Two Boats Full of Rohingya Refugees; One Saved, Other Vanished
Voice of America
Ethnic Rohingya women take shelter under a tent near a beach where they landed on Dec. 10 in Pidie, Aceh province, Indonesia, Dec. 16, 2023. Since November, more than 1,500 Rohingya refugees fleeing Bangladesh by boat have landed in Indonesia’s northern province of Aceh. The boat used to carry a group of Rohingya Muslims sits on the beach where it landed on Dec. 10 in Pidie, Aceh province, Indonesia, Dec. 16, 2023. Ethnic Rohingya at their camp in Pidie, Aceh province, Indonesia, Dec. 15, 2023. In this photo provided by the family, Rohingya refugee Muhammed Ansar, 14, poses for a photo on Nov. 20, 2023, the day he left his family's shelter in Bangladesh's refugee camps, to board a boat bound for Indonesia that now has been missing for weeks.
The screams were heard soon after the ailing boat emerged into view. On board were babies and children alongside mothers and fathers begging to be saved.
This handout photo taken June 9, 2024, and provided by the South Korean Defense Ministry shows unidentified objects believed to be North Korean trash from balloons that crossed the inter-Korea border, on a street in Seoul. A North Korean military guard post, top, and South Korean post, bottom, are seen from Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, May 31, 2024.
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U.S. WWII veteran Harold Terens, 100, left, and Jeanne Swerlin, 96, arrive to celebrate their wedding at the town hall of Carentan-les-Marais in Normandy, France, June 8, 2024. U.S. WWII veteran Harold Terens, 100, left, and Jeanne Swerlin, 96, celebrate their wedding in Normandy, France, June 8, 2024. U.S. WWII veteran Harold Terens, 100, left, and Jeanne Swerlin, 96, kiss in Normandy, France, June 8, 2024.