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  • DWF - Syrien Refugees in Iowa
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    DWF - Syrien Refugees in Iowa
    Syrian Refugees

    Sedra Tameem walks her younger sister and brother, Hala and Mutaz, to their busstop in the family's Des Moines neighborhood.

    Ghazweh Aljabooli and her husband, Abdul Fattah Tameem, are refugees from Syria who were placed in Des Moines, Iowa with their five children. The family's hometown of Homs has seen some of the most fierce fighting and destruction of the civil war in Syria. For two years the family fled fighting within Syria before making it to Jordan, where they began the long process of of getting refugee status in the United States. From Jordan, Aljabooli and Tameem and their children were flown to Iowa to start a new life in middle America. While the transition has not been easy Tameem says, "the only positive thing is my kids are safe, this is essential."

    Iowa's Republican Governor, Terry Branstad, has apposed Syrian refugees being placed in his state. The federal government is in charge of refugee settlement though, and the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants, a nonprofit that contracts with the U.S. Department of State, settled the Tameem family in Des Moines.
    © Danny Wilcox Frazier/VII
    19/09/2016     6611
    19/09/2016
    DWF - Syrien Refugees in Iowa
    Syrian Refugees

    Sedra Tameem walks her younger sister and brother, Hala and Mutaz, to their busstop in the family's Des Moines neighborhood.

    Ghazweh Aljabooli and her husband, Abdul Fattah Tameem, are refugees from Syria who were placed in Des Moines, Iowa with their five children. The family's hometown of Homs has seen some of the most fierce fighting and destruction of the civil war in Syria. For two years the family fled fighting within Syria before making it to Jordan, where they began the long process of of getting refugee status in the United States. From Jordan, Aljabooli and Tameem and their children were flown to Iowa to start a new life in middle America. While the transition has not been easy Tameem says, "the only positive thing is my kids are safe, this is essential."

    Iowa's Republican Governor, Terry Branstad, has apposed Syrian refugees being placed in his state. The federal government is in charge of refugee settlement though, and the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants, a nonprofit that contracts with the U.S. Department of State, settled the Tameem family in Des Moines.
    © Danny Wilcox Frazier/VII

     

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    A man working in his poppy field. Parmakan, Herat Province, May 9, 2007.
    © João Silva
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    A man working in his poppy field. Parmakan, Herat Province, May 9, 2007.
    © João Silva

     

  • AG - Refugee crisis in Europe
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    AG - Refugee crisis in Europe
    Refugee crisis in Europe

    Kadoni Kinan, 26, a volunteer, helps a young Syrian boy as he disembarks a boat near Scala, on the island of Lesvos, Greece on September 30, 2015. The Agean sea is particularly rough, with the first signs of winter storms beginning today. Many refugees were sea sick, some to the point of life threatening conditions due to dehydration and cold.

    Kadoni Kinan, 26, left his home in Saragep, Syria five years ago. Kinan successfully filed for refugee status, and today lives in Belgium, where he studies Flemish at school and volunteers for the Red Cross. While Kinan was waiting for his asylum application to be completed over 2.5 years, he stayed in a refugee center that was run by the Red Cross.

    ?They gave me a lot when I was living there, and now its time for me to give them something back.? Kinan said in an interview. Kinan flew to Greece in the middle of September to volunteer on the beaches, welcoming and assisting refugees after they landed on the island Lesbos.

    A UNICEF photographer that was working on assignment in Lesbos captured Kinan carrying a Syrian boy, both beaming, moments after a boat landed on the coast on a day that had particularly rough waters. After posting the photograph on various social media, viewers identified Kinan, who got in touch with the photographer. Kinan remembered the moment vividly.

    ?This lovely boy made my day with his nice smile. When every one else was afraid, this boy was laughing.? Kinan said, ?When their boat arrived, everyone looked pale and afraid and this boy was the only one with a big smile, and that is how he drew my attention immediately. I went directly him and got him out of the boat and we started playing and laughing... I always try to welcome them with smile face because I think that will make them comfortable.?

