U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters stand guard at Al Naeem Square in Raqqa, Syria, in February 2022. Baderkhan Ahmad/AP hide caption

Women protest against the rape and killing of a trainee doctor at a government hospital in India this August. Anuwar Hazarika/NurPhoto via Getty Images/NurPhoto hide caption

Mahamat Djouma is happy when he gets a chance to play soccer. But most of the time this teenage refugee he is busy taking care of his five-year-old twin brothers and trying to earn money for food. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption

Mahamat Djouma, 14, fled the war in Sudan without parents; his mother died in 2023 and his father subsequently disappeared. He came with 5-year-old twin brothers, whom he now cares for. Entesar, a 21-year-old student, also fled to escape the violence -- and was raped by three soldiers. She asked to be identified by her middle name since she has not yet told close family members about the attack. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption

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