ethiopia has deteriorated, despite ongoing ground and aerial control operations. Together with the Ethiopian Federal Ministry of Agriculture and the Desert Locust Control Organization for Eastern Africa, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has called for immediate action to control the infestation. Hoppers have fledged, and an increasing number of small immature and mature swarms have continued to devour crop and pasture fields in Tigray, Amhara, Oromia, and Somali regional states. In Amhara, some farms have registered nearly 100 percent loss of teff, a staple crop in Ethiopia. Moreover, eggs are hatching profusely and forming hopper bands in the Somali region, due to the heavy rainfall. The hopper bands recorded to date have covered more than 351 km2 and are consuming at least 1 755 000 MT of green vegetation per day. Ms. Fatouma Seid, the FAO Representative in Ethiopia said, “We need to act fast and mobilise the required resources urgently to scale up control and preventive measures. So far, hopper bands have been controlled in only 21 000 hectares, out of the 48 000 hectares surveyed between August and October 2019 in 56 breeding Woredas (districts). Control measures have become difficult in areas affected by ongoing insecurity, particularly in Dire Dawa city. If not controlled, the Desert Locusts could continue moving within Ethiopia and invade northeast Kenya, the western lowlands and highlands of Eritrea, the Red Sea coastal plains in Eritrea, and adjacent southern coastal areas in Sudan. In November and December 2019, FAO and the Government of Ethiopia will work to scale up control measures for fledgling hoppers, immature adults and newly arrived egg-laying swarms, particularly in the Somali region and other winter breeding areas. photo: Petterik Wiggers/Panos Pictures

Ethiopia, Shilabo, December 2019 On the photograph: The impact of the locust invasion around Shilabo, Ogaden, Somali region in Ethiopia. Concerted efforts required to scale up interventions and avert a crisis The Desert Locust (Schistocerca gregaria) infestation in Ethiopia has deteriorated, despite ongoing ground and aerial control operations. Together with the Ethiopian Federal Ministry of Agriculture and the Desert Locust Control Organization for Eastern Africa, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has called for immediate action to control the infestation. Hoppers have fledged, and an increasing number of small immature and mature swarms have continued to devour crop and pasture fields in Tigray, Amhara, Oromia, and Somali regional states. In Amhara, some farms have registered nearly 100 percent loss of teff, a staple crop in Ethiopia. Moreover, eggs are hatching profusely and forming hopper bands in the Somali region, due to the heavy rainfall. The hopper bands recorded to date have covered more than 351 km2 and are consuming at least 1 755 000 MT of green vegetation per day. Ms. Fatouma Seid, the FAO Representative in Ethiopia said, “We need to act fast and mobilise the required resources urgently to scale up control and preventive measures. So far, hopper bands have been controlled in only 21 000 hectares, out of the 48 000 hectares surveyed between August and October 2019 in 56 breeding Woredas (districts). Control measures have become difficult in areas affected by ongoing insecurity, particularly in Dire Dawa city. If not controlled, the Desert Locusts could continue moving within Ethiopia and invade northeast Kenya, the western lowlands and highlands of Eritrea, the Red Sea coastal plains in Eritrea, and adjacent southern coastal areas in Sudan. In November and December 2019, FAO and the Government of Ethiopia will work to scale up control measures for fledgling hoppers, immature adults and newly arrived egg-laying swarms, particularly in the Somali region and other winter breeding areas. photo: Petterik Wiggers/Panos Pictures

