Migrants from Afghanistan arrive on the Greek island of Lesbos on August 6th, 2018, after crossing the Aegean Sea from Turkey on a dinghy. More than 1,500 refugees and migrants have died trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Europe in the first seven months of the year, according to the United Nations.
(Photo: Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images)
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Somali internally displaced refugees prepare to leave their shelter with their possessions January 17th, 2018, after the owner of the land ordered them to vacate his property in Mogadishu.
Refugees from Tchomia in the Democratic Republic of Congo arrive on boat at the Nsonga landing site on April 9th, 2018, in Nsonga, Uganda.
A firefighting helicopter flies over a wildfire raging in the town of Rafina near Athens, on July 23rd, 2018.
Rohingya Muslim refugees who were stranded after leaving Myanmar walk toward the Balukhali refugee camp in Bangladesh's Ukhia district on November 2nd, 2017.
A man helps evacuate a woman from a flooded street in Mandra, Greece, on November 16th, 2017.
A man runs away from flames as fire burns the land, east of the Greek capital of Athens on August 15th, 2017.
