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Thiona Joseph sits with her daughters on her aunt’s stoop on Cork Street. While disagrees with Dominicans opting to abandon the island at such a critical moment, Thiona has chosen instead to stay and help rebuild the island
The Sandy sisters wait on the dock ferry before sailing to St Lucia. An outbreak of diarrhea is spreading quickly through their village, prompting their flight from the island
Though mostly calm, tensions occasionally flare up as the sun beats down on travelers trying to get on the sole ferry to St Lucia
A mother grows frustrated when authorities at the military manned port refuse her and her children entry
At least 15,000 people are confirmed to have left the island after Maria. Either for a short period or an indeterminate return date. Those who stay worry that the people who are leaving might never come back
A devastated coconut plantation devastated by Hurricane Maria. Agriculture represents Dominica’s second industry
A laid off hotel worker looks out onto the debris strewn beach of Mero. Before Maria, tourism was Dominica’s main source of income
Volunteers use fire hoses to clear mud from the streets of Roseau
Fell trees and torn roof paneling litter the ravines of a village in Dominica
Kenny Charles stands guard of Salybia primary school, now serving as a displaced people’s shelter in the Kalinoga Territory
Vendors resume the sale of local staple foods. The devastation was such that not even the cassava roots survived Maria’s path
A mother brushes her daughter’s hair as the pre-storm routine slowly resumes. Classes, however, remain halted
Mervin Henderson stands in a neighbour’s house destroyed by the Pointe Michel landslide
The landslide triggered by Maria caused a landslide that flowed down Pointe Michel’s ravine, taking houses and trees into the sea
Newly arrived refugee women hold their young children in Nguenyyiel Camp. Amongst the over 400,000 South Sudanese refugees in Ethiopia, 78% are women and children.
Goats can be picky eaters. Getting the right kind of grass often entails long journeys
Uvira came under attack from speedboats
Rebecca Ekale, who lost 16 goats to drought, doubts oil will make her life easier
UNHCR uses biometrics such as iris scans to register refugees
Without water points like this, many more animals would die
In Kenya's Turkana County alone, drought has killed an estimated half million head of livestock
A general map of the Caribbean
Local women cast their vote in one of Tuz Khurmatu's largest polling stations
A map by humanitarian agencies in Bangladesh shows the outlines of a planned new camp for Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar. The dotted line shows the camp’s borders; areas marked red show the locations of some of the new arrivals after 25 August.
Kurdish fighters gather outside a Tuz Khurmatu polling station after a peshmerga was shot dead
A pro-referendum even in Erbil, days before the vote

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