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  • 21 November 2022, Jerusalem, Palestine: A woman walks past on one of the streets near Lion's Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem, followed by a boy on a bike.
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  • 21 November 2022, Jerusalem, Palestine: A man walks past on one of the streets near Lion's Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem.
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  • 21 November 2022, Jerusalem, Palestine: A man walks past on one of the streets near Lion's Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem.
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  • 21 November 2022, Jerusalem, Palestine: A woman walks past on one of the streets near Lion's Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem.
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  • 21 November 2022, Jerusalem, Palestine: A man walks through one of the streets in the Old City of Jerusalem, talking on his phone.
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  • 21 November 2022, Jerusalem, Palestine: A Jewish man walks on one of the streets in the Old City of Jerusalem.
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  • 21 November 2022, Jerusalem, Palestine: A Jewish man wearing a kippah walks on one of the streets in the Old City of Jerusalem.
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  • 10 October 2022, Kyiv, Ukraine: A woman walks through the rubble on the street of Vulytsya Tereshchenkivsʹka in central Kyiv, which hours earlier was hit by a Russian missile. In the morning of 10 October, 75 Russian missiles were reported to have been fired at cities across Ukraine, including Kyiv, Lviv, and Kharkiv.
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  • 10 October 2022, Kyiv, Ukraine: A woman walks along the Tarasa Shevchenko boulevard in central Kiev, hours after the city suffered Russian missile strikes. In the morning of 10 October, 75 Russian missiles were reported to have been fired at cities across Ukraine, including Kyiv, Lviv, and Kharkiv.
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  • 10 October 2022, Kyiv, Ukraine: A young man walks through the rubble on the street of Vulytsya Tereshchenkivsʹka in central Kyiv, which hours earlier was hit by a Russian missile. In the morning of 10 October, 75 Russian missiles were reported to have been fired at cities across Ukraine, including Kyiv, Lviv, and Kharkiv.
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  • 10 October 2022, Kyiv, Ukraine: A woman walks along the street of Vulytsya Tereshchenkivsʹka in central Kyiv, which hours earlier was hit by a Russian missile. In the morning of 10 October, 75 Russian missiles were reported to have been fired at cities across Ukraine, including Kyiv, Lviv, and Kharkiv.
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  • 10 October 2022, Kyiv, Ukraine: A man walks through the rubble and shards of glass on the street of Vulytsya Tereshchenkivsʹka in central Kyiv, which hours earlier was hit by a Russian missile. In the morning of 10 October, 75 Russian missiles were reported to have been fired at cities across Ukraine, including Kyiv, Lviv, and Kharkiv.
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  • 3 October 2022, Berlin, Germany: A person walks by a set of so-called stolpersteins (Stolpersteine meaning 'stumbling stone' in German) outside Humboldt University in central Berlin. The stones, which can be found across many cities in Germany, commemorate Jews whose lives were taken during the Holocaust of World War II, and the places where they had lived, worked, studied, etc. The ten-centimetre concrete cubes bear a brass plate inscribed with the name and life dates of victims of Nazi extermination or persecution.
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  • 3 October 2022, Berlin, Germany: A young woman walks through one of 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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  • 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.
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  • 15 May 2022, Paralimni, Cyprus: Patriarchal Deacon Oecumenius Amanatidis of the Ecumenical Patriarchate walks in procession through the church, bringing with him the paten with the gifts to be sanctified on the altar table, as Sunday service is celebrated in the Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint George, Church of Cyprus, in Paralimni. The service is attended by participants in an Inter-Orthodox Pre-Assembly Consultation to the World Council of Churches’ 11th Assembly that brings together more than 50 delegates representing 20 Eastern and Oriental Orthodox member churches, in Cyprus on 9-16 May 2022.
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  • 2 April 2022, Palorinya settlement, Obongi district, Uganda: A woman walks with her child through a tree plantation field in the Palorinya refugee settlement in the West Nile area of northern Uganda. The Palorinya refugee settlement, in Obongi district, West Nile area of northern Uganda, hosts more than 128,000 refugees, the majority of which arrived following the eruption of war in South Sudan in 2013. Palorinya is the second largest refugee settlement in Uganda. The refugees and host communities in the area receive support from the Lutheran World Federation World Service program in Uganda.
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  • 26 March 2022, Moshi, Tanzania: Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania Presiding Bishop Dr Fredrick Shoo walks through a hotel compound owned by the church.
