The Médecins Sans Frontières Year in Images

A year of relief work by MSF around the world

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Peter Gatlek (50) sits on a hospital bed after receiving new bandages at the MSF hospital in Lankien. He was shot in the head while trying to escape an attack on his village near Leer 25 days ago. Peter was finally med-evacuated to a MSF hospital. When talking about the experience he says: 'They just came and attacked our village. I just ran away and hid myself in the swamp. Some people who ran with me were wounded. Some were killed.

A man from Medecins Sans Frontiers (MSF) assists a baby to disembark from a boat of Frontex, European Border Protection Agency, on the Greek island of Lesbos, at the port town of Petra, on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015. Greek authorities say two people drowned and 83 others were rescued after a wooden boat crammed with refugees sank in the Aegean Sea off the eastern Greek island of Lesbos. Photo: AP Photo/Santi Palacios

Wed Dec 30 2015 - 05:00

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