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Conflict and climate disasters combine to create record rise in displaced people

War in Ukraine and Pakistan’s ‘monsoon on steroids’ among events driving surge on ‘scale never seen before’ as 71m people displacedThe number of people around the world who were forced to flee their homes leapt by a fifth last year, as a “perfect stor…

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‘Peace of mind at last’: the Bangladeshi villagers digging their way out of the floods

‘Plinth’ settlements built on raised ground above the country’s flooding rivers are providing permanent homes and emergency refugesHamida Khatun is sick of moving. The 60-year has been displaced about 20 times during her life, always as a result of cli…

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Health officials warn of major outbreaks of disease after severe floods in Pakistan

Diarrhoea and malaria cases spread, with risk of dysentery and cholera, as millions of displaced people forced to drink flood waterHealth officials have warned of large-scale outbreaks of disease in Pakistan after severe flooding displaced millions of …

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Port in a storm: the trailblazing town welcoming climate refugees in Bangladesh

The river town of Mongla is leading the way in a project to resettle people in a region decimated by extreme weatherBy the time the rising sun breaks through the morning mist over the Mongla River, the rhythmic chug of motors strapped to wooden canoes …

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Desmond Tutu’s funeral and Kazakhstan clashes: human rights this fortnight – in pictures

A roundup of the coverage of the struggle for human rights and freedoms, from Mexico to Hong Kong Continue reading…

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The world on screen: the best movies from Africa, Asia and Latin America

From a Somali love story to a deep dive into Congolese rumba, Guardian writers pick their favourite recent world cinema releasesRead more: Books that explain the world: Guardian writers’ nonfiction reads of the yearThe Great Indian Kitchen Continue rea…

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‘Living in a cave is no life’: Pakistani villagers trapped by Taliban and poverty

Seven years after fleeing army clashes with militants, 100 families eking out an existence on a hillside near the Afghan border are unable to return home“Don’t talk to me about the government. They don’t help.”Ninety-year-old Shah Mast is angry. He has…

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‘Tomorrow they will kill me’: Afghan female police officers live in fear of Taliban reprisals

With at least four women, including a pregnant mother, targeted and killed by Taliban fighters, female ex-officers feel abandoned by the worldNegar Masumi, a female police officer with 15 years of experience, was determined not to flee when the Taliban…

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‘They came for my daughter’: Afghan single mothers face losing children under Taliban

Life for single mothers in Afghanistan has always been marred by stigma and poverty. Now with the Taliban in control, what few protections they had have disappearedThe day after Mazar-i-Sharif, the provincial capital of Balkh province, fell to the Tali…

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‘I worry my daughters will never know peace’: women flee the Taliban – again

Families fearful of what will happen to girls and young women as the Islamist militants gain ground are joining the tens of thousands of displaced AfghansIt was an exceptionally hot summer morning, on 13 July, when people in Malistan district, in the s…

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Refugees hit hardest as deadly floods sweep across continents

Death toll rises as storms continue to rip through communities, destroying homes and livelihoodsAs heavy rains and floods dominate headlines around the world, displaced people and those living in conflict zones are among the worst affected. Wind and he…

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