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Yemen in sobering photos

File photo shows members of the International Committee of the Red Cross trying to investigate the aftermath of airstrikes in Yemen’s capital Sana’a. (Photo by ICRC)

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has released a dozen photographs, which it has described as a harrowing depiction of the current state of nature in war-torn Yemen.

To get its hands on the pictures, the humanitarian body enlisted the services of six young Yemeni photographers from six different regions across the country, which has turned into the scene of the world’s worst humanitarian crisis over five successive years of a Saudi Arabia-led war.

Some reports have put the death toll from the war at tens of thousands. The whole country itself is teetering at the edge of outright famine, while al-Hudaydah, its lifeline western port is under the strict control of the invading Saudi-led coalition.

A group of children play football against a backdrop of destroyed houses in the city of Sa'ada in northwestern Yemen. (Photo by ICRC)
A severely malnourished infant is seen at the al-Salam Hospital in Sa’da’s Province’s capital of the same name, where he has reached following a long journey from the village of Saqayn, elsewhere in the province. (Photo by ICRC)
A displaced woman, responsible for her granddaughters as well, checks her food, sitting somewhere in the Crater district of the coastal city of Aden, south of Yemen. (Photo by ICRC)
An elderly man is back from inspecting his house in the al-Jahmaliah District of Tai’zz Province, in southwestern Yemen. (Photo by ICRC)
A boy collects scrap from piles of trash that litter the Tai'zz city. (Photo by ICRC)
A boy uses dirty water and a small basin to clean himself at the al-Malika camp for the internally displaced, east of Ta’izz. (Photo by ICRC)
Carrying her infant in one arm and a heavy jerrycan on the head, this woman is forced to walk to the nearest water point, located at least two kilometers (1.6 miles) from her home in Habeel Salman, west of Ta’izz. (Photo by ICRC)
This is all what this group of women from the city of Hajjah in northwestern Yemen is left with: Pieces of cloth that make up a wobbly tent and some snacks that they sell to make a living. (Photo by ICRC)
Two siblings from al-Hudaydah wait inside a dark and unventilated shabby shelter their family took refuge in while fleeing violence along Yemen's Red Sea coast. (Photo by ICRC)
Unable to afford a back-pack, this boy in Sana'a uses a bag of rice to carry his books. (Photo by ICRC)
The raging conflict in Yemen destroyed or continues to endanger breathtaking vestiges, including Sana'a's ochre-colored Old City. With no more tourists making their way there, the vendors struggle to make ends meet. (Photo by ICRC)
These two children in the city of Ma’rib, east of Sana'a, don't have any toys to play with. They have assembled a three-wheeled cart for some after-school fun and games. (Photo by ICRC)

 


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