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Darfur Conflict Reachs Into Chad The war in Darfur has spilled over into eastern Chad, a country with many problems of its own. Attacks on Chad villages, like those in Sudan, by Janjaweed and their sympathizers have left hundreds dead and caused…

Overcome by grief, a woman cries as rescue workers search for five of her family members in the rubble of their home in Bint Jbail. Broken lives are all that remain.

The bodies of civilians, many of them children, killed in the Israeli bombing of Qana lie wrapped in plastic and sprinkled with flower petals. They were among the 1,100 Lebanese civilians who died in the month-long conflict.

Entire neighborhoods of south Beirut turned to rubble in the Israeli bombing campaign aimed at defeating Hezbollah forces. A man stands in the area that was once his home.

Fatma Ayub cries out for food for her children after escaping the battle in Bint Jbeil. She and her children had little to eat for 10 days.

Trapped in the war zone by bombs and blocked roads, dozens of people escape the town of Aaitaroun during a day of reprieve. Some climb into the trunks of cars to flee the fallen village, just six miles north of the Israeli border

An elderly woman, who survived days of heavy bombing, is carried through the rubble of Bint Jbeil during a temporary ceasefire. There were too few Red Cross workers to rescue the sick and elderly, so journalists like Hassan Ammar stepped in to help.

Frightened children block their ears as people scramble to flee the city of Aaitaroun, where over one hundred people have been trapped by the bombing and damaged roads.

An injured Lebanese soldier screams as he is rolled into the operating room at Najem Hospital after an air strike on an army post south of Tyre. Around 50 Lebanese soldiers died in the war, along with some 500 Hezbollah fighters.

Libi Ibrahim cries out for help after enduring days of heavy bombing by Israeli forces in Bint Jbeil. Many of the elderly without family were left behind while others fled the fighting. 'Don't leave me,' she pleaded. 'I don't want to die alone.'