A child stands in a flooded street near the Markermeer after the first storm of this year, which was named Henk, in Hoorn, the Netherlands, 03 January 2024. (Photo by Robin Van Lonkhuijsen/EPA)





A boy begs in a road near the camp for internally displaced people where he lives in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, February 2, 2023. The World Health Organization is warning of millions of children suffering malnutrition, and the U.N. says 97% of Afghans will soon be living below the poverty line. (Photo by Ebrahim Noroozi/AP Photo)





Children look on during the funeral of Ahmad Hammoud, who was killed along with Hamas deputy leader Saleh al-Arouri in what security sources said was an Israeli drone strike in Beirut, in Burj al-Shemali in Tyre, Lebanon on January 3, 2024. (Photo by Aziz Taher/Reuters)





Sofia, 6 years-old, center, a members of a traditional bear pack takes part in a parade before performing in a festival in Moinesti, northern Romania, Wednesday, December 27, 2023. Centuries ago, people in what is now northeastern Romania would don bear fur and dance to fend off evil spirits. Nowadays, the unique custom thrives, with popular festivals drawing large crowds of locals and tourists. (Photo by Vadim Ghirda/AP Photo)





Children attend a pre-Christmas celebration organized by “Los Chicos de la Via” soup kitchen, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, December 23, 2023. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)





A child member of a traditional bear pack takes part in a parade on the main street before performing in a festival in Moinesti, northern Romania, Wednesday, December 27, 2023. The dancing bears tradition originates from the pre-Christian era, when dancers wearing colored costumes or animal furs, toured from house to house in villages singing and dancing to ward off evil. (Photo by Andreea Alexandru/AP Photo)





Palestinian Iman Al-Masri (rear), who leaves her home in Beit Hanoun to escape from Israeli bombardment, is seen with her quadruplets, one of them is still being treated in the hospital, and other children as Al-Masri family takes shelter at a school in Deir al-Balah, Gaza on December 26, 2023. (Photo by Ashraf Amra/Anadolu via Getty Images)





A child rides his bike on a quay flooded by the Danube River in Budapest, Hungary on December 27, 2023. (Photo by Marton Monus/Reuters)





Children dressed in Ukrainian traditional costumes attend a Christmas celebration, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Lviv, Ukraine on December 24, 2023. (Photo by Roman Baluk/Reuters)





Palestinians who lost their loved ones in Israeli attacks mourn as they say goodbye at Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, Gaza on December 28, 2023. (Photo by Belal Khaled/Anadolu via Getty Images)





People dressed in national suits celebrate Christmas in the village of Pirogovo outside capital Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, December 25, 2023. (Photo by Efrem Lukatsky/AP Photo)





Three internally displaced children look with surprise at an apple that their mother brought home after begging, in a camp on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, February 2, 2023. Since the chaotic Taliban takeover of Kabul on Aug. 15, 2021, an already war-devastated economy once kept alive by international donations alone is now on the verge of collapse. (Photo by Ebrahim Noroozi/AP Photo)





People ice skating at the Matadero Christmas market in Madrid, Spain on December 31, 2023. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)





Hundreds of migrants attempt to cross the Rio Grande River to reach the United States to seek humanitarian asylum in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico on December 28, 2023. Approximately 1,500 people arrived at the border to seek asylum, but the Texas National Guard blocked their progress. (Photo by David Peinado/Anadolu via Getty Images)





Shamila, 15, from an internally displaced family, adjusts her wedding dress in an old mud house yard, on her wedding day, on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, May 19, 2023. “I have no choice. If I don’t accept, my family will be hurt”, she says. Due to poverty and debt, her father had to marry her to a boy at a young age. Her father said that if I did not do this, I might have to give my daughter to someone that I owe. Now, with the money I received from the boy's family, I can pay my debt and treat my son. (Photo by Ebrahim Noroozi/AP Photo)





Ethnic Rohingya children sit around a fire at their camp near a beach in Pidie, Aceh province, Indonesia, Friday, December 15, 2023. Since November, more than 1,500 Rohingya refugees fleeing Bangladesh by boat have landed in Indonesia's northern province of Aceh, three-quarters of them women and children. With so many Rohingya attempting the crossing in recent weeks, nobody knows how many boats did not make it, and how many people died. (Photo by Reza Saifullah/AP Photo)





Vikings from Shetland’s South Mainland Up Helly Aa Jarl Squad lead the Torchlight Procession through Edinburgh city centre for the first time since 2019, on December 29, 2023 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Edinburgh's traditional New Year celebrations mark their 30th anniversary this year and run over four days. (Photo by Craig Brown/Alamy Live News)





A boy looks through the door of a temple in Ayodhya on December 28, 2023. (Photo by Arun Sankar/AFP Photo)





A child walks next to the statue of French statesman Charles de Gaulle in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, January 2, 2024. (Photo by Vadim Ghirda/AP Photo)





Members of a regional bear pack perform during a festival in Moinesti, northern Romania, Wednesday, December 27, 2023. The dancing bears tradition originates from the pre-Christian era, when dancers wearing colored costumes or animal furs, toured from house to house in villages singing and dancing to ward off evil. (Photo by Andreea AlexandruAP Photo)