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  • 19 February 2020, Amman, Jordan: A group of boys make use of a room called 'Spaces for Creativity' at the Al Areen Secondary School for Boys in the Al Jeeza district. The room has emerged through a project by the Lutheran World Federation, whereby the school buildings and classrooms have been refurbished, and a school initiative has introduced 'Spaces for Creativity' as a way of nurturing students' creative and thinking skills. This type of learning environment is otherwise rare in Jordanian public shools. The Al Areen Secondary school teaches boys from 4th - 12th grade, most of them Jordanian, but a few also of other nationalities.
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  • 19 February 2020, Amman, Jordan: A group of boys make use of a room called 'Spaces for Creativity' at the Al Areen Secondary School for Boys in the Al Jeeza district. The room has emerged through a project by the Lutheran World Federation, whereby the school buildings and classrooms have been refurbished, and a school initiative has introduced 'Spaces for Creativity' as a way of nurturing students' creative and thinking skills. This type of learning environment is otherwise rare in Jordanian public shools. The Al Areen Secondary school teaches boys from 4th - 12th grade, most of them Jordanian, but a few also of other nationalities.
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  • 19 February 2020, Amman, Jordan: A group of boys make use of a room called 'Spaces for Creativity' at the Al Areen Secondary School for Boys in the Al Jeeza district. The room has emerged through a project by the Lutheran World Federation, whereby the school buildings and classrooms have been refurbished, and a school initiative has introduced 'Spaces for Creativity' as a way of nurturing students' creative and thinking skills. This type of learning environment is otherwise rare in Jordanian public shools. The Al Areen Secondary school teaches boys from 4th - 12th grade, most of them Jordanian, but a few also of other nationalities.
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  • 19 February 2020, Amman, Jordan: A group of boys make use of a room called 'Spaces for Creativity' at the Al Areen Secondary School for Boys in the Al Jeeza district. The room has emerged through a project by the Lutheran World Federation, whereby the school buildings and classrooms have been refurbished, and a school initiative has introduced 'Spaces for Creativity' as a way of nurturing students' creative and thinking skills. This type of learning environment is otherwise rare in Jordanian public shools. The Al Areen Secondary school teaches boys from 4th - 12th grade, most of them Jordanian, but a few also of other nationalities.
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  • 19 February 2020, Amman, Jordan: Under supervision of Nashmi, one of the school teachers, a group of boys make use of a room called 'Spaces for Creativity' at the Al Areen Secondary School for Boys in the Al Jeeza district. The room has emerged through a project by the Lutheran World Federation, whereby the school buildings and classrooms have been refurbished, and a school initiative has introduced 'Spaces for Creativity' as a way of nurturing students' creative and thinking skills. This type of learning environment is otherwise rare in Jordanian public shools. The Al Areen Secondary school teaches boys from 4th - 12th grade, most of them Jordanian, but a few also of other nationalities.
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  • 19 February 2020, Amman, Jordan: A group of boys make use of a room called 'Spaces for Creativity' at the Al Areen Secondary School for Boys in the Al Jeeza district. The room has emerged through a project by the Lutheran World Federation, whereby the school buildings and classrooms have been refurbished, and a school initiative has introduced 'Spaces for Creativity' as a way of nurturing students' creative and thinking skills. This type of learning environment is otherwise rare in Jordanian public shools. The Al Areen Secondary school teaches boys from 4th - 12th grade, most of them Jordanian, but a few also of other nationalities.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200219_AH1_252...jpg
  • 23 November 2022, Bethlehem, Palestine: Two boys walk up a street inside the Aida camp, established in 1950 by UNRWA and located between the municipalities of Bethlehem, Beit Jala and Jerusalem.
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  • 24 May 2022, Manychskaya, Russia: Two refugee boys from the Donbas area of Ukraine sit down for a game of chess in their room at the Russian Orthodox Children’s Shelter in honor of Saint Paraskeva in the village of Manychskaya, in southwest Russia. The shelter currently offers accommodation to a few dozen refugees from the Donbas region of Ukraine, in addition to its regular work in housing and accompanying so-called social orphans — children whose parents are alive and known, but who are currently unable to take care of their children on their own. Following the eruption of war in Ukraine, many refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine have taken refuge across the border in neighbouring Russia. Located close to the border, the Shakhty diocese (Russian Orthodox Church, Moscow Patriarchate) receives refugees mainly from the area of Donbas, the majority of whom are women and children. Close to a million people — most of them women and children — have fled from Ukraine to Russia according to mid-May figures from the United Nations (UNHCR) following the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]
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  • 9 March 2022, Barabás, Hungary: Two boys sleep on a bed at a Caritas Hungary support centre for incoming refugees from Ukraine in the small border crossing village of Barabás in northeast Hungary. Following the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February, more than 200,000 refugees from Ukraine have fled across the border into neighbouring Hungary, where a range of church and civil society organizations are now mobilizing support, ranging from arranging accommodation, providing information and donating diapers for the children, sanitizers, hygiene supplies and other necessities for people on the move.
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  • 9 March 2022, Barabás, Hungary: Two boys sleep on a bed at a Caritas Hungary support centre for incoming refugees from Ukraine in the small border crossing village of Barabás in northeast Hungary. Following the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February, more than 200,000 refugees from Ukraine have fled across the border into neighbouring Hungary, where a range of church and civil society organizations are now mobilizing support, ranging from arranging accommodation, providing information and donating diapers for the children, sanitizers, hygiene supplies and other necessities for people on the move.
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  • 17 March 2022, Siret, Romania: Two boys pull their suitcases as they arrive at the Vama Siret border crossing, Romania. The Vama Siret border crossing connects northeast Romania with Ukraine. Located north of Siret and further in the south the city of Suceava, the crossing connects Romania with the Ukrainian village of Terebleche and further north the city of Chernivtsi. Following the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military starting on 24 February 2022, close to half a million refugees have fled across the Ukrainian border into Romania. In the past 24 hours, government figures indicate more than 50,000 people have crossed the border in search of refuge, an estimated 20 percent of whom are expected to stay in Romania, rather than transit into other European countries.
