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Pictures of the week 14 to 20 October 2017: Seven days of the world's best photojournalism

The week's best photojournalism, from the battles for Raqqa and Kirkuk, to forest fires in Portugal and Spain and Storm Ophelia's yellow skies over Britain.

David Sim Oct 20, 2017

'Hell on Earth' for Rohingya children in refugee camps without enough food and clean water

One in five Rohingya children in Bangladesh's refugee camps are "acutely malnourished" and require medical attention, says Unicef report, Outcast and Desperate.

David Sim Oct 20, 2017

Rohingya Muslim Buddhist Myanmar Bangladesh

Haunting black and white photos of Rohingya refugees that the whole world needs to see

Award-winning photojournalist Kevin Frayer spent two weeks in Bangladesh documenting the lives of some of the more than half a million Rohingya Muslims who have fled Myanmar since late August.

David Sim Oct 13, 2017

Pictures of the week 7 to 13 October 2017: Seven days of the world's best photojournalism

The week's best news and sport photos, from California wildfires and Vietnam floods, to the battle for Raqqa, Kenya election protests and Rohingya Muslim refugee crisis.

David Sim Oct 13, 2017

Endless tide of humanity: Photos show the overwhelming scale of the Rohingya refugee crisis

By day and by night they come, an endless tide of humanity streaming out of Myanmar into Bangladesh. Rohingya Muslim men, women and children hoping to find sanctuary in one of the poorest regions of a poor country.

David Sim Oct 10, 2017

Photos: Sudden surge of Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence and starvation in Myanmar

More Rohingya refugees have chosen to trek for days in monsoon weather to find sanctuary in one of the poorest regions of a poor country. Yet the Myanmar government denies ethnic cleansing and says "clearance operations" have ended.

David Sim Oct 09, 2017

Another Rwanda: Nearly half a million Rohingya Muslims have fled Myanmar in four weeks

The number of refugees arriving in Bangladesh since 25 August has been estimated at 480,000 – 60% of them children.

David Sim Sep 26, 2017

Rohingya Muslim children's drawings depict horrific acts of ethnic cleansing by Myanmar military

Young Rohingya refugees' drawings are filled with traumatic scenes such as people being shot or burned alive by the military.

David Sim Sep 25, 2017

These heartbreaking photos show the living hell faced by Rohingya women and child refugees

A family with a tiny baby living in a concrete pipe, and another family burying a 70-year-old woman who died just days after they'd carried her all the way from Myanmar.

David Sim Sep 19, 2017

Harrowing photos of Rohingya refugees fleeing 'ethnic cleansing' in Myanmar

Award-winning British photojournalist Dan Kitwood has spent several days in Bangladesh covering the Rohingya refugee crisis. His photos show the scale of the exodus as wave after wave of desperate people arrive by land, river and sea.

David Sim Sep 14, 2017

UN voices concern over 'excessive violence' against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar

The UN Security Council held a closed-door meeting on the Rohingya crisis at the behest of Britain and Sweden.

Vasudevan Sridharan Sep 14, 2017

Holocaust Museum 'horrified' by Rohingya attacks and 'absent' Aung San Suu Kyi in Myanmar

Thousands have fled from Myanmar to neighbouring Bangladesh.

Jordan Bhatt Sep 10, 2017

Rohingya refugee crisis: UN Secretary-General warns of ethnic cleansing in Myanmar

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned of possible ethnic cleansing and a "humanitarian catastrophe" in Myanmar's Rakhine state.

David Sim Sep 06, 2017

At least 40 patients die in Bangladesh hospital as doctors enjoy Eid holiday

According to reports, at least 224 patients were also forced to leave the hospital during the three-day break.

Karen Noronha Sep 06, 2017

Who are the Rohingya and why are they desperate to flee Myanmar?

The Rohingya are effectively stateless. Neither Bangladesh nor Myanmar recognises them as citizens. They live in apartheid-like conditions.

David Sim Sep 05, 2017

Stranded in no man's land: Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in Myanmar turned away by Bangladesh

"Myanmar doesn't distinguish between the terrorists and civilians. They are hunting all the Rohingya."

David Sim Aug 29, 2017

The legacy of Partition: 70 years of tensions between India and Pakistan

As we reach the 70th anniversary of partition, relations between the two nations are as broken as ever.

David Sim Aug 11, 2017

Bangladesh surgeons successfully separate conjoined twins in a first for the country

Sisters Tofa and Tahura underwent a gruelling nine-hour surgery performed under the care of two dozen doctors.

Divya Kishore Aug 03, 2017

Parts of South Asia could become too hot for humans by the 22nd century

Some of poorest parts of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh could see temperatures unbearable for people.

James Tennent Aug 02, 2017

Bangladeshi model Risila Binte 'hangs herself while on video call to husband'

Police say 22-year-old mother was suffering marital problems at the time of her death.

Paul Wright Aug 02, 2017

UN visit is off after Rohingya Muslims tell world's media about Myanmar military abuses

In Kyar Gaung Taung village, the journalists insisted on speaking to villagers away from security forces, and allegations of abuses by troops emerged almost immediately.

David Sim Jul 18, 2017