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The six columned Queen of Sheba's throne is believed to have been a temple
A burial at Marib's war cemetery, several months before journalists visited
A preacher speaks at a Tablighi Jamaat mosque in Kutupalong refugee camp.
Abbas Ganda almost gave up farming because of losses to desertification
The delegation of Security Council ambassadors honors peacekeepers that have died in Mali at a ceremony in Bamako
Ihsanullah, 17 months, and his father wait while the baby receives treatment for drug-resistant tuberculosis at a clinic in Kandahar. The child has embarked on an intensive nine-month treatment regime.
Mohammed, 10, is a brick collector. He earns three Taka, or about $0.04, for each brick he carries.
Hamidul, 11, was hired by a local fixer to sell ice cream in Rohingya refugee camps. He works between 8am and 2pm and walks many kilometres each day.
A boy carries bamboo through Kutupalong refugee camp in southern Bangladesh.
Three-year-old Rohingya refugee Mohammed Nuan is malnourished, yet he and his father, Abdul, live far away from medical facilities in Bangladesh’s refugee camps.
Monura Begum recovers from giving birth to her son at a maternity ward in a refugee settlement in Bangladesh. The health facility is jointly run by Bangladesh’s army and BRAC, a locally based NGO.
Volunteers administer cholera vaccines to people in Rohingya refugee camps. Many of the volunteer teams walk hours into the camps to distribute the vaccine.
Noor Mohammed grimaces as he receives treatment at a dysentery clinic run by Medical Teams International.
Patients recover at a new dysentery clinic in a Rohingya refugee settlement in Kutupalong camp, Bangladesh.
Sister Godelieve helps serve food to internally displaced children from Kasai at the Orphanage of the Carmelites of St Joseph in Kananga, Kasai Central province
MSF’s clinic for drug-resistant tuberculosis is one of only two such facilities in the entire country. Patients receive a rapid diagnosis and can complete a full treatment regime.
Specialist equipment brought to Kandahar can now identify specific strains of tuberculosis on the spot. Previously, smear samples had to be sent to the capital, Kabul, or to Europe.
MSF’s clinic for drug-resistant tuberculosis is one of only two such facilities in the entire country. Patients receive a rapid diagnosis and can complete a full treatment regime.
Women wearing traditional burqa receive information about tuberculosis screening at the entrance of Kandahar's main government hospital.
The rugged landscape of Kandahar, where the Taliban maintain a firm presence outside of major urban centres and much of the rural population is cut off from regular healthcare.
The landslide triggered by Maria caused a landslide that flowed down Pointe Michel’s ravine, taking houses and trees into the sea
Salome Raqiyawa’s village in Fiji was hit by cyclones, drought, and floods during 2016. This year, another lengthy drought means she has to fetch water from a nearby river, which overflowed and submerged most of her village only a few months before.

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