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  • 24 May 2022, Manychskaya, Russia: Two refugee boys from the Donbas area of Ukraine sit down for a game of chess in their room at the Russian Orthodox Children’s Shelter in honor of Saint Paraskeva in the village of Manychskaya, in southwest Russia. The shelter currently offers accommodation to a few dozen refugees from the Donbas region of Ukraine, in addition to its regular work in housing and accompanying so-called social orphans — children whose parents are alive and known, but who are currently unable to take care of their children on their own. Following the eruption of war in Ukraine, many refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine have taken refuge across the border in neighbouring Russia. Located close to the border, the Shakhty diocese (Russian Orthodox Church, Moscow Patriarchate) receives refugees mainly from the area of Donbas, the majority of whom are women and children. Close to a million people — most of them women and children — have fled from Ukraine to Russia according to mid-May figures from the United Nations (UNHCR) following the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]
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  • 28 March 2022, Arusha, Tanzania: A group of young boys enjoy an afternoon meal on the campus of the Usa River Rehabilitation and Training Centre for children with special needs, in Arusha, Tanzania. An institution of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania, the Usa River Rehabilitation Centre’s 54 staff support a group of 147 students with special needs, through vocational training, secondary school, and income projects.
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  • 28 March 2022, Arusha, Tanzania: A group of young boys enjoy an afternoon meal on the campus of the Usa River Rehabilitation and Training Centre for children with special needs, in Arusha, Tanzania. An institution of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania, the Usa River Rehabilitation Centre’s 54 staff support a group of 147 students with special needs, through vocational training, secondary school, and income projects.
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  • 26 January 2019, Ethiopia: Two boys ride a horse-led carriage through the dust-filled streets in Bale Zone, Oromia region, Ethiopia.
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  • 31 May 2019, Mokolo, Cameroon: A young boy holds a toy consisting of a small stick and a bike wheel. One of 20 sites for Internally Displaced People in the Far North region of Cameroon, Zamay currently hosts 4,102 IDPs from the border area between Nigeria and Cameroon. Fleeing the atrocities of Boko Haram, and cross-border fighting between Boko Haram and Cameroonian coalition forces, the IDPs have settled alongside the host community of 32,000 people in Zamay.
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  • 10 March 2022, Záhony, Hungary: A boy looks out the train door window as he waits to disembark from the train from Chop, Ukraine, to Záhnoy, Hungary where the train has arrived. Ukrainian refugees arrive daily at the train station in Záhony, Hungary. A town of some 3,500 residents, Záhony has become a key border crossing for Ukrainians going to Hungary, particularly by train. Záhony residents support incoming refugees in a variety of ways, and a local high school has been repurposed to serve as a temporary centre for accommodation with a capacity for 250 refugees, as they pass through the town on their way onward into Hungary or other neighbouring countries. Following the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February, more than 200,000 people have crossed the border from Ukraine into Hungary, to seek refuge from war and an increasingly desperate humanitarian situation.
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  • 10 March 2022, Záhony, Hungary: A boy uses his fingers to write on the train door window as he waits to disembark from the train from Chop, Ukraine, to Záhnoy, Hungary where the train has arrived. Ukrainian refugees arrive daily at the train station in Záhony, Hungary. A town of some 3,500 residents, Záhony has become a key border crossing for Ukrainians going to Hungary, particularly by train. Záhony residents support incoming refugees in a variety of ways, and a local high school has been repurposed to serve as a temporary centre for accommodation with a capacity for 250 refugees, as they pass through the town on their way onward into Hungary or other neighbouring countries. Following the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February, more than 200,000 people have crossed the border from Ukraine into Hungary, to seek refuge from war and an increasingly desperate humanitarian situation.
    Hungary-2022-Hillert-20220310_AH2_80...jpg
  • 10 March 2022, Záhony, Hungary: A boy uses his fingers to write on the train door window as he waits to disembark from the train from Chop, Ukraine, to Záhnoy, Hungary where the train has arrived. Ukrainian refugees arrive daily at the train station in Záhony, Hungary. A town of some 3,500 residents, Záhony has become a key border crossing for Ukrainians going to Hungary, particularly by train. Záhony residents support incoming refugees in a variety of ways, and a local high school has been repurposed to serve as a temporary centre for accommodation with a capacity for 250 refugees, as they pass through the town on their way onward into Hungary or other neighbouring countries. Following the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February, more than 200,000 people have crossed the border from Ukraine into Hungary, to seek refuge from war and an increasingly desperate humanitarian situation.
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  • 2 March 2017, Morija, Maseru district, Lesotho: Children of resident staff at Scott Hospital playing at the hospital grounds. Scott Hospital is run by the Lesotho Evangelical Church in Southern Africa and is a founding member of the Christian Health Association of Lesotho. It is located in the village of Morija, and operates and supervises clinics in the Maseru District of Lesotho. Scott started out as a dispensary in 1864, and today offers comprehensive healthcare Mondays-Fridays, as well as pharmaceutical services around the clock. Lesotho suffers from high numbers in Tuberculosis in disesase and mortality, and so the hospital screens all patients for TB. The hospital observes among many patients what they describe as ”low health-seeking behaviour”, services are increasing and demand rising, but space and human resources are a challenge, as is funding. I key concern is one of infrastructure, where the original design of the hospital matches poorly with current needs, as departments and buildings are scattered, posing a challenge for security. Another challenge is to adapt donation structures, so as to be able to receive payments electronically. The hospital has one ambulance, which they describe as not enough, but what they have. Another challenge is that lack of funds affects maintenance of buildings and infrastructure, as the immediate care of patients take priority. PLEASE NOTE: This photo is not to be used in social media.
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  • 2 March 2017, Morija, Maseru district, Lesotho: Children of resident staff at Scott Hospital playing at the hospital grounds. Scott Hospital is run by the Lesotho Evangelical Church in Southern Africa and is a founding member of the Christian Health Association of Lesotho. It is located in the village of Morija, and operates and supervises clinics in the Maseru District of Lesotho. Scott started out as a dispensary in 1864, and today offers comprehensive healthcare Mondays-Fridays, as well as pharmaceutical services around the clock. Lesotho suffers from high numbers in Tuberculosis in disesase and mortality, and so the hospital screens all patients for TB. The hospital observes among many patients what they describe as ”low health-seeking behaviour”, services are increasing and demand rising, but space and human resources are a challenge, as is funding. I key concern is one of infrastructure, where the original design of the hospital matches poorly with current needs, as departments and buildings are scattered, posing a challenge for security. Another challenge is to adapt donation structures, so as to be able to receive payments electronically. The hospital has one ambulance, which they describe as not enough, but what they have. Another challenge is that lack of funds affects maintenance of buildings and infrastructure, as the immediate care of patients take priority. PLEASE NOTE: This photo is not to be used in social media.
