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South Sudan: An unlikely haven for many Sudanese refugees

Even as millions of South Sudanese flee their country in what the United Nations has called the world's fastest-growing refugee crisis since the Rwandan genocide.
A Sudanese refugee boy stands on top of a broken-down tractor in Yida, South Sudan. | AP
A Sudanese refugee boy stands on top of a broken-down tractor in Yida, South Sudan. | AP
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Sudanese refugee children carry wood in Yida, South Sudan. | AP
Sudanese refugee children carry wood in Yida, South Sudan. | AP
Newly arrived Sudanese refugees wait behind a wire fence at a reception center in Yida, South Sudan. | AP
Newly arrived Sudanese refugees wait behind a wire fence at a reception center in Yida, South Sudan. | AP
A Sudanese refugee man sits on his bike after collecting food from a World Food Programme food distribution in Yida, South Sudan. | AP
A Sudanese refugee man sits on his bike after collecting food from a World Food Programme food distribution in Yida, South Sudan. | AP
Newly arrived Sudanese refugees board buses to be taken to other camps in the area, in Yida, South Sudan. | AP
Newly arrived Sudanese refugees board buses to be taken to other camps in the area, in Yida, South Sudan. | AP
Sudanese refugees wait at a clinic for medical care outside the town of Jamjang, South Sudan. | AP
Sudanese refugees wait at a clinic for medical care outside the town of Jamjang, South Sudan. | AP
Newly arrived Sudanese refugees wait at a reception center before being registered and transferred to other camps, in Yida, South Sudan. | AP
Newly arrived Sudanese refugees wait at a reception center before being registered and transferred to other camps, in Yida, South Sudan. | AP
Policemen stand guard overlooking the building of a new school for Sudanese refugees in Jamjang, South Sudan. | AP
Policemen stand guard overlooking the building of a new school for Sudanese refugees in Jamjang, South Sudan. | AP
A Sudanese refugee family arrives in South Sudan after walking for days, in Yida, South Sudan. | AP
A Sudanese refugee family arrives in South Sudan after walking for days, in Yida, South Sudan. | AP
A woman points to two scars on her leg where two Guinea worms emerged, in Terekeka, South Sudan. | AP
A woman points to two scars on her leg where two Guinea worms emerged, in Terekeka, South Sudan. | AP
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