World Refugee Day: Children in the Vortex of Exile
On World Refugee Day, June 20, AP published a series of touching photos of children, the most pitiful victims among refugees fleeing violence, poverty and war.
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| Laiba Hazrat, a 6-year-old Afghan girl, covers herself with a blanket in the cold on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. |
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| Zawar Khan, another Afghan refugee, chases soap bubbles blown by other children in a playground in a refugee camp on the outskirts of the Pakistani capital. War in their homeland has driven many to flee for their lives and hope for a brighter future. |
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| Five-year-old Syrian girl Zahra Mahmoud lives with her family in a refugee camp in Mafraq, Jordan. The war between rebels and forces loyal to leader Bashar al-Assad and the rampage of the Islamic State (IS) has forced millions of Syrians to flee. |
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| Zubaida Faisal, 10, plays in a refugee camp in Mafraq. They live in makeshift tents set up with the help of international organizations. |
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| Huda Alsayil, 20, holds her newborn son in a refugee camp in Mafraq. Poor conditions mean the children are not well cared for. |
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| Mariam Mohammed, a 7-month-old boy from Hama, Syria, sleeps under a mosquito net in the Jordan Valley, Jordan. Mohammed and many others live in makeshift camps. |
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| Lal Mina, 3, shares a blanket with her mother in the cold weather of Pakistan. Leaving their home in Afghanistan has not brought the bright future Mina's family had hoped for. |
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| Abdullah Ahmed, 10, was burned in an airstrike in Atmeh, Syria. Homes have been destroyed, forcing many families to live in makeshift camps in their hometown. |
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| Amjad Al-Saleh, with his mother outside a refugee camp on the Syrian-Turkish border. They hope to reach refugee camps in neighboring countries. |
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| Syrians, mostly women and children, on a special Hungarian police train taking them to the Austrian border to move deeper into Europe. |
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| An Iraqi refugee child huddles in his father's lap as people light a fire to keep warm at the train station in Tovarnik, Croatia. |
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| An Iraqi refugee family cries tears of joy as their rickety boat from Turkey arrives safely on the Greek island of Lesbos. |
According to Zing
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