Abrar Saleh Ali, 17, arrived at the Milé refugee camp in Eastern Chad in early September, after the civil war in Sudan destroyed her home and she was separated from her family. (Her dad had died earlier from an illness.) It took months for her to walk across the country and reach the camp. Along the way she was robbed of all her belongings and found out that her sister had been killed. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption
Suad Abdulaziz Hamid Ahmed, 29, sits with her 5 children, plus some of her sister's children in the spontaneous settlement in Adré. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption
Hawa Miso, 70, collects leaves to use as vegetables on the hillside near the Rabang camp for internally displaced persons in Rabang, in Sudan's Nuba Mountains. Approximately 10 million Sudanese have been displaced by the civil war that broke out in 2023. A team of experts backed by the United Nations believes the country is experiencing famine. But the government does not agree. Guy Peterson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A magnification of the head of a midge larva. Midges — biting flies — and mosquitoes are spreading the Oropouche virus in Latin America, which is reporting higher numbers in 2024. Frank Fox/Science Photo Library//Science Source hide caption
A Sudanese girl who has fled from the war with her family arrives at a refugee transit center. The conflict that began in April 2023 has displaced millions and created a humanitarian crisis. Luis Tato/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
On July 6, volunteers dispense medication at a makeshift emergency clinic, set up in a former school in eastern Sudan, for people displaced by conflict. AFP via Getty Images/AFP hide caption
Eatizaz Yousif, the Sudan country director for the International Rescue Committee, poses for a portrait at NPR headquarters in Washington, D.C. on June 24. She herself was displaced by the conflict a year ago. “As Sudanese, we are pretty resilient," she says, referring to the fighting that has caused 12 million people to flee from their homes. "But this is beyond our resilience." Ben de la Cruz/NPR hide caption
A UNICEF report reveals more than 180 million children aren't getting anywhere near the nutrition they need. The problem is so severe, the report says, these kids suffer from the devastating effects of malnutrition. Some countries, however, have shown that it is possible to reduce what the report calls child food poverty. Discha-AS/Getty Images hide caption