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  • A mother and her son, refugees from Honduras, walk in Austin, Texas, on December 3, 2015. They asked not to  be named. They fled gang-related violence and threats in Honduras and requested political asylum in the United States. They were held for several days by immigration officials and then released, although at first the woman was forced to wear an ankle monitor. They stayed briefly in a shelter run by the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES) and supported by a coalition of San Antonio churches, then moved to Austin, where they await final decisions on their asylum petitions. The woman has another child born in the U.S. who she is trying to bring from Honduras to the U.S.
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  • Grace Hernandez (right) drives refugees from El Salvador to the airport in San Antonio, Texas, on December 2, 2015. Behind her is Silvia Penado and her son Jacobo, who excitedly hugs his mother. They fled their country to escape gang-related violence. After requesting political asylum in the United States, they were held for several days by immigration officials and then released, although Penado was required to wear an ankle monitor. They stayed briefly in a shelter run by the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES) and supported by a coalition of San Antonio churches, then flew to another location in the U.S. while they await final decisions on their asylum petitions. Hernandez is a volunteer with RAICES.
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  • Yanira Lopez walks her daughter Melany home from school in San Antonio, Texas, on November 30, 2015. Lopez and her three children fled Guatemala early in 2015 to escape violence linked to drug trafficking. After requesting political asylum in the United States, they were held for several days by immigration officials and then released. Lopez today volunteers at a shelter for refugee families sponsored by the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES), and supported by a coalition of San Antonio churches. It's the shelter that hosted her and her children when they were released from detention.
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  • A refugee child examines clothing available in a shelter in San Antonio, Texas, on December 2, 2015. The boy came from Honduras to the U.S. with his mother, sister, and two cousins, to escape domestic violence and threats from violent gangs. After requesting political asylum in the United States, they were held for several days by immigration officials and then released. The cousins were turned over to their mother, who already lived in the U.S. The boy and his family stayed in the shelter, which is run by the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES) and supported by a coalition of San Antonio churches. They then traveled by bus to another location in the U.S. while they await a final decision on their asylum petition.
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  • Rosaura Pineda and her children Isaac and Celeste stand in a street in San Antonio, Texas, on December 3, 2015. Pineda and her children fled Honduras in 2015 because of domestic violence and pressure on her children from gangs. After requesting political asylum in the United States, she was held for several days by immigration officials and then released with an ankle monitor, which she is fighting to have removed as she claims it makes her feel like a criminal. She and her children are staying in a shelter in San Antonio run by the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES) and supported by a coalition of San Antonio churches.
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  • A man paints a political mural in Natham, a small town in the southern India state of Tamil Nadu. The face in sunglasses is that of the chief minister of the state, Muthuvel Karunanidhi, who is the leader of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party. He has been a key figure in Tamil Nadu politics for nearly five decades...
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  • Maya Ixil people raise their fists during a political rally in Nebaj, Quiche, Guatemala
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  • Maya Ixil people during a political rally in Nebaj, Quiche, Guatemala
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  • Children stand in front of the wall of a burned hut in Leu, a village in the contested Abyei region along the border between Sudan and South Sudan. The village was looted and burned in 2011 when soldiers and militias from the northern Republic of Sudan swept through the area, chasing out more than 100,000 Dinka Ngok residents. A few thousand families have returned to the region since northern combatants withdrew in 2012, yet their life is precarious. In Leu, the Catholic Church rehabilitated a clinic and drilled a well. For political and logistical reasons, the Catholic Church is one of the few organizations willing to openly accompany the people of Abyei during these uncertain times.
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  • interviews inside the Maximum Security Prison of Medellin with political prisoners who are leaders of the Ejercito de Liberación Nacional, ELN, a Colombian guerrilla group.
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  • interviews inside the Maximum Security Prison of Medellin with political prisoners who are leaders of the Ejercito de Liberación Nacional, ELN, a Colombian guerrilla group.
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  • interviews inside the Maximum Security Prison of Medellin with political prisoners who are leaders of the Ejercito de Liberación Nacional, ELN, a Colombian guerrilla group.
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  • People walk along 7th Avenue in Bogotá with a backdrop of political graffiti. This one says Camilo Vive, referring to the early leader of the ELN guerrilla group Father Camilo Torres.
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  • A boy stands in front of the wall of a burned hut in Leu, a village in the contested Abyei region along the border between Sudan and South Sudan. The village was looted and burned in 2011 when soldiers and militias from the northern Republic of Sudan swept through the area, chasing out more than 100,000 Dinka Ngok residents. A few thousand families have returned to the region since northern combatants withdrew in 2012, yet their life is precarious. In Leu, the Catholic Church rehabilitated a clinic and drilled a well. For political and logistical reasons, the Catholic Church is one of the few organizations willing to openly accompany the people of Abyei during these uncertain times.
    south-sudan-2013-jeffrey-abyei-160.jpg
  • A girl stands in front of the wall of a burned hut in Leu, a village in the contested Abyei region along the border between Sudan and South Sudan. The village was looted and burned in 2011 when soldiers and militias from the northern Republic of Sudan swept through the area, chasing out more than 100,000 Dinka Ngok residents. A few thousand families have returned to the region since northern combatants withdrew in 2012, yet their life is precarious. In Leu, the Catholic Church rehabilitated a clinic and drilled a well. For political and logistical reasons, the Catholic Church is one of the few organizations willing to openly accompany the people of Abyei during these uncertain times.
    south-sudan-2013-jeffrey-abyei-161.jpg
  • A girl stands in front of the wall of a burned hut in Leu, a village in the contested Abyei region along the border between Sudan and South Sudan. The village was looted and burned in 2011 when soldiers and militias from the northern Republic of Sudan swept through the area, chasing out more than 100,000 Dinka Ngok residents. A few thousand families have returned to the region since northern combatants withdrew in 2012, yet their life is precarious. In Leu, the Catholic Church rehabilitated a clinic and drilled a well. For political and logistical reasons, the Catholic Church is one of the few organizations willing to openly accompany the people of Abyei during these uncertain times.
