A look at the ICRC's work around the globe in 2011

08-12-2011 Photo gallery

In a year where multiple sudden-onset emergencies in the Middle East, North Africa and the Far East caused the death and suffering of thousands of people, the ICRC had to quickly adjust its planning and resources to provide emergency assistance to those most in need. This gallery provides a glimpse of how the ICRC responded to the simultaneous crises that erupted in 2011. All images can be downloaded at high resolution.

- Afghanistan, Kandahar, Mirwais Regional hospital. A mother gives her baby sips of water from a spoon.
  © ICRC / J. Barry / v-p-af-e-01805
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This gallery contains a selection of photos from the ICRC's photo library illustrating ICRC activities around the world in 2011.
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- Afghanistan, Kabul, Juvenile Detention Centre. The Prison Director signs a delivery certificate after an ICRC distribution has been completed.
  © ICRC / J. Barry / v-p-af-e-01810
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- Brazil, Rio de Janeiro state, Teresópolis city. A man tries to contact his family using a satellite phone provided by the Brazilian Red Cross and the ICRC following the flooding that hit Brazil.
  © ICRC / G. Santangela / v-p-br-e-00194
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- Colombia, Bogota, area of Usme, a poor area in the South of the city. The ICRC visits a displaced indigenous family.
  © ICRC / B. Heger / v-p-co-e-02159
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- Democratic Republic of the Congo, Katanga Province, Lubumbashi. A 17-year-old girl found near the Angolan border is reunited with her family with the help of the ICRC.
  © ICRC / E. Tshibuabua / v-p-cd-e-01197
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- Côte d'Ivoire, Duékoué, Catholic mission. The ICRC and Ivorian Red Cross distribute essential household items to residents and the displaced.
  © ICRC / B. Saoure / v-p-ci-e-00133
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- Fiji, Suva, Naboro medium security prison. An ICRC delegate interviews inmates during the annual visit to the prison.
  © ICRC / v-p-fj-e-00003
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- India, Assam, Goalpara district, Kukurkata. An ICRC staff member talks to displaced women of the Rabha community.
  © ICRC / D. Etter / v-p-in-e-00069
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- Iraq, Amara. ICRC explosive ordnance disposal staff post a sign on a wall warning civilians to stay away from unexploded ordnance. Landmines, unexploded ordnance and other lethal debris of war are still a serious threat in Iraq.
  © ICRC / E. Ou / v-p-iq-e-01035
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- Iraq, Erbil. Prosthetic limbs being made in an ICRC orthopaedic centre.
  © ICRC / E. Ou / v-p-iq-e-01062
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- Israel and the occupied territories, Southern Gaza Strip, Rafah city. A Palestinian child fills a jerrycan with clean drinking water from a truck.
  © ICRC / I. Baba / v-p-il-e-02368
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- Kenya, Dadaab, refugee camp. A Kenya Red Cross volunteer helps a Somali refugee make a phone call to a relative.
  © ICRC / v-p-ke-e-00249
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- Liberia, Monrovia, central prison. Family visits and access to open air are important for the detainees' well-being.
  © ICRC / N. Kero / v-p-lr-e-00510
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- Libya, Adjdabia. Doctors visiting a local clinic that was destroyed during a week of constant fighting.
  © ICRC / A. Liohn / v-p-ly-e-00135
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- Libya, 50 km west of Sirte, field hospital. A wounded man is carried inside a helicopter for transport to a hospital in Tripoli.
  © ICRC / v-p-ly-e-00260
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- Pakistan, Sindh Province, Jacobabad district. ICRC staff listen to the ordeals of women from the village that was hit by the flood.
  © ICRC / J. Ahmad / v-p-pk-e-01244
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- Pakistan, Sindh Province, Jacobabad district. The ICRC and the Pakistan Red Crescent distribute seeds, fertilizer and tools to residents affected by the floods.
  © ICRC / J. Ahmad / v-p-pk-e-01247
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- Somalia, Mogadishu. A woman with her undernourished child in a hospital.
  © ICRC / A. Liohn / v-p-so-e-00605
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$South Sudan, Upper Nile state, Malakal Regional Hospital. A patient suffering from a compound leg fracture has his leg reset by surgeons.$
- South Sudan, Upper Nile state, Malakal Regional Hospital. A patient suffering from a compound leg fracture has his leg reset by surgeons.
  © ICRC / I. Edelstein / v-p-sd-e-02431
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- Thailand, on the way to Ayutthaya Provincial Prison. The ICRC bringing assistance to detainees. The prison could only be accessed by boat, the water level having reached almost four meters.
  © ICRC / B. Rahm / v-p-th-e-00180
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