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“As violence continues today in the town of Ras Al-Ain, the A’llouk water station in the town has now been out of service for more than one week. The station, situated near the fighting, provides water supply for nearly 400,000 people, including many children.

The Pul-e-Kheshti Mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan.

The fourth Democratic presidential candidate debates took place Tuesday in Ohio. The candidates answered questions on a range of issues, including the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump, the developments in the Syrian conflict, and the U.S. economy.

U.S. President Donald Trump is pressuring Turkey to stop its offensive in northern Syria with calls for a cease-fire and sanctions against Turkish officials, as he plans to send a delegation led by Vice President Mike Pence to Ankara for talks to resolve the situation.

Displaced Syrians, who fled their homes in the border town of Ras al-Ain, receive humanitarian aid on October 12, 2019, in the town of Tal Tamr in the countryside of Syria’s northeastern Hasakeh province.

A Syrian family from Idlib recently arrived on the Greek island of Lesvos and living in an olive grove next to Moria reception centre.

A family displaced by violence within Burkina Faso finds shelter with relatives in Dori, May 2019.

Two stateless Shona sisters wait to register for citizenship certificates at the District Commissioner’s office in Kinoo on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya, June 2019.

Women forest conservation workers in the northern Bolivian Amazon.

Thousands of protesters in Catalonia took to the streets Monday and blocked Barcelona's El Prat airport after Spain's Supreme Court sentenced nine separatist leaders to lengthy prison terms for their attempt to declare independence from Spain in 2017.