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
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A wooden boat was spotted at night in international waters north of Libya by Doctors Without Borders' rescue team aboard the MV Geo Barents. Valerio Muscella for NPR hide caption
A rescue ship saved them from the sea. Now these migrants find a tough road in Europe
Mulikat Okanlawon of Nigeria contracted noma when she was a child. The gangrenous infection ate away at the flesh and bone in her face. She survived and has had surgery to repair scars left by the disease. Today she works at the Sokoto Noma Hospital, guiding noma patients on the road to recovery. Claire Jeantet and Fabrice Caterini / Inediz hide caption
This Doctors Without Borders clinic in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, is called Pran Men'm (Take My Hand) in the local language. The humanitarian medical aid group operates in more than 70 countries. Valerie Baeriswyl/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Dr. Antoine Titus talks to a walk-up patient at Immaculée Conception Hospital in Les Cayes, Haiti, where he was made chief physician the day of the 7.2 magnitude earthquake. Octavio Jones for NPR hide caption
An Afghan woman feeds a newborn rescued and brought to Ataturk National Children's Hospital in Kabul in May 2020 after gunmen attacked a maternity ward operated by Doctors Without Borders. The nonprofit runs clinics and hospitals in parts of the country — and is continuing its work following the Taliban takeover. Haroon Sabawoon/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images hide caption
A dirt road cuts through a sprawling refugee camp in South Sudan where Doctors Without Borders has a hospital. In a letter, 1,000 current and former employees are accusing the aid group of racism and white supremacy. David Gilkey/NPR hide caption
Doctors Without Borders Responds To Charges Of 'Racism' From Its Staff
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People wear face masks in Sanaa, Yemen, as health workers fumigate a market over concerns about the spread of COVID-19. Khaled Abdullah/Reuters hide caption
A girl receives the Ebola vaccine in Beni, Democratic Republic of Congo. Jerome Delay/AP hide caption
FEMA disaster relief trailers in storage. FEMA hide caption
The rescue ship Aquarius, chartered by aid groups SOS Mediterranee and Doctors Without Borders, leaves the harbor of Marseille, France, on Aug. 1. The ship has been docked at Marseille since September, when it lost its registration, and Italian authorities are demanding its seizure. Boris Horvat/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
A 12-year-old Iranian refugee girl, who had tried to set herself on fire with petrol, rests in a bed in Nauru, where nearly 1,000 refugees and asylum seekers have been sent by the government of Australia. Mike Leyral/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
A worker disinfects shoes outside the Ebola security zone at a hospital in Mbandaka in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Junior Kannah/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Qusay Hussein, 29, survived a suicide bombing in Iraq in 2006. He lost his vision, nose and cheek before moving to the United States. He graduated from a community college in Texas on Thursday and aspires to be a psychologist. Courtesy of Qusay Hussein hide caption
In South Sudan, the staff of Doctors Without Borders has newly devised "runaway bags," filled with medical supplies so the health workers can provide care if people have to flee because of conflict. MSF hide caption
Rohingya refugees wait for medical treatment at a 'Doctors Without Borders clinic in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Paula Bronstein/Getty Images hide caption
Health workers from Doctors Without Borders give emergency treatment to a newborn baby in Sierra Leone in 2014. Lam Yik Fei/Getty Images hide caption
Researcher Chenai Mathabire, center, takes part in an HIV awareness campaign in Malawi in 2016. Courtesy of MSF hide caption
A wounded man receives treatment following airstrikes in Idlib province. Abdulghani Arian/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images hide caption
The aftermath of a bombing by the Nigerian military at an internally displaced person camps in Rann, Nigeria. MSF hide caption
A bombing by the Nigerian air force has occurred in an internally displaced person camps in Rann, Nigeria. MSF hide caption
A woman and a child suffering from severe malnutrition sleep on a bed at a therapeutic feeding center in northeastern Nigeria. Stefan Heunis/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Actor Tom Hiddleston caused a stir on Twitter when he spoke after winning a best actor Golden Globe for his TV series The Night Manager. Trae Patton/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images hide caption
On the rescue ship Aquarius, Sarah Giles cares for a refugee from Senegal who was crossing the Mediterranean in an inflatable rubber boat. Giles is a doctor with Doctors Without Borders. Andrè Liohn/Courtesy of MSF hide caption