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This section contains an online selection of the ICRC's photo library and includes the possibility of downloading high-resolution images. The ICRC photo library collection contains more than 115'000 photos available in digital format covering ICRC activities in conflicts throughout the world from the 1850s to the present day.

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  • Homs, Syria. SARC volunteers and members of the local community unload trucks of humanitarian assistance. Syria : bringing essential aid to a population under siege

    An ICRC/SARC convoy of trucks, the second in four days, carried food parcels and blankets to the Homs branch of SARC on 15 February. On the same day, SARC volunteers began distributing assistance to residents of Homs through distribution points in various areas of the city affected by the violence.

    • 21-02-2012
    • 6 Photos

  • Chinese citizens stepping off the ICRC plane at Wilson Airport in Kenya. Sudan/Kenya: ICRC facilitates transfer of released Chinese nationals

    Twenty-nine Chinese nationals were handed over to officials of the Chinese Embassy in Nairobi after the ICRC facilitated their transfer from South Kordofan in Sudan to Kenya on 7 February 2012.

    • 20-02-2012
    • 5 Photos

  • Bludan, Syria. Local people help SARC volunteers unload food parcels from trucks in the main square, at an improvised warehouse donated by a local businessman. Syria: Red Crescent volunteers save lives as situation deteriorates

    The humanitarian situation in Syria has worsened, especially in Homs and Al Zabadani, with thousands fleeing to Bludan to escape fighting in the nearby city of Zabadani. Volunteers from the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) are working flat out to save lives, while ICRC and SARC teams rush vital aid to everyone affected by the violence.

    • 15-02-2012
    • 7 Photos

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