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  • 2 March 2017, Morija, Maseru district, Lesotho: Children of resident staff at Scott Hospital playing at the hospital grounds. Scott Hospital is run by the Lesotho Evangelical Church in Southern Africa and is a founding member of the Christian Health Association of Lesotho. It is located in the village of Morija, and operates and supervises clinics in the Maseru District of Lesotho. Scott started out as a dispensary in 1864, and today offers comprehensive healthcare Mondays-Fridays, as well as pharmaceutical services around the clock. Lesotho suffers from high numbers in Tuberculosis in disesase and mortality, and so the hospital screens all patients for TB. The hospital observes among many patients what they describe as ”low health-seeking behaviour”, services are increasing and demand rising, but space and human resources are a challenge, as is funding. I key concern is one of infrastructure, where the original design of the hospital matches poorly with current needs, as departments and buildings are scattered, posing a challenge for security. Another challenge is to adapt donation structures, so as to be able to receive payments electronically. The hospital has one ambulance, which they describe as not enough, but what they have. Another challenge is that lack of funds affects maintenance of buildings and infrastructure, as the immediate care of patients take priority. PLEASE NOTE: This photo is not to be used in social media.
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  • 2 April 2022, Obongi district, Uganda: Children play in their mother’s lap at the Iboa Health Centre, Obongi district of northern Uganda, where the Lutheran World Federation in collaboration with Medical Teams International provide support to malnourished children and mothers.
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  • 17 February 2020, Zarqa, Jordan: Music class at the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa. Through a variety of activities, the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa serves to offer psychosocial support and strengthen social cohesion between Syrian, Iraqi and other refugees in Jordan and their host communities.
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  • 25 February 2020, Jerusalem: Students Sami (left) and Mohammad (right) work on constructing a window frame, during class in Aluminium work at the vocational training centre in Beit Hanina. The Lutheran World Federation's vocational training centre in Beit Hanina offers vocational training for Palestinian youth across a range of different professions, providing them with the tools needed to improve their chances of finding work.
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  • 27 October 2019, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Rev. Tekle Ayele blesses the congregation's children as they gather around the altar. Sunday service at the Finfinne Oromo Mekane Yesus Congregation of the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus. In a context where congregations did not use to be allowed to hold their services in any language but Amharic, the congregation today is one of some 60 Oromo speaking Mekane Yesus congregations in Addis Ababa. The service takes place on the first Sunday following political turmoil in the country, claiming dozens of lives.
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  • 27 October 2019, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Rev. Tekle Ayele blesses the congregation's children as they gather around the altar. Sunday service at the Finfinne Oromo Mekane Yesus Congregation of the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus. In a context where congregations did not use to be allowed to hold their services in any language but Amharic, the congregation today is one of some 60 Oromo speaking Mekane Yesus congregations in Addis Ababa. The service takes place on the first Sunday following political turmoil in the country, claiming dozens of lives.
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  • 4 November 2019, Vriginia, Liberia: A group of students at Ricks Institute play football in the schoolyard. The Liberia Baptist Convention runs Ricks Institute, a day and boarding school for currently 496 students from kindergarten up through 12th grade.
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  • 4 November 2019, Vriginia, Liberia: A group of students at Ricks Institute play football in the schoolyard. The Liberia Baptist Convention runs Ricks Institute, a day and boarding school for currently 496 students from kindergarten up through 12th grade.
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  • 4 November 2019, Vriginia, Liberia: A group of students at Ricks Institute play football in the schoolyard. The Liberia Baptist Convention runs Ricks Institute, a day and boarding school for currently 496 students from kindergarten up through 12th grade.
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  • 22 September 2015, Caletón, Cuba: School children march to the central square in Caletón.
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  • 16 December 2016, Cairo, Egypt: Evening fire by the amphitheatre of the Anaphora Institute, a Coptic Orthodox retreat and educational centre located north-west of Cairo.
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  • 17 February 2020, Zarqa, Jordan: Music class at the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa. Through a variety of activities, the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa serves to offer psychosocial support and strengthen social cohesion between Syrian, Iraqi and other refugees in Jordan and their host communities.
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  • 25 February 2020, Jerusalem: Teacher Gabi Kamel (left) leads students Mohammad, Mohammad and Abdel in constructing a window frame, during class in Aluminium work at the vocational training centre in Beit Hanina. The Lutheran World Federation's vocational training centre in Beit Hanina offers vocational training for Palestinian youth across a range of different professions, providing them with the tools needed to improve their chances of finding work.
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  • 25 February 2020, Jerusalem: Students (left to right) Mohammad, Mohammad, Majd and Sami work on building a window frame, during class in Aluminium work at the vocational training centre in Beit Hanina. The Lutheran World Federation's vocational training centre in Beit Hanina offers vocational training for Palestinian youth across a range of different professions, providing them with the tools needed to improve their chances of finding work.
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  • 25 February 2020, Jerusalem: Students Sami (left) and Mohammad (right) work on constructing a window frame, during class in Aluminium work at the vocational training centre in Beit Hanina. The Lutheran World Federation's vocational training centre in Beit Hanina offers vocational training for Palestinian youth across a range of different professions, providing them with the tools needed to improve their chances of finding work.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200225_AH1_413...jpg
  • 25 February 2020, Jerusalem: Students work on constructing a window frame, during class in Aluminium work at the vocational training centre in Beit Hanina. The Lutheran World Federation's vocational training centre in Beit Hanina offers vocational training for Palestinian youth across a range of different professions, providing them with the tools needed to improve their chances of finding work.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200225_AH1_412...jpg
  • 25 February 2020, Jerusalem: The Lutheran World Federation's vocational training centre in Beit Hanina offers vocational training for Palestinian youth across a range of different professions, providing them with the tools needed to improve their chances of finding work.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200225_AH1_411...jpg
  • 27 October 2019, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Rev. Tekle Ayele blesses the congregation's children as they gather around the altar. Sunday service at the Finfinne Oromo Mekane Yesus Congregation of the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus. In a context where congregations did not use to be allowed to hold their services in any language but Amharic, the congregation today is one of some 60 Oromo speaking Mekane Yesus congregations in Addis Ababa. The service takes place on the first Sunday following political turmoil in the country, claiming dozens of lives.