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  • 26 March 2022, Moshi, Tanzania: Lutheran World Federation general secretary Rev. Anne Burghardt (left) walks through a hotel compound of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania under the guidance of ELCT northern diocese general secreetary Zebadiah Moshi.
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  • 17 March 2022, Siret, Romania: A Ukrainian refugee walks with his suitcase after passing through 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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  • 7 November 2021, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom: Lutheran World Federation youth delegate Katarina Kuhnert from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada walks through the streets of Glasgow in dialogue with Antje Jackelén, Church of Sweden archbishop and Lutheran World Federation vice president for the Nordic region. 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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  • 2 March 2020, Hebron: A man walks in the direction of Al-Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron, West Bank.
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  • 30 May 2019, Mokolo, Cameroon: A girl walks back towards her home in the Minawao camp for Nigerian refugees. The Minawao camp for Nigerian refugees, located in the Far North region of Cameroon, hosts some 58,000 refugees from North East Nigeria. The refugees are supported by the Lutheran World Federation, together with a range of partners.
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  • 3 June 2019, Djohong, Cameroon: A woman walks along the road from the Borgop refugee camp towards the host community of Borgop. The Borgop refugee camp is located in the municipality of Djohong, in the Mbere subdivision of the Adamaoua regional state in Cameroon. Supported by the Lutheran World Federation since 2015, the camp currently holds 12,300 refugees from the Central African Republic.
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  • 19 April 2019, Jerusalem: Members of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem carry a wooden cross into the Church of the Holy Sepluchre. Thousands of Christians march the Via Dolorosa on Good Friday, marking the stations of the cross in the Jerusalem Old City, in memory of the path Jesus walked carrying his cross towards his crucifixion.
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  • 19 April 2019, Jerusalem: Members of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem carry a wooden cross into the Church of the Holy Sepluchre. Thousands of Christians march the Via Dolorosa on Good Friday, marking the stations of the cross in the Jerusalem Old City, in memory of the path Jesus walked carrying his cross towards his crucifixion.
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  • 19 April 2019, Jerusalem: A woman prays holding a wooden cross, in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Thousands of Christians march the Via Dolorosa on Good Friday, marking the stations of the cross in the Jerusalem Old City, in memory of the path Jesus walked carrying his cross towards his crucifixion.
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  • 19 April 2019, Jerusalem: A man prays in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Thousands of Christians march the Via Dolorosa on Good Friday, marking the stations of the cross in the Jerusalem Old City, in memory of the path Jesus walked carrying his cross towards his crucifixion.
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  • 19 April 2019, Jerusalem: Members of the Latin Patriarchate of Jeruslame carry a wooden cross through the Jerusalem Old City. Thousands of Christians march the Via Dolorosa on Good Friday, marking the stations of the cross in the Jerusalem Old City, in memory of the path Jesus walked carrying his cross towards his crucifixion.
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  • 19 April 2019, Jerusalem: Members of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem carry a wooden cross into the Church of the Holy Sepluchre. Thousands of Christians march the Via Dolorosa on Good Friday, marking the stations of the cross in the Jerusalem Old City, in memory of the path Jesus walked carrying his cross towards his crucifixion.
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  • 19 April 2019, Jerusalem: Thousands of Christians march the Via Dolorosa on Good Friday, marking the stations of the cross in the Jerusalem Old City, in memory of the path Jesus walked carrying his cross towards his crucifixion.
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  • 19 April 2019, Jerusalem: A woman holds a cross, as thousands of Christians march the Via Dolorosa on Good Friday, marking the stations of the cross in the Jerusalem Old City, in memory of the path Jesus walked carrying his cross towards his crucifixion.
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  • 19 April 2019, Jerusalem: Thousands of Christians march the Via Dolorosa on Good Friday, marking the stations of the cross in the Jerusalem Old City, in memory of the path Jesus walked carrying his cross towards his crucifixion.
