Hila isn’t sure of her exact age—around 70, she guesses. The Syrian mother of 10 children fled Deir ez-Zor after the area was besieged by ISIS and her home was destroyed.

It can really happen anywhere—at the market, while collecting water, on the way to school…

Sami is 18, 'football-crazy' and on a mission to make it.

Ketty works with children who have arrived in Greece alone and sees how their hope and dignity is restored when they are given the right support.

Tolassa Elemaa, 36, has always dreamed of being a world-class runner. He was well on his way, training with elite athletes as a teenager in Ethiopia. But his dream was halted after he was imprisoned for speaking out against his government.

The International Rescue Committee’s emergency response experts have ranked the countries most at risk of humanitarian catastrophe next year.

We take a look back at the moments in 2018 that filled us with hope.

Dalal, 18, wears her best dress, green dotted with tarnished gold beads. She and her friends sit close together on the concrete floor of a tent in a temporary settlement in Akkar, Lebanon, not far from the Syrian border.

Five crises that put the British “migrant crisis” in perspective

Violence, economic collapse and crippling shortages now dominate life in Venezuela. Since 2014, living standards have been in freefall with food, medicine and basic services all in short supply.