As once again, there’s talk about Afghan refugees in the media, these photos and stories behind them provide some context on what Afghans endure under the Taliban, which has made them take the very difficult, dangerous and often undignified journey in search of safety and opportunities for survival

and other restrictions on Afghan women's employment had on the emergency response to Afghanistan's devastating August 31st earthquake.

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The Ukrainian healthcare community operates under extreme stress and saving lives while undertaking severe risk and trauma themselves.

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And even while conducting the transplant, a few hours later, Dr Todurov could hear and feel the explosions of the Russian drones and missiles around him. "Surgeries need to be conducted with precision; you need attention, focus, and we are doing this with explosions around us," he said.

A video made by Todurov shows their vehicle dodging explosions as Ukrainian air defenses fought off Russian drones. "On our way, we saw a lot of drones, and buildings that they targeted that were on fire," he said.

UN mining expert Paul Heslop says there are already more than 1m mines scattered across Ukraine, and that Russian forces “widely booby trapped” parts of the country as they retreated.

“Two of my children – my 19-year-old son and my 22-year-old daughter – died on the spot. I lost consciousness and my youngest daughter was severely injured. My 14-year-old son, Mykhailo, sustained a concussion, but he dragged us out of the vehicle,” she says.

In the winter of 2022, Kryvorotko left her recently liberated town with 4 children to seek refuge with relatives.

What they didn’t know was the retreating Russian army had used mines and explosives to turn the civilian roads into death traps. Kryvorotko’s car detonated one such landmine

He is among significantly rising number of child casualties—by 200 percent this year—from Russian attacks in #Ukraine. Experts are terming attacks on civilian infrastructure, places where children gather, as war crime.

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Mark survived the attack thanks to his mother’s quick thinking and protection, but he has endured injuries and a trauma that will take many years to heal. He suffered from fractures to his skull, a crushed nose and injuries that have left him blind in one eye.

But that wasn’t enough to save them when a Shahed drone—the size of a small car—hit their house. Mark’s grandparents were injured, and his mum was killed, but even in death she was curled protectively around Mark, saving his life, his father described.

On night of May 18, Mark’s town came under massive Russian attack, dramatically changing the course of his life. His family hid in a room they believed was the safest, removed by at least two walls from the exterior of the house – a rule Ukrainians have learned to stay alive.