Old tourist apartments now inhabited by internally displaced persons after the war in Bosnia.

A family at the Maslakh Refugee Camp which is located approximately 20km from Herat in remote western Afghanistan. The camp was once the largest in the country holding an estimated 350,000 people.

People sit outside a derelict house.

An internally displaced man with his children inside a derelict hut where they have found shelter in the capital.

Two girls reflected in a piece of broken mirror propped up against a window in a derelict hut where they live with their family.

A man walking through mud beneath an umbrella inside a camp for displaced people, who are primarily from Helmand.

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.

A female IDP living in a host community, one of the thousands of IDPs that are struggling to exist after fleeing from their homes due to the actions of Boko Haram.

Female IDPs living in a host community, some of the thousands of IDPs that are struggling to exist after fleeing from their homes due to the actions of Boko Haram.

A female IDP and her child who living in a host community, some of the thousands of IDPs that are struggling to exist after fleeing from their homes due to the actions of Boko Haram.

Female IDPs living in a host community, some of the thousands of IDPs that are struggling to exist after fleeing from their homes due to the actions of Boko Haram.

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.

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.

Asabe, who was raped by members of Boko Haram and fell pregnant, but finally managed to escape to safety and be reunited with her husband. She is now in the Shuwari camp, one of thousands of IDPs who...

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...

Ibrahim Jiddern with his family sit in a wood and grass thatch shelter in an IDP camp where they fled from their home due to the actions of Boko Haram. L-R Nana Mohammed (22) Oukurum Ibrahim (1) twinn...

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...

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.

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.

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

A couple fleeing the fighting between Commander Massoud's forces and the Taliban.

Refugees displaced during a 2020 Syrian regime offensive in nearby Idlib now living in a sprawling tented camp on a muddy hill above the city of Afrin.

Refugees displaced during a 2020 Syrian regime offensive in nearby Idlib now living in a sprawling tented camp on a muddy hill above the city of Afrin.

Refugees displaced during a 2020 Syrian regime offensive in nearby Idlib now living in a sprawling tented camp on a muddy hill above the city of Afrin.

Refugees displaced during a 2020 Syrian regime offensive in nearby Idlib now living in a sprawling tented camp on a muddy hill above the city of Afrin.

Refugees displaced during a 2020 Syrian regime offensive in nearby Idlib now living in a sprawling tented camp on a muddy hill above the city of Afrin.

The Nahr Irfin river which runs through the centre of Afrin city.

Refugees displaced during a 2020 Syrian regime offensive in nearby Idlib now living in a sprawling tented camp on a muddy hill above the city of Afrin.

Refugees displaced during a 2020 Syrian regime offensive in nearby Idlib now living in a sprawling tented camp on a muddy hill above the city of Afrin.

Refugees displaced during a 2020 Syrian regime offensive in nearby Idlib now living in a sprawling tented camp on a muddy hill above the city of Afrin.

Refugees displaced during a 2020 Syrian regime offensive in nearby Idlib now living in a sprawling tented camp on a muddy hill above the city of Afrin.

A cook prepares food for the school canteen at the Denro associative school is a major element in encouraging parents and pupils to continue their studies. For many families, poor or internally displa...

The school canteen at the Denro associative school is a major element in encouraging parents and pupils to continue their studies. For many families, poor or internally displaced due to armed conflict...

A Hazara woman in a refugee camp.

A Chechen refugee looks out a tent in Sputnik refugee camp where she and her family found shelter after they escaped fighting during the Second Chechen war.

People gathering for porridge, which is a free service that's being put on by Antionette, an accountancy graduate, who was inspired to start the clubs when she saw that children and elderly people wer...

Childre recieve porridge, which is a free service that's being put on by Antionette, an accountancy graduate, who was inspired to start the clubs when she saw that children and elderly people were bei...

A child gathering for porridge, which is a free service that's being put on by Antionette, an accountancy graduate, who was inspired to start the clubs when she saw that children and elderly people we...

