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  • A group of Syrian refugees celebrating their rescue after their have been given temporary traveling documents onboard the Lesbos to Piraeus boat. The boat was full of refugees heading to mainland Greece. Everyday hundreds of refugees, mainly from Syria and Afghanistan, are crossing in small overcrowded inflatable boats the 6 mile channel from the Turkish coast to the island of Lesbos in Greece.
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  • A refugee mother feeds her child onboard the Lesbos to Piraues boat. The boat was full of refugees heading to mainland Greece. Everyday hundreds of refugees, mainly from Syria and Afghanistan, are crossing in small overcrowded inflatable boats the 6 mile channel from the Turkish coast to the island of Lesbos in Greece.
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  • A disabled Syrian in his 70's resting in his walking stick after he disembark from a boat that brought him to Europe. Everyday hundreds of refugees, mainly from Syria and Afghanistan, are crossing in small overcrowded inflatable boats the 6 mile channel from the Turkish coast to the island of Lesbos in Greece. Many spend their life savings, over $1000, to buy a space on those boats.
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  • A group of Syrian refugees, among them a disabled man carried by his compatriots and locals,  the moment they disembark from their small inflatable boat and land to Europe, on the beach of Skala Sykaminias. Everyday hundreds of refugees, mainly from Syria and Afghanistan, are crossing in small overcrowded inflatable boats the 6 mile channel from the Turkish coast to the island of Lesbos in Greece. Many spend their life savings, over $1000, to buy a space on those boats.
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  • A group of Syrian refugees, the moment they disembark from their small inflatable boat and land to Europe, on the beach of Skala Sykaminias. <br />
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Everyday hundreds of refugees, mainly from Syria and Afghanistan, are crossing in small overcrowded inflatable boats the 6 mile channel from the Turkish coast to the island of Lesbos in Greece. Many spend their life savings, over $1000, to buy a space on those boats.
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  • A group of Syrian refugees on a small inflatable boat minutes before their landing on the beach of Skala Sykaminias. In the horizon the Greek Coast Guard vessel could be seen. Everyday hundreds of refugees, mainly from Syria and Afghanistan, are crossing in small overcrowded inflatable boats the 6 mile channel from the Turkish coast to the island of Lesbos in Greece. Many spend their life savings, over $1000, to buy a space on those boats.
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  • A group of Syrian refugees on a small inflatable boat minutes before their landing on the beach of Skala Sykaminias. In the horizon the Greek Coast Guard vessel could be seen. Everyday hundreds of refugees, mainly from Syria and Afghanistan, are crossing in small overcrowded inflatable boats the 6 mile channel from the Turkish coast to the island of Lesbos in Greece. Many spend their life savings, over $1000, to buy a space on those boats.
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  • A group of Syrian refugees on a small inflatable boat minutes before their landing on the beach of Skala Sykaminias. In the horizon the Greek Coast Guard vessel could be seen. Everyday hundreds of refugees, mainly from Syria and Afghanistan, are crossing in small overcrowded inflatable boats the 6 mile channel from the Turkish coast to the island of Lesbos in Greece. Many spend their life savings, over $1000, to buy a space on those boats.
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  • A group of Syrian refugees on a small inflatable boat minutes before their landing on the beach of Skala Sykaminias. In the horizon the Greek Coast Guard vessel could be seen. Everyday hundreds of refugees, mainly from Syria and Afghanistan, are crossing in small overcrowded inflatable boats the 6 mile channel from the Turkish coast to the island of Lesbos in Greece. Many spend their life savings, over $1000, to buy a space on those boats.
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  • A group of Afghan refugees looking at the sea minutes after their boat landed on the beach of Skala Sykaminias. Everyday hundreds of refugees, mainly from Syria and Afghanistan, are crossing in small overcrowded inflatable boats the 6 mile channel from the Turkish coast to the island of Lesbos in Greece. Many spend their life savings, over $1000, to buy a space on those boats.
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  • A group of Afghan refugees the moment they disembark from their small inflatable boat and land to Europe, on the beach of Skala Sykaminias. Everyday hundreds of refugees, mainly from Syria and Afghanistan, are crossing in small overcrowded inflatable boats the 6 mile channel from the Turkish coast to the island of Lesbos in Greece. Many spend their life savings, over $1000, to buy a space on those boats.
