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  • A ship based in Dutch Harbor, Alaska, sails out to begin the crab fishing season. Working on these boats is one of the world's most dangerous jobs.
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  • A ship based in Dutch Harbor, Alaska, sails out to begin the crab fishing season. Working on these boats is one of the world's most dangerous jobs.
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  • A ship based in Dutch Harbor, Alaska, sails out to begin the crab fishing season. Working on these boats is one of the world's most dangerous jobs.
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  • A ship based in Dutch Harbor, Alaska, passes through a rainbow as it sails out to begin the crab fishing season. Working on these boats is one of the world's most dangerous jobs.
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  • A ship based in Dutch Harbor, Alaska, sails out to begin the crab fishing season. Working on these boats is one of the world's most dangerous jobs.
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  • A ship based in Dutch Harbor, Alaska, sails out to begin the crab fishing season. Working on these boats is one of the world's most dangerous jobs.
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  • A ship based in Dutch Harbor, Alaska, sails out to begin the crab fishing season. Working on these boats is one of the world's most dangerous jobs.
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  • A ship based in Dutch Harbor, Alaska, passes through a rainbow as it sails out to begin the crab fishing season. Working on these boats is one of the world's most dangerous jobs.
    usa-2005-jeffrey-alaska-012.jpg
  • A ship based in Dutch Harbor, Alaska, sails out to begin the crab fishing season. Working on these boats is one of the world's most dangerous jobs.
    usa-2005-jeffrey-alaska-010.jpg
  • A Greek fisherman scavenges a boat and motor that remain after the beaching of a refugee boat that arrived on a beach near Molyvos, on the Greek island of Lesbos, on November 2, 2015. It crossed the Aegean Sea from Turkey, carrying refugees from Syria, Iraq, and elsewhere who paid migrant smugglers huge sums for the trip.
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  • Refugees travel in a rubber boat across the Aegean Sea from Turkey to the Greek island of Lesbos on November 2, 2015.  They were received on a beach near Molyvos by local and international volunteers, then proceeded on their way toward western Europe. The boat was provided by Turkish traffickers to whom the refugees paid huge sums to arrive in Greece.
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  • A volunteer waves a refugee boat ashore on a beach near Molyvos, on the Greek island of Lesbos, on November 2, 2015. The boat was provided by Turkish traffickers to whom the refugees paid huge sums to arrive in Greece.
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  • Refugees arrive in a rubber boat on a beach near Molyvos, on the Greek island of Lesbos on October 31, 2015.  They were received by local and international volunteers, one of whom is helping guide them through the surf, then proceeded on their way toward western Europe. The boat was provided by Turkish traffickers to whom the refugees paid huge sums to arrive in Greece.
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  • A volunteer disconnects a life jacket on a refugee woman who just landed on a beach near Molyvos, on the Greek island of Lesbos, on October 30, 2015. She and other refugees crowded into a small boat and crossed the Aegean Sea from Turkey. They were received on Lesbos by local and international volunteers. They then proceeded on their way toward western Europe. The boat was provided by Turkish traffickers to whom the refugees paid huge sums to arrive in Greece.
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  • Refugees travel in a rubber boat across the Aegean Sea from Turkey to the Greek island of Lesbos on October 30, 2015.  They were received on a beach near Molyvos by local and international volunteers, then proceeded on their way toward western Europe. The boat was provided by Turkish traffickers to whom the refugees paid huge sums to arrive in Greece. Yet the motor quit during the crossing and the refugees were forced to paddle for several hours.
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  • As a Hellenic Coast Guard helicopter stands by, a boat full of refugees disembarks on a beach near Molyvos, on the Greek island of Lesbos, on October 30, 2015. The refugees traveled to Lesbos from Turkey, the boat provided by Turkish traffickers to whom the refugees paid huge sums.
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  • As a Hellenic Coast Guard helicopter stands by, a boat full of refugees disembarks on a beach near Molyvos, on the Greek island of Lesbos, on October 30, 2015. The refugees traveled to Lesbos from Turkey, the boat provided by Turkish traffickers to whom the refugees paid huge sums.