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  • Haitians examine the inside of a car after it was burned in a political protest outside a Catholic mass in Port-au-Prince that marked the one-year anniversary of the January 12, 2010, earthquake that devastated Haiti. The car, which belonged to Father Allan Francois, was set afire by protestors upset about the government's management of the quake recovery. Held in the shadows of the ruins of the city's Catholic cathedral, the Mass was one of many special observances held throughout the Caribbean nation...
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  • A woman stands in front of political propaganda affixed to the walls along a street in the Egmore neighborhood of Chennai, a city in the southern India state of Tamil Nadu.
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  • Indigenous people demand the release of political prisoners during a demonstration outside a military base in Davao, on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao. Hundreds of indigenous (known locally as Lumads) are living in a church compound in the city, chased out of their rural villages by paramilitary squads.
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  • Silvia Penado (left) and Mirna Vasquez, refugees from El Salvador, sit in the airport in San Antonio, Texas, on December 2, 2015. With Vasquez is her daughter Catarin. The women fled their homes with their children to escape gang-related violence. After requesting political asylum in the United States, they were held for several days by immigration officials and then released with ankle monitors. They stayed briefly in a shelter run by the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES) and supported by a coalition of San Antonio churches, then flew to another location in the U.S. while they await final decisions on their asylum petitions.
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  • Two refugee women from El Salvador walk through the airport in San Antonio, Texas, on December 2, 2015. The women fled their homes with their children to escape gang-related violence. After requesting political asylum in the United States, they were held for several days by immigration officials and then released with ankle monitors. They stayed briefly in a shelter run by the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES) and supported by a coalition of San Antonio churches, then flew to another location in the U.S. while they await final decisions on their asylum petitions. On the left is Silvia Penado and her son Jacobo, and on the right is Mirna Vasquez and her daughter Catarin.
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  • Mirna Vasquez, a refugee from El Salvador, has her hands swabbed by a TSA official in the airport in San Antonio, Texas, on December 2, 2015. Penado fled El Salvador with her daughter to escape gang-related violence. After requesting political asylum in the United States, they were held for several days by immigration officials and then released, although she wears an ankle monitors. They stayed briefly in a shelter run by the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES) and supported by a coalition of San Antonio churches, then flew to another location in the U.S. while they await final decisions on their asylum petition.
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  • Mirna Vasquez a refugee from El Salvador, is searched by a TSA official in the airport in San Antonio, Texas, on December 2, 2015. She fled El Salvador with her daughter to escape gang-related violence. After requesting political asylum in the United States, they were held for several days by immigration officials and then released, although she wears an ankle monitors. They stayed briefly in a shelter run by the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES) and supported by a coalition of San Antonio churches, then flew to another location in the U.S. while they await final decisions on their asylum petition.
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  • A five-year old refugee child holds a doll in San Antonio, Texas. The girl and her mother and two siblings fled Guatemala in 2015 because of violence caused by narcotraffickers. After requesting political asylum in the United States, they were held for several days by immigration officials and then released, after which they stayed in a shelter now run by the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES), and supported by a coalition of San Antonio churches.  They have since settled in San Antonio awaiting a final decision on their asylum request.
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  • Yanira Lopez walks her daughter Melany home from school in San Antonio, Texas, on November 30, 2015. Lopez and her three children fled Guatemala early in 2015 to escape violence linked to drug trafficking. After requesting political asylum in the United States, they were held for several days by immigration officials and then released. Lopez today volunteers at a shelter for refugee families sponsored by the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES), and supported by a coalition of San Antonio churches. It's the shelter that hosted her and her children when they were released from detention.
    usa-texas-2015-jeffrey-asylum-sanant...jpg
  • Yanira Lopez walks her daughter Melany home from school in San Antonio, Texas, on November 30, 2015. Lopez and her three children fled Guatemala early in 2015 to escape violence linked to drug trafficking. After requesting political asylum in the United States, they were held for several days by immigration officials and then released. Lopez today volunteers at a shelter for refugee families sponsored by the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES), and supported by a coalition of San Antonio churches. It's the shelter that hosted her and her children when they were released from detention.
    usa-texas-2015-jeffrey-asylum-sanant...jpg
  • Eulalia Miguel and son Cristopher ride a Greyhound bus at night through Texas on December 2, 2015. Miguel and her son fled Guatemala in 2015 because of domestic violence. After requesting political asylum in the United States, they were held for several days by immigration officials and then released, after which they stayed in a shelter run by the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES), and supported by a coalition of San Antonio churches. After that, they traveled by bus to a new location in the United States, where they will live pending a final decision on her request for asylum.
