Smile!

Smile!

A Syrian girl runs to her mother as she plays in a camp in northern Lebanon.

 

Martyrs’ Square

Martyrs’ Square

The Martyrs' Statue is seen against Rafik Hariri mosque in central Beirut.

 

A roof with a view

A roof with a view

Birds fly over the open-top courtyard of a mosque in Cairo.

 

Polio vaccine

Polio vaccine

A Syrian refugee child is given the polio vaccine in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley.

 

The “reception area” refugee

The “reception area” refugee

A Syrian man sits by his UNHCR tent in a "reception area" in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley.

 

Temper tantrum

Temper tantrum

An Indonesian boy refuses to wave at the passing strangers in the verdant hills of Padang.

 

Flower power

Flower power

Rose petals sit in bags awaiting a buyer at a market in Lebanon's northern capital, Tripoli.

 

Lost in thought

Lost in thought

In the Sri Lankan beach resort of Marissa, a young girl pauses in the middle of a game with her brother and stares out to …

 

The lads

The lads

Dressed up for a festival, boys in Bali's Padang Bai hang around, ready to make mischief.

 

Helping hands

Helping hands

A Tunisian girl shows off her henna-ed hands during preperations for a wedding in Sfax.

 
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