SYRIA-CONFLICT-REFUGEES

Standing in front of a row of plastic tents a young boy flashes the V-sign in a refugee camp on the border between Syria and Turkey near the northern city of Azaz on December 5, 2012. The internally displaced faced further misery as heavy rain was followed by a drop in temperatures. The United Nations estimated late October that more than 2.5 million people have been affected by the fighting in Syria. There are more than 348,000 Syrian refugees registered in neighbouring countries, but many more are unregistered. AFP PHOTO / ODD ANDERSEN (Photo by ODD ANDERSEN / AFP) (Photo by ODD ANDERSEN/AFP via Getty Images)