A volunteer gives a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer passports of Ukranians looking for asylum in the United States at the San Ysidro border crossing. The CBP has been making exceptions o...

Ukrainian refugees gather at a tent where volunteers are organising lists of Ukrainians waiting to cross into the United States. Volunteers, many of them Ukrainians living in the United States have he...

Volunteers organise lists of Ukrainian refugees waiting to cross into the United States at an improvised camp near the San Ysidro border crossing. Volunteers, many of them Ukrainians living in the Uni...

A volunteer manages a list of Ukrainian refugees waiting to cross into the United States at an improvised camp near the San Ysidro border crossing. Volunteers, many of them Ukrainians living in the Un...

Ukrainians displaced by the war waiting to register at the municipality in the small town near Warsaw. They will be allocated help and allowed to work.

The Mayor of Podkowa Lesna, Artur Tusinski, talking to Ukrainians displaced by the war who are waiting to register at the municipality in the small town near Warsaw. They will be allocated help and al...

Ukrainians displaced by the war waiting to register at the municipality in the small town near Warsaw. They will be allocated help and allowed to work.

Vitaliy Kim, governor of Mikolaiv oblast (district).

Vitaliy Kim, governor of Mikolaiv oblast (district).

Lubomir Eder (L), from Lviv, in Rzeszow town hall with the town president, Konrad Fijolek, and the vice-president, Krystyna Stachowska, during a zoom meeting to discuss the Russian invasion and the re...

Lubomir Eder (L), from Lviv, in Rzeszow town hall with the town president, Konrad Fijolek, during a zoom meeting to discuss the Russian invasion and the refugee crisis with the mayor of Ivano-Frankivs...

A woman registering for donate blood at a hospital fills out a form.

People registering to donate blood at a hospital.

Women queue at an UNHCR distribution of non-food items to 300 families who have recently arrived in Pajeri from Uganda. Food rations have been cut by two thirds in the refugee camps in Uganda. People...

People with their aid items distributed by UNHCR to people returning from refugee camps in Uganda. Food rations have been cut by two thirds in the refugee camps in Uganda. People have been sheltering...

Lipa refugee camp near Bihac, Bosnia Herzegovina, has capacity for about 1000 refugees. In 2021 the refugees here are mainly from Pakistan. The camp is located about 20 kilometers from Bihac in a fore...

Lipa refugee camp near Bihac, Bosnia Herzegovina, has capacity for about 1000 refugees. In 2021 the refugees here are mainly from Pakistan. The camp is located about 20 kilometers from Bihac in a fore...

Lipa refugee camp near Bihac, Bosnia Herzegovina, has capacity for about 1000 refugees. In 2021 the refugees here are mainly from Pakistan. The camp is located about 20 kilometers from Bihac in a fore...

Lipa refugee camp near Bihac, Bosnia Herzegovina, has capacity for about 1000 refugees. In 2021 the refugees here are mainly from Pakistan. The camp is located about 20 kilometers from Bihac in a fore...

A shepherd with his sheep near the refugee camp in Lipa. This refugee camp near Bihac, Bosnia Herzegovina, has capacity for about 1000 refugees. In 2021 the refugees here are mainly from Pakistan. The...

Serbian homes on the Kupres Plateau abandoned and destroyed in the civil war of the 1990's.

A woman stands near the window of her apartment that has been hit by an artillery shell in Tirasopol. Moldova gained its independence, along with all the other former Soviet Republics following th...

Members of the Georgian Army take shelter from incoming mortar fire by separatists in the hills on the outskirts of Sukhumi during the Georgian Abkhazian War in 1993. Abkhazia was a break away aut...

Two members of the Georgian Army look for snipers in the hills around Sukhumi during the Abkhazian War in 1993. Abkhazia was a break away autonomous region inside Georgia. After gaining its indepe...

Victims of fighting in the Transnistria separatist struggle are driven through the streets of Tirasopol on the front of a tractor Moldova gained its independence, along with all the other former So...

A victim of fighting in the Transnistria separatist struggle is wheeled into the morgue. Moldova gained its independence, along with all the other former Soviet Republics following the collapse of...

A wounded Russian soldier with a picture of his girlfriend on the magazine of his AK47. Moldova gained its independence, along with all the other former Soviet Republics following the collapse of...

Two women walk past a destroyed artillery piece in Tirasopol. Moldova gained its independence, along with all the other former Soviet Republics following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. As i...

A person wounded in the fighting with rebel forces lies on the floor of a bus for evacuation during the war in Abkhazia. Abkhazia was a break away autonomous region inside Georgia. After gaining it...

People carry a person wounded in the fighting with rebel forces to a bus for evacuation during the war in Abkhazia. Abkhazia was a break away autonomous region inside Georgia. After gaining its ind...

Members of the Georgian Army carry a comrade who has been hit by mortar shrapnel to a car for evacuation away from the fighting in Sukhumi during the Abkhazian War in 1993. He died a short time later....

