!['He showed me how to smile and to keep walking forward. I will always be grateful to him.' [Omar Havana/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/75e319c7d19f411abc7fe2d8ed5ac839_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
How, after Nepal’s 2015 earthquake, a father’s words and a boy making his way to school offered a lesson in resilience.
![Algerians in the Place de la Republique in Paris celebrate the resignation of Abdelaziz Bouteflika and demand the departure of key allies of the former president, who stepped down April 3. [Omar Havana/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/44db05bb9aab4bd5a10c2c4d8a46bdf8_8.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Protesters sing, dance and shout slogans calling for change in Algeria in demonstration on the Place de la Republique.
![Some 10,000 people demonstrated in Place de la Republique in the centre of the French capital on Sunday. [Omar Havana/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/a49ddeae716045f980f80fa41ba664aa_8.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Algerian diaspora takes to the streets once again to express solidarity with anti-Bouteflika protesters back home.
![Dominic sits on a street in the centre of Paris. He has been homeless for the past 20 years. A medical patrol by a team of volunteers working with Medecins du Monde provide him with a hot drink and a conversation, something Dominic says he misses the most. [Omar Havana/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/b7f996eefddc4c77a0340649e7a54396_8.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Tourists flock to the French capital for Christmas, but what is it like to live on the streets of the city of love?
![French Police guards the access to the world famous Arc de Triomphe, closed to the public after being vandalised during last Saturday's protest. Protesters smashed a statue of Marianne, the symbol of the French Republic, on display at the entrance, broke displays in the interior of the monument, and graffitied slogans on its walls. [Omar Havana/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/3d56dafa4cbe44f5ad7845438cc32628_8.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Damage at Arc de Triomphe has forced authorities to close the monument while it is being repaired.
![A protester holds a flower as a symbol of a peaceful protest under the world famous Arc de Triomphe. As a result of the violent protest, access to the Champs Elysees was blocked off by police barricades, forcing protesters to neighbouring streets. [Omar Havana/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/5b37bf0e9c22407ab9fa508350617104_8.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Violence during the protests has been blamed on extreme elements on both the right and left of the spectrum.
![Demonstrators chat during a protest on the Champs Elysees called for by the "gilets jaunes" movement against rising fuel prices in Paris, France. [Omar Havana/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/7bbc56f309e94d47b9957579a375404e_8.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
About 81,000 people took to the streets throughout France, including more than 8,000 in Paris, in protest against taxes.
![A Buddhist monk walks in front of a police van at the Supreme Court in Phnom Penh on Tuesday. Opposition leader Kem Sokha was arrested in early September on charges of alleged treason [Omar Havana/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/42007547c974412e91596955936ea11d_8.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Security forces in Phnom Penh were on high alert as the Supreme Court heard Kem Sokha’s appeal on treason charges.
![Cambodia votes to select 11,572 councillors for 1,646 commune councils. [Omar Havana/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/94252ef227c64d7298c1c5f943a6711b_8.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Voters in Cambodia vote in local polls seen as a test for leadership in advance of general election next year.
![Volunteers push a dinghy that has crossed the Aegean from the Turkish coast to safety on the beach of the Greek island of Lesbos. [Omar Havana/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/da148b15520c4c29bd2c5d234f805474_8.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
‘We are travelling the same road, a road where our hearts have died, a road that is taking us far from home.’