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Decade in pictures: From Haiti’s earthquake to refugee crises

Striking images from the past decade in which Mandela died, Yemenis faced starvation and refugees fought to stay alive.

A injured child receives medical treatment after an earthquake in Port-au-Prince January 13, 2010. The 7.0 magnitude quake rocked Haiti, killing possibly thousands of people as it toppled the presiden
An injured child receives medical treatment after an earthquake in Port-au-Prince on January 13, 2010. The magnitude 7.0 quake that rocked Haiti killed thousands of people as it toppled the presidential palace and hillside shanties, leaving the poor Caribbean nation appealing for international help. [Eduardo Munoz/Reuters]
Published On 27 Dec 2019
Anti-government protesters celebrate inside Tahrir Square after the announcement of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak''s resignation in Cairo, Egypt, February 11, 2011. Picture taken February 11, 2011.
Anti-government protesters celebrate in Tahrir Square after the announcement of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's resignation in Cairo, Egypt, February 11, 2011. [Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters]
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White roses with images of the victims of the tragedy in Sandy Hook on a telegraph pole in the town centre after the mass shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, Newtown, Connecticut, USA. 17th Dec
White roses printed with images of the victims of the Sandy Hook tragedy are placed on a tree in the town centre after a mass shooting at the school on December 17 2012. [Lisa Wiltse/Corbis/Getty Images]
South African mourners hold posters of former president Nelson Mandela, while chanting slogans as the convoy transporting the body of Nelson Mandela passes by, in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday, De
South African mourners hold posters of late former President Nelson Mandela and chant as the convoy transporting his body passes by, in Pretoria, South Africa, on December 11, 2013. Mandela died on December 5 at 95. [Muhammed Muheisen/AP Photo]
A Palestinian woman walks past buildings destroyed by what police said were Israeli air strikes and shelling in the town of Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip August 3, 2014. An Israeli air strike
A Palestinian woman walks past buildings destroyed by what police said were Israeli air attacks and shelling in the town of Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip August 3, 2014. [Finbarr O'Reilly/Reuters]
A Syrian refugee holds onto his children as he struggles to walk off a dinghy on the Greek island of Lesbos, after crossing a part of the Aegean Sea from Turkey to Lesbos September 24, 2015. Reuters a
A Syrian refugee holds onto his children as he struggles to walk off a dinghy on the Greek island of Lesbos, after crossing a part of the Aegean Sea from Turkey, September 24, 2015. Yannis Behrakis, the photographer behind this image, spent his final years documenting the refugee crisis before he died in March 2019. [Yannis Behrakis/Reuters]
Saida Ahmed Baghili, 18, who is affected by severe malnutrition, sits on a bed at the al-Thawra hospital in the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, Yemen, October 24, 2016. REUTERS/Abduljabbar Zeyad/File P
Saida Ahmed Baghili, 18, who had severe malnutrition, sits on a bed at the al-Thawra hospital in the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, Yemen, October 24, 2016. She became the face of starvation in Yemen's humanitarian crisis with this photo. Reports in following years said she has made steady progress since then. [Abduljabbar Zeyad/Reuters]
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Rohingya refugees are reflected in rain water along an embankment next to paddy fields after fleeing from Myanmar into Palang Khali, near Cox''s Bazar, Bangladesh November 2, 2017. REUTERS/Hannah McKay
Rohingya refugees walk along an embankment next to paddy fields after fleeing from Myanmar into Palang Khali, near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, on November 2, 2017. In August 2017 the government of Myanmar launched a brutal crackdown on the Rohingya in Rakhine State, leading to a mass exodus and allegations of genocide. [Hannah McKay/Reuters]
People dig graves to burry the victims of bomb blast in Achin district of Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, 21 October 2018. At least 11 people, including children and women, from the same family were
Graves dug to bury the victims of a bomb blast in the Achin district of Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, on October 21, 2018. According to the UN, there were 3,804 civilian deaths that year, including 927 children, the highest recorded numbers in the country's long-running war that began after US forces led a campaign to overthrow the Taliban in the wake of the September 11, 2001, attacks. [Ghulamullah Habibi/EPA]
The bodies of Salvadoran migrant Oscar Alberto MartI`nez RamI`rez and his nearly 2-year-old daughter Valeria lie on the bank of the Rio Grande in Matamoros, Mexico, Monday, June 24, 2019, after they d
The bodies of Salvadoran Oscar Alberto Martinez Ramirez and his 23-month-old daughter Valeria lie on the bank of the Rio Grande in Matamoros, Mexico, Monday, June 24, 2019, after they drowned trying to cross the river to Brownsville, Texas. Martinez's wife Tania told Mexican authorities she watched her husband, an undocumented migrant, and child disappear in the strong current. [Julia Le Duc/AP Photo]