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  • Eulalia Miguel and her son Cristopher pose at a shelter in San Antonio, Texas, on December 1, 2015. Miguel and her son fled Guatemala in 2015 because of domestic violence. After requesting political asylum in the United States, they were held for several days by immigration officials and then released, after which they stayed in the shelter, which is run by the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES), and supported by a coalition of San Antonio churches. After that, they traveled by bus to a new location in the United States, where they will live pending a final decision on her request for asylum.
    usa-texas-2015-jeffrey-asylum-sanant...jpg
  • Children run past the ruins of homes in Leu, a village in the contested Abyei region along the border between Sudan and South Sudan. The village was looted and burned in 2011 when soldiers and militias from the northern Republic of Sudan swept through the area, chasing out more than 100,000 Dinka Ngok residents. A few thousand families have returned to the region since northern combatants withdrew in 2012, yet their life is precarious. In Leu, the Catholic Church rehabilitated a clinic and drilled a well. For political and logistical reasons, the Catholic Church is one of the few organizations willing to openly accompany the people of Abyei during these uncertain times.
    south-sudan-2013-jeffrey-abyei-166.jpg
  • A child stands in front of the wall of a burned hut in Leu, a village in the contested Abyei region along the border between Sudan and South Sudan. The village was looted and burned in 2011 when soldiers and militias from the northern Republic of Sudan swept through the area, chasing out more than 100,000 Dinka Ngok residents. A few thousand families have returned to the region since northern combatants withdrew in 2012, yet their life is precarious. In Leu, the Catholic Church rehabilitated a clinic and drilled a well. For political and logistical reasons, the Catholic Church is one of the few organizations willing to openly accompany the people of Abyei during these uncertain times.
    south-sudan-2013-jeffrey-abyei-163.jpg
  • A girl pumps water from a well provided by the Catholic Church in Leu, a village in the contested Abyei region along the border between Sudan and South Sudan. The village was looted and burned in 2011 when soldiers and militias from the northern Republic of Sudan swept through the area, chasing out more than 100,000 Dinka Ngok residents. A few thousand families have returned since northern combatants withdrew in 2012, yet their life is precarious. In Leu, the church rehabilitated a clinic and drilled this well. For political and logistical reasons, the Catholic Church is one of the few organizations willing to openly accompany the people of Abyei during these uncertain times.
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  • Chol Myom Alei, a medical assistant, attends to Malual Monytoc, a patient in the Catholic Church-sponsored clinic in Leu, a village in the contested Abyei region along the border between Sudan and South Sudan. The clinic, along with the rest of the village, was looted and burned in 2011 when soldiers and militias from the northern Republic of Sudan swept through the area, chasing out more than 100,000 Dinka Ngok residents. A few thousand families have returned since northern combatants withdrew in 2012, yet their life is precarious. In Leu, the church rehabilitated the clinic and drilled a well. For political and logistical reasons, the Catholic Church is one of the few organizations willing to openly accompany the people of Abyei during these uncertain times.
    south-sudan-2013-jeffrey-abyei-155.jpg
  • Simon Dau, a pharmacist, fills prescriptions at his desk under a tree outside the Catholic Church-sponsored clinic in Leu, a village in the contested Abyei region along the border between Sudan and South Sudan. The clinic, along with the rest of the village, was looted and burned in 2011 when soldiers and militias from the northern Republic of Sudan swept through the area, chasing out more than 100,000 Dinka Ngok residents. A few thousand families have returned since northern combatants withdrew in 2012, yet their life is precarious. In Leu, the church rehabilitated the clinic and drilled a well. For political and logistical reasons, the Catholic Church is one of the few organizations willing to openly accompany the people of Abyei during these uncertain times.
    south-sudan-2013-jeffrey-abyei-156.jpg
  • A woman who fled gang-related violence in El Salvador to seek political asylum in the United States prepares food in the kitchen of a shelter where she lives in San Antonio, Texas, on December 1, 2015. The woman, who asked not to be named, fled El Salvador after her son and daughter in law were murdered. She brought two grandchildren with her, but they were taken away by immigration officials upon arrival in the U.S. Since her release she has stayed in a shelter run by the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES) and supported by a coalition of San Antonio churches. While awaiting a decision on her request for asylum, she submitted to a DNA exam in order to prove her relation with one grandchild who remained in government care.
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  • A woman (right) who fled gang-related violence in El Salvador to seek political asylum in the United States prepares food in the kitchen of a shelter where she lives in San Antonio, Texas, on December 1, 2015. The woman, who asked not to be named, fled El Salvador after her son and daughter in law were murdered. She brought two grandchildren with her, but they were taken away by immigration officials upon arrival in the U.S. Since her release she has stayed in a shelter run by the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES) and supported by a coalition of San Antonio churches. While awaiting a decision on her request for asylum, she submitted to a DNA exam in order to prove her relation with one grandchild who remained in government care. Helping her in the kitchen is Yanira Lopez, an asylum seeker from Guatemala.
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  • A mother and her son, refugees from Honduras, walk in Austin, Texas, on December 3, 2015. They asked not to  be named. They fled gang-related violence and threats in Honduras and requested political asylum in the United States. They were held for several days by immigration officials and then released, although at first the woman was forced to wear an ankle monitor. They stayed briefly in a shelter run by the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES) and supported by a coalition of San Antonio churches, then moved to Austin, where they await final decisions on their asylum petitions. The woman has another child born in the U.S. who she is trying to bring from Honduras to the U.S.
    usa-texas-2015-jeffrey-asylum-sanant...jpg
  • A woman (right) who fled gang-related violence in El Salvador to seek political asylum in the United States prepares food in the kitchen of a shelter where she lives in San Antonio, Texas, on December 1, 2015. The woman, who asked not to be named, fled El Salvador after her son and daughter in law were murdered. She brought two grandchildren with her, but they were taken away by immigration officials upon arrival in the U.S. Since her release she has stayed in a shelter run by the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES) and supported by a coalition of San Antonio churches. While awaiting a decision on her request for asylum, she submitted to a DNA exam in order to prove her relation with one grandchild who remained in government care. Helping her in the kitchen is Isabel Zepeda, a volunteer at the shelter.
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  • A mother and her son, refugees from Honduras, walk in Austin, Texas, on December 3, 2015. They asked not to  be named. They fled gang-related violence and threats in Honduras and requested political asylum in the United States. They were held for several days by immigration officials and then released, although at first the woman was forced to wear an ankle monitor. They stayed briefly in a shelter run by the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES) and supported by a coalition of San Antonio churches, then moved to Austin, where they await final decisions on their asylum petitions. The woman has another child born in the U.S. who she is trying to bring from Honduras to the U.S.