Ethiopia, Jijiga, December 2019 A government staff of the Ethiopian ministry of Agriculture is spraying against locust in the Somali region of Ethiopia. Concerted efforts required to scale up interventions and avert a crisis The Desert Locust (Schistocerca gregaria) infestation in Ethiopia has deteriorated, despite ongoing ground and aerial control operations. Together with the Ethiopian Federal Ministry of Agriculture and the Desert Locust Control Organization for Eastern Africa, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has called for immediate action to control the infestation. Hoppers have fledged, and an increasing number of small immature and mature swarms have continued to devour crop and pasture fields in Tigray, Amhara, Oromia, and Somali regional states. In Amhara, some farms have registered nearly 100 percent loss of teff, a staple crop in Ethiopia. Moreover, eggs are hatching profusely and forming hopper bands in the Somali region, due to the heavy rainfall. The hopper bands recorded to date have covered more than 351 km2 and are consuming at least 1 755 000 MT of green vegetation per day. Ms. Fatouma Seid, the FAO Representative in Ethiopia said, “We need to act fast and mobilise the required resources urgently to scale up control and preventive measures. So far, hopper bands have been controlled in only 21 000 hectares, out of the 48 000 hectares surveyed between August and October 2019 in 56 breeding Woredas (districts). Control measures have become difficult in areas affected by ongoing insecurity, particularly in Dire Dawa city. If not controlled, the Desert Locusts could continue moving within Ethiopia and invade northeast Kenya, the western lowlands and highlands of Eritrea, the Red Sea coastal plains in Eritrea, and adjacent southern coastal areas in Sudan. In November and December 2019, FAO and the Government of Ethiopia will work to scale up control measures for fledgling hoppers, immature adults and newly arrived egg-laying swarms, particularly in the Somali region and other winter breeding areas. photo: Petterik Wiggers/Panos Pictures

December 2019, Shilabo, Ogaden, Somali region - Ethiopia - An invasion of locust in the Somali region of Ethiopia. Concerted efforts required to scale up interventions and avert a crisis. Photo credit must be given: ©FAO/Petterik Wiggers. Editorial use only. Copyright ©FAO.

Ethiopia, Jijiga, December 2019 Concerted efforts required to scale up interventions and avert a crisis A herd of camels is trying to find its way through an invasion of locust in the Somali region of Ethiopia. The Desert Locust (Schistocerca gregaria) infestation in Ethiopia has deteriorated, despite ongoing ground and aerial control operations. Together with the Ethiopian Federal Ministry of Agriculture and the Desert Locust Control Organization for Eastern Africa, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has called for immediate action to control the infestation. Hoppers have fledged, and an increasing number of small immature and mature swarms have continued to devour crop and pasture fields in Tigray, Amhara, Oromia, and Somali regional states. In Amhara, some farms have registered nearly 100 percent loss of teff, a staple crop in Ethiopia. Moreover, eggs are hatching profusely and forming hopper bands in the Somali region, due to the heavy rainfall. The hopper bands recorded to date have covered more than 351 km2 and are consuming at least 1 755 000 MT of green vegetation per day. Ms. Fatouma Seid, the FAO Representative in Ethiopia said, “We need to act fast and mobilise the required resources urgently to scale up control and preventive measures. So far, hopper bands have been controlled in only 21 000 hectares, out of the 48 000 hectares surveyed between August and October 2019 in 56 breeding Woredas (districts). Control measures have become difficult in areas affected by ongoing insecurity, particularly in Dire Dawa city. If not controlled, the Desert Locusts could continue moving within Ethiopia and invade northeast Kenya, the western lowlands and highlands of Eritrea, the Red Sea coastal plains in Eritrea, and adjacent southern coastal areas in Sudan. In November and December 2019, FAO and the Government of Ethiopia will work to scale up control measures for fledgling hoppers, immature adults and newly arrived egg-laying swarms, particularly in the Somali region and other winter breeding areas. photo: Petterik Wiggers/Panos Pictures

