Our children deserve better

Posted : 2023-11-06 09:18 Updated : 2023-11-08 08:00
Afghan refugee children warm themselves with fire in a camp near the Torkham Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Torkham, Afghanistan, Nov. 4. A huge number of Afghans refugees entered the Torkham border to return home hours before the expiration of a Pakistani government deadline for those who are in the country illegally to leave or face deportation. AP-Yonhap

Afghan refugee children warm themselves with fire in a camp near the Torkham Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Torkham, Afghanistan, Nov. 4. AP-Yonhap

Women and children from displaced families, who returned from Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip to the north due to the dangers and difficulties they faced there under Israeli bombardment, take shelter at Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, Oct. 25, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas in the Gaza Strip. EPA-Yonhap

A Palestinian man carries his injued daughter at the Najjar hospital following an Israeli air strike on a home in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, Oct. 30. UPI-Yonhap

Palestinian women and children react following Israeli airstrikes targeting their neighbourhood in Gaza City, Oct. 21. AP-Yonhap

Empty strollers along with 30 photographs of children and adolescents who remain missing or abducted in the Hamas attack on Israel on Oct. 7 are displayed during a Jewish organization representatives' solidarity happening, Oct. 26, near the Eiffel Tower in Paris. AP-Yonhap

Children look at photographs of kidnapped Israelis during a rally joined by hundreds in solidarity with Israel and those held hostage in Gaza, in Bucharest, Romania, Nov. 2. AP-Yonhap

Shrouds with fake blood that represent Palestinian children who have been killed during the latest Israel-Hamas war lay on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Nov. 3. The symbolic corpses were placed by activists from the NGO "Rio de Paz." AP-Yonhap

Palestinian children hold posters during a protest in solidarity with children in the Gaza Strip, in the city of Ramallah, Nov. 4, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas. AFP-Yonhap

A school child of 'Maiti Nepal' holds a placard during a protest demanding a safe environment for children and calling for peace, in Kathmandu, Nepal, Nov. 1. Hundreds of school children of Maiti Nepal, a rehabilitation and orphanage home for HIV-affected children, women, and victims of human trafficking, staged a peaceful protest calling for a safe environment for the children. EPA-Yonhap

People check the wreckage of a destroyed building in the aftermath of Israeli bombing in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, Oct. 28. AFP-Yonhap

Palestinians carry wounded children following Israeli airstrikes on northern Gaza, Oct. 28. EPA-Yonhap

Palestinian children sit in a vehicle loaded with house hold items in Khan Yunis refugee camp, in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, Oct. 28, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas. AFP-Yonhap

Afghan women and children wait for a bus to return home, after Pakistan gave the last warning to undocumented migrants to leave, at a bus stop in Karachi, Pakistan, Oct. 25. Reuters-Yonhap

Yemeni children fill jerry cans with water from a donated tank, in Sana'a, Yemen, Oct. 25. Nearly 15.4 million people out of Yemen's 30-million population have no access to clean water, sanitation, and hygiene across the war-ravaged country, the United Nations (UN) has estimated. Yemen is one of the most water-scarce countries in the world as it has no rivers, and rainfall has decreased significantly over the last few decades. EPA-Yonhap

Children look on from behind a gate as mourners attend a funeral of Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Oct. 31. Reuters-Yonhap

Children from an Afghan family look outside from a torn tent as they along with their family are returning home, after Pakistan gives the last warning to undocumented immigrants to leave, outside the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) repatriation centres in Azakhel town in Nowshera, Pakistan, Nov. 1. Reuters-Yonhap

Children sit together around a boy cooking instant noodles on a fire in a make-shift oven from a recycled barrel, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, Oct. 31, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement. AFP-Yonhap

Afghan school girls take classes at a facitliy funded by the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) in Zabul, Afghanistan, Oct. 26. EPA-Yonhap

Afghan children sit beside their family's belongings retrieved from their damaged mud homes demolished by authorities during a crackdown against an illegal settlement and immigrants, on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Nov. 1. AP-Yonhap

Afghan children play with tires along street in the Argo district of Badakhshan province, Oct. 25. AFP-Yonhap

Palestinian children collect seawater at the beach in Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip, Nov. 2. AP-Yonhap

Children at the Mayfair convent primary school smile while under cloth pulled over them after the Dutch Clowning group Africlown show in Johannesburg, South Africa, Oct. 27. EPA-Yonhap

Afghan refugee children gesture as they prepare to depart for Afghanistan, at a holding center, in Landi Kotal, Nov. 1. AFP-Yonhap

A school child of 'Maiti Nepal' holds a placard during a protest demanding a safe environment for children and calling for peace, in Kathmandu, Nepal, Nov. 1. Hundreds of school children of Maiti Nepal, a rehabilitation and orphanage home for HIV-affected children, women, and victims of human trafficking, staged a peaceful protest calling for a safe environment for the children. EPA-Yonhap