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An Intimate Portrait of Life in Sierra Leone

Dignity, celebration, respect, joy. These were just some of the feelings ph...

Dignity, celebration, respect, joy. These were just some of the feelings photographer Robbie Lawrence wanted to capture in his work from Sierra Leone — a departure from the emotions we might traditionally associate with photography...

Construction on a school in Kutupalong camp in Cox’s Bazar, the largest refugee settlement on the globe.

'We’re Not Allowed to Dream.' Rohingya Muslims Exiled to Bangladesh Are Stuck in Limbo Without an End In Sight

From the moment she took her first breath of warm April air, Maisa Kauser w...

From the moment she took her first breath of warm April air, Maisa Kauser was one of the nowhere people. She was born on the floor of an unfurnished hut with no electricity and no...

The Yezidi boy known as S. was abducted by ISIS at the age of 9 and returned to his family at 12, a different person.

They Were Children When They Were Kidnapped By ISIS and Forced to Fight. What Happens Now That They're Home?

This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. Raised in ...

This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. Raised in northern Iraq’s small Yezidi religious minority, S. was 9 years old when the so-called Islamic State killed his father and brother, kidnapped him...

Forces allied with the U.N.-backed government reload ammo on the frontline outside Tripoli in April 2019.

'Fighting But No Progress' in Libya's Capital. Inside the Surreal Siege of Tripoli

While the world's attention has been everywhere else, Libya remains in chao...

While the world's attention has been everywhere else, Libya remains in chaos. The capital city, Tripoli, home of the government recognized by the U.N., is under siege by the forces of General Khalifa Haftar, who...

Maria Lidia Meza Castro, 40, sits in front of her new house on March 7. For the past four months, Castro and her children have been living in a house in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. while her attorneys gather all the documentation necessary for her asylum plea after she was granted entrance to the U.S. on Dec. 18, 2018.

She Was Tear-Gassed at the Border. But for This Migrant Mother, the Hardest Part Is the Children She Left Behind

In November 2018, the image of Maria Lidia Meza Castro desperately holding ...

In November 2018, the image of Maria Lidia Meza Castro desperately holding on to her twin daughters at the U.S.-Mexico border as a tear gas canister unleashed smoke behind them sparked national anger. "Honestly, in...

Miguel Blanco, 28, has a neurological condition and suffers from extreme malnutrition. Blanco was photographed in April in El Barrio Alto de Milagros Norte in Maracaibo.

'We Are Watching Our People Die': The Human Toll at the Heart of Venezuela’s Crisis

In her cinder block home in Venezuela’s second city of Maracaibo, 14-year-o...

In her cinder block home in Venezuela’s second city of Maracaibo, 14-year-old Ana Bravo puts her hand to her mouth to signal her hunger. She is waiting for her mother to cook up a plate...

Hannah stands on the street holding her baby cousin whilst members of the Congregation greet each other and chat in the background of the street.

Amid Rising Gentrification, London's African Churches Find a Way to Thrive

For Londoners who have been in the city for years, the change is obvious. N...

For Londoners who have been in the city for years, the change is obvious. Not long ago, the southeast neighborhood of Peckham was the heart of London’s Nigerian population. But over the last few years,...

An Intimate Portrait of Life in Sierra Leone

'We’re Not Allowed to Dream.' Rohingya Muslims Exiled to Bangladesh Are Stuck in Limbo Without an End In Sight

They Were Children When They Were Kidnapped By ISIS and Forced to Fight. What Happens Now That They're Home?

'Fighting But No Progress' in Libya's Capital. Inside the Surreal Siege of Tripoli

She Was Tear-Gassed at the Border. But for This Migrant Mother, the Hardest Part Is the Children She Left Behind

'We Are Watching Our People Die': The Human Toll at the Heart of Venezuela’s Crisis

Amid Rising Gentrification, London's African Churches Find a Way to Thrive

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