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  • Rebecca Ortiz (left) explains the details of bus travel in the U.S. to Paulina Carlo, a refugee from Guatemala, in the Greyhound Bus Station in San Antonio, Texas, on December 1, 2015. Carlo and a daughter came to the U.S. seeking political asylum and were detained upon their arrival by immigration officials. They were released after nine days. Relatives in Tennessee purchased bus tickets for them to travel there while they await a final decision on their asylum petition. Ortiz is a volunteer with the Interfaith Welcome Coalition.
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  • Rebecca Ortiz (left) explains the details of bus travel in the U.S. to Paulina Carlo, a refugee from Guatemala, in the Greyhound Bus Station in San Antonio, Texas, on December 1, 2015. Carlo and a daughter came to the U.S. seeking political asylum and were detained upon their arrival by immigration officials. They were released after nine days. Relatives in Tennessee purchased bus tickets for them to travel there while they await a final decision on their asylum petition. Ortiz is a volunteer with the Interfaith Welcome Coalition.
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  • A woman who fled gang-related violence in El Salvador to seek political asylum in the United States cooks pupusas in the kitchen of a shelter where she lives in San Antonio, Texas, on November 30, 2015. The woman, who asked not to be named, fled El Salvador after her son and daughter in law were murdered. She brought two grandchildren with her, but they were taken away by immigration officials upon arrival in the U.S. Since her release she has stayed in a shelter run by the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES) and supported by a coalition of San Antonio churches. While awaiting a decision on her request for asylum, she submitted to a DNA exam in order to prove her relation with one grandchild who remained in government care.
    usa-texas-2015-jeffrey-asylum-sanant...jpg
  • A woman who fled gang-related violence in El Salvador to seek political asylum in the United States cooks in the kitchen of a shelter where she lives in San Antonio, Texas, on November 30, 2015. The woman, who asked not to be named, fled El Salvador after her son and daughter in law were murdered. She brought two grandchildren with her, but they were taken away by immigration officials upon arrival in the U.S. Since her release she has stayed in a shelter run by the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES) and supported by a coalition of San Antonio churches. While awaiting a decision on her request for asylum, she submitted to a DNA exam in order to prove her relation with one grandchild who remained in government care.
    usa-texas-2015-jeffrey-asylum-sanant...jpg
  • Two refugee women from El Salvador walk through the airport in San Antonio, Texas, on December 2, 2015. The women fled their homes with their children to escape gang-related violence. After requesting political asylum in the United States, they were held for several days by immigration officials and then released with ankle monitors. They stayed briefly in a shelter run by the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES) and supported by a coalition of San Antonio churches, then flew to another location in the U.S. while they await final decisions on their asylum petitions. On the left is Silvia Penado and her son Jacobo, and on the right is Mirna Vasquez and her daughter Catarin.
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  • Mirna Vasquez and her daughter Catarin, refugees from El Salvador, sit in the airport in San Antonio, Texas, on December 2, 2015. The two fled their country to escape gang-related violence. After requesting political asylum in the United States, they were held for several days by immigration officials and then released, although Vasquez was forced to wear an ankle monitor. They stayed briefly in a shelter run by the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES) and supported by a coalition of San Antonio churches, then flew to another location in the U.S. while they await a final decision on their asylum petition.
    usa-texas-2015-jeffrey-asylum-sanant...jpg
  • Two refugee women from El Salvador walk through the airport in San Antonio, Texas, on December 2, 2015. The women fled their homes with their children to escape gang-related violence. After requesting political asylum in the United States, they were held for several days by immigration officials and then released with ankle monitors. They stayed briefly in a shelter run by the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES) and supported by a coalition of San Antonio churches, then flew to another location in the U.S. while they await final decisions on their asylum petitions. On the left is Silvia Penado and her son Jacobo, and on the right is Mirna Vasquez and her daughter Catarin.
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  • Mirna Vasquez, a refugee from El Salvador, has her ankle monitor swabbed by a TSA official in the airport in San Antonio, Texas, on December 2, 2015. Penado fled El Salvador with her daughter to escape gang-related violence. After requesting political asylum in the United States, they were held for several days by immigration officials and then released, although she wears an ankle monitors. They stayed briefly in a shelter run by the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES) and supported by a coalition of San Antonio churches, then flew to another location in the U.S. while they await final decisions on their asylum petition.
    usa-texas-2015-jeffrey-asylum-sanant...jpg
  • Mirna Vasquez, a refugee from El Salvador, is searched by a TSA official in the airport in San Antonio, Texas, on December 2, 2015. She fled El Salvador with her daughter to escape gang-related violence. After requesting political asylum in the United States, they were held for several days by immigration officials and then released, although she wears an ankle monitors. They stayed briefly in a shelter run by the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES) and supported by a coalition of San Antonio churches, then flew to another location in the U.S. while they await final decisions on their asylum petition.
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  • A six-year old refugee boy hugs an inflatable Santa Claus in the airport in San Antonio, Texas, on December 2, 2015. The boy's mother took him and fled their home to escape gang-related violence. After requesting political asylum in the United States, they were held for several days by immigration officials and then released, although the mother was forced to wear an ankle monitor. They stayed briefly in a shelter run by the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES) and supported by a coalition of San Antonio churches, then flew to another location in the U.S. while they await final decisions on their asylum petitions.