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  • A man who uses crutches disembarks from a boat on a beach near Molyvos, on the Greek island of Lesbos, on October 30, 2015. The boat which brought him and other refugees to Lesbos from Turkey was provided by Turkish traffickers to whom the refugees paid huge sums to arrive in Greece.
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  • A refugee pulls on dry clothing after crossing the Aegean Sea in a small overcrowded boat from Turkey to Greece, landing on a beach near Molyvos, on the Greek island of Lesbos, on October 29, 2015. The boat was provided by Turkish traffickers to whom the refugees paid huge sums. They were received in Greece by local and international volunteers, then proceeded on their way toward western Europe.
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  • Jimmy Cabrillos disassembles his fishing boat in order to properly rebuild it. The boat was damaged during Typhoon Haiyan, which ravaged a wide swath of the Philippines in November 2013. Cabrillos lives on Manipulon, a small island off the coast from the town of Estancia. The storm was known locally as Yolanda. Residents of this island have received assistance from the ACT Alliance.
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  • Refugees land on a beach near Molyvos, on the Greek island of Lesbos, on October 30, 2015. They arrived in the small boat from Turkey, for which they paid traffickers huge sums. They were received in Greece by local and international volunteers, who helped them out of the boat and provided water, food and dry clothes, The refugee then proceeded on their way toward western Europe.
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  • A Greek volunteer waves at a refugee boat in the Aegean Sea, directing it toward a safe place to land on a beach near Molyvos, on the Greek island of Lesbos, on October 30, 2015. The boats which bring refugees to Greece are provided by Turkish traffickers to whom the refugees pay huge sums.
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  • Police remove the pink boat from Oxford Cirucus that had become a symbol of the Extinction Rebellion protest. The boat was named Berta Cáceres after the assassinated environmentalist leader from Honduras.
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  • In the village of Olora on the indonesian island of Nias, aid agencies helped the community replace the fishing boats it lost to the 2004 tsunami. In this photo, a new boat takes shape under the skilled hand of a local boatbuilder.
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  • Ninfa Necesario paints a boat that her son has rebuilt following the destruction caused in the Philippines by Typhoon Haiyan in November 2013. They live on Manipulon, a small island off the coast from the town of Estancia. The storm was known locally as Yolanda. Residents of this island have received some assistance from the ACT Alliance. Most of the island's boats were damaged or destroyed by the typhoon and its brutal storm surge.
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  • Ninfa Necesario paints a boat that her son Joel (right) has rebuilt following the destruction caused in the Philippines by Typhoon Haiyan in November 2013. They live on Manipulon, a small island off the coast from the town of Estancia. The storm was known locally as Yolanda. Residents of this island have received assistance from the ACT Alliance. Most of the island's boats were damaged or destroyed by the typhoon and its brutal storm surge.
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  • A mother hugs her children on a beach near Molyvos, on the Greek island of Lesbos, on October 31, 2015.  The family, part of a boatful of refugees that arrived from Turkey, were received by local and international volunteers (wearing yellow vests), then proceeded on their way toward western Europe. The boat was provided by Turkish traffickers to whom the refugees paid huge sums to arrive in Greece.
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  • A mother hugs her children on a beach near Molyvos, on the Greek island of Lesbos, on October 31, 2015.  The family, part of a boatful of refugees that arrived from Turkey, were received by local and international volunteers, then proceeded on their way toward western Europe. The boat was provided by Turkish traffickers to whom the refugees paid huge sums to arrive in Greece.
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  • Refugees land on a beach near Molyvos, on the Greek island of Lesbos, on October 31, 2015. Part of a boatful of refugees that arrived from Turkey, they were received by local and international volunteers, then proceeded on their way toward western Europe. The boat was provided by Turkish traffickers to whom the refugees paid huge sums to arrive in Greece.