Ethiopia, Jijiga, December 2019 on the photograph: an invasion of locust in the Somali region of Ethiopia. Concerted efforts required to scale up interventions and avert a crisis The Desert Locust (Schistocerca gregaria) infestation in Ethiopia has deteriorated, despite ongoing ground and aerial control operations. Together with the Ethiopian Federal Ministry of Agriculture and the Desert Locust Control Organization for Eastern Africa, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has called for immediate action to control the infestation. Hoppers have fledged, and an increasing number of small immature and mature swarms have continued to devour crop and pasture fields in Tigray, Amhara, Oromia, and Somali regional states. In Amhara, some farms have registered nearly 100 percent loss of teff, a staple crop in Ethiopia. Moreover, eggs are hatching profusely and forming hopper bands in the Somali region, due to the heavy rainfall. The hopper bands recorded to date have covered more than 351 km2 and are consuming at least 1 755 000 MT of green vegetation per day. Ms. Fatouma Seid, the FAO Representative in Ethiopia said, “We need to act fast and mobilise the required resources urgently to scale up control and preventive measures. So far, hopper bands have been controlled in only 21 000 hectares, out of the 48 000 hectares surveyed between August and October 2019 in 56 breeding Woredas (districts). Control measures have become difficult in areas affected by ongoing insecurity, particularly in Dire Dawa city. If not controlled, the Desert Locusts could continue moving within Ethiopia and invade northeast Kenya, the western lowlands and highlands of Eritrea, the Red Sea coastal plains in Eritrea, and adjacent southern coastal areas in Sudan. In November and December 2019, FAO and the Government of Ethiopia will work to scale up control measures for fledgling hoppers, immature adults and newly arrived egg-laying swarms, particularly in the Somali region and other winter breeding areas. photo: Petterik Wiggers/Panos Pictures

22 January 2020, Samburu County, Lengusaka, Kenya - Officials FAO delegation and Government of Kenya during the visit in the area invaded by locusts. The team discusses plan of action in the field. Ravenous swarms threaten entire East Africa subregion. FAO scales up its emergency response with a massive, border-spanning campaign needed to combat locust upsurge in East Africa. Given the scale of the current swarms, aerial control is the only effective means to reduce the locust numbers.

23 January 2020, Samburu County, Lengusaka, Kenya - FAO ground team inspect and procede to trapped of the locusts after an aerial spraying in the invaded area. FAO delegation and officials Kenya Government visiting the area invaded by locust. Ravenous swarms threaten entire East Africa subregion. FAO scales up its emergency response with a massive, border-spanning campaign needed to combat locust upsurge in East Africa. Given the scale of the current swarms, aerial control is the only effective means to reduce the locust numbers.

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15 Jun 2020

Locusts East Africa 2020

MARCH 7 2017. MOGADISHU, SOMALIA Internally Displaced Persons at a World Food Program aid center at the 'KM-13' camp on the outskirts of Mogadishu. Many of these people have walked for days from rural villages looking for food in the nation's capital. Context: According to the United Nations February 2017 OCHA (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) report, famine could very soon be a reality in Somalia, largely due consecutive and severe drought. There are already worrying similarities to the situation in 2011, when 260,000 died. In the worst affected areas, chiefly rural communities, crops have been wiped out and livestock died, while communities are being forced to sell their assets, and borrow money and food to survive. Some 6.2 million are in need of humanitarian assistance. Of these, 3 million people cannot meet their daily food requirements and need urgent humanitarian assistance. UN humanitarian efforts, from UN agencies such as UN OCHA, World Food Program (WFP) and UNICEF as well as on the ground NGO's, are all in overdrive mode providing a combination of food distribution, access and security as well as medical support and treatment. Photograph by Giles Clarke/Getty Images Reportage

DINSOR, SOMALIA. March 8 2017. An Internally Displaced Persons camp in Dinsor, Somalia. Somalia is in the grip of an intense drought, induced by consecutive seasons of poor rainfall. The country is on the brink of a famine, just six years after another famine led to the loss of a quarter of a million lives. In the worst-affected areas, inadequate rainfall and lack of water have wiped out crops and killed livestock, leaving half the population (6.2 million people) in need of humanitarian assistance. Nearly 3 million of these people cannot meet their daily food requirements. Over a quarter of a million people fled their homes between November 2016 and the end of February 2017. More than 11,000 cases of acute watery diarrhoea (AWD)/cholera have been reported, including 268 related deaths, as drought conditions worsen across the country. (Source: UN OCHA) Photograph by Giles Clarke/Getty Images Reportage