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  • A small inflatable boat with more than 40 Afghan refugees,minutes before landing on the beach of Skala Sykaminias, Lesbos island, Greece. Everyday hundreds of refugees, mainly from Syria and Afghanistan, are crossing in small overcrowded inflatable boats the 6 mile channel from the Turkish coast to the island of Lesbos in Greece. Many spend their life savings, over $1000, to buy a space on those boats.
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  • A small inflatable boat with more than 40 Afghan refugees,minutes before landing on the beach of Skala Sykaminias, Lesbos island, Greece. Everyday hundreds of refugees, mainly from Syria and Afghanistan, are crossing in small overcrowded inflatable boats the 6 mile channel from the Turkish coast to the island of Lesbos in Greece. Many spend their life savings, over $1000, to buy a space on those boats.
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  • A small inflatable boat with more than 40 Afghan refugees,minutes before landing on the beach of Skala Sykaminias, Lesbos island, Greece. The people onboard singing with joy before their arrival to Europe. Everyday hundreds of refugees, mainly from Syria and Afghanistan, are crossing in small overcrowded inflatable boats the 6 mile channel from the Turkish coast to the island of Lesbos in Greece. Many spend their life savings, over $1000, to buy a space on those boats.
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  • An Afghan man rests on fishing nets in Molyvos port hours after his boat has been rescued by the Greek Coast Guard. Everyday hundreds of refugees, mainly from Syria and Afghanistan, are crossing in small overcrowded inflatable boats the 6 mile channel from the Turkish coast to the island of Lesbos in Greece.
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  • An Afghan man rests on the seawall of Molyvos port hours after his boat has been rescued by the Greek Coast Guard. Everyday hundreds of refugees, mainly from Syria and Afghanistan, are crossing in small overcrowded inflatable boats the 6 mile channel from the Turkish coast to the island of Lesbos in Greece.
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  • An 18 year old Syrian refugee showing me his unstamped passport in the port of Molyvos, Lesbos island, hours after his boat has been rescued by the Greek Coast Guard.
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  • An Afghan man holding a baby in the port of Molyvos, Lesbos island, hours after his boat has been rescued by the Greek Coast Guard. Everyday hundreds of refugees, mainly from Syria and Afghanistan, are crossing in small overcrowded inflatable boats the 6 mile channel from the Turkish coast to the island of Lesbos in Greece.
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  • Refugees at the port of Molyvos, Lesbos island, forming a queue at a soup kitchen organised by locals.  The people of Lesbos island, many of whom come from families that were refugees themselves, provide meals and cloths for the refugees everyday. Everyday hundreds of refugees, mainly from Syria and Afghanistan, are crossing in small overcrowded inflatable boats the 6 mile channel from the Turkish coast to the island of Lesbos in Greece.
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  • A pair of shoes left on the road between Mantamado and Mytilini. Most refugees land on the northern shores of the island and they walk for nine hours either to Mytilini port or to Moria  First Reception Centre..Everyday hundreds of refugees, mainly from Syria and Afghanistan, are crossing in small overcrowded inflatable boats the 6 mile channel from the Turkish coast to the island of Lesbos in Greece.
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  • A group of Afghan refugees walking on the road between Mantamado and Mytilini. Most refugees land on the northern shores of the island and they walk for nine hours either to Mytilini port or to Moria  First Reception Centre..Everyday hundreds of refugees, mainly from Syria and Afghanistan, are crossing in small overcrowded inflatable boats the 6 mile channel from the Turkish coast to the island of Lesbos in Greece.
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  • A shirt left on the road between Mantamado and Mytilini. Most refugees land on the northern shores of the island and they walk for nine hours either to Mytilini port or to Moria  First Reception Centre..Everyday hundreds of refugees, mainly from Syria and Afghanistan, are crossing in small overcrowded inflatable boats the 6 mile channel from the Turkish coast to the island of Lesbos in Greece.
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  • An Afghan refugee walks over a collapsed wall to a makeshift camp in Molyvos harbour. Everyday hundreds of refugees, mainly from Syria and Afghanistan, are crossing in small overcrowded inflatable boats the 6 mile channel from the Turkish coast to the island of Lesbos in Greece.
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  • A group of Syrians resting by a spring in Sykamia village. They have been walking for half an hour from the beach and they might have to walk nine more hours to Moria where the First Reception Centre is located.Everyday hundreds of refugees, mainly from Syria and Afghanistan, are crossing in small overcrowded inflatable boats the 6 mile channel from the Turkish coast to the island of Lesbos in Greece.
