The vast majority of Syrian refugees in Jordan live outside camps. Ahmad, 45, looks out from the door of the store-front used as a home by himself and his family in Mafraq, Jordan.

Hamsa, 11, wants to go to school to be a doctor, but his school in Homs, Syria was bombed out four months ago, shortly before he arrived in Jordan’s Za’atri refugee camp.

On this first day of Ramadan, Ziad, 31, returns to his family’s caravan, after working a shift as a door guard in Za'atri refugee camp. “Last Ramadan I was in prison,” this father of 3, told me. His wife and children would call him. “Come home papa, come home,” but each time he would have to tell them, “I can’t, the door is locked.” He becomes emotional as he remembers those days, recalling that he was unable to buy gifts for his children. Last year he was in a prison and this year he's a refugee. “It’s like death” Ziad says. “My parents and all my brothers and sisters are still in #Syria.” As I speak with him, the TV in the background reports bombing in his home village. It’s a constant internal struggle not to pick everything up and return, but the safety of his young family, and another baby on the way, keeps him rooted. “Every day my son Tarek prays with me,” he says. Ziad is far from being home, but at least he is with his children this Ramadan.

It's 3 year old Shawqi, who is looking out from the inner room of his family's tent in Za'atari refugee camp, Jordan, on April 30, 2013. He lives with his parents and 5 of his siblings in this tent. Between them they share 6 mattresses and blankets. Shawqi recently returned to the safety of Jordan after a harrowing journey with his mother back into Syria.

This World Refugee Day we ask, what’s the most important thing you would take if you were forced to flee? Here you see 37 year old Waleed* (whose name we changed to protect his identity) posing for a portrait in the Médecins Sans Frontières clinic where he works in Domiz refugee camp in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Waleed fled Syria with his wife and their newborn baby in early 2012. “Twenty days after my wife gave birth we left the country. It took us two hours to reach the border. We stayed in a village close to the Syrian/Iraqi border for two nights before finding a smuggler. We paid 1100 USD to cross the border. I left the country for the sake of my family. I don’t want to see my children grow up as orphans.” The most important thing that Waleed was able to bring with him is the photo of his wife that he holds here. Although they are still together, he says, "This is important because she gave me this photo back home before we were married, during the time when we were dating. It always brings me great memories and reminds me of my happiest time back home in Syria.” So what would you take?

Meet Bushra. Fifteen days ago, she crossed the border to #Lebanon in the middle of the night. When she saw a sign that said she was in Lebanon, she told us "I felt relief; I realized that we had escaped death." Today, Bushra registered as the one millionth Syrian refugee at our center in Tripoli, Lebanon.

Hamad, two and half years old, had just arrived from Syriain Domiz camp, in northern Iraq, with his family. For the past year, he and his family of four fled from town to town inside their war torn country. Here in Domiz, with the help of UNHCR, they are receiving mattresses, kitchen sets and blankets. Later on they will be given a tent, their first real home in over 12 months. UNHCR has a permanent presence in the camp responding to the needs of Syrian refugees who fled from violence and war. #UNHCR/ @eujinbyun

Four year old Rima lives with her family in Nizip camp, Turkey. She said she likes cats very much and also playing with baby dolls. "I'm very happy today...with my new toys," Rima said. Children are the ones who suffer the most from wars and conflicts.

Leilah can't hold back the tears when she leafs through the family photo album. It's the only thing she managed to bring with her from Syria – a potent reminder of better days with her husband and six children in their home country. They led a happy and relatively comfortable life running a small village shop in northern Syria until the war broke out more than two years ago. Today, the 40-year-old Leilah lives in a dilapidated apartment in Athens with her children, two of whom were out looking for work when UNHCR visited. Her husband remained in Syria and she has no idea if he is safe or not.