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.
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]
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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 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 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 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, 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 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 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]
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 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]
![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]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/ae5e71bf06f842538869d11cbbaaf321_8.jpeg?resize=1170%2C780)
![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]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/22dfac365583436aba3841e24cd8cd57_8.jpeg?fit=1170%2C761)
![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]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/5f4ad9c9935a4526af3a2990e380d1a1_8.jpeg?fit=1170%2C780)
![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]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/172ab6957ff04bdfa7db78eca2ea2c24_8.jpeg?fit=1170%2C780)
![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]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/3aae5ea6efc74ee4a8150abd1028bcd8_8.jpeg?fit=1170%2C780)
![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]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/2a24baa9826b478db8d912f9e3dc4798_8.jpeg?fit=1170%2C780)
![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]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/4f3515ec113b4a21901725d704c02744_8.jpeg?fit=1170%2C780)
![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]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/691ee2c172054491a8a2f91b50f4359a_8.jpeg?fit=1170%2C780)
![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]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/00ff5dbaa9b04e249bf4a076162a38d9_8.jpeg?fit=1170%2C780)
![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]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/69d533a31c1b457d81e8653d0db714c5_8.jpeg?fit=1170%2C780)
![Rains were massively reduced, totalling just 60 percent of normal fall, an expert said [Khalil Mazraawi/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/000_98E6A8.jpg?resize=170%2C113)
![Wastewater is discharged into the Iraqi marshes in the southern district of Chibayish. [Asaad Niazi/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/000_9828DM.jpg?resize=170%2C113)
![Israeli security forces detain a Palestinian amid ongoing confrontations as Palestinian families face eviction in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of East Jerusalem. [Ahmad Gharabli/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/000_99B8QJ.jpg?resize=170%2C113)
![Surgeon and doctor-turned-refugee, Dr. Tewodros Tefera, performs surgery on a man's severely infected toe inside the Sudanese Red Crescent clinic in Hamdayet, eastern Sudan, near the border with Ethiopia. [Nariman El-Mofty/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/AP21123520859023.jpg?resize=170%2C113)
![Nasheed waves to supporters following his return from exile on November 1, 2018 [File: Ahmed Shurau/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/000_1AH8UI.jpg?resize=170%2C113)
![Pakistan and Saudi have enjoyed decades of close economic, military and political cooperation [File: AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ssss.jpg?resize=170%2C113)
![Without social media, Donald Trump's voice is not travelling as far and wide as it used to [File: Mike Segar/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/USA-ELECTION-TRUMP.jpg?resize=170%2C113)
![The Long March-5B Y2 rocket blasts off from Wenchang Space Launch Center in Hainan province on April 29 [China Daily via Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ChinaRocket.jpg?resize=170%2C113)