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Residents of the southern city of Sderot board buses to evacuate to safer areas in Israel amid ongoing war against Hamas. Situated on the front lines near the Gaza border, Sderot was overrun by Hamas militants in their surprise attack on October 7 and is used to being targeted by rockets fired from the Gaza Strip. IMAGES
Hundreds of people wait for buses in Poland's Medyka after crossing the border from Ukraine. IMAGES
Ukrainian refugees arrive in Polish town near border as they escape Russian invasion of their home country. Clothes and toiletries are laid out on stalls for the refugees to take if needed. IMAGES
Ukrainians get off a bus in the Polish town of Korczowa, next to the border between Poland and Ukraine, as they flee the Russian invasion of their country. UNHCR figures show that 454,000 people have fled from Ukraine to Poland. IMAGES
Cars queue on the Ukrainian side of the Ukraine-Poland border, not far from Lviv. According to the United Nations more than half a million people have fled Ukraine since Russia launched its invasion, with more than half fleeing into Poland. IMAGES
Residents of the Syrian border town of Ras al-Ain flee the city in trucks loaded with their belongings, as Turkey continues its assault on Kurdish-controlled areas in northeastern Syria. The offensive has displaced more than 60,000 people in less than a day, according to a war monitor. IMAGES