Afghanistan, Kabul
Afghanistan, Kabul

Mourners visit freshly-dug graves on the outskirts of Kabul after two explosions targeted a demonstration, killing at least 80 people.

Afghanistan, Kabul
Afghanistan, Kabul

A young girl sells fuel in Kabul. She became an IDP when she fled with her family to Kabul.

Afghanistan, Kabul
Afghanistan, Kabul

Early morning travelers wait for their bus to leave for Nimroz province to the border with Iran and Pakistan.

Afghanistan, Herat
Afghanistan, Herat

Sharif Udin listens from a tree to a police commander calling out names of new passports. He hopes to travel to Iran.

Afghanistan, Nimruz
Afghanistan, Nimruz

An Afghan man takes a bath in the Lashkari Canal while he’s waiting to be smuggled across the border with Iran, one mile away.

Afghanistan, Nimruz
Afghanistan, Nimruz

A man recently deported from Iran displays marks he claims he received from being whipped by Iranian border guards

Afghanistan, Nimruz
Afghanistan, Nimruz

Afghans try to cross into Pakistan’s Baluchistan before entering Iran.

Afghanistan, Nimruz
Afghanistan, Nimruz

Gulbadeen was injured by a landmine when he was in a truck trying to cross the border to Pakistan.

Turkey, Istanbul
Turkey, Istanbul

An audience of mostly Afghans watch a wrestling match in Istanbul. Many Afghan refugees and migrants live here, often waiting for a chance to travel further to the European Union.

Turkey, Istanbul
Turkey, Istanbul

Sherzai gets a new haircut and shave. He's been here for one year and hopes to eventually make it to Germany or Canada.

Turkey, Istanbul
Turkey, Istanbul

Safiullah from Kunduz prays while taking  a break from working, laying grass on a new viaduct in Istanbul's Zeytinburnu district.

Turkey, Istanbul
Turkey, Istanbul

A man collects recyclable garbage. This work is mostly done in this area by Afghans.

Greece, Lesbos
Greece, Lesbos

Mortaza swims in the Aegean Sea in the port of Mitilini. He is staying with other Afghan minors in a house in Mitilini waiting for the Greek government to decide on his asylum request.

Greece, Lesbos
Greece, Lesbos

Massoud from Kunduz (white T-shirt) eats his iftar ramadan meal with Pakistanis in a derelict building near Mitilini.

Greece, Chios
Greece, Chios

The grave of a young Afghan child lays on a hillside on the island of Chios, overlooking the Aegan sea and the Turkish coast from where he left with his family in February 2016

Greece, Lesbos
Greece, Lesbos

Zahir from Ghazni lifts weights in an abandoned meat truck where he lives with a friend.

Greece, Chios
Greece, Chios

Refugees from Syria and Iraq prepare their iftar meal in a camp on the island Chios.

Greece, Idomeni
Greece, Idomeni

A European volunteer tries to cheer up children at a makeshift refugee camp at a petrol station near the Macedonian border.

Greece, Idomeni
Greece, Idomeni

Afghan refugee Khalid sleeps on the bank of a road next to a petrol station and Hotel Hara, close to the Macedonian border.

Greece, Patras
Greece, Patras

Afghans sleep while a Pakistani man prays in a makeshift mosque in a derelict factory near the port of Patras.

Greece, Patras
Greece, Patras

An Afghan man climbs over the fence of the port in Patras, hoping to find a lorry to hide in and travel to Italy.

Serbia, Belgrade
Serbia, Belgrade

Afghan and Pakistani men sit next to a wood fire in a derelict warehouse behind the central train station.

Serbia, Belgrade
Serbia, Belgrade

Afghan men try with force to wash "Comando", from Afghanistan's Nangarhar province.

Serbia, Belgrade
Serbia, Belgrade

An 8-Year old Afghan boy from Nangarhar eats a meal that volunteers hand out once a day.

Serbia, Belgrade
Serbia, Belgrade

An Afghan man feeds pigeons while Afghans and Pakistanis line up for food handouts.

Serbia, Belgrade
Serbia, Belgrade

Afghan men sleep in an unheated warehouse in sub-zero temperatures behind the central train station.

Serbia, Belgrade
Serbia, Belgrade

Islam from Afghanistan shaves outside a derelict warehouse behind the station.

Serbia, Belgrade
Serbia, Belgrade

Afghan and Pakistani men sit next to a wood fire in a derelict warehouse behind the central train station.

Serbia, Belgrade
Serbia, Belgrade

An Afghan man carries an old railway sleeper to make a fire inside a derelict warehouse.

Serbia, Palic
Serbia, Palic

A group of Afghan and Pakistani try to cross the border with the European Union at night.

