A US Marine gives a bar of chocolate to a boy during a security patrol.

A US marine waves at a child sleeping in a cot in the courtyard of a house where they are conducting a security patrol.

US marines stand beside a child sleeping in a cot in the courtyard of a house where they are conducting a security patrol.

A boy who was injured in a Taliban attack lies in a bed in Mirvays Hospital where he is being treated alongside other civilians. After the start of their annual spring offensive across the country, hu...

A US Marine stands guard while a group of children look on from the doorway of a house.

Refugees pray in the courtyard of a mosque at the Maslakh Refugee Camp.

Refugees pray in the courtyard of a mosque at the Maslakh Refugee Camp.

Children pump water at an IDP camp for people who have come, primarily from Helmand province, to the capital city.

Children playing on swings as they enjoy their weekend at a park.

A man tends a fire as a group of children, illuminated by the flames stand beside him.

A girl at the Red Cross orthopedic hospital.

A US Marine conducts a patrol, with several young boys and their donkeys following.

Children looking through a window stained with dust.

Boys play football in an empty swimming pool built during the Soviet occupation.

Mamman Isa, who runs Sheikh Mal, at the Mamman Mai Mari Qur̢۪anic Islamic and Rehabilitation Centre is interviewed for Human Rights Watch. At the facilty men and boys, some as young as 10 years old,...

Mamman Isa, who runs Sheikh Mal, at the Mamman Mai Mari Qur̢۪anic Islamic and Rehabilitation Centre is interviewed for Human Rights Watch. At the facilty men and boys, some as young as 10 years old,...

Men whose ankles are shackled to iron bars at the Mamman Mai Mari Qur'anic Islamic and Rehabilitation Centre where men and boys, some as young as 10 years old, are shackled for perceived or actual dru...

Sheikh Mal. Mamman Mai Mari Qur̢۪anic Islamic and Rehabilitation Centre Durayi Kano City where men and boys, as young as 10 years old, are shackled for perceived or actual drug addiction, for commit...

Bowls of food ready to be given to 'patients' at the Mamman Mai Mari Qur'anic Islamic and Rehabilitation Centre where men and boys, some as young as 10 years old, are shackled for perceived or actual...

Bowls of food ready to be given to 'patients' at the Mamman Mai Mari Qur'anic Islamic and Rehabilitation Centre where men and boys, some as young as 10 years old, are shackled for perceived or actual...

Men whose ankles are shackled to iron bars at the Mamman Mai Mari Qur'anic Islamic and Rehabilitation Centre where men and boys, some as young as 10 years old, are shackled for perceived or actual dru...

Men whose ankles are shackled to iron bars at the Mamman Mai Mari Qur'anic Islamic and Rehabilitation Centre where men and boys, some as young as 10 years old, are shackled for perceived or actual dru...

Men whose ankles are shackled to iron bars at the Mamman Mai Mari Qur'anic Islamic and Rehabilitation Centre where men and boys, some as young as 10 years old, are shackled for perceived or actual dru...

Men whose ankles are shackled to iron bars at the Mamman Mai Mari Qur'anic Islamic and Rehabilitation Centre where men and boys, some as young as 10 years old, are shackled for perceived or actual dru...

A man whose ankles are shackled with an iron bar at the Mamman Mai Mari Qur'anic Islamic and Rehabilitation Centre where men and boys, some as young as 10 years old, are shackled for perceived or actu...

A man whose ankles are shackled with an iron bar at the Mamman Mai Mari Qur'anic Islamic and Rehabilitation Centre where men and boys, some as young as 10 years old, are shackled for perceived or actu...

A man whose ankles are shackled with an iron bar at the Mamman Mai Mari Qur'anic Islamic and Rehabilitation Centre where men and boys, some as young as 10 years old, are shackled for perceived or actu...

A man whose ankles are shackled with iron bars copies out Islamic texts at the Mamman Mai Mari Qur'anic Islamic and Rehabilitation Centre where men and boys, some as young as 10 years old, are shackle...

Boys locked together to iron bars in the Mamman Mai Mari Qur'anic Islamic and Rehabilitation Centre where men and boys, some as young as 10 years old, are shackled for perceived or actual drug addicti...

A holding cell for men and boys, some as young as 12, at Sabuwar Gandu, an Islamic rehabilitation centre in Kano. Men and boys are shackled and locked up for their perceived or actual drug addictions...

A holding cell for men and boys, some as young as 12, at Sabuwar Gandu, an Islamic rehabilitation centre in Kano. Men and boys are shackled and locked up for their perceived or actual drug addictions...

A holding cell for men and boys, some as young as 12, at Sabuwar Gandu, an Islamic rehabilitation centre in Kano. Men and boys are shackled and locked up for their perceived or actual drug addictions...

A holding cell for men and boys, some as young as 12, at Sabuwar Gandu, an Islamic rehabilitation centre in Kano. Men and boys are shackled and locked up for their perceived or actual drug addictions...

Ramadan (25) has been held for two months in a holding cell for men and boys, some as young as 12, at Sabuwar Gandu, an Islamic rehabilitation centre in Kano. Men and boys are shackled and locked up f...

A holding cell for men and boys, some as young as 12, at Sabuwar Gandu, an Islamic rehabilitation centre in Kano. Men and boys are shackled and locked up for their perceived or actual drug addictions...

36 year old Ma'aji has been held for four months in a holding cell for men and boys, some as young as 12, at Sabuwar Gandu, an Islamic rehabilitation centre in Kano. Men and boys are shackled and lock...

A holding cell for men and boys, some as young as 12, at Sabuwar Gandu, an Islamic rehabilitation centre in Kano. Men and boys are shackled and locked up for their perceived or actual drug addictions...

