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A statue of a smiling Buddha stands surrounded by debris and a house destroyed by the earthquake in Bhaktapur, Nepal

In pictures: Two years on, quake-hit Nepalis still rebuilding on their own

24 April 2017

See how Nepali quake survivors are still rebuilding for themselves two years after the 2015 disaster

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Global warming turns up the heat on glacial lake risk in the Himalayas
5 January 2017
Glacial lakes have become major hazards throughout the Himalayan region. At 5,000-plus metres above sea level, mitigating the risks is no mean feat.
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The never-ending harvest: Syrian refugees exploited on Turkish farms
15 December 2016
Drawn by year-round agricultural work, Syrian refugees flock to southern Turkey but often end up underpaid and living in isolated tent camps

Why are Afghan refugees being forced back to a worsening war?
24 October 2016 Photo feature
The Turkmen loophole
22 February 2016 Photo feature
The Aegean’s nameless dead
17 February 2016 Photo feature

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Turkey's hidden humanitarian crisis
4 February 2016
As fighting intensified in the old city of Sur, Turkish authorities imposed a curfew that forced 75-year-old Neaz Tanlikulu from his home. Narrow cobblestone alleys...
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The risks along the Bulgarian route
18 December 2015
It is just after midnight when they arrive at the registration centre in Dimitrovgrad on Serbia’s eastern border with Bulgaria. The 17 Afghan men are...
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Refugees defy EU-funded crackdown in Turkey
4 December 2015
The European Union's three-billion-euro deal with Turkey aimed at rapidly stemming the flow of migrants and refugees crossing to Europe from the Turkish coast has...
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From the silly to the surreal
3 December 2015
Saving the entire planet is a serious matter. So thank goodness the Paris climate talks are also generating some things to smile about, even if...
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Aid to Syrians: how far does it go?
25 November 2015
Struggling to find work and receiving little aid, many of Lebanon's 1.1 million Syrian refugees are barely getting by. An estimated 90 percent are in...
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Afghans on the road to Europe
10 November 2015
Photojournalist Jodi Hilton has met countless Afghan asylum seekers at various stages of their long journey across Europe: from the Greek island of Lesvos, through...

Dealing with the migrant dead
30 October 2015 Photo feature
Sierra Leone's Burial Workers Fear Their Future
27 October 2015 Photo feature
Survival on Sinjar mountain
22 October 2015 Photo feature
Surviving in the Sudd
30 September 2015 Photo feature
Flooding in Myanmar's Irrawaddy Delta
17 September 2015 Photo feature
No way forward, No way back
31 August 2015 Photo feature

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