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PHOTO OF THE WEEK: 17 June 2013

Iraq, 2013: Every minute eight people flee their homes to escape conflict, persecution or natural disaster. Annually on 20 June, World Refugee Day draws attention to the struggles of over 43.7 million refugees and displaced people around the globe. In Iraq’s Domiz camp, Syrian children and women register for food rations. The ongoing war in Syria has sent over 1.4 million refugees outside the country. Of them, over 150,000 are now in Iraq – a threefold increase since November 2012.

 

©UNICEF/Salam Abdulmunem

 

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Uploaded on June 17, 2013
Taken on April 11, 2013