UK, London
UK, London

British tabloid newspapers

France, Calais
France, Calais

An Afghan rides a bicycle on the main road of the makeshift refugee camp know as "The Jungle".

France, Calais
France, Calais

Imran Khan, an 8-year-old refugee from Kunduz, Afghanistan plays pool in a makeshift leisure hall for refugees under 18.

France, Calais
France, Calais

A refugee from Logar makes bread in Calais, where an estimated 8000 refugees and migrants stay.  

France, Calais
France, Calais

Refugees and migrants, including Afghans, call home using WiFi from a truck provided by an NGO in “The Jungle”.

France, Calais
France, Calais

Two Afghans have lunch in a makeshift Afghan restaurant on the main road of the camp.

France, Calais
France, Calais

An Afghan refugee walks to the container where he stays in the official part of the Calais refugee camp.

France, Calais
France, Calais

An Afghan refugee packs his belongings while a fire destroys his tent in "The Jungle".

France, Calais
France, Calais

Afghan refugees are escorted out of "The Jungle" by French police officers on the third and last day of their closing operation.

Afghanistan, Daykundi
Afghanistan, Daykundi

A shepherd walks his flock home in Afghanistan's central Daykundi province, past a billboard by the Australian government trying to dissuade Afghans from traveling there.

Afghanistan, Kabul
Afghanistan, Kabul

Many brokers at Sarai Shahzada, a currency market in downtown Kabul, are part of a money-transfer system known as hawala, which is often used in the refugee-smuggling business.

Indonesia, Bogor
Indonesia, Bogor

Asylum seekers from Afghanistan, Iran and Iraq are on a bus back to their safe houses in Jakarta after a failed attempt to leave for Australia by boat. The Indonesian police stopped their convoy.

Indian Ocean
Indian Ocean

Almost sixty Iranian asylum seekers and one Afghan man from Kunduz make the hard three-day journey from Indonesia to the Australian island of Christmas Island.

Indian Ocean
Indian Ocean

Morning, the second day of a three day boat journey from Indonesia to Australia. On the deck of a 30-foot long boat carrying asylum seekers.

Indian Ocean
Indian Ocean

Asylum seekers en route to the Australian territory of Christmas Island.

Indian Ocean
Indian Ocean

Late afternoon on their third day at sea aboard a 30-foot vessel, asylum seekers signal for the second time today to the Australian Navy.

Germany, Frankfurt
Germany, Frankfurt

Men celebrate the Afghan New Year by listening and dancing to a performance by Hamayoun Angar, an Afghan singer who came to Europe as a refugee a couple of years ago.

Germany, Berlin
Germany, Berlin

Refugees staying in the Tempelhof refugee shelter, a former airport.

Germany, Berlin
Germany, Berlin

Afghan refugee Mortaza stands on the back of a bicycle while a refugee from Badakhshan province rides it near the river Spree in Berlin. Both have been in Germany for over one year and applied for asylum.

Russia, Moscow
Russia, Moscow

Masuma walks in Moscow's Gorky Park. After receiving threats for working with foreigners and the election commission in her hometown of Herat, she decided to leave Afghanistan. She's now an engineering PhD student in Moscow.

Russia, Moscow
Russia, Moscow

An Afghan man carries goods from storage to shops in the Sevastopol shopping centre in Moscow. Many Afghans work here, and some recently arrived without proper documents.

Russia, Moscow
Russia, Moscow

Afghan children receive Dari and Pashto lessons from an NGO in the Sevastopol shopping centre. Teacher Kadria has been in Moscow since 1993.

USA, Sacramento
USA, Sacramento

Afghans gather to pray and celebrate Eid-al-Fitr, the end of Ramadan in a party centre.

USA, Sacramento
USA, Sacramento

Naimatullah Sultani and two of his friends in his living room in Sacramento on Eid-al-Fitr, the end of Ramadan. He came to the US in November 2013.

UK, London
UK, London

Nazir from Afghanistan's Baglan province works on a fruit and vegetable stand in northern London.

UK, London
UK, London

Gurmeet Kaur and her husband Pritpal Singh with their 4-year-old daughter in their house in Southall. They both left their native Kabul during the civil war in the early 1990s.

Afghanistan, Torkham Gate
Afghanistan, Torkham Gate

After living in Pakistan for 31 years, a family crosses the Torkham border into their native Afghanistan. Many Afghan refugees have been forced to return to their home country in recent years.

Afghanistan, Kabul
Afghanistan, Kabul

A baby lays in a temporary home on the outskirts of Kabul. The baby’s family fled the violence of Islamic State in Nangarhar province.

Afghanistan, Kabul
Afghanistan, Kabul

After two years Farshid is back in Afghanistan after his asylum claim in The Netherlands was rejected.