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  • 16 November 2018, San José de León, Mutatá, Antioquia, Colombia: A woman walks through the village with an umbrella as protection from the sun. Following the 2016 peace treaty between FARC and the Colombian government, a group of ex-combatant families have purchased and now cultivate 36 hectares of land in the territory of San José de León, municipality of Mutatá in Antioquia, Colombia. A group of 27 families first purchased the lot of land in San José de León, moving in from nearby Córdoba to settle alongside the 50-or-so families of farmers already living in the area. Today, 50 ex-combatant families live in the emerging community, which hosts a small restaurant, various committees for community organization and development, and which cultivates the land through agriculture, poultry and fish farming. Though the community has come a long way, many challenges remain on the way towards peace and reconciliation. The two-year-old community, which does not yet have a name of its own, is located in the territory of San José de León in Urabá, northwest Colombia, a strategically important corridor for trade into Central America, with resulting drug trafficking and arms trade still keeping armed groups active in the area. Many ex-combatants face trauma and insecurity, and a lack of fulfilment by the Colombian government in transition of land ownership to FARC members makes the situation delicate. Through the project De la Guerra a la Paz (‘From War to Peace’), the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Colombia accompanies three communities in the Antioquia region, offering support both to ex-combatants and to the communities they now live alongside, as they reintegrate into society. Supporting a total of more than 300 families, the project seeks to alleviate the risk of re-victimization, or relapse into violent conflict.
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  • 16 November 2018, San José de León, Mutatá, Antioquia, Colombia: 48-year-old Ivan walks on crutches as he is missing a leg. He lived 31 years as a FARC guerilla combatant, before settling in San José de León after the 2016 peace treaty in Colombia. Following the 2016 peace treaty between FARC and the Colombian government, a group of ex-combatant families have purchased and now cultivate 36 hectares of land in the territory of San José de León, municipality of Mutatá in Antioquia, Colombia. A group of 27 families first purchased the lot of land in San José de León, moving in from nearby Córdoba to settle alongside the 50-or-so families of farmers already living in the area. Today, 50 ex-combatant families live in the emerging community, which hosts a small restaurant, various committees for community organization and development, and which cultivates the land through agriculture, poultry and fish farming. Though the community has come a long way, many challenges remain on the way towards peace and reconciliation. The two-year-old community, which does not yet have a name of its own, is located in the territory of San José de León in Urabá, northwest Colombia, a strategically important corridor for trade into Central America, with resulting drug trafficking and arms trade still keeping armed groups active in the area. Many ex-combatants face trauma and insecurity, and a lack of fulfilment by the Colombian government in transition of land ownership to FARC members makes the situation delicate. Through the project De la Guerra a la Paz (‘From War to Peace’), the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Colombia accompanies three communities in the Antioquia region, offering support both to ex-combatants and to the communities they now live alongside, as they reintegrate into society. Supporting a total of more than 300 families, the project seeks to alleviate the risk of re-victimization, or relapse into violent conflict.
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  • 7 November 2021, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom: Lutheran World Federation youth delegate Katarina Kuhnert from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada walks through the streets of Glasgow in dialogue with Antje Jackelén, Church of Sweden archbishop and Lutheran World Federation vice president for the Nordic region. 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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  • 7 November 2021, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom: Lutheran World Federation youth delegate Katarina Kuhnert from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada walks through the streets of Glasgow in dialogue with Antje Jackelén, Church of Sweden archbishop and Lutheran World Federation vice president for the Nordic region. 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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  • 26 February 2020, Abu Dis, Palestine: A woman walks towards the Al-Quds ('Jerusalem') University in Abu Dis, with the separation wall mounted by the Israeli authorities in the background.
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  • 3 June 2019, Djohong, Cameroon: A woman walks along the road from the Borgop refugee camp towards the host community of Borgop. The Borgop refugee camp is located in the municipality of Djohong, in the Mbere subdivision of the Adamaoua regional state in Cameroon. Supported by the Lutheran World Federation since 2015, the camp currently holds 12,300 refugees from the Central African Republic.
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  • 19 April 2019, Jerusalem: Members of the Latin Patriarchate of Jeruslame carry a wooden cross through the Jerusalem Old City. Thousands of Christians march the Via Dolorosa on Good Friday, marking the stations of the cross in the Jerusalem Old City, in memory of the path Jesus walked carrying his cross towards his crucifixion.
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  • 19 April 2019, Jerusalem: Members of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem carry a wooden cross into the Church of the Holy Sepluchre. Thousands of Christians march the Via Dolorosa on Good Friday, marking the stations of the cross in the Jerusalem Old City, in memory of the path Jesus walked carrying his cross towards his crucifixion.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190419_AH2_094...jpg
  • 19 April 2019, Jerusalem: A woman prays in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Thousands of Christians march the Via Dolorosa on Good Friday, marking the stations of the cross in the Jerusalem Old City, in memory of the path Jesus walked carrying his cross towards his crucifixion.