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  • When he landed on the Greek island of Lesbos on October 30, 2015, Nabil Minas, a refugee from Syria, carried his children through the water and left them on the shore, then fell on his face and kissed the ground. A Christian, he crossed himself and covered his face with his hands, weeping with joy. The shore where he kneels is covered with the black rubber of deflated refugee boats.  Minas and his family came in the boat from Turkey, paying an exorbitant amount to traffickers who provided the transport.
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  • A volunteer carries a child to safety as a rubber raft lands on a beach near Molyvos, on the Greek island of Lesbos, on October 30, 2015. The boat, which came from Turkey, was filled with refugees who paid Turkish traffickers huge sums for the trip. They were received in Greece by local and international volunteers, then proceeded on their way toward western Europe.
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  • A volunteer carries a boy to safety as a rubber raft lands on a beach near Molyvos, on the Greek island of Lesbos, on October 30, 2015. The boat, which came from Turkey, was filled with refugees who paid Turkish traffickers huge sums for the trip. They were received in Greece by local and international volunteers, then proceeded on their way toward western Europe.
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  • A woman sits on a boat in the port of Tabatinga in Brazil's Amazon region.
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  • A boy drinks river water on a boat in the port of Tabatinga in Brazil's Amazon region.
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  • When it was opened in 1855, the Valo do Rocio canal - the Iguape shortcut - was only four meters wide and two meters deep. It was built as a shortcut for rice boats to get to ships on the coast, avoiding another 40km of waterways to get to the coast.<br />
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But the flow of water fro the Ribeira de Iguape and the traffic of boats deepened the canal and eroded its banks. Now  the canal is seven metres deep and 300 meters wide at points. <br />
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It feeds into the Mar Pequeno, the sea channel between Iguape and Ilha Comprida. Almost 70% of the water comes from the Ribeira de Iguape, which previously only reached the Atlantic some 40 kilometers further north. All this fresh water has changed the physical, chemical and biological characteristics of Mar Pequeno, and it is now one of the South Atlantic’s most important nurseries of fish and crustaceans. <br />
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There is a plan to close the Iguape shortcut, but the impact this would have is unknown. Fishermen and others whose livelihoods depend on the fisheries in the area are concerned that there is insufficient concern about the impact of such changes.<br />
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The Movement of People Affected by Dams are involved in consultations to protect the river and marine environment and prevent an ecological and social disaster here.<br />
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Here a fisherman Jean pilots his boat through the shortcut.
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  • When it was opened in 1855, the Valo do Rocio canal - the Iguape shortcut - was only four meters wide and two meters deep. It was built as a shortcut for rice boats to get to ships on the coast, avoiding another 40km of waterways to get to the coast.<br />
<br />
But the flow of water fro the Ribeira de Iguape and the traffic of boats deepened the canal and eroded its banks. Now  the canal is seven metres deep and 300 meters wide at points. <br />
<br />
It feeds into the Mar Pequeno, the sea channel between Iguape and Ilha Comprida. Almost 70% of the water comes from the Ribeira de Iguape, which previously only reached the Atlantic some 40 kilometers further north. All this fresh water has changed the physical, chemical and biological characteristics of Mar Pequeno, and it is now one of the South Atlantic’s most important nurseries of fish and crustaceans. <br />
<br />
There is a plan to close the Iguape shortcut, but the impact this would have is unknown. Fishermen and others whose livelihoods depend on the fisheries in the area are concerned that there is insufficient concern about the impact of such changes.<br />
<br />
The Movement of People Affected by Dams are involved in consultations to protect the river and marine environment and prevent an ecological and social disaster here.<br />
<br />
Here a fisherman Jean pilots his boat through the shortcut.
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  • 2 April 2022, Obongi/Adjumani district, Uganda: Two men paddle a boat on the River Nile in the border area between Adjumani and Obongi districts in the West Nile area of northern Uganda. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to LWF/Albin Hillert upon publication.]
