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Dozens feared dead after Rohingya Muslims refugee boat capsizes off Bangladesh coast
Deaths come as UN calls for end to military operations in Myanmar.
Pictures of the week 23 to 29 September 2017: Seven days of the world's best photojournalism
The week's best photos, from Rohingya refugees and Mexico City earthquake, to Invictus Games, battle for Raqqa and Take a Knee protests.
First look at burnt Rohingya Muslim villages in Rakhine state, Myanmar
Reporters have finally been allowed to venture into Myanmar's northern Rakhine state, formerly home to hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who have fled into Bangladesh.
Buddhist monks force Rohingya refugees to flee their Sri Lanka safe house
Protesters chanted "do not allow terrorists into this country" as they stormed the UN shelter.
Another Rwanda: Nearly half a million Rohingya Muslims have fled Myanmar in four weeks
The number of refugees arriving in Bangladesh since 25 August has been estimated at 480,000 – 60% of them children.
Myanmar soldiers are 'gang raping' Rohingya Muslims
Aung San Suu Kyi, previously described sexual violence as "weapon used to divide our country".
Rohingya Muslim children's drawings depict horrific acts of ethnic cleansing by Myanmar military
Young Rohingya refugees' drawings are filled with traumatic scenes such as people being shot or burned alive by the military.
Buddhist mobs throw petrol bombs to stop aid shipment to Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine
A group of 300 Buddhist protesters tried to block Red Cross relief supplies.
Why Aung San Suu Kyi refused to name Myanmar refugees as Rohingya in her state address
The term Rohingya is too 'emotive' and 'highly charged' for an already affected population, Suu Kyi said.
These heartbreaking photos show the living hell faced by Rohingya women and child refugees
A family with a tiny baby living in a concrete pipe, and another family burying a 70-year-old woman who died just days after they'd carried her all the way from Myanmar.
Facebook accused of 'censoring' reports of ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar
Facebook has faced criticism over its moderation policies as it strives to strike a balance between freedom of speech and censorship.
India says some Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar pose 'serious threat' to national security
The Indian government tells the Supreme Court not to interfere in proposed Rohingya deportations.
Toddler and elderly Rohingya refugee crushed to death by wild elephants in Bangladesh
The wild elephants rampaged through a forested area where the man and the toddler were sleeping underneath a plastic tent.
Bangladesh accuses Myanmar of violating its airspace amid Rohingya exodus
Bangladesh Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Friday that Myanmar drones and helicopters flew into Bangladeshi airspace.
Pictures of the week 9 to 15 September 2017: Seven days of the world's best photojournalism
The week's best photos from around the world, from Hurricane Irma and Mexico earthquake to the Rohingya crisis and Australia's same-sex marriage vote.
As Rohingya Muslim crisis deepens, there is still not enough aid reaching desperate refugees
Crisis has drawn global condemnation, with UN officials demanding Myanmar halt "campaign of ethnic cleansing".
How Isis and Al-Qaeda could hijack the Rohingya Muslim crisis in Myanmar
Burmese government accused of widespread abuses against Muslim minority forced to flee to Bangladesh.
Why is Aung San Suu Kyi so quiet about the violence against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar?
Myanmar's de-facto leader is accused of turning a blind eye to widespread atrocities against the minority.
Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi not to attend UN General Assembly debate amid Rohingya crisis
Suu Kyi's decision has been attributed to the domestic security situation.
Prince Charles warned against visiting Myanmar as Rohingya crisis escalates
Aung San Suu Kyi's government has been accused of targeting Rohingyas in "ethnic cleansing" operation.
Bangladesh PM condemns Myanmar 'atrocities', visits Rohingya refugees and promises support
"We will not tolerate injustice," said Sheikh Hasina.
Mob stones Muslim butcher's home and marches towards mosque, raising religious tensions in Myanmar
The attack was allegedly in response to the deepening crisis in the restive western Myanmar state of Rakhine.
Dalai Lama: Buddha would have helped Rohingya Muslims fleeing Myanmar
Buddhist leader empathises as 270,000 Rohingya flee to Bangladesh after alleged persecution.
Holocaust Museum 'horrified' by Rohingya attacks and 'absent' Aung San Suu Kyi in Myanmar
Thousands have fled from Myanmar to neighbouring Bangladesh.
Rohingya crisis: Muslim insurgents declare month-long truce in Myanmar's Rakhine state
The Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army has urged the Myanmar military to reciprocate the ceasefire.
270,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled violence in Myanmar in just two weeks
Exodus from Myanmar's northern Rakhine state began 25 August after Rohingya insurgents attacked police posts.
Rohingya refugee crisis: UN Secretary-General warns of ethnic cleansing in Myanmar
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned of possible ethnic cleansing and a "humanitarian catastrophe" in Myanmar's Rakhine state.
Bangladesh accuses Myanmar government of laying landmines near border
More than 125,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled to Bangladesh in less than two weeks to escape violence and alleged persecution in Myanmar.
123,000 Rohingya Muslim refugees have fled Myanmar in just under two weeks
UNHCR pleads for assistance, saying it needed more land to be made available so it could set up new camps
Who are the Rohingya and why are they desperate to flee Myanmar?
The Rohingya are effectively stateless. Neither Bangladesh nor Myanmar recognises them as citizens. They live in apartheid-like conditions.