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  • 19 April 2019, Jerusalem: A man prays in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Thousands of Christians march the Via Dolorosa on Good Friday, marking the stations of the cross in the Jerusalem Old City, in memory of the path Jesus walked carrying his cross towards his crucifixion.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190419_AH2_091...jpg
  • 19 April 2019, Jerusalem: A man holds a cross, as thousands of Christians march the Via Dolorosa on Good Friday, marking the stations of the cross in the Jerusalem Old City, in memory of the path Jesus walked carrying his cross towards his crucifixion.
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  • 19 April 2019, Jerusalem: A woman holds a cross, as thousands of Christians march the Via Dolorosa on Good Friday, marking the stations of the cross in the Jerusalem Old City, in memory of the path Jesus walked carrying his cross towards his crucifixion.
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  • 19 April 2019, Jerusalem: Members of the Latin Patriarchate of Jeruslame carry a wooden cross through the Jerusalem Old City. Thousands of Christians march the Via Dolorosa on Good Friday, marking the stations of the cross in the Jerusalem Old City, in memory of the path Jesus walked carrying his cross towards his crucifixion.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190419_AH1_841...jpg
  • 19 April 2019, Jerusalem: Members of the Latin Patriarchate of Jeruslame carry a wooden cross through the Jerusalem Old City. Thousands of Christians march the Via Dolorosa on Good Friday, marking the stations of the cross in the Jerusalem Old City, in memory of the path Jesus walked carrying his cross towards his crucifixion.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190419_AH1_841...jpg
  • 19 April 2019, Jerusalem: Thousands of Christians march the Via Dolorosa on Good Friday, marking the stations of the cross in the Jerusalem Old City, in memory of the path Jesus walked carrying his cross towards his crucifixion.
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  • 19 April 2019, Jerusalem: A woman holds a cross, as thousands of Christians march the Via Dolorosa on Good Friday, marking the stations of the cross in the Jerusalem Old City, in memory of the path Jesus walked carrying his cross towards his crucifixion.
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  • 19 April 2019, Jerusalem: A man holds a cross, as thousands of Christians march the Via Dolorosa on Good Friday, marking the stations of the cross in the Jerusalem Old City, in memory of the path Jesus walked carrying his cross towards his crucifixion.
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  • 19 April 2019, Jerusalem: Thousands of Christians march the Via Dolorosa on Good Friday, marking the stations of the cross in the Jerusalem Old City, in memory of the path Jesus walked carrying his cross towards his crucifixion.
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  • 19 April 2019, Jerusalem: Thousands of Christians march the Via Dolorosa on Good Friday, marking the stations of the cross in the Jerusalem Old City, in memory of the path Jesus walked carrying his cross towards his crucifixion.
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  • 25 November 2017, Stockholm, Sweden: "Stop deporting people to a country that isn't safe", was the message as hundreds of people from all walks of life gathered at Medborgarplatsen in central Stockholm, to highlight Sweden's Refugee Day, and the way Swedish authorities keep persisting in deporting young people to Afghanistan. The event marked two years since November 2015, when Swedish government officials took a turn towards stricter policies for granting refugee status to asylum seekers, and so a range of civil society organizations, including faith-based organizations, now take a stand for more humane refugee policies. Here, a banner from Studenter mot Rasism ('Students against Racism").
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  • 23 August 2018, Amsterdam, Netherlands: The Nieuwe Kerk, where the World Council of Churches was founded in 1948.
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  • 22 November 2022, Jerusalem, Palestine: Patriarch Theophilos III (centre) of Jerusalem (Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem) and his procession pictured outside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Jerusalem Old City, after a doxology held to celebrate the 17th anniversary of his enthronement.
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  • 22 November 2022, Jerusalem, Palestine: People go about their day in the Jerusalem old city.
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  • 21 November 2022, Jerusalem, Palestine: People come and go on one of the streets in the Old City of Jerusalem.
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  • 21 November 2022, Jerusalem, Palestine: People come and go on one of the streets in the Old City of Jerusalem.
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  • 21 November 2022, Jerusalem, Palestine: People come and go on one of the streets in the Old City of Jerusalem.