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  • 27 October 2019, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Children approach the altar for a moment of blessing during Sunday service at the Finfinne Oromo Mekane Yesus Congregation of the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus. In a context where congregations did not use to be allowed to hold their services in any language but Amharic, the congregation today is one of some 60 Oromo speaking Mekane Yesus congregations in Addis Ababa. The service takes place on the first Sunday following political turmoil in the country, claiming dozens of lives.
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  • 26 January 2019, Ethiopia: Two men run a carriage across fields in the central highlands near Robe town, Bale Zone, Ethiopia.
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  • 12 January 2018, Marrakesh, Morocco: The Marrakesh Medina, listed as a UNESCO World Heritate site, forms an old fortified city centre of narrow streets, shops and vendor stalls. The city of Marrakesh was founded in 1070-1072, and has long been a political, economic and cultural centre.
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  • 24 September 2015, Trinidad, Cuba: Children walk home from school, using umbrellas as protection from the strong, midday sun.
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  • 9 September, Havana, Cuba: Children play on the street outside their home in Havana.
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  • 3 October 2022, Berlin, Germany: Two young boys look at each other as they move through the passages of the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, located near the Brandenburg Gate in central Berlin. The monument, which consists of a 19,000-square-metre site covered with 2,711 concrete slabs, serves as a memorial to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust, during World War II.
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  • 24 February 2020, Jerusalem: Boys watch videos in the paediatric ward of the Augusta Victoria Hospital.
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  • 5 March 2023, Bielsko-biała, Poland: 10-year-old Ukrainian refugee boy Timor from Enerhodar (Zaporizjzja), Ukraine, pictured in his home in the House of Betania in the Wapienica area of Bielsko-biała. Owned by the Cieszyn Diocese of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland, the House of Betania in the Wapienica area of Bielsko-biała has become the home of a number of refugee families from Ukraine, following the Russian invasion in February 2022. The church has renovated the buildings in order to accommodate families in a dormitory style, with private rooms for each family and a shared kitchen, dining room, playing room and hygiene facilities. The house currently hosts 7 families making up a total of some 20 people, most of them women and children. Timor fled Ukraine with his grandmother Nataliia and his sister Lia (8 years old) whom he now lives with in Poland.
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  • 5 March 2023, Bielsko-biała, Poland: 10-year-old Ukrainian refugee boy Artem from Pryluky (Chernihiv), Ukraine, and his mother Nataliia Bakumenko spend a moment painting in their home in the House of Betania in the Wapienica area of Bielsko-biała. Owned by the Cieszyn Diocese of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland, the House of Betania in the Wapienica area of Bielsko-biała has become the home of a number of refugee families from Ukraine, following the Russian invasion in February 2022. The church has renovated the buildings in order to accommodate families in a dormitory style, with private rooms for each family and a shared kitchen, dining room, playing room and hygiene facilities. The house currently hosts 7 families making up a total of some 20 people, most of them women and children. Since arriving in Poland, Nataliia has received work at the Lutheran World Federation community centre for Ukrainian refugees in Bielsko-biała.
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  • 224 May 2022, Rostov-on-Don, Russia: A refugee boy listens as members of a delegation from the World Council of Churches and the ACT Alliance visit the Iversky Convent in northern Rostov-on-Don to learn about how the Russian Orthodox Church is supporting refugees arriving in Russia from Ukraine. Following the eruption of war in Ukraine, many refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine have taken refuge across the border in neighbouring Russia. A few dozen of them are currently offered accommodation and food at the Iversky Convent of the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) in northern Rostov-on-Don. The convent has adapted housing normally offered to pilgrims visiting the convent to serve instead as accommodation for refugees from Ukraine, most of whom are women and children. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]
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  • 10 March 2022, Záhony, Hungary: A Ukrainian refugee boy pushes a heavy suitcase along the platform after arriving at the train station in Záhony, Hungary. A town of some 3,500 residents, Záhony has become a key border crossing for Ukrainians going to Hungary, particularly by train. Záhony residents support incoming refugees in a variety of ways, and a local high school has been repurposed to serve as a temporary centre for accommodation with a capacity for 250 refugees, as they pass through the town on their way onward into Hungary or other neighbouring countries. Following the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February, more than 200,000 people have crossed the border from Ukraine into Hungary, to seek refuge from war and an increasingly desperate humanitarian situation.
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  • 5 March 2023, Bielsko-biała, Poland: Painting by 10-year-old Ukrainian refugee boy Artem from Pryluky (Chernihiv), Ukraine for his mother Nataliia Bakumenko on Mother's Day, mounted on the wall in their home in the House of Betania in the Wapienica area of Bielsko-biała. Owned by the Cieszyn Diocese of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland, the House of Betania in the Wapienica area of Bielsko-biała has become the home of a number of refugee families from Ukraine, following the Russian invasion in February 2022. The church has renovated the buildings in order to accommodate families in a dormitory style, with private rooms for each family and a shared kitchen, dining room, playing room and hygiene facilities. The house currently hosts 7 families making up a total of some 20 people, most of them women and children.
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  • 5 March 2023, Bielsko-biała, Poland: 10-year-old Ukrainian refugee boy Timor from Enerhodar (Zaporizjzja), Ukraine, pictured in his home in the House of Betania in the Wapienica area of Bielsko-biała. Owned by the Cieszyn Diocese of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland, the House of Betania in the Wapienica area of Bielsko-biała has become the home of a number of refugee families from Ukraine, following the Russian invasion in February 2022. The church has renovated the buildings in order to accommodate families in a dormitory style, with private rooms for each family and a shared kitchen, dining room, playing room and hygiene facilities. The house currently hosts 7 families making up a total of some 20 people, most of them women and children. Timor fled Ukraine with his grandmother Nataliia and his sister Lia (8 years old) whom he now lives with in Poland.
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  • 5 March 2023, Bielsko-biała, Poland: 10-year-old Ukrainian refugee boy Timor from Enerhodar (Zaporizjzja), Ukraine, pictured in his home in the House of Betania in the Wapienica area of Bielsko-biała. Owned by the Cieszyn Diocese of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland, the House of Betania in the Wapienica area of Bielsko-biała has become the home of a number of refugee families from Ukraine, following the Russian invasion in February 2022. The church has renovated the buildings in order to accommodate families in a dormitory style, with private rooms for each family and a shared kitchen, dining room, playing room and hygiene facilities. The house currently hosts 7 families making up a total of some 20 people, most of them women and children. Timor fled Ukraine with his grandmother Nataliia and his sister Lia (8 years old) whom he now lives with in Poland.