A woman is comforted by Russian soldiers after being told her husband has been killed in Transnistria separatist fighting in 1992. Moldova gained its independence, along with all the other former S...

Desperate civilians try to storm onto a plane at Sukhumi airport as it was being being shelled by advancing separatist rebels at the same time as Georgian army reinforcements who have been flown in fr...

Georgian President Eduard Shevarnadze addresses a large crowd from a balcony of the Abkhazian parliament. He is assuring them that the Georgian army will protect them from rebel forces surrounding the...

A Hazara woman prepares wool, usually sold in Kabul or made into quilts exchanged for food during the Afghan Civil War of 1992 - 1996.

A base belonging to the Hezb-i-Wahdat, a Shia Hazara party and militia during the Afghan Civil War (1992 - 1996) with guns pointing toward the Bamyan Buddhas (6th - 7th century CE). The Buddhas were d...

A crowd of hundreds of thousands of protestors including students, government civil servants, celebrities and polical activists gather in the centre of Yangon near Sule Square, to show their support f...

Ibrahim Mbaya, the camp chairman of the GSS IDP camp in Gwoza, explains that two weeks earlier there had been a well-coordinated and intense attack by Boko Haram. The camp was caught in the cross fire...

Ibrahim Mbaya, the camp chairman of the GSS IDP camp in Gwoza, explains that two weeks earlier there had been a well-coordinated and intense attack by Boko Haram. The camp was caught in the cross fire...

Civilians carry their belongings as they flee the railway staff quarters where security forces have been deployed to carry out a raid aimed at staff who are participating in the Civil Disobedience Mov...

A derelict building on the former demarcation line pock-marked with shrapnel damage from the civil war. In the background is the Armenian Catholic Cathedral of Saint Elias and Saint Gregory the Illumi...

From right to left: A destroyed Catholic church, a ruined cinema complex and the new Al-Amin Mosque on the partly reconstructed Martyrs Square on the former demarcation line in the Lebanese capital. D...

From left to right: A destroyed Catholic church, a ruined cinema complex and the new Al-Amin Mosque on the partly reconstructed Martyrs Square on the former demarcation line in the Lebanese capital. D...

War damage on the former demarcation line in the Lebanese capital. During Lebanon's 15 year civil war, this Green Line divided Beirut into predominantly Christian and Muslim halves.

Syrian refugees gather near a building marked with shrapnel damage from the civil war.

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...

The formerly militarised Jiou Gong Tunnel complex on Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island, just a mile or two from the Chinese mainland. Following the retreat of Chiang Kai-shek's nationalist Kuomintang (K...

Coastal defences on Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island, now more a tourist attraction for those curious about the Cold War. Following the retreat of Chiang Kai-shek's nationalist Kuomintang (KMT) forces to...

Coastal defences on Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island, now more a tourist attraction for those curious about the Cold War. Following the retreat of Chiang Kai-shek's nationalist Kuomintang (KMT) forces to...

Coastal defences on Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island, now more a tourist attraction for those curious about the Cold War. Following the retreat of Chiang Kai-shek's nationalist Kuomintang (KMT) forces to...

Shiyu Islet, a forward observation post controlled by the Taiwanese military, and the gleaming skyscrapers of Xiamen on the Chinese mainland beyond, seen from Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island. Following t...

Angled metal spikes, positioned to repel amphibious invasion, line a beach on Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island, just a mile or two from the Chinese mainland. Following the retreat of Chiang Kai-shek's na...

Angled metal spikes, positioned to repel amphibious invasion, line a beach on Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island, just a mile or two from the Chinese mainland. Following the retreat of Chiang Kai-shek's na...

Shiyu Islet, a forward observation post controlled by the Taiwanese military, and the gleaming skyscrapers of Xiamen on the Chinese mainland beyond, seen from Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island. Following t...

Angled metal spikes, positioned to repel amphibious invasion, line a beach on Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island, just a mile or two from the Chinese mainland. Following the retreat of Chiang Kai-shek's na...

Coastal defences on Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island, now more a tourist attraction for those curious about the Cold War. Following the retreat of Chiang Kai-shek's nationalist Kuomintang (KMT) forces to...

Shiyu Islet, a forward observation post controlled by the Taiwanese military, and the gleaming skyscrapers of Xiamen on the Chinese mainland beyond, seen from Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island. Following t...

People cleaning-up flotsam from a beach containing defensive infrastructure on Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island, just a mile or two from the Chinese mainland. Following the retreat of Chiang Kai-shek's n...

The view from a formerly fully-manned coastal defensive post on Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island towards Xiamen on the Chinese mainland. Following the retreat of Chiang Kai-shek's nationalist Kuomintang (...

Angled metal spikes, positioned to repel amphibious invasion, line a beach on Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island, just a mile or two from the Chinese mainland. Following the retreat of Chiang Kai-shek's na...

Cattle graze in a former mine field on Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island, a tiny territory littered with relics of the Cold War which lies around 150 miles from Taiwan, but only two miles from mainland Chin...

