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Hundreds of people wait for buses in Poland's Medyka after crossing the border from Ukraine. 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
Burmese queue to enter Thailand at an immigration checkpoint in the border town of Mae Sot, many fleeing the newest round of fighting to test the junta's hold on power. The number of people passing Thai immigration from Myanmar had increased to around 4,000 per day in recent days, an immigration official told AFP, up from the usual number of around 1,900. IMAGES
Smoke billows following an Israeli strike on the town of Rafah on Gaza's southern border with Egypt. Pressure for a ceasefire has mounted as Israeli forces push towards Rafah, where more than half the besieged territory's population has taken shelter. IMAGES
Nearly 200 Rohingya refugees, mostly women and children, are stranded on a beach in western Indonesia, with local authorities saying they will not accept the new arrivals. The refugees arrived by boat at 3:00 am local time on Sunday (2000 GMT Saturday), the latest in what has been the largest influx of the persecuted Myanmar minority since 2015. IMAGES