Afghanistan, Kabul
Afghanistan, Kabul
Afghanistan, Kabul
Afghanistan, Herat
Afghanistan, Nimruz
Afghanistan, Nimruz
Afghanistan, Nimruz
Afghanistan, Nimruz
Turkey, Istanbul
Turkey, Istanbul
Turkey, Istanbul
Turkey, Istanbul
Greece, Lesbos
Greece, Lesbos
Greece, Chios
Greece, Lesbos
Greece, Chios
Greece, Idomeni
Greece, Idomeni
Greece, Patras
Greece, Patras
Serbia, Belgrade
Serbia, Belgrade
Serbia, Belgrade
Serbia, Belgrade
Serbia, Belgrade
Serbia, Belgrade
Serbia, Belgrade
Serbia, Belgrade
Serbia, Palic
UK, London
France, Calais
France, Calais
France, Calais
France, Calais
France, Calais
France, Calais
France, Calais
France, Calais
Afghanistan, Daykundi
Afghanistan, Kabul
Indonesia, Bogor
Indian Ocean
Indian Ocean
Indian Ocean
Indian Ocean
Germany, Frankfurt
Germany, Berlin
Germany, Berlin
Russia, Moscow
Russia, Moscow
Russia, Moscow
USA, Sacramento
USA, Sacramento
UK, London
UK, London
Afghanistan, Torkham Gate
Afghanistan, Kabul
Afghanistan, Kabul
Afghanistan, Kabul

Mourners visit freshly-dug graves on the outskirts of Kabul after two explosions targeted a demonstration, killing at least 80 people.

Afghanistan, Kabul

A young girl sells fuel in Kabul. She became an IDP when she fled with her family to Kabul.

Afghanistan, Kabul

Early morning travelers wait for their bus to leave for Nimroz province to the border with Iran and Pakistan.

Afghanistan, Herat

Sharif Udin listens from a tree to a police commander calling out names of new passports. He hopes to travel to Iran.

Afghanistan, Nimruz

An Afghan man takes a bath in the Lashkari Canal while he’s waiting to be smuggled across the border with Iran, one mile away.

Afghanistan, Nimruz

A man recently deported from Iran displays marks he claims he received from being whipped by Iranian border guards

Afghanistan, Nimruz

Afghans try to cross into Pakistan’s Baluchistan before entering Iran.

Afghanistan, Nimruz

Gulbadeen was injured by a landmine when he was in a truck trying to cross the border to Pakistan.

Turkey, Istanbul

An audience of mostly Afghans watch a wrestling match in Istanbul. Many Afghan refugees and migrants live here, often waiting for a chance to travel further to the European Union.

Turkey, Istanbul

Sherzai gets a new haircut and shave. He's been here for one year and hopes to eventually make it to Germany or Canada.

Turkey, Istanbul

Safiullah from Kunduz prays while taking  a break from working, laying grass on a new viaduct in Istanbul's Zeytinburnu district.

Turkey, Istanbul

A man collects recyclable garbage. This work is mostly done in this area by Afghans.

Greece, Lesbos

Mortaza swims in the Aegean Sea in the port of Mitilini. He is staying with other Afghan minors in a house in Mitilini waiting for the Greek government to decide on his asylum request.

Greece, Lesbos

Massoud from Kunduz (white T-shirt) eats his iftar ramadan meal with Pakistanis in a derelict building near Mitilini.

Greece, Chios

The grave of a young Afghan child lays on a hillside on the island of Chios, overlooking the Aegan sea and the Turkish coast from where he left with his family in February 2016

Greece, Lesbos

Zahir from Ghazni lifts weights in an abandoned meat truck where he lives with a friend.

Greece, Chios

Refugees from Syria and Iraq prepare their iftar meal in a camp on the island Chios.

Greece, Idomeni

A European volunteer tries to cheer up children at a makeshift refugee camp at a petrol station near the Macedonian border.

Greece, Idomeni

Afghan refugee Khalid sleeps on the bank of a road next to a petrol station and Hotel Hara, close to the Macedonian border.

Greece, Patras

Afghans sleep while a Pakistani man prays in a makeshift mosque in a derelict factory near the port of Patras.

Greece, Patras

An Afghan man climbs over the fence of the port in Patras, hoping to find a lorry to hide in and travel to Italy.

Serbia, Belgrade

Afghan and Pakistani men sit next to a wood fire in a derelict warehouse behind the central train station.

Serbia, Belgrade

Afghan men try with force to wash "Comando", from Afghanistan's Nangarhar province.

Serbia, Belgrade

An 8-Year old Afghan boy from Nangarhar eats a meal that volunteers hand out once a day.

Serbia, Belgrade

An Afghan man feeds pigeons while Afghans and Pakistanis line up for food handouts.

