Thousands of refugees escaping violence and persecution travel along the Central Mediterranean Route – from sub-Saharan Africa, through Niger to Libya and some on to Europe. These asylum seekers face the dangers of the world's harshest extreme environments: the sea and the desert.

Thousands of people are fleeing their homes as coalition forces fight to retake Mosul from the ISIS militant group. One man talks about life under ISIS and his family's narrow escape.

Meet the people on the frontlines of the devastating crisis.

Meet three mothers in Syria who are earning money to meet their families' needs by sewing face masks to protect their neighbors from COVID-19.

After a peace agreement failed to unite South Sudan last July, fighting quickly spread to previously unaffected areas. That’s when the war forced Angelina and her children to flee into the swamps, where food and clean water were scarce. 

Widespread drought, food insecurity and conflict across East Africa and Yemen have led to a mass displacement of people. Refugee camps are overcrowded and lack clean water, sanitation and health care, conditions that have nurtured a deadly cholera outbreak, putting millions at risk.