Shiyu Islet, a forward observation post controlled by the Taiwanese military, and the gleaming skyscrapers of Xiamen on the Chinese mainland beyond, seen from Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island. Following t...

Cattle graze in a former mine field on Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island, a tiny territory littered with relics of the Cold War which lies around 150 miles from Taiwan, but only two miles from mainland Chin...

A man takes a nap during the short ferry ride from Kinmen's main island to Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island, just a mile or two from the Chinese mainland. Following the retreat of Chiang Kai-shek's natio...

A visitor rides a bicycle past soldier mannequins outside a coastal defensive post on on Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island, which is now more a tourist attraction for those curious about the Cold War. Foll...

Soldier mannequins outside a coastal defensive post on on Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island, which is now more a tourist attraction for those curious about the Cold War. Following the retreat of Chiang Kai...

A domestic Taiwanese tourist takes a picture at a view point on Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island looking towards Shiyu Islet and the Chinese mainland. Beside the binocular stand is a manequin soldier also...

A domestic Taiwanese tourist looking through the wrong end of a tower viewer which is mounted at a view point on Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island looking towards the Chinese mainland. Beside the binocular...

Taiwanese domestic tourists look at the coast of the Chinese mainland, just a few miles away, through high-powered binoculars at a military outpost on Xiao (Little) Kinmen. Following the retreat of C...

Taiwanese domestic tourists look at the coast of the Chinese mainland, just a few miles away, through high-powered binoculars at a military outpost on Xiao (Little) Kinmen. Following the retreat of C...

Taiwanese domestic tourists look at the coast of the Chinese mainland, just a few miles away, through high-powered binoculars at a military outpost on Xiao (Little) Kinmen. Following the retreat of C...

Taiwanese domestic tourists look at the coast of the Chinese mainland, just a few miles away, through high-powered binoculars at a military outpost on Xiao (Little) Kinmen. Following the retreat of C...

The August 23 Artillery Battle Victory Monument (with the Victory Gate behind) in the centre of a roundabout on Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island commemorating the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis (23 August â€...

Passengers disembark from the ferry that plies the short route between Kinmen's main island and Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island, just a mile or two from the Chinese mainland. Following the retreat of...

A row of electric scooters available for rent near the ferry terminal on Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island, just a mile or two from the Chinese mainland. Following the retreat of Chiang Kai-shek's natio...

A village on Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island, just a mile or two from the Chinese mainland. Following the retreat of Chiang Kai-shek's nationalist Kuomintang (KMT) forces to Taiwan (Formosa) at the en...

A village on Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island, just a mile or two from the Chinese mainland. Following the retreat of Chiang Kai-shek's nationalist Kuomintang (KMT) forces to Taiwan (Formosa) at the en...

An old artillery piece kept on display in a bunker on Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island, just a mile or two from the Chinese mainland. Following the retreat of Chiang Kai-shek's nationalist Kuomintang (...

A statue of the Goddess Matzu (Mazu) beside an old artillery piece kept on display in a bunker on Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island, just a mile or two from the Chinese mainland. Following the retreat o...

A manequin soldier keeps vigil on Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island against the risk of invasion from the Chinese mainland, visible in the distance a mile or two away. Following the retreat of Chiang Kai-s...

A manequin soldier keeps vigil on Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island against the risk of invasion from the Chinese mainland, visible in the distance a mile or two away. Following the retreat of Chiang Kai-s...

Shiyu Islet, a forward observation post controlled by the Taiwanese military, and the gleaming skyscrapers of Xiamen on the Chinese mainland beyond, seen from Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island. Following t...

Shiyu Islet, a forward observation post controlled by the Taiwanese military, and the gleaming skyscrapers of Xiamen on the Chinese mainland beyond, seen from Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island. Following t...

Shiyu Islet, a forward observation post controlled by the Taiwanese military, and the gleaming skyscrapers of Xiamen on the Chinese mainland beyond, seen from Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island. Following t...

Shiyu Islet, a forward observation post controlled by the Taiwanese military, and the gleaming skyscrapers of Xiamen on the Chinese mainland beyond, seen from Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island. Following t...

Cattle graze near the off-ramp of a soon-to-be completed road bridge that will connect Kinmen's main island with Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island, just a mile or two from the Chinese mainland. Followin...

Cattle graze near the off-ramp of a soon-to-be completed road bridge that will connect Kinmen's main island with Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island, just a mile or two from the Chinese mainland. Followin...

Shiyu Islet, a forward observation post controlled by the Taiwanese military, and the gleaming skyscrapers of Xiamen on the Chinese mainland beyond, seen from Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island. Following t...

A manequin soldier keeps vigil on Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island against the risk of invasion from the Chinese mainland, visible in the distance, a mile or two away. Following the retreat of Chiang Kai-...

A manequin soldier keeps vigil on Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island against the risk of invasion from the Chinese mainland, visible in the distance a mile or two away. Following the retreat of Chiang Kai-s...