collage of 2023 events in Afghanistan, Myanmar, Bangladesh, and the Philippines.

(Top left) Afghan refugees return to Afghanistan from Pakistan, in Torkham, Afghanistan, November 3, 2023. (Top Right) Homes destroyed after airstrikes and shelling in Mung Lai Hkyet displacement camp in Laiza, Myanmar, October 10, 2023. (Bottom left) A relative of political violence victims during a protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh, November 28, 2023. (Bottom right) A woman places a candle between pictures of victims of alleged enforced disappearances during a gathering of relatives and supporters in observance of All Souls Day in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, November 2, 2023.

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