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  • A small boat full of refugees landed in a steep cliff in Cape Korakas at night. They light a fire to dry their clothes and later they tried by the light of their mobile phones to climb the steep cliff. Everyday hundreds of refugees, mainly from Syria and Afghanistan, are crossing in small overcrowded inflatable boats the 6 mile channel from the Turkish coast to the island of Lesbos in Greece. Many spend their life savings, over $1000, to buy a space on those boats.
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  • Discarded lifejackets on the on the beach near Skala Sykaminias in Lesbos island, Greece. Everyday hundreds of refugees, mainly from Syria and Afghanistan, are crossing in small overcrowded inflatable boats the 6 mile channel from the Turkish coast to the island of Lesbos in Greece. Many spend their life savings, over $1000, to buy a space on those boats.
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  • 15 year old Sharaf from Damascus standing by parked cars in Skala Sykaminias after his arrival in Lesbos island. He has been traveling on his own since his family has been killed in the Syrian civil war. <br />
Everyday hundreds of refugees, mainly from Syria and Afghanistan, are crossing in small overcrowded inflatable boats the 6 mile channel from the Turkish coast to the island of Lesbos in Greece.
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  • A Greek Coast Guard vessel is rescuing a boat of immigrants off the cost of Lesbos island. For half an hour I could hear people shouting in the middle of the sea. Everyday hundreds of refugees, mainly from Syria and Afghanistan, are crossing in small overcrowded inflatable boats the 6 mile channel from the Turkish coast to the island of Lesbos in Greece. Many spend their life savings, over $1000, to buy a space on those boats.
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  • A group of Syrian refugees, the moment they disembark from their small inflatable boat and land to Europe, on the beach of Skala Sykaminias. <br />
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Everyday hundreds of refugees, mainly from Syria and Afghanistan, are crossing in small overcrowded inflatable boats the 6 mile channel from the Turkish coast to the island of Lesbos in Greece. Many spend their life savings, over $1000, to buy a space on those boats.
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  • A group of Syrian refugees, the moment they disembark from their small inflatable boat and land to Europe, on the beach of Skala Sykaminias. <br />
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Everyday hundreds of refugees, mainly from Syria and Afghanistan, are crossing in small overcrowded inflatable boats the 6 mile channel from the Turkish coast to the island of Lesbos in Greece. Many spend their life savings, over $1000, to buy a space on those boats.
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  • A group of Syrian refugees on a small inflatable boat minutes before their landing on the beach of Skala Sykaminias. In the horizon the Greek Coast Guard vessel could be seen. Everyday hundreds of refugees, mainly from Syria and Afghanistan, are crossing in small overcrowded inflatable boats the 6 mile channel from the Turkish coast to the island of Lesbos in Greece. Many spend their life savings, over $1000, to buy a space on those boats.
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  • A group of Afghan teenagers celebrating minutes after their boat landed on the beach of Skala Sykaminias. Everyday hundreds of refugees, mainly from Syria and Afghanistan, are crossing in small overcrowded inflatable boats the 6 mile channel from the Turkish coast to the island of Lesbos in Greece. Many spend their life savings, over $1000, to buy a space on those boats.
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  • A group of Afghan refugees minutes after their boat landed on the beach of Skala Sykaminias. Everyday hundreds of refugees, mainly from Syria and Afghanistan, are crossing in small overcrowded inflatable boats the 6 mile channel from the Turkish coast to the island of Lesbos in Greece. Many spend their life savings, over $1000, to buy a space on those boats.
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  • A group of Afghan refugees the moment they disembark from their small inflatable boat and land to Europe, on the beach of Skala Sykaminias. Everyday hundreds of refugees, mainly from Syria and Afghanistan, are crossing in small overcrowded inflatable boats the 6 mile channel from the Turkish coast to the island of Lesbos in Greece. Many spend their life savings, over $1000, to buy a space on those boats.
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  • A small inflatable boat with more than 40 Afghan refugees,minutes before landing on the beach of Skala Sykaminias, Lesbos island, Greece. Everyday hundreds of refugees, mainly from Syria and Afghanistan, are crossing in small overcrowded inflatable boats the 6 mile channel from the Turkish coast to the island of Lesbos in Greece. Many spend their life savings, over $1000, to buy a space on those boats.
