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A Look Inside a Refugee Camp in Diffa, Niger
Although security has improved in the Diffa region, hundreds of thousands are now living as refugees or displaced persons on the Niger side of the border. Photos were taken by VOA's Nicolas Pinault.

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Men, whose faces are swept by wind and sand, pray at the Assaga camp in Diffa, Niger, March 3, 2016. (N. Pinault/VOA)

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Women and children get water from a well at the Assaga camp, in Diffa, Niger, March 3, 2016. (N. Pinault/VOA)

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A child plays at the Assaga camp, Niger, March 3, 2016. (N. Pinault/VOA)

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Thanks to supplies provided by UNICEF, school children at the Ngourtoua camp listen to their teacher, in Diffa, March 1, 2016. (N. Pinault/VOA)