A child stands near washing and shelters built to house people after torrential rain caused the Mulongwe River to break its banks. The ensuing floods caused significant material damage with at least 3...

People gather to wash and collect water from the Mulongwe River after it had receded in the days after heavy rains caused it to break its banks. The ensuing floods caused significant material damage w...

People gather to wash and collect water from the Mulongwe River after it had receded in the days after heavy rains caused it to break its banks. The ensuing floods caused significant material damage w...

A man sits in the small village of Kola.

Frank (10) who carries containers of water. Twice a day he hauls 20 litres of water from a spring to his home. Frank is being looked after by his sister and brother-in-law because his mother is severe...

People collecting water from a well/spring. The water is being used for drinking water and for bathing but people aren't boiling it and in some cases drinking straight from the well where domesticated...

People collecting water from a well/spring. The water is being used for drinking water and for bathing but people aren't boiling it and in some cases drinking straight from the well where domesticated...

People gather to wash and collect water from the Mulongwe River after it had receded in the days after heavy rains caused it to break its banks. The ensuing floods caused significant material damage w...

A child carries a basin of dishes past a damaged building after torrential rain caused the Mulongwe River to break its banks. The ensuing floods caused significant material damage with at least 3,500...

A group of people living at the Kazimba IDP Camp. Most are from the village of Bukombo which lies just a few kilometres away and two or three times a week they can still hear gun fire coming from the...

Biteko Hakizimana (20) (centre) was displaced due to fighting in his village, Bukombo, which is only a few kilometres from the Kazimba IDP Camp where he now lives. He works on a community led initiati...

A girl stands outside a shelter at the Kazimba IDP Camp.

A woman collects water from the Mulongwe River after it had receded in the days after heavy rains caused it to break its banks. The ensuing floods caused significant material damage with at least 3,50...

A child sleeps in the remnants of a house after torrential rain caused the Mulongwe River to break its banks. The ensuing floods caused significant material damage with at least 3,500 homes destroyed...

A young boy from the village of Bukombo, a few kilometres away, who now lives at the Kazimba IDP Camp.

Janvier (10), who has lived in the Kazimba IDP Camp for three years, looks over in the direction of his village, Bukombo a few kilometres away, where he used to live. Two or three times a week IDPs at...

A child sleeps in the remnants of a house after torrential rain caused the Mulongwe River to break its banks. The ensuing floods caused significant material damage with at least 3,500 homes destroyed...

A family sleep in the remnants of a house after torrential rain caused the Mulongwe River to break its banks. The ensuing floods caused significant material damage with at least 3,500 homes destroyed...

Joseph Mbarato (L) surveys what remains of his five room house that adjoins Lake Tanganyika in the town of Uvira. Torrential rain caused the Mulongwe River to break its banks and the ensuing floods ca...

Joseph Mbarato (L) surveys what remains of his five room house that adjoins Lake Tanganyika in the town of Uvira. Torrential rain caused the Mulongwe River to break its banks and the ensuing floods ca...

A displaced mother living in a settlement near Kizimba who is suffering from malaria. Two of her children had recently received free treatment for malnutrition at a nearby UNIICEF-health centre. But t...

Two volunteers serve up porridge to young mothers at Antionette' porridge club. Antionette is an accountancy graduate who was inspired to start the clubs when she saw that children and elderly people...

Two volunteers serve up porridge to young mothers at Antionette' porridge club. Antionette (standing in the door way) is an accountancy graduate who was inspired to start the clubs when she saw that c...

An IDP woman leads a goat near The Kubudanda IDP camp.

The Kubudanda IDP camp.

An IDP woman, her child strapped to her back, tends to crops she is attempting to grow near the Kubudanda IDP camp. There is often not enough land for displaced people, many of whom are farmers, to gr...

