The war in Ethiopia's Tigray region has claimed thousands of lives and displaced as many as 2 million people. For VOA, Yan Boechat has this inside look into the lives of the displaced and injured in Mekelle, Ethiopia.
Tigray's Displaced and Injured in Photos
- By Yan Boechat
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A woman sits with her wounded baby in a central Mekelle, Ethiopia, classroom that was turned into housing for displaced people, June 3, 2021.
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Samwarit, 4, recovers in a Mekelle, Ethiopia, hospital on June 4, 2021. She was knifed in the leg and shot in the hand, according to her father.
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A wounded boy sits on a bed in the Ayder Referral Hospital on June 4, 2021, in Mekelle, Ethiopia.
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A patient rests in a Mekelle, Ethiopia, hospital on June 4, 2021. Children and teenagers are among the victims who have lost limbs in the Tigray conflict.