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  • 5 March 2023, Bielsko-biała, Poland: 10-year-old Ukrainian refugee boy Timor from Enerhodar (Zaporizjzja), Ukraine, pictured in his home in the House of Betania in the Wapienica area of Bielsko-biała. Owned by the Cieszyn Diocese of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland, the House of Betania in the Wapienica area of Bielsko-biała has become the home of a number of refugee families from Ukraine, following the Russian invasion in February 2022. The church has renovated the buildings in order to accommodate families in a dormitory style, with private rooms for each family and a shared kitchen, dining room, playing room and hygiene facilities. The house currently hosts 7 families making up a total of some 20 people, most of them women and children. Timor fled Ukraine with his grandmother Nataliia and his sister Lia (8 years old) whom he now lives with in Poland.
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  • 5 March 2023, Bielsko-biała, Poland: 10-year-old Ukrainian refugee boy Timor from Enerhodar (Zaporizjzja), Ukraine, pictured in his home in the House of Betania in the Wapienica area of Bielsko-biała. Owned by the Cieszyn Diocese of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland, the House of Betania in the Wapienica area of Bielsko-biała has become the home of a number of refugee families from Ukraine, following the Russian invasion in February 2022. The church has renovated the buildings in order to accommodate families in a dormitory style, with private rooms for each family and a shared kitchen, dining room, playing room and hygiene facilities. The house currently hosts 7 families making up a total of some 20 people, most of them women and children. Timor fled Ukraine with his grandmother Nataliia and his sister Lia (8 years old) whom he now lives with in Poland.
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  • 5 March 2023, Bielsko-biała, Poland: 10-year-old Ukrainian refugee boy Timor from Enerhodar (Zaporizjzja), Ukraine, pictured in his home in the House of Betania in the Wapienica area of Bielsko-biała. Owned by the Cieszyn Diocese of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland, the House of Betania in the Wapienica area of Bielsko-biała has become the home of a number of refugee families from Ukraine, following the Russian invasion in February 2022. The church has renovated the buildings in order to accommodate families in a dormitory style, with private rooms for each family and a shared kitchen, dining room, playing room and hygiene facilities. The house currently hosts 7 families making up a total of some 20 people, most of them women and children. Timor fled Ukraine with his grandmother Nataliia and his sister Lia (8 years old) whom he now lives with in Poland.
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  • 5 March 2023, Bielsko-biała, Poland: 10-year-old Ukrainian refugee boy Timor from Enerhodar (Zaporizjzja), Ukraine, pictured in his home in the House of Betania in the Wapienica area of Bielsko-biała. Owned by the Cieszyn Diocese of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland, the House of Betania in the Wapienica area of Bielsko-biała has become the home of a number of refugee families from Ukraine, following the Russian invasion in February 2022. The church has renovated the buildings in order to accommodate families in a dormitory style, with private rooms for each family and a shared kitchen, dining room, playing room and hygiene facilities. The house currently hosts 7 families making up a total of some 20 people, most of them women and children. Timor fled Ukraine with his grandmother Nataliia and his sister Lia (8 years old) whom he now lives with in Poland.
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  • 5 March 2023, Bielsko-biała, Poland: 10-year-old Ukrainian refugee boy Timor from Enerhodar (Zaporizjzja), Ukraine, pictured in his home in the House of Betania in the Wapienica area of Bielsko-biała. Owned by the Cieszyn Diocese of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland, the House of Betania in the Wapienica area of Bielsko-biała has become the home of a number of refugee families from Ukraine, following the Russian invasion in February 2022. The church has renovated the buildings in order to accommodate families in a dormitory style, with private rooms for each family and a shared kitchen, dining room, playing room and hygiene facilities. The house currently hosts 7 families making up a total of some 20 people, most of them women and children. Timor fled Ukraine with his grandmother Nataliia and his sister Lia (8 years old) whom he now lives with in Poland.
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  • 5 March 2023, Bielsko-biała, Poland: 10-year-old Ukrainian refugee boy Timor from Enerhodar (Zaporizjzja), Ukraine, pictured in his home in the House of Betania in the Wapienica area of Bielsko-biała. Owned by the Cieszyn Diocese of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland, the House of Betania in the Wapienica area of Bielsko-biała has become the home of a number of refugee families from Ukraine, following the Russian invasion in February 2022. The church has renovated the buildings in order to accommodate families in a dormitory style, with private rooms for each family and a shared kitchen, dining room, playing room and hygiene facilities. The house currently hosts 7 families making up a total of some 20 people, most of them women and children. Timor fled Ukraine with his grandmother Nataliia and his sister Lia (8 years old) whom he now lives with in Poland.
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  • 5 March 2023, Bielsko-biała, Poland: 10-year-old Ukrainian refugee boy Timor from Enerhodar (Zaporizjzja), Ukraine, pictured in his home in the House of Betania in the Wapienica area of Bielsko-biała. Owned by the Cieszyn Diocese of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland, the House of Betania in the Wapienica area of Bielsko-biała has become the home of a number of refugee families from Ukraine, following the Russian invasion in February 2022. The church has renovated the buildings in order to accommodate families in a dormitory style, with private rooms for each family and a shared kitchen, dining room, playing room and hygiene facilities. The house currently hosts 7 families making up a total of some 20 people, most of them women and children. Timor fled Ukraine with his grandmother Nataliia and his sister Lia (8 years old) whom he now lives with in Poland.
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  • 5 March 2023, Bielsko-biała, Poland: 5-year-old refugee boy Yehor from Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, peeks out the door of the playing room at his home in the House of Betania in the Wapienica area of Bielsko-biała. Owned by the Cieszyn Diocese of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland, the House of Betania in the Wapienica area of Bielsko-biała has become the home of a number of refugee families from Ukraine, following the Russian invasion in February 2022. The church has renovated the buildings in order to accommodate families in a dormitory style, with private rooms for each family and a shared kitchen, dining room, playing room and hygiene facilities. The house currently hosts 7 families making up a total of some 20 people, most of them women and children. Yehor lives with his mother 39-year-old Natalia Bilan, grandmother 72-year-old Gritsovets Valentina, and his brother 16-year-old Lisevsky Andrey Egor Bilan.
