Over the past 12 months, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams have witnessed the continuation and escalation of conflicts, such as those in Gaza and Sudan, where unabated wars have raged into a second year. Our teams were also there for people and families seeking safety throughout the year, whether at the Mexico border or onboard our search and rescue ship in the Mediterranean Sea.
This collection of 65 photos, taken between December 2023 and December 2024, features the highs and lows we – and those we assist – experience as we provide medical and humanitarian assistance in over 70 countries. They show the breaking points – such as when we had to suspend activities in Haiti’s capital – but also resilience and joy, as when we witnessed a mother meeting her baby for the first time in South Sudan. These photos show how bearing witness can create a point of connection.
Medical care provides relief in the most difficult of circumstances, and we remain inspired by our staff’s commitment to deliver this care to people, even as the obstacles to doing so increase around us.
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Pendant la nuit du mercredi 24 et du jeudi 25 janvier, une petite embarcation semi-rigide (appelée aussi « small boat ») quittait le canal de Gravelines, près de Grand-Fort-Philippe, dans le nord de la France, en direction de l’Angleterre. La police essayait d’empêcher les dernières personnes d’embarquer le semi-rigide avant qu’il ne prenne le large pour tenter la traversée de la Manche.
25/01/2024, Gravelines, nord de la France.
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During the night of Wednesday January 24 and Thursday January 25, a small semi-rigid boat (also known as a "small boat") left the Gravelines canal, near Grand-Fort-Philippe in northern France, for England. Police were trying to prevent the last people from boarding the small boat before it set off to attempt the Channel crossing.](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/3o1743cpc07dj82c7p3x712uy40c7e8d.jpg "A rubber boat leaving the French coasts -9")
![Mohammed was displaced from Al-Hasahisa camp as fighting started between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the camp. Mohammed and his family endured months of bombings and lack of water, that was blocked from entering the camp. Eventually, together with his family he fled his home in the camp and came to the University of Zalingei.
“We managed to escape with our children, and left all of our belongings,” explains Mohammed. “When we left Al-Hasahisa camp, they beat me seriously. Also, my brother was seriously beaten, and now he is unable to move, sick at home.”
Over a thousand people are living in the University compound, most displaced from Al-Hasahisa camp. As one of the first ones to arrive to the looted and damaged university campus, Mohammed was able to secure an office space for him and his family.
As most humanitarian actors have not returned to Sudan after the war started over a year ago, displaced people have been largely cut from humanitarian assistance.
“Sometimes we cut trees to get fire food to support the family, but [so far] we haven´t received any humanitarian support,” explains Mohammed. “I’m trying to work as a carrier, but the salary is too little.”
As food and medicine prices spiked and health care services collapsed in most of the country, those displaced rarely receive medical care and medicine. At the University, people are trying to collaborate to gain access to medication.
“We all make contributions and anyone participating can share [medication],” explains Mohammed. “We share with the community and treat the patient.”](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/3uyl663tgxc566ao28mm4i1785637fxp.jpg "University of Zalingei, Central Darfur state, Sudan +23")
Haiti
MSF suspends operations at the Isaïe Jeanty Maternity hospital in Haiti amid violence
Press Release
19 Jun 2026