An IDP woman, her child strapped to her back, tends to crops she is attempting to grow near the Kubudanda IDP camp. There is often not enough land for displaced people, many of whom are farmers, to gr...

Nine year old Ruth (named changed) lives in an orphanage run by the Anglican church near the town of Minembwe on the Haut-Plateau. Ruth said: ''We used to live in a village close to here (Kalingi), bu...

Nine year old Ruth (named changed) lives in an orphanage run by the Anglican church near the town of Minembwe on the Haut-Plateau. Ruth said: ''We used to live in a village close to here (Kalingi), bu...

A child with a cup of porridge from a free food service that's being put on by Antionette, an accountancy graduate, who was inspired to start the clubs when she saw that children and elderly people we...

People collecting contaminated water from a muddy puddle created by a burst mains water supply. The water is being used for drinking water and for bathing, people aren't boiling it and in some cases d...

People collecting contaminated water from a muddy puddle created by a burst mains water supply. The water is being used for drinking water and for bathing, people aren't boiling it and in some cases d...

People collecting contaminated water from a muddy puddle created by a burst mains water supply. The water is being used for drinking water and for bathing, people aren't boiling it and in some cases d...

People collecting contaminated water from a muddy puddle created by a burst mains water supply. The water is being used for drinking water and for bathing, people aren't boiling it and in some cases d...

A medic checking the storage of vaccines at the central medical centre in Uvira.

A man fishing from a boat on Lake Tanganyika.

Women collecting water from Lake Tanganyika. For most of the people living around Uvira this is their only source of fresh water. A senior epidemiologist at the main health centre in Uvira has warned...

A man looks out from a building damaged by flooding after torrential rain caused the Mulongwe River to break its banks. The ensuing floods caused significant material damage with at least 3,500 homes...

A man clears rocks from a building damaged by flooding after torrential rain caused the Mulongwe River to break its banks. The ensuing floods caused significant material damage with at least 3,500 hom...

A boy stands beside what remains of his family's five room house that adjoins Lake Tanganyika in the town of Uvira. Torrential rain caused the Mulongwe River to break its banks and the ensuing floods...

A woman passes buildings damaged by flooding after torrential rain caused the Mulongwe River to break its banks. The ensuing floods caused significant material damage with at least 3,500 homes destroy...

A composite of portraits of people from Myanmar (Burma).

A priest leads a church service of Batwa (pygmy) people who were displaced from their forest homes. Until 1992 the Batwa people lived in the forests of Western Uganda but they had to make way for the...

A Batwa (pygmy) woman smokes a pipe outside a church-built shelter where members of the Batwa live in abject poverty. Until 1992 the Batwa people lived in the forests of Western Uganda but they had to...

A Batwa (pygmy) woman and her children outside a shelter where they live in abject poverty. Until 1992 the Batwa people lived in the forests of Western Uganda but they had to make way for the mountain...

A priest leads a church service of Batwa (pygmy) people who were displaced from their forest homes. Until 1992 the Batwa people lived in the forests of Western Uganda but they had to make way for the...

A priest leads a church service of Batwa (pygmy) people who were displaced from their forest homes. Until 1992 the Batwa people lived in the forests of Western Uganda but they had to make way for the...

A Batwa (pygmy) woman smokes a pipe outside a church-built shelter where members of the Batwa live in abject poverty. Until 1992 the Batwa people lived in the forests of Western Uganda but they had to...

Batwa (pygmy) women wash clothes outside a shelter where they live in abject poverty. Until 1992 the Batwa people lived in the forests of Western Uganda but they had to make way for the mountain goril...

Shelters made from plastic sheeting and wood housing members of the Batwa (pygmy) people. Until 1992 the Batwa people lived in the forests of Western Uganda but they had to make way for the mountain g...

Francis Sembagare, a Batwa (pygmies) elder, teaches his child how to use a bow and arrow. Francis has known life in the rain forest, and tries to pass on old traditions, hunting techniques and knowled...