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  • Grace Hernandez (right) helps two refugee women from El Salvador find information about their flights in the airport in San Antonio, Texas, on December 2, 2015. The women fled their homes with their children to escape gang-related violence. After requesting political asylum in the United States, they were held for several days by immigration officials and then released, although they were required to wear ankle monitors. They stayed briefly in a shelter run by the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES) and supported by a coalition of San Antonio churches, then flew to another location in the U.S. while they await final decisions on their asylum petitions. Hernandez is a volunteer with RAICES.
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  • Grace Hernandez (right) drives refugees from El Salvador to the airport in San Antonio, Texas, on December 2, 2015. Behind her is Silvia Penado and her son Jacobo, who points excitedly at an airplane. They fled their country to escape gang-related violence. After requesting political asylum in the United States, they were held for several days by immigration officials and then released, although Penado was required to wear an ankle monitor. They stayed briefly in a shelter run by the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES) and supported by a coalition of San Antonio churches, then flew to another location in the U.S. while they await final decisions on their asylum petitions. Hernandez is a volunteer with RAICES.
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  • Yanira Lopez walks her daughter Melany home from school in San Antonio, Texas, on November 30, 2015. Lopez and her three children fled Guatemala early in 2015 to escape violence linked to drug trafficking. After requesting political asylum in the United States, they were held for several days by immigration officials and then released. Lopez today volunteers at a shelter for refugee families sponsored by the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES), and supported by a coalition of San Antonio churches. It's the shelter that hosted her and her children when they were released from detention.
    usa-texas-2015-jeffrey-asylum-sanant...jpg
  • Yanira Lopez walks her daughter Melany home from school in San Antonio, Texas, on November 30, 2015. Lopez and her three children fled Guatemala early in 2015 to escape violence linked to drug trafficking. After requesting political asylum in the United States, they were held for several days by immigration officials and then released. Lopez today volunteers at a shelter for refugee families sponsored by the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES), and supported by a coalition of San Antonio churches. It's the shelter that hosted her and her children when they were released from detention.
    usa-texas-2015-jeffrey-asylum-sanant...jpg
  • Eulalia Miguel and son Cristopher ride a Greyhound bus at night through Texas on December 2, 2015. Miguel and her son fled Guatemala in 2015 because of domestic violence. After requesting political asylum in the United States, they were held for several days by immigration officials and then released, after which they stayed in a shelter run by the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES), and supported by a coalition of San Antonio churches. After that, they traveled by bus to a new location in the United States, where they will live pending a final decision on her request for asylum.
    usa-texas-2015-jeffrey-asylum-sanant...jpg
  • Yanira Lopez walks her daughter Melany home from school in San Antonio, Texas, on November 30, 2015. Lopez and her three children fled Guatemala early in 2015 to escape violence linked to drug trafficking. After requesting political asylum in the United States, they were held for several days by immigration officials and then released. Lopez today volunteers at a shelter for refugee families sponsored by the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES), and supported by a coalition of San Antonio churches. It's the shelter that hosted her and her children when they were released from detention.
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  • Eulalia Miguel and son Cristopher ride a Greyhound bus at night through Texas on December 2, 2015. Miguel and her son fled Guatemala in 2015 because of domestic violence. After requesting political asylum in the United States, they were held for several days by immigration officials and then released, after which they stayed in a shelter run by the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES), and supported by a coalition of San Antonio churches. After that, they traveled by bus to a new location in the United States, where they will live pending a final decision on her request for asylum.
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  • Eulalia Miguel and son Cristopher sleep as they ride a Greyhound bus at night through Texas on December 2, 2015. Miguel and her son fled Guatemala in 2015 because of domestic violence. After requesting political asylum in the United States, they were held for several days by immigration officials and then released, after which they stayed in a shelter run by the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES), and supported by a coalition of San Antonio churches. After that, they traveled by bus to a new location in the United States, where they will live pending a final decision on her request for asylum.
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  • Eulalia Miguel and son Cristopher sleep as they ride a Greyhound bus at night through Texas on December 2, 2015. Miguel and her son fled Guatemala in 2015 because of domestic violence. After requesting political asylum in the United States, they were held for several days by immigration officials and then released, after which they stayed in a shelter run by the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES), and supported by a coalition of San Antonio churches. After that, they traveled by bus to a new location in the United States, where they will live pending a final decision on her request for asylum.
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  • Eulalia Miguel and son Cristopher ride a Greyhound bus at night through Texas on December 2, 2015. Miguel and her son fled Guatemala in 2015 because of domestic violence. After requesting political asylum in the United States, they were held for several days by immigration officials and then released, after which they stayed in a shelter run by the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES), and supported by a coalition of San Antonio churches. After that, they traveled by bus to a new location in the United States, where they will live pending a final decision on her request for asylum. The coloring book being used by Christopher was included in a backpack of materials provided by the Interfaith Welcome Coalition.
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  • Eulalia Miguel and son Cristopher wait for a bus in the Greyhound station in San Antonio, Texas, on December 2, 2015. Miguel and her son fled Guatemala in 2015 because of domestic violence. After requesting political asylum in the United States, they were held for several days by immigration officials and then released, after which they stayed in a shelter run by the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES), and supported by a coalition of San Antonio churches. After that, they traveled by bus to a new location in the United States, where they will live pending a final decision on her request for asylum. The coloring book being used by Christopher was included in a backpack of materials provided by the Interfaith Welcome Coalition.
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  • Eulalia Miguel and her son Cristopher pose at a shelter in San Antonio, Texas, on December 1, 2015. Miguel and her son fled Guatemala in 2015 because of domestic violence. After requesting political asylum in the United States, they were held for several days by immigration officials and then released, after which they stayed in the shelter, which is run by the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES), and supported by a coalition of San Antonio churches. After that, they traveled by bus to a new location in the United States, where they will live pending a final decision on her request for asylum.