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA. March 6 2017. An elderly Internally Displaced Woman sits in a tent in a camp in central Mogadishu. Somalia is in the grip of an intense drought, induced by consecutive seasons of poor rainfall. The country is on the brink of a famine, just six years after another famine led to the loss of a quarter of a million lives. In the worst-affected areas, inadequate rainfall and lack of water have wiped out crops and killed livestock, leaving half the population (6.2 million people) in need of humanitarian assistance. Nearly 3 million of these people cannot meet their daily food requirements. Over a quarter of a million people fled their homes between November 2016 and the end of February 2017. More than 11,000 cases of acute watery diarrhoea (AWD)/cholera have been reported, including 268 related deaths, as drought conditions worsen across the country. (Source: UN OCHA) Photograph by Giles Clarke/Getty Images Reportage

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA, MARCH 7 2017. Somali women and a baby wait for humanitarian aid registration at a World Food Program center in Mogadishu. According to an United Nations February 2017 OCHA (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) report, famine could very soon be a reality in Somalia, largely due consecutive and severe drought. There are already worrying similarities to the situation in 2011, when 260,000 died. In the worst affected areas, chiefly rural communities, crops have been wiped out and livestock died, while communities are being forced to sell their assets, and borrow money and food to survive. Some 6.2 million are in need of humanitarian assistance. Of these, 3 million people cannot meet their daily food requirements and need urgent humanitarian assistance. UN humanitarian efforts, from UN agencies such as UN OCHA, World Food Program (WFP) and UNICEF as well as on the ground NGO's, are all in overdrive mode providing a combination of food distribution, access and security as well as medical support and treatment. Photograph by Giles Clarke/Getty Images Reportage

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA, MARCH 7 2017. A Somali woman waits before registering for humanitarian aid at a World Food Program center in Mogadishu. Personal details and fingerprints are recorded before applicants receive a World Food Program 'SCOPE' credit card which allows the beneficiary an allowance to spend cash at local food vendors. According to an United Nations February 2017 OCHA (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) report, famine could very soon be a reality in Somalia, largely due consecutive and severe drought. There are already worrying similarities to the situation in 2011, when 260,000 died. In the worst affected areas, chiefly rural communities, crops have been wiped out and livestock died, while communities are being forced to sell their assets, and borrow money and food to survive. Some 6.2 million are in need of humanitarian assistance. Of these, 3 million people cannot meet their daily food requirements and need urgent humanitarian assistance. UN humanitarian efforts, from UN agencies such as UN OCHA, World Food Program (WFP) and UNICEF as well as on the ground NGO's, are all in overdrive mode providing a combination of food distribution, access and security as well as medical support and treatment. Photograph by Giles Clarke/Getty Images Reportage

DINSOOR, SOMALIA - MARCH 8: An UNHAS (UN Humanitarian Air Service) plane in Dinsoor in central Somalia. UNHAS is a service critical to field assessments for both security and distribution as well moving humanitarian workers. According to an United Nations February 2017 OCHA (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) report, famine could very soon be a reality in Somalia, largely due consecutive and severe drought. There are already worrying similarities to the situation in 2011, when 260,000 died. In the worst affected areas, chiefly rural communities, crops have been wiped out and livestock died, while communities are being forced to sell their assets, and borrow money and food to survive. Some 6.2 million are in need of humanitarian assistance. Of these, 3 million people cannot meet their daily food requirements and need urgent humanitarian assistance. UN humanitarian efforts, from UN agencies such as UN OCHA, World Food Program (WFP) and UNICEF as well as on the ground NGO's, are all in overdrive mode providing a combination of food distribution, access and security as well as medical support and treatment. Photograph by Giles Clarke/Getty Images Reportage