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  • 23 November 2022, Bethlehem, Palestine: Christmas decorations mounted at Star Street in central Bethlehem in anticipation of Advent and Christmas season in the city where Jesus' was born.
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  • 13 October 2022, Ichnya, Ukraine: 41-year-old Victoria Hlushko pictured outside what used to be her family home in the village of Bil’machivka, until Russian forces invaded Ukraine in February 2022 and the apartment was destroyed in the fighting that ensued. Inheriting the apartment from her father eight years ago, Victoria lived in the apartment with her husband, their son (3 years) and daughter (13 years) until the day it was destroyed. She recalls the family being just about to enter the apartment when an explosion hit the building as fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces took place at the road outside. They sought shelter in the basement, but as it became filled with smoke, they had to exit through an emergency back door and take shelter in another building in the village. The village of Bil’machivka, a community of just over 500 people north of Ichnya, Chernihiv Oblast, was just on the route taken by Russian military forces as they marched towards Kyiv following the invasion of Ukraine in the early spring of 2022. Many people lost their homes in this period, as fighting and attacks led to houses being either severely damaged, or simply razed to the ground.
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  • 13 October 2022, Ichnya, Ukraine: 41-year-old Victoria Hlushko pictured outside what used to be her family home in the village of Bil’machivka, until Russian forces invaded Ukraine in February 2022 and the apartment was destroyed in the fighting that ensued. Inheriting the apartment from her father eight years ago, Victoria lived in the apartment with her husband, their son (3 years) and daughter (13 years) until the day it was destroyed. She recalls the family being just about to enter the apartment when an explosion hit the building as fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces took place at the road outside. They sought shelter in the basement, but as it became filled with smoke, they had to exit through an emergency back door and take shelter in another building in the village. The village of Bil’machivka, a community of just over 500 people north of Ichnya, Chernihiv Oblast, was just on the route taken by Russian military forces as they marched towards Kyiv following the invasion of Ukraine in the early spring of 2022. Many people lost their homes in this period, as fighting and attacks led to houses being either severely damaged, or simply razed to the ground.
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  • 13 October 2022, Ichnya, Ukraine: 41-year-old Victoria Hlushko (right) in dialogue with Bhoj Khanal, team leader of the Lutheran World Federation in Ukraine, on the road outside what used to be her family home in the village of Bil’machivka, until Russian forces invaded Ukraine in February 2022 and the apartment was destroyed in the fighting that eventually ensued on that same road outside her building. Inheriting the apartment from her father eight years ago, Victoria lived there with her husband, their son (3 years) and daughter (13 years) until the day it was destroyed. She recalls the family being just about to enter the apartment when an explosion hit the building as fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces took place at the road outside. They sought shelter in the basement, but as it became filled with smoke, they had to exit through an emergency back door and take shelter in another building in the village. The village of Bil’machivka, a community of just over 500 people north of Ichnya, Chernihiv Oblast, was just on the route taken by Russian military forces as they marched towards Kyiv following the invasion of Ukraine in the early spring of 2022. Many people lost their homes in this period, as fighting and attacks led to houses being either severely damaged, or simply razed to the ground.
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  • 13 October 2022, Ichnya, Ukraine: School director Luidmyla Kutchovera (right) welcomes Olena Buturlym, mayor of Ichnya (centre), to her school during an October 13 visit by the LWF. The Ichnya school of Vasilchenko in the Ichnya municipality of Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine — home to 540 students (boys and girls) aged 6-16 — is empty of its students, with classes taught online only, until secure bomb shelters can be restored at the school. Following the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces in February 2022, Ukrainian schools are no longer allowed to undertake onsite schooling without functional bomb shelters available in case or air raids or other attacks. The Lutheran World Federation collaborates with the municipality of Ichnya to help renovate existing but not-yet-functional shelters in the school basement, intended to secure protection for at least 1,000 people in case of emergency.
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  • 10 October 2022, Kyiv, Ukraine: Monument in Peremohy square in central Kyiv, viewed from Tarasa Shevchenko Boulevard, which earlier in the day was struck by Russian missiles as part of a coordinated attack of 75 missiles fired at cities across Ukraine including Kyiv, Kharkiv and Lviv.
