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Rohingya refugees look on after a major fire in their Balukhali camp at Ukhiya in Cox's Bazar district, Bangladesh, Sunday, March 5, 2023. Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP hide caption
Massive fire tears through a crowded Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh
Dr. Firdausi Qadri has been engaged in a decades-long battle against a microbial foe — the bacterium that causes cholera. Fatima Tuj Johora for NPR hide caption
Rohingya children at a refugee camp near Cox's Bazar, southern Bangladesh. Lauren Frayer/NPR hide caption
Why nothing is getting better for Rohingya refugees stuck in Bangladesh
Ethnic Rohingya women and children sit on the floor upon arrival at a temporary shelter after their boat landed in Pidie, Aceh province, Indonesia, Monday, Dec. 26, 2022. A second group in two days of weak and exhausted Rohingya Muslims landed on a beach in Indonesia's northernmost province of Aceh on Monday after weeks at sea, officials said. Rahmat Mirza/AP hide caption
A scene from Midwives: A baby whose face is adorned with thanaka — a kind of sunscreen made from wood bark. POV/EyeSteelFilm hide caption
In this Dec. 29, 2020, file photo, Rohingya refugees wait on naval ships to be transported to an isolated island in the Bay of Bengal, in Chittagong, Bangladesh. Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP hide caption
A landscape view seen in the Balukhali camp in Cox's Bazar, taken two years ago. A massive fire has swept through the camp, destroying hundreds of dwellings. Kazi Salahuddin Razu/NurPhoto via Getty Images hide caption
Rohingya refugees walk at the Balukhali refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, on Feb. 2. Rohingya refugees from Myanmar living in camps in Bangladesh are condemning the military coup in their homeland and saying it makes them more fearful to return. A brutal counterinsurgency operation by Myanmar's military in 2017 drove more than 700,000 Rohingya Muslims to neighboring Bangladesh. Shafiqur Rahman/AP hide caption
Supporters gather in front of Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy headquarters on Sunday, in Yangon, Myanmar. Thein Zaw/AP hide caption
Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar's de facto leader, casts an early ballot for the Nov. 8 general election in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, on Oct. 29. Aung Shine Oo/AP hide caption
Suu Kyi's Party Expected To Win Myanmar Election Amid Minorities' Disenfranchisement
A structure is built on Bhasan Char island off the Bangladeshi coast, as it is being prepared for relocation of Rohingya refugees who fled violence in Myanmar. Dhaka has spent some $280 million transforming the cyclone-prone inlet into a camp for some of the Rohingya refugees. Polash Shikder/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Myanmar military deputy Commander in Chief, Vice Senior Gen. Soe Win, center, inspects military officers on Armed Forces Day last year. A U.N. human rights monitor is accusing the military of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Aung Shine Oo/AP hide caption
A photo released on April 5 by Malaysia shows a trawler carrying Rohingya migrants off the island of Langkawi. It was not immediately clear if it was the same vessel that was rescued late Wednesday off Bangladesh's coast. Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency/AP hide caption
Presiding Judge Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf, fourth from right, reads the ruling. The panel said Myanmar must take steps to protect the Muslim minority, who "remain extremely vulnerable" after a brutal 2017 crackdown by the military. Peter Dejong/AP hide caption
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi addresses judges of the International Court of Justice on the second day of hearings in The Hague, Netherlands, on Wednesday. Peter Dejong/AP hide caption
In this photo provided by the Myanmar State Counsellor Office, Aung San Suu Kyi, center, departs from Naypyitaw International Airport in Naypyitaw, Myanmar on Sunday. Myanmar State Counsellor Office via AP hide caption
The senior Myanmar military leaders sanctioned by the U.S. include the commander in chief, Min Aung Hlaing, shown here as he delivered a speech last year. Lynn Bo Bo/AP hide caption
Yanghee Lee, the U.N. special rapporteur on Myanmar, pictured on March 11. Denis Balibouse/Reuters hide caption
"Less than two years since the world outrage over the mass atrocities committed against the Rohingya population, the Myanmar military is again committing horrific abuses against ethnic groups in Rakhine State," Amnesty International said. STR/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Detained Reuters journalists Kyaw Soe Oo and Wa Lone are escorted by police as they leave after a court hearing in Yangon, Myanmar, in August. Myanmar's top court rejected their appeal Tuesday, letting their seven-year prison term stand. Ann Wang/Reuters hide caption
Foxtrot and Gemma Snowdon of the U.N.'s World Food Programme, who rescued the lost 4-week-old puppy. Jason Beaubien/NPR hide caption
Lost Pup Finds New Life As Humanitarian Mascot In Refugee Camp
Rohingya refugees use a mock elephant during a training session on how to respond to elephant incursions at the Kutupalong refugee camp. The massive refugee camp sits in what used to be a migratory path for elephants moving between Myanmar and Bangladesh. Munir Uz Zaman/Getty Images hide caption