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  • Eulalia Miguel and son Cristopher try on clothes at a shelter in San Antonio, Texas, on December 1, 2015. Miguel and her son fled Guatemala in 2015 because of domestic violence. After requesting political asylum in the United States, they were held for several days by immigration officials and then released, after which they stayed in a shelter run by the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES), and supported by a coalition of San Antonio churches. After that, they traveled by bus to a new location in the United States, where they will live pending a final decision on her request for asylum.
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  • A five-year old refugee tries on a hat in a shelter in San Antonio, Texas, on December 1, 2015. The boy and his mother fled Guatemala in 2015 because of domestic violence. After requesting political asylum in the United States, they were held for several days by immigration officials and then released, after which they stayed in a shelter run by the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES), and supported by a coalition of San Antonio churches. After that, they traveled by bus to a new location in the United States, where they will live pending a final decision on her request for asylum.
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  • Eulalia Miguel (center) and son Cristopher try on clothes in a shelter in San Antonio, Texas, on December 1, 2015. Assisting them is Yanira Lopez (left), a refugee who coordinates the shelter. Miguel and her son fled Guatemala in 2015 because of domestic violence. After requesting political asylum in the United States, they were held for several days by immigration officials and then released, after which they stayed in a shelter run by the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES), and supported by a coalition of San Antonio churches. After that, they traveled by bus to a new location in the United States, where they will live pending a final decision on her request for asylum.
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  • A five-year old refugee tries on a hat in a shelter in San Antonio, Texas, on December 1, 2015. The boy and his mother fled Guatemala in 2015 because of domestic violence. After requesting political asylum in the United States, they were held for several days by immigration officials and then released, after which they stayed in a shelter run by the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES), and supported by a coalition of San Antonio churches. After that, they traveled by bus to a new location in the United States, where they will live pending a final decision on her request for asylum.
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  • Grace Hernandez (left) hugs Dayanara Lopez as she says goodbye to the woman and her children Josue Isaac and Genesis in the Greyhound Bus Station in San Antonio, Texas, on December 3, 2015. Lopez and her children, along with two teenage nephews, fled Honduras in October 2015 because of domestic violence and threats and assaults against her nephews from gangs. After requesting political asylum in the United States, they were held for several days by immigration officials and then released. The nephews were turned over to their mother, who already lived in the U.S. Lopez and her children stayed at first in a shelter run by the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES) and supported by a coalition of San Antonio churches. They then traveled by bus to another location in the U.S. while they await a final decision on their asylum petition. Hernandez is a volunteer with RAICES.
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  • Grace Hernandez (left) hugs Dayanara Lopez and her son Josue Isaac as she says goodbye to the woman and her children in the Greyhound Bus Station in San Antonio, Texas, on December 3, 2015. Looking on is Lopez' daughter Genesis. Lopez and her children, along with two teenage nephews, fled Honduras in October 2015 because of domestic violence and threats and assaults against her nephews from gangs. After requesting political asylum in the United States, they were held for several days by immigration officials and then released. The nephews were turned over to their mother, who already lived in the U.S. Lopez and her children stayed at first in a shelter run by the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES) and supported by a coalition of San Antonio churches. They then traveled by bus to another location in the U.S. while they await a final decision on their asylum petition. Hernandez is a volunteer with RAICES.
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  • Dayanara Lopez and her children Josue Isaac and Genesis pose in the Greyhound Bus Station in San Antonio, Texas, on December 3, 2015. Lopez and her children, along with two teenage nephews, fled Honduras in October 2015 because of domestic violence and threats and assaults against her nephews from gangs. After requesting political asylum in the United States, they were held for several days by immigration officials and then released. The nephews were turned over to their mother, who already lived in the U.S. Lopez and her children stayed at first in a shelter run by the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES) and supported by a coalition of San Antonio churches. They then traveled by bus to another location in the U.S. while they await a final decision on their asylum petition.
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  • Grace Hernandez (right) helps Dayanara Lopez and her children Josue Isaac and Genesis with their tickets in the Greyhound Bus Station in San Antonio, Texas, on December 3, 2015. Lopez and her children, along with two teenage nephews, fled Honduras in October 2015 because of domestic violence and threats and assaults against her nephews from gangs. After requesting political asylum in the United States, they were held for several days by immigration officials and then released. The nephews were turned over to their mother, who already lived in the U.S. Lopez and her children stayed at first in a shelter run by the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES) and supported by a coalition of San Antonio churches. They then traveled by bus to another location in the U.S. while they await a final decision on their asylum petition. Hernandez is a volunteer with RAICES.
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  • Rosaura Pineda and her children Isaac and Celeste pose at a shelter in San Antonio, Texas, on December 3, 2015. Pineda and her children fled Honduras in 2015 because of domestic violence and pressure on her children from gangs. After requesting political asylum in the United States, she was held for several days by immigration officials and then released with an ankle monitor, which she is fighting to have removed as she claims it makes her feel like a criminal. She and her children are staying in the shelter, which is run by the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES), and supported by a coalition of San Antonio churches.
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  • Rosaura Pineda and her children Isaac and Celeste pose at a shelter in San Antonio, Texas, on December 3, 2015. Pineda and her children fled Honduras in 2015 because of domestic violence and pressure on her children from gangs. After requesting political asylum in the United States, she was held for several days by immigration officials and then released with an ankle monitor, which she is fighting to have removed as she claims it makes her feel like a criminal. She and her children are staying in the shelter, which is run by the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES), and supported by a coalition of San Antonio churches.
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  • Rosaura Pineda and her children Isaac and Celeste stand in a street in San Antonio, Texas, on December 3, 2015. Pineda and her children fled Honduras in 2015 because of domestic violence and pressure on her children from gangs. After requesting political asylum in the United States, she was held for several days by immigration officials and then released with an ankle monitor, which she is fighting to have removed as she claims it makes her feel like a criminal. She and her children are staying in a shelter in San Antonio run by the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES) and supported by a coalition of San Antonio churches.