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  • 2 April 2022, Obongi/Adjumani district, Uganda: A boat rides on the River Nile in the border area between Adjumani and Obongi districts in the West Nile area of northern Uganda. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to LWF/Albin Hillert upon publication.]
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  • 2 April 2022, Obongi/Adjumani district, Uganda: Two men paddle a boat on the River Nile in the border area between Adjumani and Obongi districts in the West Nile area of northern Uganda. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to LWF/Albin Hillert upon publication.]
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  • A boat on the Ganges River at Varanasi, a sacred site for Hindus.
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  • Captain Elsa Bishop pilots a ferry boat crossing Kachemak Bay, at the edge of Alaska's Cook Inlet.
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  • Workers on a boat at the fishing dock in Chennai, India.
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  • Rogen Pesidas lives on Bayas, a small island in the Philippines municipality of Estancia, in Iloilo Province. Blind in one eye, he builds a new fishing boat to replace the one that was destroyed by Typhoon Haiyan, known locally as Yolanda, in November 2013.
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  • A man builds a new boat in Tanauan, a city in the Philippines province of Leyte that was hit hard by Typhoon Haiyan in November 2013. The storm was known locally as Yolanda. Hundreds of families here have received water filters from the United Methodist Committee on Relief, a member of the ACT Alliance. UMCOR is also working with city officials to help residents here build permanent houses to replace those they lost in the storm.
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  • A man builds a new boat on Jinamoc Island, part of the municipality of Basey in the Philippines province of Samar that was hit hard by Typhoon Haiyan in November 2013. Known locally as Yolanda, the storm left most of the island's boats, nets, and houses destroyed.  The community received a few new boats from the government, and material for new nets from a media conglomerate. The ACT Alliance has been providing a variety of assistance to survivors, including cash for work and temporary housing, and is planning a long-term rehabilitation program with residents that will include permanent housing, schools, agricultural development, livelihood activities, and water and sanitation facilities.
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  • A worker at Diyakawa Marine in Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, works on a boat to replace one of thousands destroyed by the 2004 tsunami. ACT International contracted with this marine construction yard to build boats for hundreds of tsunami survivors.
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  • A woman paddles a boat through a plant-covered lake near Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
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  • Women paddle a boat filled with produce along the Tonle Sap River in Cambodia.
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  • Women paddle a boat filled with produce and sell to families who live along the banks of the Tonle Sap River in Cambodia.
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  • A refugee photographs other refugees on a beach near Molyvos, on the Greek island of Lesbos, on November 3, 2015. They arrived on a boat full of refugees from Turkey. They were received by local and international volunteers, then proceeded on their way toward western Europe. The boat was provided by Turkish traffickers to whom the refugees paid huge sums to arrive in Greece.
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  • Refugees assist each other as they leave a beach near Molyvos, on the Greek island of Lesbos, on November 2, 2015. They arrived on the beach in a boat from Turkey. They were received by local and international volunteers, then proceeded on their way toward western Europe. The boat was provided by Turkish traffickers to whom the refugees paid huge sums to arrive in Greece.
    greece_2015_jeffrey_lesbos_1102-396.JPG
  • When he landed on the Greek island of Lesbos on November 2, 2015, this refugee man raised his arms in joy. He survived the boat trip from Turkey and faced the continuation of his journey toward western Europe.
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  • Fiona McDaid, a volunteer from the United Kingdom, wraps insulating material around a refugee child who just arrived on a beach near Molyvos, on the Greek island of Lesbos, on November 2, 2015. The refugees were received by local and international volunteers who provided food, water, first aid, and warm clothing, then they proceeded on their way toward western Europe. The boat was provided by Turkish traffickers to whom the refugees paid huge sums to arrive in Greece.
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  • A refugee boy stands on a beach near Molyvos, on the Greek island of Lesbos, on November 2, 2015, as he and his family disembark from a rubber raft that brought them from Turkey. The boat was provided by Turkish traffickers to whom the refugees paid huge sums to arrive in Greece.