DINSOOR, BAY REGION, SOMALIA. March 8 2017. A Somali woman reaches out for aid at a World Food Program food distribution center in Dinsoor, Central Somalia. According to an United Nations February 2017 OCHA (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) report, famine could very soon be a reality in Somalia, largely due consecutive and severe drought. There are already worrying similarities to the situation in 2011, when 260,000 died. In the worst affected areas, chiefly rural communities, crops have been wiped out and livestock died, while communities are being forced to sell their assets, and borrow money and food to survive. Some 6.2 million are in need of humanitarian assistance. Of these, 3 million people cannot meet their daily food requirements and need urgent humanitarian assistance. UN humanitarian efforts, from UN agencies such as UN OCHA, World Food Program (WFP) and UNICEF as well as on the ground NGO's, are all in overdrive mode providing a combination of food distribution, access and security as well as medical support and treatment. Photograph by Giles Clarke/Getty Images Reportage

In the western desert town of Dinsoor, newly arrived drought victims rush toward food supplies delivered by the UN's World Food Program. According to a United Nations February 2017 report, famine could soon be a reality in Somalia, largely due consecutive and severe drought. There are already worrying similarities to the situation in 2011, when 260,000 died. In the worst affected areas, chiefly rural communities, crops have been wiped out and livestock died, while communities are being forced to sell their assets, and borrow money and food to survive. Some 6.2 million are in need of humanitarian assistance. Of these, 3 million people cannot meet their daily food requirements and need urgent humanitarian assistance. UN humanitarian efforts, from UN agencies such as UN OCHA, World Food Program (WFP) and UNICEF as well as on the ground NGO's, are all in overdrive mode providing the a combination of food distribution, access and security as well as medical support and treatment. Cholera has now taken hold in remote areas as water sources become scarce and that available has become expensive to buy. Villagers affected, mostly in the southern part of the country, have resorted to drinking stagnant and dirty water with the last count of cholera victims now past 7,500. With the rainy season due in April, the probability of full-out famine will become a stark reality if the season again provides a lower than needed rainfall amount. Photograph by Giles Clarke/Getty Images Reportage Somalia, 2017 In the western desert town of Dinsoor, newly arrived drought victims rush toward food supplies delivered by the UN's World Food Program. OCHA/Giles Clarke According to a United Nations February 2017 report, famine could soon be a reality in Somalia, largely due consecutive and severe drought. There are already worrying similarities to the situation in 2011, when 260,000 died. In the worst affected areas, chiefly rural communities, crops have been wiped out and livestock died, while communities are being forced to sell their assets, and borrow money and food to survive. Some 6.2 million are in need of humanitarian assistance. Of these, 3 million people cannot meet their daily food requirements and need urgent humanitarian assistance. UN humanitarian efforts, from UN agencies such as UN OCHA, World Food Program (WFP) and UNICEF as well as on the ground NGO's, are all in overdrive mode providing the a combination of food distribution, access and security as well as medical support and treatment. Cholera has now taken hold in remote areas as water sources become scarce and that available has become expensive to buy. Villagers affected, mostly in the southern part of the country, have resorted to drinking stagnant and dirty water with the last count of cholera victims now past 7,500. With the rainy season due in April, the probability of full-out famine will become a stark reality if the season again provides a lower than needed rainfall amount. Photograph by Giles Clarke/Getty Images Reportage

DINSOOR, BAY REGION, SOMALIA - 8 March 2017. A cholera-stricken woman with her children in a former prison in Wajid, Somalia. Somalia is in the grip of an intense drought, induced by consecutive seasons of poor rainfall. The country is on the brink of a famine, just six years after another famine led to the loss of a quarter of a million lives. In the worst-affected areas, inadequate rainfall and lack of water have wiped out crops and killed livestock, leaving half the population (6.2 million people) in need of humanitarian assistance. Nearly 3 million of these people cannot meet their daily food requirements. Over a quarter of a million people fled their homes between November 2016 and the end of February 2017. More than 11,000 cases of acute watery diarrhoea (AWD)/cholera have been reported, including 268 related deaths, as drought conditions worsen across the country. (Source: UN OCHA) Photograph by Giles Clarke/Getty Images Reportage