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  • Rosaura Pineda and her children Isaac and Celeste pose in a shelter in San Antonio, Texas, on December 3, 2015. Pineda and her children fled Honduras in 2015 because of domestic violence and pressure on her children from gangs. After requesting political asylum in the United States, she was held for several days by immigration officials and then released with an ankle monitor, which she is fighting to have removed as she claims it makes her feel like a criminal. She and her children are staying in the shelter, which is run by the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES), and supported by a coalition of San Antonio churches.
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  • Rosaura Pineda and her children Isaac and Celeste pose in a shelter in San Antonio, Texas, on December 3, 2015. Pineda and her children fled Honduras in 2015 because of domestic violence and pressure on her children from gangs. After requesting political asylum in the United States, she was held for several days by immigration officials and then released with an ankle monitor, which she is fighting to have removed as she claims it makes her feel like a criminal. She and her children are staying in the shelter, which is run by the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES), and supported by a coalition of San Antonio churches.
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  • Ruins of homes in Leu, a village in the contested Abyei region along the border between Sudan and South Sudan. The village was looted and burned in 2011 when soldiers and militias from the northern Republic of Sudan swept through the area, chasing out more than 100,000 Dinka Ngok residents. A few thousand families have returned to the region since northern combatants withdrew in 2012, yet their life is precarious. In Leu, the Catholic Church rehabilitated a clinic and drilled a well. For political and logistical reasons, the Catholic Church is one of the few organizations willing to openly accompany the people of Abyei during these uncertain times.
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  • Children walk past the ruins of homes in Leu, a village in the contested Abyei region along the border between Sudan and South Sudan. The village was looted and burned in 2011 when soldiers and militias from the northern Republic of Sudan swept through the area, chasing out more than 100,000 Dinka Ngok residents. A few thousand families have returned to the region since northern combatants withdrew in 2012, yet their life is precarious. In Leu, the Catholic Church rehabilitated a clinic and drilled a well. For political and logistical reasons, the Catholic Church is one of the few organizations willing to openly accompany the people of Abyei during these uncertain times.
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  • Children run in Leu, a village in the contested Abyei region along the border between Sudan and South Sudan. The village was looted and burned in 2011 when soldiers and militias from the northern Republic of Sudan swept through the area, chasing out more than 100,000 Dinka Ngok residents. A few thousand families have returned since northern combatants withdrew in 2012, yet their life is precarious. In Leu, the Catholic Church rehabilitated a clinic and drilled a well. For political and logistical reasons, the Catholic Church is one of the few organizations willing to openly accompany the people of Abyei during these uncertain times.
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  • Indigenous people demand the release of political prisoners during a demonstration outside a military base in Davao, on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao. Hundreds of indigenous (known locally as Lumads) are living in a church compound in the city, chased out of their rural villages by paramilitary squads.
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  • Silvia Penado, a refugee from El Salvador, has her ankle monitor checked by a TSA official in the airport in San Antonio, Texas, on December 2, 2015. She fled El Salvador with her son to escape gang-related violence. After requesting political asylum in the United States, they were held for several days by immigration officials and then released, although she wears an ankle monitors. They stayed briefly in a shelter run by the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES) and supported by a coalition of San Antonio churches, then flew to another location in the U.S. while they await final decisions on their asylum petition.
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  • A refugee child examines clothing available in a shelter in San Antonio, Texas, on December 2, 2015. The boy came from Honduras to the U.S. with his mother, sister, and two cousins, to escape domestic violence and threats from violent gangs. After requesting political asylum in the United States, they were held for several days by immigration officials and then released. The cousins were turned over to their mother, who already lived in the U.S. The boy and his family stayed in the shelter, which is run by the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES) and supported by a coalition of San Antonio churches. They then traveled by bus to another location in the U.S. while they await a final decision on their asylum petition.
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  • Dayanara Lopez and her children Josue Isaac and Genesis pose in a shelter in San Antonio, Texas, on December 2, 2015. Lopez and her children, along with two teenage nephews, fled Honduras in October 2015 because of domestic violence and threats and assaults against her nephews from gangs. After requesting political asylum in the United States, they were held for several days by immigration officials and then released. The nephews were turned over to their mother, who already lived in the U.S. Lopez and her children stayed at first in the shelter, which is run by the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES) and supported by a coalition of San Antonio churches. They then traveled by bus to another location in the U.S. while they await a final decision on their asylum petition. In the photo, Lopez holds a Bible which she brought on the journey to the U.S.
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  • Demonstrators hold signs at an Occupy Seattle demonstration in Seattle, Washington.
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  • A demonstrator kicks a smoking tear gas canister back toward police during November 25, 2012, protests in and around Cairo's Tahrir Square. The protestors were upset by Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi's November 22nd decision to assume sweeping new powers.
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  • A demonstrator at an Occupy Seattle demonstration in Seattle, Washington, holds a sign supporting the restoration of the Glass-Steagall Act --  the Depression-era law, done away with by President Clinton, that separated investment banks from commercial banks.
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  • A demonstrator prepares to hurtle a smoking tear gas canister back at police during November 27, 2012, protests in Cairo's Tahrir Square. The protestors were upset by Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi's November 22nd decision to assume sweeping new powers.
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  • A demonstrator prepares to hurtle a smoking tear gas canister back at police during November 25, 2012, protests in and around Cairo's Tahrir Square. The protestors were upset by Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi's November 22nd decision to assume sweeping new powers.
