Hila isn’t sure of her exact age—around 70, she guesses. The Syrian mother of 10 children fled Deir ez-Zor after the area was besieged by ISIS and her home was destroyed.

Eight-year-old Fatima has a dream: to become a doctor, so she can help people in her community.

Meet the children, parents, and community members on a mission to bring children back to classrooms.

One hundred days into the war in Ukraine, civilians continue to bear the brunt of its hardships. More than 6.4 million people now have fled the country, another 8 million have been displaced internally—the most significant upheaval in Europe since World War II.

Mohammad, 29, remembers exactly when he began to lose his vision. When he was 10 years old, his right eye turned red and watery and began to swell up. At some point, he stopped being able to fully see out of his right eye.