A Decade Documenting Humanitarian Crisis
Giles Clarke
'A Decade Documenting Humanitarian Crisis’ has taken photojournalist Giles Clarke to some of the world’s most pressing humanitarian emergency regions since 2016. Often traveling alongside the United Nations Office of Coordination and Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), Clarke has focused on civilian lives shattered by war and crippling instability in places such as Yemen, Sudan, and Haiti.
“As a photojournalist covering humanitarian crisis regions, I have always felt the need to be in the presence of those who best understand the complexities of desperation and how to help those affected most effectively,” says Clarke.
“UNOCHA is the agency within the United Nations that assesses the depth of a crisis. By drawing on the support and expertise from other UN agencies, local partners, and NGO’s, OCHA creates the framework that puts an organised humanitarian relief plan into action. As a storyteller in this field, I believe a deeper understanding of the vast array of issues within each crisis is essential in covering these difficult regions”.
'A Decade Documenting Humanitarian Crisis’ is a glimpse into some of the most troubled areas of our planet today. As international funding for many emergency programmes declines, continued support for United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs remains critical.
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At a well in Kaya, Burkina Faso.
Watering hole, Kaya, Burkina Faso.
Father and Son. Marib, Yemen. 
Yemeni Boy in School. 
Khat Market Yemen.
Yemeni boy after airstrike
The Old City of Benghazi. 
Migrants imprisoned in Libya
Tamima and baby Iqra; Somalia's Hunger Crisis. 
Sudan: Born by Phone Light 
The Meridian Hotel lobby in Khartoum
Displaced by War
Khartoum International Airport. April 2025. 
UN Food Distribution in Somalia 
Building Shelter in Somalia
Collecting Firewood in eastern Somalia. 
Somalia; Devastated by Drought 
A soldier in Niger 
Reunited in Niger
A Nigerian Herdsman in Niger
A Displacement settlement in northern Syria. 
Traumatized by War
After 12 Years of War
'ISIS killed my family'
On a horse in Honduras 
A victim of the Anglophone War in Cameroon
Haiti Protest
'Barbecue' - Haitian Gang Leader 
Fighting gangs in Haiti
Mourning those passed
Port-au-Prince funeral procession
South Sudan IDP settlement 
Yemeni boy with dove.
Welcome to Palestine
Giles Clarke is a photojournalist focusing on capturing poignant moments of current and post-conflict global issues. Clarke began his film and photography career in West Berlin as a 16mm camera assistant at the height of the Cold War during the mid-1980s before switching to a successful professional black-and-white photographic printer career in London and New York. In 2013, Clarke was signed by Getty Images Reportage and continues today to syndicate news and feature work through Getty Images as a featured contributor.