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  • A volunteer wraps an insulating blanket around a cold and wet refugee boy on a beach near Molyvos, on the Greek island of Lesbos, on November 2, 2015. The boy and his family were received by local and international volunteers, then proceeded on their way toward western Europe. The boat was provided by Turkish traffickers to whom the refugees paid huge sums to arrive in Greece.
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  • A refugee woman arrives on a beach near Molyvos, on the Greek island of Lesbos, on November 2, 2015. She and her family were received by local and international volunteers, then proceeded on their way toward western Europe. The boat was provided by Turkish traffickers to whom the refugees paid huge sums to arrive in Greece.
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  • A volunteer carries a baby ashore as refugees land on a beach near Molyvos, on the Greek island of Lesbos, on November 2, 2015. They were received by local and international volunteers, then proceeded on their way toward western Europe. The boat was provided by Turkish traffickers to whom the refugees paid huge sums to arrive in Greece.
    greece_2015_jeffrey_lesbos_1102-130.JPG
  • Refugees land on a beach near Molyvos, on the Greek island of Lesbos, on November 2, 2015. They were received by local and international volunteers, then proceeded on their way toward western Europe. The boat was provided by Turkish traffickers to whom the refugees paid huge sums to arrive in Greece.
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  • Konstantina Koulouri, a volunteer with the Greek Red Cross, helps a refugee climb off a beach near Molyvos, on the Greek island of Lesbos, on November 2, 2015. The man arrived on a boat full of refugees from Turkey. They were received by local and international volunteers, then proceeded on their way toward western Europe. The boat was provided by Turkish traffickers to whom the refugees paid huge sums to arrive in Greece.
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  • A refugee woman clutches her baby after landing on a beach near Molyvos, on the Greek island of Lesbos, on November 2, 2015. Part of a boatful of refugees that arrived from Turkey, she and her family were received by local and international volunteers, then proceeded on their way toward western Europe. The boat was provided by Turkish traffickers to whom the refugees paid huge sums to arrive in Greece.
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  • Refugees disembark at night from a private fishing boat that rescued them at sea, bringing them into the harbor at Skala Sikaminia, on the Greek island of Lesbos, on November 1, 2015. They were received in Greece by local and international volunteers, then proceeded on their way toward western Europe.
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  • Refugees land on a beach near Molyvos, on the Greek island of Lesbos, on October 31, 2015. They arrived in the boat from Turkey, for which they paid traffickers huge sums. They were received in Greece by local and international volunteers, then proceeded on their way toward western Europe.
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  • A Syrian refugee wraps insulating material around his mother after arriving on the beach near Molyvos, on the Greek island of Lesbos, on October 31, 2015. They crossed the Aegean in a small, overloaded boat, and local and international volunteers provided them with water, food, and dry clothing. The refugees will then proceed to register with the Greek police and then continue on their way toward western Europe. The boat to Greece was provided by Turkish traffickers to whom the refugees paid huge sums to arrive in Greece.
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  • Refugees land on a beach near Molyvos, on the Greek island of Lesbos, on October 31, 2015, after crossing the Aegean Sea from Turkey. Local and international volunteers welcome the arriving refugees with food and medical care and dry clothes before they proceed on their way toward western Europe. Their boat to Greece was provided by Turkish traffickers to whom the refugees paid huge sums to arrive in Greece.
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  • An Afghan refugee is pulled from the water by Spanish lifeguards and other volunteers and rushed to a medical tent on a beach near Molyvos, on the Greek island of Lesbos, on October 30, 2015. He was on a boat full of refugees that capsized on its way from Turkey. The boat was provided by Turkish traffickers to whom the refugees paid huge sums to arrive in Greece. Although his body temperature had dropped to almost 80 degrees, the volunteer medical team on the beach kept him alive, and he was later transported to a hospital in Mytilene. He was expected to survive.