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  • 5 March 2023, Bielsko-biała, Poland: 10-year-old Ukrainian refugee boy Artem from Pryluky (Chernihiv), Ukraine, and his mother Nataliia Bakumenko spend a moment painting in their home in the House of Betania in the Wapienica area of Bielsko-biała. Owned by the Cieszyn Diocese of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland, the House of Betania in the Wapienica area of Bielsko-biała has become the home of a number of refugee families from Ukraine, following the Russian invasion in February 2022. The church has renovated the buildings in order to accommodate families in a dormitory style, with private rooms for each family and a shared kitchen, dining room, playing room and hygiene facilities. The house currently hosts 7 families making up a total of some 20 people, most of them women and children. Since arriving in Poland, Nataliia has received work at the Lutheran World Federation community centre for Ukrainian refugees in Bielsko-biała.
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  • 5 March 2023, Bielsko-biała, Poland: 10-year-old Ukrainian refugee boy Artem from Pryluky (Chernihiv), Ukraine, and his mother Nataliia Bakumenko spend a moment painting in their home in the House of Betania in the Wapienica area of Bielsko-biała. Owned by the Cieszyn Diocese of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland, the House of Betania in the Wapienica area of Bielsko-biała has become the home of a number of refugee families from Ukraine, following the Russian invasion in February 2022. The church has renovated the buildings in order to accommodate families in a dormitory style, with private rooms for each family and a shared kitchen, dining room, playing room and hygiene facilities. The house currently hosts 7 families making up a total of some 20 people, most of them women and children. Since arriving in Poland, Nataliia has received work at the Lutheran World Federation community centre for Ukrainian refugees in Bielsko-biała.
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  • 5 March 2023, Bielsko-biała, Poland: 10-year-old Ukrainian refugee boy Artem from Pryluky (Chernihiv), Ukraine, and his mother Nataliia Bakumenko spend a moment painting in their home in the House of Betania in the Wapienica area of Bielsko-biała. Owned by the Cieszyn Diocese of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland, the House of Betania in the Wapienica area of Bielsko-biała has become the home of a number of refugee families from Ukraine, following the Russian invasion in February 2022. The church has renovated the buildings in order to accommodate families in a dormitory style, with private rooms for each family and a shared kitchen, dining room, playing room and hygiene facilities. The house currently hosts 7 families making up a total of some 20 people, most of them women and children. Since arriving in Poland, Nataliia has received work at the Lutheran World Federation community centre for Ukrainian refugees in Bielsko-biała.
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  • 5 March 2023, Bielsko-biała, Poland: 10-year-old Ukrainian refugee boy Artem from Pryluky (Chernihiv), Ukraine, and his mother Nataliia Bakumenko spend a moment painting in their home in the House of Betania in the Wapienica area of Bielsko-biała. Owned by the Cieszyn Diocese of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland, the House of Betania in the Wapienica area of Bielsko-biała has become the home of a number of refugee families from Ukraine, following the Russian invasion in February 2022. The church has renovated the buildings in order to accommodate families in a dormitory style, with private rooms for each family and a shared kitchen, dining room, playing room and hygiene facilities. The house currently hosts 7 families making up a total of some 20 people, most of them women and children. Since arriving in Poland, Nataliia has received work at the Lutheran World Federation community centre for Ukrainian refugees in Bielsko-biała.
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  • 5 March 2023, Bielsko-biała, Poland: 10-year-old Ukrainian refugee boy Artem from Pryluky (Chernihiv), Ukraine, and his mother Nataliia Bakumenko spend a moment painting in their home in the House of Betania in the Wapienica area of Bielsko-biała. Owned by the Cieszyn Diocese of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland, the House of Betania in the Wapienica area of Bielsko-biała has become the home of a number of refugee families from Ukraine, following the Russian invasion in February 2022. The church has renovated the buildings in order to accommodate families in a dormitory style, with private rooms for each family and a shared kitchen, dining room, playing room and hygiene facilities. The house currently hosts 7 families making up a total of some 20 people, most of them women and children. Since arriving in Poland, Nataliia has received work at the Lutheran World Federation community centre for Ukrainian refugees in Bielsko-biała.
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  • 5 March 2023, Bielsko-biała, Poland: 10-year-old Ukrainian refugee boy Artem from Pryluky (Chernihiv), Ukraine, works on a painting in his home in the House of Betania in the Wapienica area of Bielsko-biała. Owned by the Cieszyn Diocese of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland, the House of Betania in the Wapienica area of Bielsko-biała has become the home of a number of refugee families from Ukraine, following the Russian invasion in February 2022. The church has renovated the buildings in order to accommodate families in a dormitory style, with private rooms for each family and a shared kitchen, dining room, playing room and hygiene facilities. The house currently hosts 7 families making up a total of some 20 people, most of them women and children. Artem lives with his mother Nataliia, who since arriving in Poland has received work at the Lutheran World Federation community centre for Ukrainian refugees in Bielsko-biała.
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  • 3 October 2022, Berlin, Germany: A boy runs through the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, located near the Brandenburg Gate in central Berlin. The monument, which consists of a 19,000-square-metre site covered with 2,711 concrete slabs, serves as a memorial to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust, during World War II.
