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Jeffrey H. Cohen

In this photo released by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), children wait to be served with roasted maize in a refugee camp Juba, South Sudan Friday July 22, 2016 . The United Nations refugee agency says thousands of people continue to flee South Sudan over violence between armed groups in the country, stretching the capacity of humanitarian efforts to look after the refugees. () (Isaac Billy UNMISS via AP)

A record 65.3 million people were displaced last year: What does that number actually mean?

Jeffrey H. Cohen, Ibrahim Sirkeci