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Syria: A Man With No Fear

A rebel fighter survives serious injury.

Syria: Detained and Tortured, But Still Strong

"My brother Ali emerged stronger than ever."

Syria: My Brother the Martyr

"He was sacrificed for the shadow of a cause, and I’m not sure if he even knew what that cause was."

Air Raids Just Routine in Besieged Syrian Town

Death and devastation no longer make the news in Douma.

Children wait to eat after school is over. (Photo: Hiba al-Rahman)

A Stolen Biscuit: Hunger in a Syrian Classroom

Hunger drives young children to extremes in besieged town of Ghouta.

Neglected olive groves in Tal Minis, Idlib. (Photo: Manaf al-Hashash)

Syria: Idlib Farms Turn to Wastelands

Olive-growers try to sustain production in conflict zone.

Damascus, Divided by War

People on all sides of conflict long for basic security and normality.

Syria: Food Cooked With Love

How women in Idlib kept the Free Syrian Army going.

Football Returns to Rebel-Held Syrian Province

Game faces universal problems like sponsorship, crowd behaviour and referee fairness – plus danger of aerial bombing.

Global Voices: Middle East & North Africa

The sister of Aurelio Cruz López holds a sign used in the search for the young man, who disappeared along the U.S.-Mexico border. © Andrea Godínez

Araceli cries while talking about her brother who disappeared along the border and whose remains were repatriated. © Andrea Godínez

Cecilia Delgado Grijalva is a buscadora (name adopted by mothers and relatives of missing persons who are devoted to finding the remains of their loves ones) and founder of Buscadoras por la Paz (Searchers for Peace), in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. © Andrea Godínez

A search for family members gone missing in Sonora, Mexico. © Andrea Godínez

The portion of Evergreen Cemetery in Tucson, Arizona where deceased migrants whose remains are not claimed by their families are buried. © © Andrea Godínez

Gene Hernández, forensic examiner at the Pima County morgue, inside the trailer that holds the remains of migrants who perished along the border. © Andrea Godínez

Gene Hernández, a forensic medical investigator in Pima County, holds the skull of a deceased migrant. © Andrea Godínez

Román Coc holds photos of his daughter Laura, who disappeared in the Arizona desert 13 years ago. © Andrea Godínez

A photograph shows Laura Coc (far right), a young woman from Guatemala, posing during a beauty pageant. © Andrea Godínez

There are no statistics on cases of femicide - the killing of women on the grounds of hatred of women, with the acquiescence of the state - in Uzbekistan.

Artwork by Mays Al-Saray.

'Hope of Mother', an organization led by Lisbeth Surita, has registered 48 cases of Venezuelans missing in the border regions.

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