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  • 24 May 2022, Rostov-on-Don, Russia: A boy rests his back against the back of a girl at the Iversky Convent in northern Rostov. Following the eruption of war in Ukraine, many refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine have taken refuge across the border in neighbouring Russia. A few dozen of them are currently offered accommodation and food at the Iversky Convent of the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) in northern Rostov-on-Don. The convent has adapted housing normally offered to pilgrims visiting the convent to serve instead as accommodation for refugees from Ukraine, most of whom are women and children. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]
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  • 24 May 2022, Rostov-on-Don, Russia: A boy rests his back against the back of a girl at the Iversky Convent in northern Rostov. Following the eruption of war in Ukraine, many refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine have taken refuge across the border in neighbouring Russia. A few dozen of them are currently offered accommodation and food at the Iversky Convent of the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) in northern Rostov-on-Don. The convent has adapted housing normally offered to pilgrims visiting the convent to serve instead as accommodation for refugees from Ukraine, most of whom are women and children. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]
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  • 23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: A boy walks with a small skateboard in his hands at the Romashka sports and recreation complex in Zolotaya Kosa, southwest Russia near the border to Ukraine. Romashka hosts several hundred refugees from the Donbas region in Ukraine, most of them children from orphanages formerly in the Donbas region of Ukraine, evacuated as military tensions grew in eastern Ukraine and along the border between Ukraine and Russia in mid-February 2022. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]
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  • 24 May 2022, Shakhty, Russia: A refugee boy from Ukraine hands a toy flower to his mother at the Shakhty diocese's aid centre for Ukrainian refugees at the Church of the Don Icon of the Mother of God, in Shakhty, southwest Russia. Following the eruption of war in Ukraine, many refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine have taken refuge across the border in neighbouring Russia. Located close to the border, Shakhty diocese receives refugees mainly from the Luhansk area of Donbas, the majority of whom are women and children. The aid centre serves as a collection and distribution point for aid to refugees arriving from neighbouring Ukraine, close to a million of whom have fled to Russia according to mid-May figures from the United Nations (UNHCR) following the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]
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  • 15 May 2022, Larnaca, Cyprus: H.E. Metropolitan Serafim Kykotis of the Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa (right) greets a young boy and his mother outside the Church of Saint Lazarus in Larnaca. Kykotis is one of the participants as an Inter-Orthodox Pre-Assembly Consultation to the World Council of Churches’ 11th Assembly brings together more than 50 delegates representing 20 Eastern and Oriental Orthodox member churches, in Cyprus on 9-16 May 2022. The purpose of the meeting is to study, discuss and reflect on the main theme of the WCC 11th Assembly, "Christ's love moves the world to reconciliation and unity" from an Orthodox perspective.
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  • 15 May 2022, Larnaca, Cyprus: A young boy curiously looks on as participants in an Inter-Orthodox Pre-Assembly Consultation visit the Church of Saint Lazarus in Larnaca. The Inter-Orthodox Pre-Assembly Consultation to the World Council of Churches’ 11th Assembly brings together more than 50 delegates representing 20 Eastern and Oriental Orthodox member churches, in Cyprus on 9-16 May 2022. The purpose of the meeting is to study, discuss and reflect on the main theme of the WCC 11th Assembly, "Christ's love moves the world to reconciliation and unity" from an Orthodox perspective.
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  • 15 May 2022, Larnaca, Cyprus: Dr Mor Coorilos Geevarghese of the Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch plays peekaboo with a young boy outside the Church of Saint Lazarus in Larnaca. Coorilos is one of the participants as an Inter-Orthodox Pre-Assembly Consultation to the World Council of Churches’ 11th Assembly brings together more than 50 delegates representing 20 Eastern and Oriental Orthodox member churches, in Cyprus on 9-16 May 2022. The purpose of the meeting is to study, discuss and reflect on the main theme of the WCC 11th Assembly, "Christ's love moves the world to reconciliation and unity" from an Orthodox perspective.
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  • 15 May 2022, Larnaca, Cyprus: Dr Mor Coorilos Geevarghese of the Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch plays peekaboo with a young boy outside the Church of Saint Lazarus in Larnaca. Coorilos is one of the participants as an Inter-Orthodox Pre-Assembly Consultation to the World Council of Churches’ 11th Assembly brings together more than 50 delegates representing 20 Eastern and Oriental Orthodox member churches, in Cyprus on 9-16 May 2022. The purpose of the meeting is to study, discuss and reflect on the main theme of the WCC 11th Assembly, "Christ's love moves the world to reconciliation and unity" from an Orthodox perspective.
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  • 10 March 2022, Záhony, Hungary: A Ukrainian refugee boy pushes a heavy suitcase along the platform after arriving at the train station in Záhony, Hungary. A town of some 3,500 residents, Záhony has become a key border crossing for Ukrainians going to Hungary, particularly by train. Záhony residents support incoming refugees in a variety of ways, and a local high school has been repurposed to serve as a temporary centre for accommodation with a capacity for 250 refugees, as they pass through the town on their way onward into Hungary or other neighbouring countries. Following the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February, more than 200,000 people have crossed the border from Ukraine into Hungary, to seek refuge from war and an increasingly desperate humanitarian situation.
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  • 17 March 2022, Milișăuți, Romania: A young refugee boy from Ukraine pushes a pram towards a road in Milișăuți.
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  • 17 March 2022, Milișăuți, Romania: A young refugee boy from Ukraine pushes a pram towards a road in Milișăuți.
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  • 11 March 2022, Vyšné Nemecké, Slovakia: A boy carries a collection of toy animals he has received from refugee aid workers upon arriving at the Vyšné Nemecké border crossing between Slovakia and Ukraine. The Vyšné Nemecké border crossing connects Slovakia with the city of Uzhgorod in Ukraine. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on 24 February, hundreds of thousands of refugees have crossed the border to Slovakia in search of refuge and shelter from war and an increasingly desperate humanitarian situation. The border crossing at Vyšné Nemecké sees up to some 10,000 refugees cross each day, with faith-based and humanitarian organisations providing immediate support to people as they come into Slovakia. Support onsite includes simple shelter and beds for resting, information services, coordination of onward travel into Slovakia and finding temporary accommodation there, medical and psychosocial support, food, drinks, toys for the children, hygiene items and other necessities.
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  • 11 March 2022, Vyšné Nemecké, Slovakia: A boy blows bubbles after arriving at the Vyšné Nemecké border crossing between Slovakia and Ukraine. The Vyšné Nemecké border crossing connects Slovakia with the city of Uzhgorod in Ukraine. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on 24 February, hundreds of thousands of refugees have crossed the border to Slovakia in search of refuge and shelter from war and an increasingly desperate humanitarian situation. The border crossing at Vyšné Nemecké sees up to some 10,000 refugees cross each day, with faith-based and humanitarian organisations providing immediate support to people as they come into Slovakia. Support onsite includes simple shelter and beds for resting, information services, coordination of onward travel into Slovakia and finding temporary accommodation there, medical and psychosocial support, food, drinks, toys for the children, hygiene items and other necessities.
