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  • Marta, Julio and their children sit with their backs to the camera.
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    March 6, 2023
  • Two girls pose for a picture in South Sudan. They are both smiling.
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    Ukraine: Europe’s largest displacement crisis in decades
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    Burkina Faso: Coups and conflict drive crisis
    April 8, 2023
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    Haiti: political instability, gang violence and disease
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    May 23, 2023
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    May 23, 2023
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    May 18, 2023
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    May 18, 2023
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    May 17, 2023
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