From the bloody civil wars in Africa to the rag-tag insurgiences in Southeast Asia, approximately 33 conflicts are raging around the world today, and it’s often innocent civilians who suffer the most. Women, children, elders - the war spares no one. Words fail to describe the fear, the suffering the innocent go through, yet a photo can often capture "the moment". Let's take a look at these "moments", and think of the collateral damage that wars bring.
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Bentiu, Sudan
Grozny, Chechnya
Tyre, Lebanon
Baghdad
Baghdad
Gaza Strip, Palestine
Avgani, Iraq
Baghdad
Ngety, Congo
Basra, Iraq
Luzon, Philippines
Somalia
Northern Ireland
Indonesia
Pakistan
Marjah, Afghanistan
Burma
Eastern Chad
Eastern Congo
Gaza Strip, Palestine
Border between North & South Korea
Somalia
South Ossetia
North-West of China
India
Kashmir, India
Ciudad Juárez, Mexico
Kathmandu, Nepal
Nigeria
Chad
Uzbeskistan
Peru
Swabi, Pakistan
Iraq
Colombia
Iran
Thailand
Ogaden, Ethiopia
Uganda's Amuria district
Yemen
Darfur, Sudan
Dahel, Central African Republic (CAR)Photos: Foreign Policy