Serbia, Belgrade

Afghan men sleep in an unheated warehouse in sub-zero temperatures behind the central train station.

Serbia, Belgrade

Islam from Afghanistan shaves outside a derelict warehouse behind the station.

Serbia, Belgrade

Afghan and Pakistani men sit next to a wood fire in a derelict warehouse behind the central train station.

Serbia, Belgrade

An Afghan man carries an old railway sleeper to make a fire inside a derelict warehouse.

Serbia, Palic

A group of Afghan and Pakistani try to cross the border with the European Union at night.

UK, London

British tabloid newspapers

France, Calais

An Afghan rides a bicycle on the main road of the makeshift refugee camp know as "The Jungle".

France, Calais

Imran Khan, an 8-year-old refugee from Kunduz, Afghanistan plays pool in a makeshift leisure hall for refugees under 18.

France, Calais

A refugee from Logar makes bread in Calais, where an estimated 8000 refugees and migrants stay.  

France, Calais

Refugees and migrants, including Afghans, call home using WiFi from a truck provided by an NGO in “The Jungle”.

France, Calais

Two Afghans have lunch in a makeshift Afghan restaurant on the main road of the camp.

France, Calais

An Afghan refugee walks to the container where he stays in the official part of the Calais refugee camp.

France, Calais

An Afghan refugee packs his belongings while a fire destroys his tent in "The Jungle".

France, Calais

Afghan refugees are escorted out of "The Jungle" by French police officers on the third and last day of their closing operation.

Afghanistan, Daykundi

A shepherd walks his flock home in Afghanistan's central Daykundi province, past a billboard by the Australian government trying to dissuade Afghans from traveling there.

Afghanistan, Kabul

Many brokers at Sarai Shahzada, a currency market in downtown Kabul, are part of a money-transfer system known as hawala, which is often used in the refugee-smuggling business.

Indonesia, Bogor

Asylum seekers from Afghanistan, Iran and Iraq are on a bus back to their safe houses in Jakarta after a failed attempt to leave for Australia by boat. The Indonesian police stopped their convoy.

Indian Ocean

Almost sixty Iranian asylum seekers and one Afghan man from Kunduz make the hard three-day journey from Indonesia to the Australian island of Christmas Island.

Indian Ocean

Morning, the second day of a three day boat journey from Indonesia to Australia. On the deck of a 30-foot long boat carrying asylum seekers.

Indian Ocean

Asylum seekers en route to the Australian territory of Christmas Island.

Indian Ocean

Late afternoon on their third day at sea aboard a 30-foot vessel, asylum seekers signal for the second time today to the Australian Navy.

Germany, Frankfurt

Men celebrate the Afghan New Year by listening and dancing to a performance by Hamayoun Angar, an Afghan singer who came to Europe as a refugee a couple of years ago.

Germany, Berlin

Refugees staying in the Tempelhof refugee shelter, a former airport.

Germany, Berlin

Afghan refugee Mortaza stands on the back of a bicycle while a refugee from Badakhshan province rides it near the river Spree in Berlin. Both have been in Germany for over one year and applied for asylum.

Russia, Moscow

Masuma walks in Moscow's Gorky Park. After receiving threats for working with foreigners and the election commission in her hometown of Herat, she decided to leave Afghanistan. She's now an engineering PhD student in Moscow.

Russia, Moscow

An Afghan man carries goods from storage to shops in the Sevastopol shopping centre in Moscow. Many Afghans work here, and some recently arrived without proper documents.

Russia, Moscow

Afghan children receive Dari and Pashto lessons from an NGO in the Sevastopol shopping centre. Teacher Kadria has been in Moscow since 1993.

USA, Sacramento

Afghans gather to pray and celebrate Eid-al-Fitr, the end of Ramadan in a party centre.

USA, Sacramento

Naimatullah Sultani and two of his friends in his living room in Sacramento on Eid-al-Fitr, the end of Ramadan. He came to the US in November 2013.

UK, London

Nazir from Afghanistan's Baglan province works on a fruit and vegetable stand in northern London.

UK, London

Gurmeet Kaur and her husband Pritpal Singh with their 4-year-old daughter in their house in Southall. They both left their native Kabul during the civil war in the early 1990s.

Afghanistan, Torkham Gate

After living in Pakistan for 31 years, a family crosses the Torkham border into their native Afghanistan. Many Afghan refugees have been forced to return to their home country in recent years.

Afghanistan, Kabul

A baby lays in a temporary home on the outskirts of Kabul. The baby’s family fled the violence of Islamic State in Nangarhar province.

Afghanistan, Kabul

After two years Farshid is back in Afghanistan after his asylum claim in The Netherlands was rejected.

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