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  • 11 March 2022, Vyšné Nemecké, Slovakia: A boy blows bubbles after arriving at the Vyšné Nemecké border crossing between Slovakia and Ukraine. The Vyšné Nemecké border crossing connects Slovakia with the city of Uzhgorod in Ukraine. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on 24 February, hundreds of thousands of refugees have crossed the border to Slovakia in search of refuge and shelter from war and an increasingly desperate humanitarian situation. The border crossing at Vyšné Nemecké sees up to some 10,000 refugees cross each day, with faith-based and humanitarian organisations providing immediate support to people as they come into Slovakia. Support onsite includes simple shelter and beds for resting, information services, coordination of onward travel into Slovakia and finding temporary accommodation there, medical and psychosocial support, food, drinks, toys for the children, hygiene items and other necessities.
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  • 11 March 2022, Vyšné Nemecké, Slovakia: A boy blows bubbles after arriving at the Vyšné Nemecké border crossing between Slovakia and Ukraine. The Vyšné Nemecké border crossing connects Slovakia with the city of Uzhgorod in Ukraine. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on 24 February, hundreds of thousands of refugees have crossed the border to Slovakia in search of refuge and shelter from war and an increasingly desperate humanitarian situation. The border crossing at Vyšné Nemecké sees up to some 10,000 refugees cross each day, with faith-based and humanitarian organisations providing immediate support to people as they come into Slovakia. Support onsite includes simple shelter and beds for resting, information services, coordination of onward travel into Slovakia and finding temporary accommodation there, medical and psychosocial support, food, drinks, toys for the children, hygiene items and other necessities.
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  • 1 March 2020, Bethlehem: Rev. Munther Isaac distributes bread to a young boy during Holy Communion during Sunday service in the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church in Bethlehem.
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  • 6 November 2021, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom: A young boy holds  a sign reading 'COP26, no more Blah Blah Blah' - referencing the criticism directed by famous climate activist Greta Thunberg towards political discourse on the climate emergency - as tens of thousands of people - including environmental groups, children, youth, charities, climate activists, trade unionists and indigenous people - march through Glasgow city centre on Saturday, calling for climate justice and for world leaders to address the climate emergency. Glasgow hosts the United Nations climate change conference COP26, where world leaders gather to negotiate a response to the ongoing climate crisis and emergency.
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  • 17 February 2020, Zarqa, Jordan: A boy plays while his mother waits for him to finish, in 'the nanny room' at the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa. Through a variety of activities, the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa serves to offer psychosocial support and strengthen social cohesion between Syrian, Iraqi and other refugees in Jordan and their host communities.
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  • 17 February 2020, Zarqa, Jordan: A boy plays in 'the nanny room' at the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa. Through a variety of activities, the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa serves to offer psychosocial support and strengthen social cohesion between Syrian, Iraqi and other refugees in Jordan and their host communities.
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  • 17 February 2020, Zarqa, Jordan: A boy plays in 'the nanny room' at the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa. Through a variety of activities, the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa serves to offer psychosocial support and strengthen social cohesion between Syrian, Iraqi and other refugees in Jordan and their host communities.
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  • 17 February 2020, Zarqa, Jordan: A boy receives a small star attached onto his forehead by his nanny at the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa. Through a variety of activities, the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa serves to offer psychosocial support and strengthen social cohesion between Syrian, Iraqi and other refugees in Jordan and their host communities.
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  • 17 February 2020, Zarqa, Jordan: A boy smiles and gives a thumbs-up in 'the nanny room' at the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa. Through a variety of activities, the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa serves to offer psychosocial support and strengthen social cohesion between Syrian, Iraqi and other refugees in Jordan and their host communities.
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  • 17 February 2020, Zarqa, Jordan: A boy sits down to write in the 'nanny room' of the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa. Through a variety of activities, the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa serves to offer psychosocial support and strengthen social cohesion between Syrian, Iraqi and other refugees in Jordan and their host communities.
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  • 17 February 2020, Zarqa, Jordan: A boy claps his hands in 'the nanny room' at the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa. Through a variety of activities, the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa serves to offer psychosocial support and strengthen social cohesion between Syrian, Iraqi and other refugees in Jordan and their host communities.
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  • 17 February 2020, Zarqa, Jordan: A boy jumps through hoops at the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa. Through a variety of activities, the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa serves to offer psychosocial support and strengthen social cohesion between Syrian, Iraqi and other refugees in Jordan and their host communities.
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  • 17 February 2020, Zarqa, Jordan: A boy jumps through hoops at the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa. Through a variety of activities, the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa serves to offer psychosocial support and strengthen social cohesion between Syrian, Iraqi and other refugees in Jordan and their host communities.
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  • 17 February 2020, Zarqa, Jordan: A boy plays while his mother waits for him to finish, in 'the nanny room' at the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa. Through a variety of activities, the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa serves to offer psychosocial support and strengthen social cohesion between Syrian, Iraqi and other refugees in Jordan and their host communities.
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  • A nine-year-old Palestinian boy plays in the rubble, after part of his family home has been demolished in the Shu’fat village in Jerusalem. As building permits are notoriously difficult, in some cases impossible, for Palestinians to obtain, demolition of houses stated not to have the relevant permits is common in the area. This time, the family lost their living room, two bathrooms, and kitchen.
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  • A nine-year-old Palestinian boy plays in the rubble, after part of his family home has been demolished in the Shu’fat village in Jerusalem. As building permits are notoriously difficult, in some cases impossible, for Palestinians to obtain, demolition of houses stated not to have the relevant permits is common in the area. This time, the family lost their living room, two bathrooms, and kitchen.
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  • A nine-year-old Palestinian boy plays in the rubble, after part of his family home has been demolished in the Shu’fat village in Jerusalem. As building permits are notoriously difficult, in some cases impossible, for Palestinians to obtain, demolition of houses stated not to have the relevant permits is common in the area. This time, the family lost their living room, two bathrooms, and kitchen.
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  • A nine-year-old Palestinian boy plays in the rubble, after part of his family home has been demolished in the Shu’fat village in Jerusalem. As building permits are notoriously difficult, in some cases impossible, for Palestinians to obtain, demolition of houses stated not to have the relevant permits is common in the area. This time, the family lost their living room, two bathrooms, and kitchen.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200229_AH2_696...jpg
  • A nine-year-old Palestinian boy plays in the rubble, after part of his family home has been demolished in the Shu’fat village in Jerusalem. As building permits are notoriously difficult, in some cases impossible, for Palestinians to obtain, demolition of houses stated not to have the relevant permits is common in the area. This time, the family lost their living room, two bathrooms, and kitchen.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200229_AH2_695...jpg
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