The adage “A picture is worth a thousand words” is exactly what the following images by UNICEF say as their top three images of the year leap from the page speaking to the world about plight of children across the globe.
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© UNICEF/NYHQ2010-2005/Asselin Democratic Republic of Congo: A young boy finds shade under a banana tree in Bukunda Village in South Kivu. After three years of being polio-free, DR Congo is experiencing a resurgence of a particularly fatal strain of the crippling disease. UNICEF is procuring oral polio vaccines to provide emergency vaccinations in a 15 country campaign to halt polio reinfection in the region. |
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© UNICEF/HTIA2010-00830/Dormino Haiti: A child stands outside her house in Cite L’Eternel, one of Port-au-Prince’s poorest neighborhoods. UNICEF is on the ground across Haiti, working with partners to prevent cholera infections and distribute clean water and treatment supplies to curb the spread of the disease that has claimed more than 2,000 lives in the earthquake shattered country since October. |
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© UNICEF/NYHQ2010-1249/Volpe Kyrgyzstan: Zulhumar Amanbaev kisses her three-year-old son in their fire-gutted home in Jalal-Abad. In June 2010, ethnic unrest drove thousands from their home. UNICEF and its partners delivered emergency supplies and continue to administer much-needed services, including psychosocial support, for women and children in refugee camps. |