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  • Zoya Hameed, a physician from the United Kingdom, hugs Hanin (right), a frightened Syrian refugee girl, on a beach near Molyvos, on the Greek island of Lesbos, on October 30, 2015. The girl was on a boat full of refugees that traveled to Lesbos from Turkey. The boat was provided by Turkish traffickers to whom the refugees paid huge sums to arrive in Greece. Hameed is one of hundreds of volunteers on the island who receive the refugees and provide them with warm clothing and medical care before they continue their journey toward western Europe.
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  • Zoya Hameed (right), a physician from the United Kingdom, hugs Hanin, a frightened Syrian refugee girl, on a beach near Molyvos, on the Greek island of Lesbos, on October 30, 2015. The girl was on a boat full of refugees that traveled to Lesbos from Turkey. The boat was provided by Turkish traffickers to whom the refugees paid huge sums to arrive in Greece. Hameed is one of hundreds of volunteers on the island who receive the refugees and provide them with warm clothing and medical care before they continue their journey toward western Europe.
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  • Zoya Hameed (right), a physician from the United Kingdom, comforts Hanin, a frightened Syrian refugee girl, on a beach near Molyvos, on the Greek island of Lesbos, on October 30, 2015. The girl was on a boat full of refugees that traveled to Lesbos from Turkey. The boat was provided by Turkish traffickers to whom the refugees paid huge sums to arrive in Greece. Hameed is one of hundreds of volunteers on the island who receive the refugees and provide them with warm clothing and medical care before they continue their journey toward western Europe.
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  • A refugee man carries a refugee woman as they walk along the coast after landing in an overcrowded rubber raft on a beach near Molyvos, on the Greek island of Lesbos, on October 30, 2015. They crossed the Aegean Sea from Turkey and were received by local and international volunteers. They then proceeded on their way toward western Europe. The boat was provided by Turkish traffickers to whom the refugees paid huge sums to arrive in Greece.
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  • A refugee father and daughter wave after landing in an overcrowded rubber raft on a beach near Molyvos, on the Greek island of Lesbos, on October 30, 2015. They crossed the Aegean Sea from Turkey with other refugees and were received by local and international volunteers. They then proceeded on their way toward western Europe. The boat was provided by Turkish traffickers to whom the refugees paid huge sums to arrive in Greece.
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  • Helped by volunteers, a refugee woman disembarks from a rubber raft onto a beach near Molyvos, on the Greek island of Lesbos, on October 30, 2015. She and the other refugees crossed the Aegean Sea from Turkey and were received by local and international volunteers. They then proceeded on their way toward western Europe. The boat was provided by Turkish traffickers to whom the refugees paid huge sums to arrive in Greece.
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  • A refugee father carries his child ashore on a beach near Molyvos, on the Greek island of Lesbos, on October 30, 2015, after they crossed the Aegean Sea from Turkey in a small overcrowded boat provided by Turkish traffickers to whom the refugees paid huge sums. The refugees were received in Greece by local and international volunteers, then proceeded on their way toward western Europe.
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  • Helped by a volunteer, a refugee woman disembarks from a rubber raft onto a beach near Molyvos, on the Greek island of Lesbos, on October 30, 2015. She and the other refugees crossed the Aegean Sea from Turkey and were received by local and international volunteers. They then proceeded on their way toward western Europe. The boat was provided by Turkish traffickers to whom the refugees paid huge sums to arrive in Greece.
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  • Rabia Fijay is a Syrian refugee from Aleppo, and here she uses a mobile phone to let her family know she has arrived safely on the Greek island of Lesbos on October 30, 2015. She was on a boat full of refugees that traveled to Lesbos from Turkey. The boat was provided by Turkish traffickers to whom the refugees paid huge sums to arrive in Greece.
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  • Lisbeth Svendsen, a volunteer from Norway, gets a hug from Nabil Minas as she hugs his wife and daughter on a beach near Molyvos, on the Greek island of Lesbos, on October 30, 2015. The Syrian refugees were on a boat that traveled to Lesbos from Turkey, provided by Turkish traffickers to whom the refugees paid huge sums. Svendsen is one of hundreds of volunteers on the island who receive the refugees and provide them with warm clothing and medical care before they continue their journey toward western Europe.<br />
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When Minas disembarked from the boat, he fell on his face and kissed the ground. A Christian, he crossed himself and covered his face with his hands, weeping with joy.