    ?I did this because I am myself a refugee and I know this feeling very well and It would be good for the refugees who come by boat to find someone welcoming them,? he said, ?ma
    © Ashley Gilbertson / VII
    30/09/2015     6658
    30/09/2015
    AG - Refugee crisis in Europe
    Refugee crisis in Europe

    Kadoni Kinan, 26, a volunteer, helps a young Syrian boy as he disembarks a boat near Scala, on the island of Lesvos, Greece on September 30, 2015. The Agean sea is particularly rough, with the first signs of winter storms beginning today. Many refugees were sea sick, some to the point of life threatening conditions due to dehydration and cold.

    Kadoni Kinan, 26, left his home in Saragep, Syria five years ago. Kinan successfully filed for refugee status, and today lives in Belgium, where he studies Flemish at school and volunteers for the Red Cross. While Kinan was waiting for his asylum application to be completed over 2.5 years, he stayed in a refugee center that was run by the Red Cross.

    ?They gave me a lot when I was living there, and now its time for me to give them something back.? Kinan said in an interview. Kinan flew to Greece in the middle of September to volunteer on the beaches, welcoming and assisting refugees after they landed on the island Lesbos.

    A UNICEF photographer that was working on assignment in Lesbos captured Kinan carrying a Syrian boy, both beaming, moments after a boat landed on the coast on a day that had particularly rough waters. After posting the photograph on various social media, viewers identified Kinan, who got in touch with the photographer. Kinan remembered the moment vividly.

    ?This lovely boy made my day with his nice smile. When every one else was afraid, this boy was laughing.? Kinan said, ?When their boat arrived, everyone looked pale and afraid and this boy was the only one with a big smile, and that is how he drew my attention immediately. I went directly him and got him out of the boat and we started playing and laughing... I always try to welcome them with smile face because I think that will make them comfortable.?

    ?I did this because I am myself a refugee and I know this feeling very well and It would be good for the refugees who come by boat to find someone welcoming them,? he said, ?ma
    © Ashley Gilbertson / VII

     

  • EY - November is Beginning
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    EY - November is Beginning
    November is Beginning

    A dog walks on a rooftop near S¸leymaniye Mosque in Istanbul, March 2015.
    S¸leymaniye is a district in Istanbul known as a place that is settled by Syrian refugees. While only a tenth of Syrians in Turkey live in camps, the rest have settled in cities.
    © Esa Ylijaasko / VII Mentor Program
     6613
    EY - November is Beginning
    November is Beginning

    A dog walks on a rooftop near S¸leymaniye Mosque in Istanbul, March 2015.
    S¸leymaniye is a district in Istanbul known as a place that is settled by Syrian refugees. While only a tenth of Syrians in Turkey live in camps, the rest have settled in cities.
    © Esa Ylijaasko / VII Mentor Program

     

  • AA - Displaced Yazidis
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    AA - Displaced Yazidis
    Displaced Yazidis

    Aamir carries his wife Ghazala on his shoulder due to her weakened state from hunger and dehydration as they cross into Kurdistan, by way of the Syrian border in Faysh Khabur, Zakho, Iraq on Aug. 9, 2014.
    © Ali Arkady / VII Mentor Program
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    AA - Displaced Yazidis
    Displaced Yazidis

    Aamir carries his wife Ghazala on his shoulder due to her weakened state from hunger and dehydration as they cross into Kurdistan, by way of the Syrian border in Faysh Khabur, Zakho, Iraq on Aug. 9, 2014.
    © Ali Arkady / VII Mentor Program

     

  • 3711
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR

     

  • EK - Northern Nigeria
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    EK - Northern Nigeria
    Northern Nigeria

    Locals go about their routines, stepping over garbage heaps that burn along the railroad tracks in Kaduna, Nigeria on April 3, 2013.
    © Ed Kashi / VII
    03/04/2013     6607
    03/04/2013
    EK - Northern Nigeria
    Northern Nigeria

    Locals go about their routines, stepping over garbage heaps that burn along the railroad tracks in Kaduna, Nigeria on April 3, 2013.
    © Ed Kashi / VII

     

  • 3698
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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  • 3710
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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  • 3679
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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  • 3692
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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  • 3709
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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  • 3703
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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  • 3708
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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  • 3704
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
    Mandatory Credit: BenedicteKurzen DO NOT CROP OR ALTER IN ANY WAYS WITHOUT PHOTOGRAPHER APPROVAL

     

  • 3689
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
    Mandatory Credit: BenedicteKurzen DO NOT CROP OR ALTER IN ANY WAYS WITHOUT PHOTOGRAPHER APPROVAL

