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Added on the 08/10/2017 17:08:08 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Hollywood superstar Angelina Jolie arrives in Bangladesh on a visit to a Rohingya refugee camp ahead of a new UN appeal for nearly one billion dollars to look after the refugee influx. IMAGES
Myanmar social welfare minister Win Myat Aye tours one of the Bangladesh camps struggling to provide for some one million Rohingya Muslims, the first such visit since a Myanmar army crackdown sparked a massive refugee crisis. IMAGES
Smoke rises in Al-Maghazi refugee camp in Gaza's central Deir al-Balah governorate as battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas rage on. IMAGES
Nearly 200 Rohingya refugees, mostly women and children, are stranded on a beach in western Indonesia, with local authorities saying they will not accept the new arrivals. The refugees arrived by boat at 3:00 am local time on Sunday (2000 GMT Saturday), the latest in what has been the largest influx of the persecuted Myanmar minority since 2015. IMAGES
Palestinians inspect the rubble of destroyed buildings after Israeli airstrikes in southern Gaza's Rafah refugee camp, while injured are rushed to an ambulance for first aid medical treatment. Fighting resumed in Gaza immediately after the expiry of a week-long truce between Israel and Hamas, with the first fatalities reported minutes later, according to health officials in the Palestinian territory. IMAGES