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This section contains an online selection of the ICRC's photo library and includes the possibility of downloading high-resolution images. The ICRC photo library collection contains more than 115'000 photos available in digital format covering ICRC activities in conflicts throughout the world from the 1850s to the present day.

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  • Jamam, South Sudan. The Jamam refugee camp in Upper Nile State houses 36,500 vulnerable people who have fled across the border from their homes in Blue Nile state to escape the ongoing fighting in the border region. South Sudan: struggling for survival as conflict intensifies

    People living in the border region between South Sudan and Sudan are struggling to survive in an area gripped by armed violence that continues to escalate. Getty photographer Tom Stoddart captures their struggle and the ICRC's efforts to help them.

    • 16-05-2012
    • 10 Photos

  • Japan, 2009. Presentation ceremony for the Florence Nightingale award. Florence Nightingale Medal: a century of nursing excellence

    Exactly a century ago, the Florence Nightingale Medal was instituted by the ICRC. It is the highest international distinction that can be awarded to a nurse. On the occasion of International Nurses Day (12 May), the ICRC looks back at 100 years of nursing excellence from around the world.

    • 12-05-2012
    • 20 Photos

  • Red Cross Red Crescent Day 2012: young people bring help and hope around the world

    All over the world, young people of the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement are getting involved in the issues that affect their communities. These photos show just a very few examples of what they have been up to over the past year or so.

    • 06-05-2012
    • 13 Photos

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