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  • Two Afghan boys wearing Real Madrid t-shirts proud that made the journey to Greece posing minutes after their boat landed on the beach of Skala Sykaminias, Lesbos island, Greece.Everyday hundreds of refugees, mainly from Syria and Afghanistan, are crossing in small overcrowded inflatable boats the 6 mile channel from the Turkish coast to the island of Lesbos in Greece. Many spend their life savings, over $1000, to buy a space on those boats.
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  • Afghan refugees discard their life jackets after they landed on the beach near Skala Sykaminias in Lesbos island, Greece. Everyday hundreds of refugees, mainly from Syria and Afghanistan, are crossing in small overcrowded inflatable boats the 6 mile channel from the Turkish coast to the island of Lesbos in Greece. Many spend their life savings, over $1000, to buy a space on those boats.
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  • An Afghan refugee prays minutes after landing on the beach near Skala Sykaminias in Lesbos island, Greece. Everyday hundreds of refugees, mainly from Syria and Afghanistan, are crossing in small overcrowded inflatable boats the 6 mile channel from the Turkish coast to the island of Lesbos in Greece. Many spend their life savings, over $1000, to buy a space on those boats.
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  • A group of Afghan refugees the moment they disembark from their small inflatable boat and land to Europe, on the beach of Skala Sykaminias. Everyday hundreds of refugees, mainly from Syria and Afghanistan, are crossing in small overcrowded inflatable boats the 6 mile channel from the Turkish coast to the island of Lesbos in Greece. Many spend their life savings, over $1000, to buy a space on those boats.
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  • A small inflatable boat with more than 40 Afghan refugees,minutes before landing on the beach of Skala Sykaminias, Lesbos island, Greece. The people onboard singing with joy before their arrival to Europe. Everyday hundreds of refugees, mainly from Syria and Afghanistan, are crossing in small overcrowded inflatable boats the 6 mile channel from the Turkish coast to the island of Lesbos in Greece. Many spend their life savings, over $1000, to buy a space on those boats.
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  • A group of around 50 Afghans, men, women and children are walking the 9 hour distance from Skala Sykaminias to the village of Moria where the First Reception Centre is located. Everyday hundreds of refugees, mainly from Syria and Afghanistan, are crossing in small overcrowded inflatable boats the 6 mile channel from the Turkish coast to the island of Lesbos in Greece.
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  • A group of around 50 Afghans, men, women and children are walking the 9 hour distance from Skala Sykaminias to the village of Moria where the First Reception Centre is located. Everyday hundreds of refugees, mainly from Syria and Afghanistan, are crossing in small overcrowded inflatable boats the 6 mile channel from the Turkish coast to the island of Lesbos in Greece.
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  • An Afghan carrying his child is walking the the 9 hour distance from Skala Sykaminias to the village of Moria where the First Reception Centre is located. Everyday hundreds of refugees, mainly from Syria and Afghanistan, are crossing in small overcrowded inflatable boats the 6 mile channel from the Turkish coast to the island of Lesbos in Greece.
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  • An Afghan carrying his child is walking the the 9 hour distance from Skala Sykaminias to the village of Moria where the First Reception Centre is located. Everyday hundreds of refugees, mainly from Syria and Afghanistan, are crossing in small overcrowded inflatable boats the 6 mile channel from the Turkish coast to the island of Lesbos in Greece.
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  • An Afghan man showing me the breakfast he received from a local volunteers' soup kitchen, hours after his boat has been rescued by the Greek Coast Guard. The people of Lesbos island, many of whom come from families that were refugees themselves, provide meals and cloths for the refugees everyday. Everyday hundreds of refugees, mainly from Syria and Afghanistan, are crossing in small overcrowded inflatable boats the 6 mile channel from the Turkish coast to the island of Lesbos in Greece.
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  • A group of around 50 Afghans, men, women and children are walking the 9 hour distance from Skala Sykaminias to the village of Moria where the First Reception Centre is located. Everyday hundreds of refugees, mainly from Syria and Afghanistan, are crossing in small overcrowded inflatable boats the 6 mile channel from the Turkish coast to the island of Lesbos in Greece.
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  • Refugees waiting opposite the entrance of Kara Tepe camp.
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  • The entrance of the monastery Nea Moni on the Provateio Mountain in the centre of Chios island. <br />
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Nea Moni  is a monastery on the island of Chios, a  UNESCO World Heritage Site. It was built in the 11th century by Byzantine emperor Constantine IX Monomachos and his wife, Empress Zoe. The Katholikon (main church ) is dedicated to the Dormition of the Virgin Mary.
