[PHOTO]To mark the World Refugee Day

A boy returning from exile in Sierra Leone travels on the back of a U.N. lorry to a transit centre in his native Liberia on World Refugee Day, June 20, 2006.[Reuters]

A South Ossetian refugee plays with a toy truck in the North Ossetian village of Gizel outside Vladikavkaz. The UN launched a campaign on World Refugee Day to raise funds so the world's nine million refugee children can study and have places and resources for play.[AFP]

Michele Bupe plays at Kala refugee camp, which hosts 18,500 Congolese refugees, in Kawambwa district, 1,200 km (745 miles) north of Zambia's capital Lusaka, June 20, 2006. The total number of refugees in the world--8.4 million people--is at its lowest in more than a quarter of a century, according to U.N. figures. More than 6 million have returned home over the last four years. The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) celebrated World Refugee Day on June 20, 2006. [Reuters]

A Somali immigrant mother feeds her six week old child outside the Malta Police Headquarters in Floriana, outside Valletta, on World Refugee Day June 20, 2006. A group of Somali immigrants have set up camp right outside the entrance to the police headquarters in protest after they were moved out of their accommodation. Police sources said they will be given alternative accommodation within the police headquarters itself.[Reuters]

A Somali immigrant mother holds her child outside the Malta Police Headquarters in Floriana, outside Valletta, on World Refugee Day June 20, 2006. A group of Somali immigrants have set up camp right outside the entrance to the police headquarters in protest after they were moved out of their accommodation. Police sources said they will be given alternative accommodation within the police headquarters itself.[Reuters]

A Somali immigrant mother holds her baby outside the Malta Police Headquarters as police officers watch in Floriana, outside Valletta, on World Refugee Day June 20, 2006. A group of Somali immigrants have set up camp right outside the entrance to the police headquarters in protest after they were moved out of their accommodation. Police sources said they will be given alternative accommodation within the police headquarters itself. [Reuters]