andoned since 2018. Damascus, Syria. December 15, 2024. © Emin Özmen / Magnum Photos

ity when the war began. The Rapid Support Forces attacked us in the student dormitory, so we left and returned home to Kabkabiya. When we arrived, we found that a shell had hit our house, and everyone had left. Our mother, father, siblings, and entire family were gone. It was just my sister and me. We left Kabkabiya and headed here because we heard our family might be in Kiryandongo camp. Along the way, we worked wherever we could to collect some money for bus tickets to reach the next town. We faced many hardships on the road before finally arriving here at the camp in Kiryandongo about two weeks ago. When we got here, we couldn’t find our family. We were alone, with no shelter or anything. Amani found us and brought us to her home, where she gave us a place to stay with her.”

d maintain their agricultural practices. Since October 7 2023, the attacks have increased, primarily in the northern parts of the West Bank. Al-’Auja, Jericho Valley, Palestine. © Alessandra Sanguinetti / Magnum Photos

nch warfare. Cincu, Romania. January 2024. © Thomas Dworzak / Magnum Photos

rt migrants who pay Mexican cartels for passage through “their” territory, often suffering extortion, rape, and abandonment. Some are also subject to violence and intimidation of U.S.-based militia groups who “tour” the region for asylum seekers. Numbers of migrants seeking safety and a sustainable future have skyrocketed in recent years causing U.S. presidential candidates from both parties to cater to a public sentiment for “stronger security” fueled by right-wing rhetoric. These men, from a larger group of fourteen, had just finished undertaking a trip that took three months. Sasabe region, Arizona, USA. July 2024. © Larry Towell / Magnum Photos