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  • 3 October 2022, Berlin, Germany: People observe a set of so-called stolpersteins (Stolpersteine meaning 'stumbling stone' in German) outside Humboldt University in central Berlin. The stones, which can be found across many cities in Germany, commemorate Jews whose lives were taken during the Holocaust of World War II, and the places where they had lived, worked, studied, etc. The ten-centimetre concrete cubes bear a brass plate inscribed with the name and life dates of victims of Nazi extermination or persecution.
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  • 3 October 2022, Berlin, Germany: A young man looks at his phone as he moves through one of 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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  • 23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: Members of a delegation from the World Council of Churches and the ACT Alliance are shown around by director Alexei Resvanov 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.
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  • 25 May 2022, Moscow, Russia: People come and go from the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in central Moscow.
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  • 25 May 2022, Moscow, Russia: People come and go from the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in central Moscow.
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  • 12 May 2022, Nicosia, Cyprus: Participants in an Inter-Orthodox Pre-Assembly Consultation enter the Church of Cyprus Archbishop's residence as they visit the city of Nicosia. 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.
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  • 15 May 2022, Paralimni, Cyprus: World Council of Churches acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca carries the chalice in procession through the church as Sunday service is celebrated in the Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint George, Church of Cyprus, in Paralimni. The service is attended by participants in an Inter-Orthodox Pre-Assembly Consultation to the World Council of Churches’ 11th Assembly that brings together more than 50 delegates representing 20 Eastern and Oriental Orthodox member churches, in Cyprus on 9-16 May 2022.
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  • 15 May 2022, Paralimni, Cyprus: World Council of Churches acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca carries the chalice in procession through the church as Sunday service is celebrated in the Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint George, Church of Cyprus, in Paralimni. The service is attended by participants in an Inter-Orthodox Pre-Assembly Consultation to the World Council of Churches’ 11th Assembly that brings together more than 50 delegates representing 20 Eastern and Oriental Orthodox member churches, in Cyprus on 9-16 May 2022.
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  • 12 May 2022, Nicosia, Cyprus: Participants in an Inter-Orthodox Pre-Assembly Consultation visit the city of Nicosia. 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. Discussions also center around current global challenges and how the Orthodox agenda at the WCC 11th Assembly can keep dialogue open.
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  • 6 April 2022, Kampala, Uganda: Lutheran World Federation regional secretary for Africa Rev. Dr Elieshi Mungure visits the Ebenezer Lutheran Church, part of the Uganda Lutheran Church, an emerging church gathering some 3,500 members served by 7 pastors and 17 additional evangelists across the country.
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  • 28 March 2022, Arusha, Tanzania: Staff member Miriam (left) and her daughter Gloria (right) arrive at the Usa River Rehabilitation and Training Centre for people with special needs. Miriam herself, who suffers from untreated clubfoot -- was formerly a tailoring student at Usa River, and now works there producing totebags, cushions and various garments for sale at Usa River. 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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  • 3 April 2022, Palorinya settlement, Obongi district, Uganda: Lutheran World Federation general secretary Rev. Anne Burghardt joins a group of women from the Mother's Union of the Episcopal Diocese of Kajo-Keji in marching together to Sunday service on the fifth Sunday of Lent at the Macedonia church in Palorinya refugee settlement, West Nile area of northern Uganda. Following the eruption of war in South Sudan, the Diocese of Kajo-Keji in the country’s Central Equatoria State, decided to move with some 350 congregants to seek refuge in neighboring Uganda. The diocese is since hosted under the auspices of the Diocesan office of the Anglican Church in Moyo, Uganda, and is able to continue to gather and worship as a congregation in the Palorinya settlement. The Palorinya refugee settlement, in Obongi district, West Nile area of northern Uganda, hosts more than 128,000 refugees, the majority of which arrived following the eruption of war in South Sudan in 2013. Palorinya is the second largest refugee settlement in Uganda. The refugees and host communities in the area receive support from the Lutheran World Federation World Service program in Uganda.
