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After the fall of Bashar Al Assad’s regime, Syria is working hard for a brighter future. But 13 years of war have left millions of displaced people struggling to meet their most basic needs.

In the hills of Tigray, where displacement has reshaped daily life, strength often reveals itself in small, steady gestures. Belaynesh grips her white jerrycan with steady hands. What once felt unbearably heavy now feels lighter, almost routine.

The conflict in Sudan continues to rage, forcing civilians to flee their homes. Nearly 15 million Sudanese have been internally displaced or have left the country, including almost 4 million children. This has made Sudan the world’s largest child displacement crisis.

Yemen remains one of the world’s most severe humanitarian crises. With deteriorating food security, soaring malnutrition rates, and recurring epidemic outbreaks, the country is on the brink of collapse.

In 2023, the escalation between Azerbaijan and Karabakh and the subsequent ceasefire afterwards led to the exodus of more than 100.000 Karabakh people to Armenia.

On 26 December 2004, apocalyptic scenes flickered across TV screens around the world: leveled coastlines, uprooted palm trees, and people desperately searching for their loved ones under the rubble of their destroyed homes.

Colombia continues to host one of the world's largest populations of forcibly uprooted people. There are over 7 million internally displaced persons (IDPs), in addition to 3 million Venezuelan migrants and refugees.

When conflict erupted in Sudan in April 2023, millions of civilians were forced to flee their homes in search of safety. While many crossed into Chad, Egypt, and South Sudan, a significant number sought refuge in Libya.

Lebanon is marked by continued economic and social instability, with 2.2 million Lebanese in need of humanitarian aid. The wide economic breakdown left families struggling to make ends meet, while the country is also hosting the highest number of refugees per capita in the world.

In August 2025, when the deadly Ebola virus broke out in Bulape, a remote region of Kasai Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, time was the enemy. With challenging roads, abandoned airstrips and a lack of reliable infrastructure, delivering medical help seemed nearly impossible.

Ayan’s voice shakes as she remembers her first months in a displacement camp in Mogadishu, Somalia. Around her, the health facility is alive with movement and noise. Nurses bustle, babies cry, and mothers confer in hushed tones.

In the fractured hills of Tigray, resilience has become both a burden and a lifeline for hundreds of thousands of people forced from their homes. As Ethiopia’s northernmost region, it remains the epicentre of internal displacement, where memories of conflict, the struggle to survive...

From typhoons and floods to earthquakes and wildfires, both the EU and ASEAN regions are facing a growing array of hazards. Intensified by climate change, disasters are becoming more frequent, more severe and more unpredictable.

This wildfire season has been one of the most severe in recent memory — the worst since 2006, when records began. Across Europe, flames have threatened homes, communities, and natural landscapes.

In the heart of Kenya’s Dadaab Refugee Camp— one of the world’s largest refugee settlements—15-year-old Ifrah Ahmed Garad is rewriting the story of what it means to be a girl born into displacement.

In the peaceful yet sombre confines of his home in Lahj, Yemen, 25-year-old Khaldoon reflects on his crutches — an ever-present reminder of a life transformed by tragedy.

When disaster strikes, every second counts. A bark in the silence of collapsed concrete can mean someone is still alive. Search and rescue dogs, trained to detect the faintest trace of human scent, are vital allies in international emergency response.

Since fleeing the Syrian conflict in 2014, 39-year-old Palestine refugee Samer lives in a refugee camp in Lebanon. He carefully manages his family’s limited electricity supply, which he pays for through a private generator subscription.

More than 1 million hectares have burned—the largest area recorded in the EU since 2006. Almost 2,000 fires have been detected since January, nearly double the number during the same period last year.