DINSOOR, BAY REGION, SOMALIA. March 8 2017. A father sits by his cholera-stricken child in a former prison in the remote central Somali town of Dinsoor. Cholera has now taken hold in remote areas as water sources become scarce and that available has become expensive to buy. Villagers affected, mostly in the southern part of the country, have resorted to drinking stagnant and dirty water with the last count of cholera victims now past 7,500. According to an United Nations February 2017 OCHA (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) report, famine could very soon be a reality in Somalia, largely due consecutive and severe drought. There are already worrying similarities to the situation in 2011, when 260,000 died. In the worst affected areas, chiefly rural communities, crops have been wiped out and livestock died, while communities are being forced to sell their assets, and borrow money and food to survive. Some 6.2 million are in need of humanitarian assistance. Of these, 3 million people cannot meet their daily food requirements and need urgent humanitarian assistance. UN humanitarian efforts, from UN agencies such as UN OCHA, World Food Program (WFP) and UNICEF as well as on the ground NGO's, are all in overdrive mode providing the a combination of food distribution, access and security as well as medical support and treatment. Photograph by Giles Clarke/Getty Images Reportage

DINSOOR, BAY REGION, SOMALIA. March 8 2017. Cholera-stricken victims in a former prison in the remote central Somali town of Dinsoor. Cholera has now taken hold in remote areas as water sources become scarce and that available has become expensive to buy. Villagers affected, mostly in the southern part of the country, have resorted to drinking stagnant and dirty water with the last count of cholera victims now past 7,500. According to an United Nations February 2017 OCHA (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) report, famine could very soon be a reality in Somalia, largely due consecutive and severe drought. There are already worrying similarities to the situation in 2011, when 260,000 died. In the worst affected areas, chiefly rural communities, crops have been wiped out and livestock died, while communities are being forced to sell their assets, and borrow money and food to survive. Some 6.2 million are in need of humanitarian assistance. Of these, 3 million people cannot meet their daily food requirements and need urgent humanitarian assistance. UN humanitarian efforts, from UN agencies such as UN OCHA, World Food Program (WFP) and UNICEF as well as on the ground NGO's, are all in overdrive mode providing a combination of food distribution, access and security as well as medical support and treatment. Photograph by Giles Clarke/Getty Images Reportage

DINSOOR, BAY REGION, SOMALIA. March 8 2017. Scenes from a World Food Program supplemental nutrition center in Dinsoor, Central Somalia. According to an United Nations February 2017 OCHA (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) report, famine could very soon be a reality in Somalia, largely due consecutive and severe drought. There are already worrying similarities to the situation in 2011, when 260,000 died. In the worst affected areas, chiefly rural communities, crops have been wiped out and livestock died, while communities are being forced to sell their assets, and borrow money and food to survive. Some 6.2 million are in need of humanitarian assistance. Of these, 3 million people cannot meet their daily food requirements and need urgent humanitarian assistance. UN humanitarian efforts, from UN agencies such as UN OCHA, World Food Program (WFP) and UNICEF as well as on the ground NGO's, are all in overdrive mode providing a combination of food distribution, access and security as well as medical support and treatment. Photograph by Giles Clarke/Getty Images Reportage

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA. MARCH 9 2017. Recently arrived internally displaced women and children wait in a 'wet-food' line at a World Food Program center in Mogadishu, Somalia. Thousands of people have poured into the Somali capital over the past few weeks in search for food and water at the severe drought takes hold in remote rural regions. According to an United Nations February 2017 OCHA (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) report, famine could very soon be a reality in Somalia, largely due consecutive and severe drought. There are already worrying similarities to the situation in 2011, when 260,000 died. In the worst affected areas, chiefly rural communities, crops have been wiped out and livestock died, while communities are being forced to sell their assets, and borrow money and food to survive. Some 6.2 million are in need of humanitarian assistance. Of these, 3 million people cannot meet their daily food requirements and need urgent humanitarian assistance. UN humanitarian efforts, from UN agencies such as UN OCHA, World Food Program (WFP) and UNICEF as well as on the ground NGO's, are all in overdrive mode providing a combination of food distribution, access and security as well as medical support and treatment. Photograph by Giles Clarke/Getty Images Reportage