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  • 3 April 2022, Palorinya settlement, Obongi district, Uganda: A group of women of the Episcopal Diocese of Kajo-Keji march together to Sunday service on the fifth Sunday of Lent at the Macedonia church in Palorinya refugee settlement, West Nile area of northern Uganda. Following the eruption of war in South Sudan, the Diocese of Kajo-Keji in the country’s Central Equatoria State, decided to move with some 350 congregants to seek refuge in neighboring Uganda. The diocese is since hosted under the auspices of the Diocesan office of the Anglican Church in Moyo, Uganda, and is able to continue to gather and worship as a congregation in the Palorinya settlement. The Palorinya refugee settlement, in Obongi district, West Nile area of northern Uganda, hosts more than 128,000 refugees, the majority of which arrived following the eruption of war in South Sudan in 2013. Palorinya is the second largest refugee settlement in Uganda. The refugees and host communities in the area receive support from the Lutheran World Federation World Service program in Uganda.
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  • 26 March 2022, Moshi, Tanzania: Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania Presiding Bishop Dr Fredrick Shoo  (right) welcomes Lutheran World Federation general secretary Rev. Anne Burghardt (left) to Tanzania.
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  • 1 April 2022, Nyumanzi refugee settlement, Adjumani district, Uganda: Refugees move through the Nyumanzi refugee settlement in Adjumani district, West Nile area of Uganda. The Nyumanzi refugee settlement, in Adjumani district, West Nile area of northern Uganda, hosts more than 50,000 refugees, the majority of which arrived following the eruption of war in South Sudan in 2013. The refugees and host communities in the area receive support from the Lutheran World Federation World Service program in Uganda.
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  • 26 March 2022, Moshi, Tanzania: Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania Presiding Bishop Dr Fredrick Shoo greets LWF General Secretary Rev. Anne Burghardt who has arrived in Tanzania.
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  • 10 March 2022, Záhony, Hungary: Ukrainian refugees arrive 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 Ukrainian refugee woman carries her pet across the platform, as Ukrainian refugees arrive 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: Ukrainian refugees arrive 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: Ukrainian refugees arrive 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 Ukrainian refugee child carries snacks and drinks received upon arrival 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: Ukrainian refugees arrive 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: Ukrainian refugees arrive 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: Ukrainian refugees arrive 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: Ukrainian refugees arrive 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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  • 7 March 2022, Budapest, Hungary: Ukrainian refugee Ruslan from Kyiv, Ukraine has arrived at Nyugati station in Budapest with his two daughters and his wife. The journey from Kyiv has been going on for days already, and is not over yet, as the family is headed for Prague, Czech Republic. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on 24 February 2022, the Nyugati train station in Budapest has become a central entry point for refugees arriving by train from the Ukrainian border areas in northeast Hungary. At the station, a range of civil society organisations and other volunteers offer support to incoming refugees, including support in arranging free accommodation, tickets for onward travel, as well as necessary items such as snacks and food, diapers for the children, clothes and basic medical supplies.
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  • 7 March 2022, Budapest, Hungary: People embrace after arrival by train at Nyugati station in Budapest. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on 24 February 2022, the Nyugati train station in Budapest has become a central entry point for refugees arriving by train from the Ukrainian border areas in northeast Hungary. At the station, a range of civil society organisations and other volunteers offer support to incoming refugees, including support in arranging free accommodation, tickets for onward travel, as well as necessary items such as snacks and food, diapers for the children, clothes and basic medical supplies.
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  • 11 March 2022, Vyšné Nemecké, Slovakia: Ukrainian refugee families arrive 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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  • 17 March 2022, Siret, Romania: A group of Ukrainian refugees 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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  • 17 March 2022, Siret, Romania: A delegation from the ACT Alliance and the World Council of Churches visit 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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  • 17 March 2022, Siret, Romania: A delegation from the ACT Alliance and the World Council of Churches visit 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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  • 17 March 2022, Siret, Romania: A delegation from ACT Alliance and the World Council of Churches visit 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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  • 6 March 2023, Bielsko-biała, Poland: Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland project coordinator Andrzey Stefanski (left) pictured in dialogue with Monika Buczek (centre) and Cornelia Kästner (right) following a visit to the rehabilitation centre of the Foundations for Generations in Bielsko-biała. Supported by the Lutheran World Federation through its member church the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland, the rehabilitation centre of the Foundations for Generations in Bielsko-biała offers physiotherapy sessions free of charge to Ukrainian refugees.
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  • 22 November 2022, Jerusalem, Palestine: People go about their day near the Jaffa gate in the Jerusalem old city.
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  • 22 November 2022, Jerusalem, Palestine: A group of Orthodox priests arrive for a doxology held in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Jerusalem Old City, to celebrate the 17th anniversary of the enthronement of Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem (Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem).
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