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  • A refugee boy arrives on a beach near Molyvos, on the Greek island of Lesbos, on October 30, 2015. He and his family arrived in the boat from Turkey, for which they paid Turkish traffickers huge sums. They were received in Greece by local and international volunteers, then proceeded on their way toward western Europe.
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  • A refugee mother holds her child after landing on a beach near Molyvos, on the Greek island of Lesbos, on October 30, 2015. They crossed the Aegean Sea from Turkey in a small overcrowded boat, for which they paid Turkish traffickers huge sums. They were received in Greece by local and international volunteers, then proceeded on their way toward western Europe.
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  • A refugee holds his daughter as he informs his family that they have arrived safely on a beach near Molyvos, on the Greek island of Lesbos, on October 30, 2015, after they crossed the Aegean Sea from Turkey in a small overcrowded boat. They were received in Greece by local and international volunteers, then proceeded on their way toward western Europe.
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  • Volunteers wrap insulating material around a shivering refugee child on a beach near Molyvos, on the Greek island of Lesbos, on October 30, 2015. The child was on a boat full of refugees that traveled to Lesbos from Turkey, provided by Turkish traffickers to whom the refugees paid huge sums.
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  • A refugee father carries his child ashore on a beach near Molyvos, on the Greek island of Lesbos, on October 30, 2015, after they crossed the Aegean Sea from Turkey in a small overcrowded boat provided by Turkish traffickers to whom the refugees paid huge sums. The refugees were received in Greece by local and international volunteers, then proceeded on their way toward western Europe.
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  • A refugee father carries his child ashore on a beach near Molyvos, on the Greek island of Lesbos, on October 30, 2015, after they crossed the Aegean Sea from Turkey in a small overcrowded boat provided by Turkish traffickers to whom the refugees paid huge sums. The refugees were received in Greece by local and international volunteers, then proceeded on their way toward western Europe.
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  • Volunteers carry a child ashore on a beach near Molyvos, on the Greek island of Lesbos, on October 30, 2015, after a group of refugees crossed the Aegean Sea from Turkey in a small overcrowded boat provided by Turkish traffickers to whom the refugees paid huge sums. The refugees were received in Greece by local and international volunteers, then proceeded on their way toward western Europe.
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  • A woman refugee after landing on a beach near Molyvos, on the Greek island of Lesbos, on October 30, 2015. She arrived there on a boat which came from Turkey. The boat was crowded with refugees who paid Turkish traffickers huge sums for the trip. The refugees were received in Greece by local and international volunteers, then proceeded on their way toward western Europe.
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  • A refugee mother carries her daughter ashore on a beach near Molyvos, on the Greek island of Lesbos, on October 29, 2015, after they crossed the Aegean Sea from Turkey in a small overcrowded boat provided by Turkish traffickers to whom the refugees paid huge sums. They were received in Greece by local and international volunteers, then proceeded on their way toward western Europe.
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  • A refugee girl stands on a beach near Molyvos, on the Greek island of Lesbos, on October 29, 2015, after she and her family crossed the Aegean Sea from Turkey in a small overcrowded boat provided by Turkish traffickers to whom the refugees paid huge sums. They were received in Greece by local and international volunteers, then proceeded on their way toward western Europe.
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  • A boat cruises along the Javari River at Atalaia do Norte in Brazil's Amazon region.
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  • 20 February 2019, Geneva, Switzerland: Remembering the many people on the move, and the particular vulnerability of people migrating by boat, participants write down challenges and ways forward on symbolic boats during the workshop. On 20-21 February, PEPFAR, UNAIDS, the World Council of Churches and the International Catholic Migration Commission host a workshop on HIV among migrants and refugees. The aim of the workshop is to identify a roadmap for strengthening faith-based organizations’ engagement in collaboration with other sectors, expanding the role of faith-based organizations in addressing HIV risk and providing services to migrants and refugees.
