Armenia Could Reap Rewards From Iran Agreement

Yerevan may benefit from increased trade and new export routes.

Life or Death a Matter of Luck in Damascus

A 100-metre walk home under mortar fire brings a strange sort of indifference.

Raqqa's "Merciful" Morality Squad

Woman detained for “crime” of sitting next to male bus driver.

Aid distribution in a camp for internally displaced persons. (Photo: Ahmad al-Salim)

Help Needed After Syria's Harsh Winter

Freezing cold weather has added to hardships facing some of the country’s most vulnerable people.

Syria: The Martyr's Wife

She prayed that she’d misheard and that her husband was just working late.

Kyrgyzstan: Return From Syria

Authorities try to weed out people who might pose security threats from others returning from Syria.

Syria: A Lovers' Meeting, Postponed Indefinitely

“This is the story of how cheap our lives are in a land ruled by money and weapons.”

Deir al-Zor Suffers Under Islamic State's Harsh Rules on Aid

Aid worker speaks of "general sense of desperation and hunger all around”.

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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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