A US Marine passesa boy riding a donkey while conducting a security patrol.

A US Marine passesa boy riding a donkey while conducting a security patrol.

Altar boys and an altar girl holding lighted candles during an Easter Vigil on the night of Holy Saturday in a meditation garden.

A US marine sits on a camel led by a child as he participates in a security patrol.

A group of young Afghans interacting with a passing US Marine patrol.

A US marine participates in a security patrol passing villagers.

Altar boys and girls of the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary meditate at the Lord's Tomb in a Meditation Garden.

A group of people observe a passing US Marine patrol.

Altar boys and girls of the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary meditate at the Lord's Tomb in a Meditation Garden.

Two boys walk through food flood water in the Shuwari camp, home for some of the thousands of IDPs that are struggling to exist after fleeing from their homes due to the actions of Boko Haram.

An eight year old Matyas, dressed in Chod folklore costume, walks through the Mrakov village making noise with a wooden rattle, a substitute for the ringing of church bells. Â 

Children dressed in Chod folklore costumes walking through the Mrakov village making noise with wooden rattles which are a substitute for the ringing of church bells. Â 

Samira Daniel, who was raped by members of Boko Haram, and lost the baby she was carrying. Eventually she managed to escape to safety but tragically four of her children died en route to the IDP camp...

Boys dressed in Chod folklore costumes, L-R: Vasek (11), Simon (11), Matyas (8) and Vita (15), relaxing on a bench as they make noise with wooden rattles as a substitute for the ringing of church bell...

Boys and their flock of sheep are seen through the window of a US military vehicle.

Ibrahim Jiddern with two of his children walk through through an IDP camp where he has fled with his family who are among thousands struggling to exist in various camps after fleeing their homes due t...

Catholic priest Pavel Petrasovsky offers a girl a Communion wafer during a Maundy Thursday Mass conducted in a Meditation Garden.

Children in one of Dikwa's IDP camps, up to 6,500 displaced people are struggling to exist in after fleeing from their homes due to the actions of Boko Haram.

An eight year old Maruska, an altar girl, praying during a Maundy Thursday Mass conducted in a Meditation Garden.

Simon, an eleven year old altar boy, holds a pitcher of water for Catholic priest Pavel Petrasovsky who washes the feet of believers during a Maundy Thursday Mass conducted in a Meditation Garden.

A boy stands outside Oke Oloro where the shackling mental health patient's ankles is common practice. Traditional healer Sheu Saliu Ibrahim, who runs the clinic, uses herbal medicine and prayer to tre...

A US Marine conducting a patrol looks towards to men in the foreground, in Helmand Province.

A soldier taking part in a US marine security patrol smiles while passing two boys playing on the ground.

An altar boy carries an incense burner during a Holy Thursday Mass conducted in a Meditation Garden.

A baby, covered by a netting to protect her from flies, sleeps at a camp for internally displaced people.

A boy lights a cigarette while other boys look on in the Pol-e Kheshti Market, one of the country's busiest trade districts.

Dust rises as children play a game of football in the old city.

Dust rises as children play a game of football in the old city.

A child in a tree in the village of Koko.

Fareeba, who set herself on fire in 2009, shows her burn scars as her mother brushes her hair at their home in Herat. Forced marriages and a lack of education contribute to a recent spate of suicide a...

A class of boys study the Quran at the Islami Noor madrassa.

Children carrying munitions up to Ahmad Shah Massoud's fighters in the so-called 'Eagle's Nest'.

Men sit in the seats of a taxi while women and children are transported in its open boot.

A boy sprays water to cool participants as Shia Muslims commemorate Ashura inside a mosque in the Chindawol district.

A widow selling the only thing she has left, a carpet.

A boy shoots with an AK47 at Pul-e-Charkhi prison, notorious for the cruel treatment of detainees and prison riots.

Shia Muslims commemorate Ashura inside a mosque in the Chindawol district.

A wedding in a village near Andkhoy, and a rare occurrence where men and women are standing together.

A man and two children look up through a hole in a bridge caused by a Russian (Soviet) airforce bomb.

Women fleeing with their children from Charikar where there was fighting between the Taliban and forces led by Ahmad Shah Massoud.

Children play among the remnants of buildings destroyed as a result Russian (Soviet) army bombing.

A mujahedin fighter sits near village children.

Families relax in a novelty paddle boats on Band-e Amir lake.

Families relax in a novelty paddle boat on Band-e Amir lake.

Boys and girls study in a clandestine school where the windows were covered up to hide their activity. The Taliban had closed down the girls' schools in Herat 18 months earlier, but the community set...

Kazakh Kok-Boru players discuss tactics with one of the team's coaches ahead of their 3rd place play off match with Russia at the World Nomad Games.

A man man crouches next to the lifeless body of Baz Mohamed, a young boy who had just died from injuries caused by a 'butterfly mine'. The mines, dropped by Russian (Soviet) helicopters, have 'wings'...

The bird market.

A boy passes the ruins of a former Taliban barracks bombed by the American air force.

Alicia Sandoval, 31, with her family at her parents' house in San Bernardino. She says she is very close to her parents and siblings who have supported throughout her career, helping her with money fo...

Alejandro Ortega Picon, 27, sits on the couch with his mother, Maria Luisa, 54, beneath a photo of his mother at her house. A Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipient who works at the...

Cristian Valentin, 26, feeding his daughter. He used to work at an Asian market in West Covina until leaving due to COVID-19 safety fears. He was in charge of stocking products, running inventories, a...

Alejandro Ortega Picon walking with his girlfriend, Stephanie Reinoso, at the Los Angeles County Arboretum in Arcadia. He says the fig trees and the flowers of the gardens bring him back to his grandm...