survivors

South Asia

UN urges aid to Myanmar quake survivors before monsoons hit, death toll climbs towards 3,000

"Among the missing, most are assumed to be dead. There is a narrow chance for them to remain alive," Myanmar's military ruler Min Aung Hlaing said in a speech

Property destroyed by the Eaton Fire lie in ruin, while a pair of massive wildfires menacing Los Angeles from the east and west were still burning uncontained, in Altadena, California, US 9 January 2025. Photo: Reuters

World+Biz

Far from Hollywood's wealth, Los Angeles fire survivors feel forgotten

A drone view shows makeshift tents for quake-affected residents following the earthquake that struck Tingri county, in Shigatse, Tibet Autonomous Region, China January 8, 2025. Photo: cnsphoto via REUTERS

World+Biz

Search widens for Tibet quake survivors as tens of thousands moved to shelters

Elders from the Northern Cheyenne Tribe in southeastern Montana listen to speakers during a session for survivors of government-sponsored Native American boarding schools, in Bozeman, Montana, Sunday, November 5, 2023. The Interior Department says more than 400 of the abusive, government-backed schools operated across the US. Photo: AP via UNB

USA

Survivors say trauma from abusive Native American boarding schools stretches across generations

Nancy Nyarko, 51, a street vendor, receives medical attention for wounds suffered when a vehicle carrying mining explosives detonated along a road in Apiate, Bogoso, Ghana. January 22, 2022. Photo :Reuters

Africa

Ghana blast leaves survivors with cuts and questions

Rohingya Crisis

New report reveals extreme traumatic stress among Rohingya genocide survivors

RMG

57% of Rana Plaza survivors remain jobless: ActionAid

97-year-old Brazilian Gina Dal Colleto, the oldest known survivor of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Brazil, is pushed in a wheelchair out of Sao Paulo's Vila Nova Star hospital to applause from doctors and nurses on April 12, 2020, in this still image obtained from a social media video. Courtesy of Rede D'Or Sao Luiz/Social Media via Reuters

Coronavirus chronicle

Great-grandmother, 97, becomes Brazil's oldest coronavirus survivor

This file photo from UNB shows parts of a burnt floor of Tazreen Fashions. 117 garment workers were killed and more than 200 others injured in a massive fire at the factory in Nishchintapur of Ashulia on 24 November 2012.

Bangladesh