On Aug 4, 1940, a young editor named Varian Fry boarded a transatlantic flight from LaGuardia Airport in New York on his way to German-occupied France to lead a daring rescue operation.

The International Rescue Committee’s Frankie Parrish shares photos from Nyarugusu refugee camp in Tanzania, where the IRC is working to reunite unaccompanied and separated children with their families. Many children have become separated from their parents in the chaos of fleeing their homes in the wake of violence in neighbouring Burundi.

Thousands of refugees – including families with small children - are trapped in dangerously overcrowded camps on Greek islands as winter sets in.

When Ebola appeared in Lofa County in rural Liberia last spring, the disease proved devastating. Whole families were wiped out as the virus ravaged villages. Hundreds of new cases appeared every week and hospitals and health centres buckled under the strain, leaving the sick to die in their homes or on the sides of roads.