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1. Christopher Lockyear at the UN Security Council briefing on Gaza
Christopher Lockyear, Secretary General of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), holds a photo of the destroyed MSF shelter in Al-Mawasi, Khan Younis, Gaza. The wife and daughter-in-law of an MSF staff member were killed and six others were injured when an Israeli tank fired on a clearly marked MSF staff shelter on 20 February 2024. Mr Lockyear called on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to demand an immediate and lasting ceasefire in Gaza. Addressing the Council at its monthly meeting on Gaza, Mr Lockyear also called for the unequivocal protection of medical facilities, staff and patients.
2. Vital response to diphtheria in Siguiri - Guinea
A nurse walks through the room where patients received diphtheria antitoxin (DAT) while a patient is reflected in the glass door as she speaks to visitors at the Epidemiological Treatment Centre in Siguiri, Guinea. Visitors are welcome in a limited capacity, having to stand behind a fence to create a two-metre-wide barrier to prevent the spread of diphtheria. MSF has helped treat more than 2,100 patients as of 4 January 2024 and has been responding to a diphtheria outbreak in the region since mid-August, an outbreak on a scale not seen in the country for 30 years.
3. The ruined Al Shifa medical complex.
What remains of the Al Shifa medical complex after 14 days of siege by Israeli forces.
4. Search and Rescue Operations – Body Transshipment, Rotation 58
On June 8, 2024, on the instructions of the Italian authorities, the 11 bodies recovered the day before in the Mediterranean Sea were transferred by the Geo Barents team to an Italian Coast Guard vessel near Lampadusa.
5. Support for patients burned in the September explosion - Haiti
Following the explosion of a tanker truck in Mirogôane on 14 September, many injured people have been treated in different MSF facilities. Six patients are currently being treated at the MSF trauma hospital in Carrefour. MSF teams are working hard to provide them with the necessary care. One of them, Kenol Coman, has severe burns on several parts of his body.
6. Mr. Yurii, MSF patient, 53 years old, focuses on balance exercises.
Mr Yurii has been in hospital for a month and a half, following a mine injury that required amputation.
“I was traumatised for a month, trying to save my leg, but the infection was severe. At first I was very worried, but I accepted. They showed me how to train and the types of prostheses available, and I realised that I could walk again. Now I am actively working with MSF psychologists and physiotherapists. They listen to me, give me advice and bring me interesting books. I like historical and professional books; the last ones were about Genghis Khan and the Cossacks. I still want to learn to drive, so I have work ahead of me.”
Mr Yurii is focusing on balance exercises to speed up his progress with the prosthesis.
7. X-ray of the skull of a little girl who survived shrapnel
While shopping with her mother in a nearby market, the 20-month-old girl was hit by shrapnel after a bomb exploded in the area. Like other victims, the unnamed girl was taken to Bashair Training Hospital in southern Khartoum. During the X-ray, part of the girl’s skull fell onto the table. An MSF emergency team operated on the girl and managed to save her life.
8. Food distribution for Sudanese refugees in Adré camp
Food distribution (bags of millet, oil, soap, etc.) organized by the World Food Program at the Adre transit camp.
9. A boat overloaded with people seeking safety and protection capsized in the Mediterranean.
These images capture the heartbreaking moment an overloaded boat capsized last night.
Thankfully, the MSF team managed to safely rescue all 45 people.
10. The U.S.-Mexico border wall ends and a chest-high fence continues to mark the border.
The wall that separates the United States from Mexico ends and a chest-high fence continues to mark the border between the United States and Mexico. This location, located 18 miles east of Sasabe, Arizona, is used as a crossing point into the United States by migrants and asylum seekers. The End of the Wall camp is located just across this gap.
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