The war in Ethiopia's Tigray region has claimed thousands of lives and displaced as many as 2 million people. For VOA, Yan Boechat has this inside look into the lives of the displaced and injured in Mekelle, Ethiopia.
Tigray's Displaced and Injured in Photos
- By Yan Boechat
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A boy, accompanied by his father, recovers from an amputation in the Ayder Referral Hospital on June 4, 2021, in Mekelle, Ethiopia. He lost his lower leg after being hit by artillery fire.
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A father observes his teenage daughter’s wound June 4, 2021, in Mekelle, Ethiopia. She had been hit by a shot from a rifle.
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Beriha, 15, lost her left eye and went blind in the other after an unknown sniper shot her in the face. The doctors extracted skin and fat from her arm and tried to close the wound, so far unsuccessfully; June 4, 2021, Mekelle, Ethiopia.
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Kids wander around a pediatric ward on June 4, 2021, in Mekelle, Ethiopia. They are recovering from wounds caused by the battles in the Tigray region.