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Somalia

The Obok refugee camp hosts hundreds of Yemeni families who have fled the conflict. Temperatures can reach 50 C during summer. Credit: OCHA/ Charlotte Cans

KHAMIR IDP SETTLEMENT, AMRAN GOVERNORATE, YEMEN - 14 APRIL 2017. Ibtissam, 15, lives in a ragged tent with her 7 siblings, in an IDP settlement in Khamir, about 100 km north of the capital Sana'a. The settlement houses more than 400 internally displaced families. Ibtissam and her family fled here from the northern city of Saada. They have been living in this IDP settlement in Khamir ever since. Ibtissam and her siblings are among the more than 3 million people who have fled their homes in search for safety and security since the escalation of the conflict in 2015. ©UNOCHA/Giles Clarke

KHAMIR IDP SETTLEMENT, AMRAN GOVERNORATE, YEMEN - 14 APRIL 2017. Children carry water containers in the Khamir IDP settlement. The landowners recently turned off the main water supply, meaning residents have to trek long distances to fetch water. Today, half of Yemen’s population lacks clean water, sanitation and hygiene services. Credit: Giles Clarke/OCHA

KHAMIR IDP SETTLEMENT, AMRAN GOVERNORATE, YEMEN - 14 APRIL 2017. Most of the 409 families who live in this settlement have been displaced multiple times. They fled here from Saada when the conflict escalated in 2015. There is no more water in the settlement. The landlords, unhappy to see these families occupying their lands for two years now, have reportedly damaged the only water point in the settlement. Credit: Giles Clarke/OCHA

KHAMIR IDP SETTLEMENT, AMRAN GOVERNORATE, YEMEN - 14 APRIL 2017. A displaced family sits in their tent in the Khamir IDP settlement. The father, Ayoub Ali, is 25 years old and has four children with his wife Juma'a. He struggles to feed his family on a daily basis, and is forced to beg in a nearby town. An estimated 17 million people in Yemen, roughly 60 per cent of the total population, are currently food insecure. This represents a 33 per cent increase since late 2014. Credit: Giles Clarke/OCHA

AN-NASSIRI VILLAGE, AL- DHAHI DISTRICT, YEMEN - 16 APRIL 2017. Women and girls in Yemen were already disadvantaged before the conflict, but now they have lost their protection mechanisms and become increasingly vulnerable to violence and abuse. Photo by Giles Clarke for UNOCHA

AN-NASSIRI VILLAGE, YEMEN. 16 APRIL 2017. This 90-year-old woman has been blind for one year. People with disabilities face increased vulnerability in the crisis, including limited access to assistance and higher risks of abuse and violence. UNOCHA/Giles Clarke

AL HUDAYDAH, HAJJAH ROAD BRIDGE, YEMEN - 16 APRIL 2017. A man and his sons travel to collect water underneath a bridge that was hit by an airstrike in mid-2016. Parties to the conflict have attacked civilian targets and infrastructure, including 325 verified attacks on schools, health facilities, markets, roads and other sites. Credit: UNOCHA/Giles Clarke

PORT OF AL HUDAYDAH, YEMEN - 17 APRIL 2017. The cranes have been out of service since mid-2015, with little hope of repair anytime soon. Credit: Giles Clarke/OCHA

AL THAWRA HOSPITAL, AL HUDAYDAH, YEMEN - 15 APRIL 2017. Saleh is four months old and suffers from severe acute malnutrition. He weighs 2.5 kg and was admitted to the hospital on April 14th. His 22-year-old mother Nora already has five children and was forcibly married at the age of 11. She had her first child when she 12 and a half years old. Among displaced families in Yemen, child marriage has become an increasingly common coping strategy. A 2016 thematic assessment by UNFPA and INTERSOS on child marriage found that a trend previously in decline is now soaring. According to the latest UN figures, 462,000 children suffer from severe acute malnutrition in Yemen today, a nearly 200% increase since 2014. Credit: Giles Clarke/OCHA

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