     

  • 3683
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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  • 3702
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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  • 3691
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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  • 3707
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
    Mandatory Credit: BenedicteKurzen DO NOT CROP OR ALTER IN ANY WAYS WITHOUT PHOTOGRAPHER APPROVAL

     

  • 3678
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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  • 3706
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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  • 3705
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
    Mandatory Credit: BenedicteKurzen DO NOT CROP OR ALTER IN ANY WAYS WITHOUT PHOTOGRAPHER APPROVAL

     

  • 3682
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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  • 3688
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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  • 3690
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
    Mandatory Credit: BenedicteKurzen DO NOT CROP OR ALTER IN ANY WAYS WITHOUT PHOTOGRAPHER APPROVAL

     

  • 3700
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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  • 3685
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
    Mandatory Credit: BenedicteKurzen DO NOT CROP OR ALTER IN ANY WAYS WITHOUT PHOTOGRAPHER APPROVAL

     

  • 3699
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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  • 3686
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
    Mandatory Credit: BenedicteKurzen DO NOT CROP OR ALTER IN ANY WAYS WITHOUT PHOTOGRAPHER APPROVAL

     

  • 3697
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
    Mandatory Credit: BenedicteKurzen DO NOT CROP OR ALTER IN ANY WAYS WITHOUT PHOTOGRAPHER APPROVAL

     

  • 3675
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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  • 3674
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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  • 3673
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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  • Afghanistan
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    Afghanistan
    Afghanistan, 2001. Children carrying artillery shells in Tora Bora, where Osama Bin Laden was said to be hiding.
    © João Silva
     937
    Afghanistan
    Afghanistan, 2001. Children carrying artillery shells in Tora Bora, where Osama Bin Laden was said to be hiding.
    © João Silva

     

  • 3684
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
    Mandatory Credit: BenedicteKurzen DO NOT CROP OR ALTER IN ANY WAYS WITHOUT PHOTOGRAPHER APPROVAL

     

  • 3695
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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  • 3677
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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  • 3701
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
     3701
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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  • 3681
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
     3681
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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  • 3694
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
     3694
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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  • 3693
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
     3693
    © Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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  • Afghanistan
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    Afghanistan
    Arghandab, October 23, 2010
    The last three frames taken by Joao Silva moments after stepping on a landmine while on patrol with US forces. Joao Silva lost both legs and sustained severe internal injuries.
    © João Silva
     927
    Afghanistan
    Arghandab, October 23, 2010
    The last three frames taken by Joao Silva moments after stepping on a landmine while on patrol with US forces. Joao Silva lost both legs and sustained severe internal injuries.
    © João Silva

     

  • Afghanistan
    926
    Afghanistan
    Arghandab, October 23, 2010
    The last three frames taken by Joao Silva moments after stepping on a landmine while on patrol with US forces. Joao Silva lost both legs and sustained severe internal injuries.
    © João Silva
     926
    Afghanistan
    Arghandab, October 23, 2010
    The last three frames taken by Joao Silva moments after stepping on a landmine while on patrol with US forces. Joao Silva lost both legs and sustained severe internal injuries.
    © João Silva

     

  • Afghanistan
    925
    Afghanistan
    Arghandab, October 23, 2010
    The last three frames taken by Joao Silva moments after stepping on a landmine while on patrol with US forces. Joao Silva lost both legs and sustained severe internal injuries.
    © João Silva
     925
    Afghanistan
    Arghandab, October 23, 2010
    The last three frames taken by Joao Silva moments after stepping on a landmine while on patrol with US forces. Joao Silva lost both legs and sustained severe internal injuries.
    © João Silva

     

  • Afghanistan
    924
    Afghanistan
    Arghandab, October 23, 2010
    US soldiers with the 4th Infantry Division sweep an area for explosive devices in Arghandab Valley, Kandahar. Minutes later a mine exploded and Joao Silva lost both legs and sustained severe internal injuries.
    © João Silva
     924
    Afghanistan
    Arghandab, October 23, 2010
    US soldiers with the 4th Infantry Division sweep an area for explosive devices in Arghandab Valley, Kandahar. Minutes later a mine exploded and Joao Silva lost both legs and sustained severe internal injuries.
    © João Silva