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  • Night, Sunday 13th of September 2015. After an hour waiting in the queue with the girls Aysha came back from the hospital. Because of her condition she got the registration papers without waiting. The doctors told her that there is nothing to worry about but she needed rest. She is worried that the Hungarian border will close tomorrow so she decided to carry on. While we were waiting outside the camp entrance locals were asking us if we need a lift to Belgrade, they looked dodgy and we refused. Later on the trip we met a Syrian who went with one of those “taxis” and he got robbed.
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  • Night, Sunday 13th of September 2015. I met Aysha outside the entrance of the registration camp in Preshevo, about two hours after we parted in the Macedonian-Serbian border. Her belly was swollen and she was bleeding. A Serbian officer took her to the hospital, she asked me to go and find the girls at the queue and look after them. The girls were happy to see me.
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  • Refugees at the entrance of Kara Tepe camp.
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  • Refugees gather near two policemen at the entrance of Kara Tepe camp to hear their names. If their names are called they get the sought after permit to leave the island of Lesbos.
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  • The sign at the entrance to Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial. The memorial  is dedicated to the commemoration of the Newfoundland Regiment that fought in the battle of Somme and WWI in general. Most of the  Newfoundland Regiment were dead within 15 to 20 minutes of leaving their trench in the morning of the 1st July 1916 during the first day of the Battle of the Somme.
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  • The entrance to the Lochnagar Crater.<br />
The Lochnagar Crater is the largest manmade crater created in WWI. The mine was laid by the 179th Tunneling Company Royal Engineers and it was exploded two minutes before 7:30 (the zero hour for the british offensive) on the morning of July 1st 1916.  At the time this was the largest man made explosion ever made and there are reports that it was heard in London. In 1978 the area was purchased by Richard Dunning who decided to reserve the place and make a memorial.
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  • A French De Bange 155mm long cannon mle. 1877 at the entrance of ‪Verdun Memorial‬. The memorial built in 1967 to commemorate the battle of Verdun fought in 1916. The memorial is situated near the the destroyed village of Fleury-devant-Douaumont and remembers both French and German combatants.
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  • A French De Bange 155mm long cannon mle. 1877 at the entrance of ‪Verdun Memorial‬. The memorial built in 1967 to commemorate the battle of Verdun fought in 1916. The memorial is situated near the the destroyed village of Fleury-devant-Douaumont and remembers both French and German combatants.
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  • Refugees outside the main entrance of the PIKPA building. The refuge was opened in January 2016 by the Leros Solidarity Network as a shelter for families and unaccompanied minors. The building has about 20 rooms accommodating 102 people.
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  • Refugees outside the main entrance of the PIKPA building. The refuge was opened in January 2016 by the Leros Solidarity Network as a shelter for families and unaccompanied minors. The building has about 20 rooms accommodating 102 people.
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  • Noon, Tuesday 15th of September 2015.  Aysha hugs her two daughters outside the main entrance of Vienna central station. She was waiting at the queue for hours while I was taking care of the girls. After 2 hours they became nervous and wanted to see their mother, so Aysha found someone to wait for her in the queue and she came out to see the girls.
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  • A refugees' tent at the entrance of Kara Tepe camp. Because of the dusty conditions the tree has turned white.
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  • The entrance to the Memorial at the Trench of the Bayonets (Tranchée des Baïonnettes) where a unit of French soldiers were buried alive with the bayonets sticking out during the 300 day battle of Verdun. Verdun, Lorraine, France
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  • A French De Bange 155mm long cannon mle. 1877 at the entrance of ‪Verdun Memorial‬. The memorial built in 1967 to commemorate the battle of Verdun fought in 1916. The memorial is situated near the the destroyed village of Fleury-devant-Douaumont and remembers both French and German combatants.
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  • A stairway leading to the entrance of Villa Artemis, a shelter for 30 refugee women and their children in the grounds of Leros Hospital. <br />
Opened in September 2015, the shelter was run by the Leros Solidarity Network. However, Villa Artemis was closed down shortly after the opening of a 'Hotspot' (EU-run migrant's reception centres) camp in Lepida in February 2016.
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  • A stairway leading to the entrance of Villa Artemis, a shelter for 30 refugee women and their children in the grounds of Leros Hospital. <br />
Opened in September 2015, the shelter was run by the Leros Solidarity Network. However, Villa Artemis was closed down shortly after the opening of a 'Hotspot' (EU-run migrant's reception centres) camp in Lepida in February 2016
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