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  • A woman holds a sign at a June 7, 2020, Black Lives Matter protest in Eugene, Oregon. Participants protested the murder of George Floyd and other African-Americans by police. Most protesters wore masks because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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  • Participants in a Black Lives Matter protest in Eugene, Oregon. Participants were protesting the murder of George Floyd and other African-Americans by police.
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  • A member of United Methodist Women holds a sign during a May 17, 2018, public witness at the state capitol in Columbus, Ohio, where she and hundreds of other United Methodist Women urged the state legislature to pass a bill requiring a fair living wage. The demonstration came on the eve of the 2018 Assembly of United Methodist Women.
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  • Members of United Methodist Women participate in a May 17, 2018, public witness at the state capitol in Columbus, Ohio, where they urged the state legislature to pass a bill requiring a fair living wage. The demonstration came on the eve of the 2018 Assembly of United Methodist Women.
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  • Portland, Oregon, USA. 21 June, 2018. A woman and her son wear Mexican wrestling masks and hold signs outside the field office of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Portland, Oregon. The office was blockaded by protestors for several days before stopping operations on June 20. Protestors are objecting to the separation of families detained while seeking asylum on the U.S.-Mexico border.
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  • A woman demonstrates against gun violence in the March For Our Lives in San Francisco, March 24, 2018.
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  • A participants holds a sign during a demonstration against gun violence in the March For Our Lives in San Francisco, California, March 24, 2018.
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  • A law enforcement officer observes the crowd as protestors wait to be arrested outside the White House on July 24, 2012. They were criticizing U.S. support for pharmaceutical companies which have resisted generic licenses for their drugs for people living with HIV and AIDS. Several people were arrested after tying red ribbons, many connected to prescription bottles, onto the White House fence. The protest took place during the XIX International AIDS Conference.
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  • A couple prepares dinner in a camp in Managua of some 3,000 former banana workers who have been poisoned by Nemagon (dibromochloropropane). Camped out across the street from the Nicaraguan National Assembly, the workers are pressuring the government to provide health care and support their legal actions against US companies which manufactured and used the pesticide. Nemagon is considered a risk factor for cancer, kidney failure, acute respiratory disease, heart attack, sterility, muscular atrophy, skin complaints, and other health problems.
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  • Roman Catholic Sister Stella Matutina, OSB, has been detained by the military and threatened because of her work to protect the environment in Mindanao, the Philippines' southern island. Matutina is a member of the Order of Saint Benedict..
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  • Women carry bags of sorghum on their heads in Agok, a town in the contested Abyei region where tens of thousands of people fled in 2011 after an attack by soldiers and militias from the northern Republic of Sudan on most parts of Abyei. Although the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement called for residents of Abyei--which sits on the border between Sudan and South Sudan--to hold a referendum on whether they wanted to align with the north or the newly independent South Sudan, the government in Khartoum and northern-backed Misseriya nomads, excluded from voting as they only live part of the year in Abyei, blocked the vote and attacked the majority Dinka Ngok population. The African Union has proposed a new peace plan, including a referendum to be held in October 2013, but it has been rejected by the Misseriya and Khartoum.
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  • Kuol Deng Kuol, the paramount chief of the Dinka Ngok, looks at racist graffiti written on the walls of looted government offices in Abyei, a town at the center of the contested Abyei region along the border between Sudan and South Sudan. The town was looted and burned in 2011 when mostly Arab soldiers and militias from the northern Republic of Sudan swept through the area, chasing out more than 100,000 Dinka Ngok residents. The chief and a few thousand other families have returned since northern combatants withdrew in 2012, yet their life is precarious.
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  • Sister Sandra Amado, a Comboni sister from Brazil, teaches a class at a teacher training course in Agok, a town in the contested border region of Abyei between Sudan and South Sudan. Sister Amado is a volunteer with Solidarity with South Sudan, an international network of Catholic groups providing training for teachers, health care workers, and pastoral agents in South Sudan. The teachers she is teaching in Agok are among tens of thousands of people displaced in 2011 attacks by soldiers and militias from the northern Republic of Sudan.
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  • Women line up for food being distributed by the United Nations World Food Program in Agok, a town in the contested Abyei region where tens of thousands of people fled in 2011 after an attack by soldiers and militias from the northern Republic of Sudan on most parts of Abyei. Although the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement called for residents of Abyei--which sits on the border between Sudan and South Sudan--to hold a referendum on whether they wanted to align with the north or the newly independent South Sudan, the government in Khartoum and northern-backed Misseriya nomads, excluded from voting as they only live part of the year in Abyei, blocked the vote and attacked the majority Dinka Ngok population. The African Union has proposed a new peace plan, including a referendum to be held in October 2013, but it has been rejected by the Misseriya and Khartoum. The Catholic parish of Abyei, with support from Caritas South Sudan and other international church partners, has maintained its pastoral presence among the displaced and assisted them with food, shelter, and other relief supplies.
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  • A man unloads bags of sorghum for displaced families in Agok, a town in the contested Abyei region where tens of thousands of people fled in 2011 after an attack by soldiers and militias from the northern Republic of Sudan on most parts of Abyei. Although the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement called for residents of Abyei--which sits on the border between Sudan and South Sudan--to hold a referendum on whether they wanted to align with the north or the newly independent South Sudan, the government in Khartoum and northern-backed Misseriya nomads, excluded from voting as they only live part of the year in Abyei, blocked the vote and attacked the majority Dinka Ngok population. The African Union has proposed a new peace plan, including a referendum to be held in October 2013, but it has been rejected by the Misseriya and Khartoum. The Catholic parish of Abyei, with support from Caritas South Sudan and other international church partners, has maintained its pastoral presence among the displaced and assisted them with food, shelter, and other relief supplies. The sorghum being unloaded here, a donation by the U.S. government, is part of an aid distribution by the World Food Programme.
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