Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie, a special envoy of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, donated $100,000 to aid Syrian refugees, the United Nations refugee agency said Wednesday. The UN established June 20 as World Refugee Day to highlight the plight of the millions driven from their countries by natural or man-made disasters. From Myanmar to Pakistan to Bangladesh and beyond, some 15.2 million people live as refugees, many for decades or more. Nearly half are children under 18
A child from Tawargha celebrates World Refugee Day at a refugee camp hosted by United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) for internally displaced refugees and those from countries like Sudan and Ethiopia, in Benghazi June 20, 2012. (ESAM OMRAN AL-FETORI/REUTERS)
Children take part in games to celebrate World Refugee Day at a refugee camp hosted by United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) for internally displaced refugees and those from countries like Sudan and Ethiopia, in Benghazi June 20, 2012. (ESAM OMRAN AL-FETORI/REUTERS)
Afghan refugees wait for transport to leave for Afghanistan at a repatriation center run by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, on World Refugee Day, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Wednesday, June 20, 2012. World Refugee Day, a day initiated by the United Nations to raise awareness on the plight of refugees worldwide, is observed on June 20 every year. (Mohammad Sajjad/AP)
Internally displaced Afghan children play outside their shelter at a refugee camp in Kabul, June, 20, 2012. (OMAR SOBHANI/REUTERS)
Afghan refugee girl Waleemah Syed, 7, holds her brother Marvaiz, 1, by the doorway of their home, on World Refugee Day, in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, June 20, 2012. (Muhammed Muheisen/AP)
An Afghan refugee youth, center, pours water on himself to cool off, while other refugees are seen collecting water, on World Refugee Day, in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, June 20, 2012. (Muhammed Muheisen/AP)
Afghan refugee girl Shaziyya Adil, 3, center, sits on a jerrycan, while she and other refugees collect water, on World Refugee Day, in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, June 20, 2012. (Muhammed Muheisen/AP)
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Afghan refugee girl Haleema Metawell, 6, looks at other children, not pictured, while standing by her home, on World Refugee Day, in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, June 20, 2012. (Muhammed Muheisen/AP)
Internally displaced Afghan children shield themselves from dust picked up by wind at a refugee camp in Kabul June, 20, 2012. (OMAR SOBHANI/REUTERS)
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