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Hollywood superstar Angelina Jolie arrives in Bangladesh on a visit to a Rohingya refugee camp ahead of a new UN appeal for nearly one billion dollars to look after the refugee influx. IMAGES
Myanmar social welfare minister Win Myat Aye tours one of the Bangladesh camps struggling to provide for some one million Rohingya Muslims, the first such visit since a Myanmar army crackdown sparked a massive refugee crisis. IMAGES
A top UN official has said Bangladesh's plan to build the world's biggest refugee camp for 800,000-plus Rohingya Muslims was dangerous because overcrowding could heighten the risks of deadly diseases spreading quickly. The arrival of more than half a million Rohingya refugees who have fled an army crackdown in Myanmar's troubled Rakhine state since August 25 has put an immense strain on already packed camps in Bangladesh. IMAGES of refugees in Cox's Bazar
Smoke rises in Al-Maghazi refugee camp in Gaza's central Deir al-Balah governorate as battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas rage on. 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
Palestinians inspect the rubble of destroyed buildings after Israeli airstrikes in southern Gaza's Rafah refugee camp, while injured are rushed to an ambulance for first aid medical treatment. Fighting resumed in Gaza immediately after the expiry of a week-long truce between Israel and Hamas, with the first fatalities reported minutes later, according to health officials in the Palestinian territory. IMAGES
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