Internally displaced

White Angel crew evacuating a family from Avdiivka. © O. Golovina

The White Angels of Donetsk

Evacuation crews try and take locals to safety, but many in the hard-hit region are still reluctant to leave.

25 Apr 23

Shelter Centre

A woman in the Idlib countryside shares her experience of living in a tent, unable to send her children to school.

24 Apr 23

Syria's Tireless Volunteers

All-women teams provide much needed aid following earthquake.

6 Apr 23

Syrian Families Seek Refuge in Temporary Shelters

Emergency response set up following devastating earthquake.

6 Apr 23

Alfad Halimov and Elmira Halimova open the Irpin Cafe, the cafe on wheels they run in Uzhhorod. The couple arrived in western Ukraine in late February 2022, the last stop of a journey that began in the heart of Central Asia and took them to Sevastopol, in now Russia-occupied Crimea, and then to Irpin. As Russian forces occupied the town in the outskirts of Kyiv, they packed their life up again and moved west. © Romaniia Gorbach

Crimean Tatars: a Life on the Move

A café on wheels in Uzhhorod encapsulates a story of deportation and resilience.

17 Mar 23

An elderly lady collects fallen tree branches to use as firewood on October 21, 2022 in Bakhmut, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. © Carl Court/Getty Images

Donetsk: On the Road to Safety

It’s hard to bear the ongoing shelling in the east; but it’s also hard to leave.

5 Dec 22

Andranik Chvushyan with his children in the family home in Aghavno. The 41-year-old jeweller moved with this family from Lebanon to the village in Nagorny Karabakh in 2017. They are among the residents of the Lachin corridor who are to leave their homes by August 25 as the Azerbaijani forces will regain control of the area. © Arshaluis Mghdesyan

Azerbaijan to Regain Key Route After 30 Years

Armenians living in the Lachin corridor, which will soon be handed over, refuse to leave.

16 Aug 22

A shelled apartment building in Mariupol, 16 March 2022. © Wanderer777/Wikimedia

Swimming Out of Besieged Mariupol

How one man swam to safety by diving into icy sea water to escape the Russian siege.

6 Jul 22

Vasyl leaves the battlefield after being wounded. He lost his son, a soldier, in early March.

Ukraine: The Fight for the “Dead Cities”

In eastern Ukraine, Zelensky calls for long-range weapons to contain the Russian advantage in artillery and airpower.

15 Jun 22

In 2014 Ekaterina moved to Kyiv from Luhansk, in eastern Ukraine. Her older sister, Iryna, stayed behind. When Ekaterina had to flee Ukraine's capital due to shelling Iryna did not believe her accounts about Russians bombing against civilians. © Piotr Garciu

The Sisters Torn Apart by Russia’s Invasion

While some Ukrainians flee shelling and occupation, those living beyond Russian lines do not believe civilians are being targeted.

19 May 22

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