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  • 4 September 2022, Karlsruhe, Germany: Celebrating the occasion of the World Council of Churches' 11th Assembly, Sunday service is held at the Friedenskirche in Karlsruhe. The service, attended by a range of ecumenical guests, is televised live by German broadcaster ZDF (Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen), and attended by a 94-year-old woman who was present when the church was originally built -- then raised as a temporary structure (a so-called 'Notkirche') using bricks from the then bombed city hall in Karlsruhe. The church was inaugurated in 1949. The 11th Assembly of the World Council of Churches is held in Karlsruhe, Germany from 31 August to 8 September, under the theme "Christ's Love Moves the World to Reconciliation and Unity." Here, the symbol of a boat decorates the altar.
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  • 25 May 2022, Moscow, Russia: A boat moves along the Moscow River near the Kremlin, Russian state headquarters in Moscow. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]
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  • 25 May 2022, Moscow, Russia: A boat moves along the Moscow River near the Kremlin, Russian state headquarters in Moscow. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]
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  • 25 May 2022, Moscow, Russia: A boat moves along the Moscow River near the Kremlin, Russian state headquarters in Moscow. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]
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  • 2 April 2022, Obongi/Adjumani district, Uganda: Two men paddle a boat on the River Nile in the border area between Adjumani and Obongi districts in the West Nile area of northern Uganda. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to LWF/Albin Hillert upon publication.]
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  • 2 November 2021, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom: Lutheran World Federation youth delegate to COP26 holds an origami prayer boat, as in Saint George's Tron church in Glasgow, representatives of a variety of faiths gather to hand in a shared petition to COP26, calling world leaders to take urgent action for climate justice. Origami boats with prayers written on them have been contributed by local parishes and people in support of an initiative by the Young Christian Climate Network who journeyed on foot from Cornwall to Glasgow in the lead-up to COP26. Glasgow hosts the United Nations climate change conference COP26, where world leaders gather to negotiate a response to the ongoing climate crisis and emergency.
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  • 2 November 2021, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom: Lutheran World Federation youth delegate to COP26 holds an origami prayer boat, as in Saint George's Tron church in Glasgow, representatives of a variety of faiths gather to hand in a shared petition to COP26, calling world leaders to take urgent action for climate justice. Origami boats with prayers written on them have been contributed by local parishes and people in support of an initiative by the Young Christian Climate Network who journeyed on foot from Cornwall to Glasgow in the lead-up to COP26. Glasgow hosts the United Nations climate change conference COP26, where world leaders gather to negotiate a response to the ongoing climate crisis and emergency.
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  • A man sleeps on a boat on the Ganges River at Varanasi, a sacred site for Hindus.
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  • A boat on the Ganges River at Varanasi, a sacred site for Hindus.
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  • 20 February 2019, Geneva, Switzerland: Remembering the many people on the move, and the particular vulnerability of people migrating by boat, participants write down challenges and ways forward on symbolic boats during the workshop. On 20-21 February, PEPFAR, UNAIDS, the World Council of Churches and the International Catholic Migration Commission host a workshop on HIV among migrants and refugees. The aim of the workshop is to identify a roadmap for strengthening faith-based organizations’ engagement in collaboration with other sectors, expanding the role of faith-based organizations in addressing HIV risk and providing services to migrants and refugees.
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  • Captain Elsa Bishop pilots a ferry boat crossing Kachemak Bay, at the edge of Alaska's Cook Inlet.
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  • Captain Elsa Bishop pilots a ferry boat crossing Kachemak Bay, at the edge of Alaska's Cook Inlet.
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  • Ryjil Christianson, a ship's mate, points out birds and other wildlife to passengers on the Danny J, a ferry boat that connects Homer to Kachemak Bay, at the edge of Alaska's Cook Inlet.
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