Flowers and candles are placed at the entrance of Athens central train station during a 24-hour nationwide strike over the country's deadliest train disaster last month, Athens, Greece, March 16, 2023. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov 

University students shout slogans during a demonstration in front of the parliament building, following the collision of two trains, near the city of Larissa, in Athens, Greece, March 5, 2023. The central placard reads "Murderers". REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis 

Aziza Rahimi, 35, who lost her son at birth, poses for a photo inside her house in Foladi Valley in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, March 2, 2023. Rahimi stumbled while bleeding for two hours to her in-laws' house after her husband was unable to find a car or ambulance to take them to hospital, she gave birth but the baby died shortly after. "It was too hard for me when I lost my baby, as a mother I nurtured the baby in my womb for 9 months but then I lost him, it is too painful," she said. REUTERS/Ali Khara SEARCH "KHARA MIDWIVES" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A man uses his mobile phone as he walks down the corridor of a hospital in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, March 2, 2023. Since taking over in 2021, Taliban authorities have barred women from universities and most charity jobs, but they have made exemptions in the healthcare sector, such as the trainee midwife program that has been spearheaded by the U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) with a local NGO, where young women train for two years in the provincial capital hospital as midwives, after which they will return home to help the women in the community. "When the roads are blocked of course there are no means of transportation, people even use donkeys to move the patients to the clinic centres, but sometimes there is not even the opportunity for that," said Mohammad Ashraf Niazi, the head of UNHCR's Bamiyan office. "These students can help in each village, in each district with deliveries." REUTERS/Ali Khara SEARCH "KHARA MIDWIVES" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Aziza Rahimi, 35, who lost her son at birth, walks inside her house in Foladi Valley in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, March 2, 2023. Rahimi stumbled while bleeding for two hours to her in-laws' house after her husband was unable to find a car or ambulance to take them to hospital, she gave birth but the baby died shortly after. "It was too hard for me when I lost my baby, as a mother I nurtured the baby in my womb for 9 months but then I lost him, it is too painful," she said. REUTERS/Ali Khara SEARCH "KHARA MIDWIVES" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A man stands outside residential houses in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, March 2, 2023. REUTERS/Ali Khara SEARCH "KHARA MIDWIVES" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A girl plays outside her house in Foladi Valley, Bamiyan, Afghanistan, March 2, 2023. REUTERS/Ali Khara SEARCH "KHARA MIDWIVES" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Children walk beside a donkey carrying goods in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, March 2, 2023. REUTERS/Ali Khara SEARCH "KHARA MIDWIVES" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A vehicle drives along a road in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, March 2, 2023. REUTERS/Ali Khara SEARCH "KHARA MIDWIVES" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A boy holding a kite sits in front of a bakery shop in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, March 2, 2023. REUTERS/Ali Khara SEARCH "KHARA MIDWIVES" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A woman begs on the side of a road on the outskirts of Bamiyan, Afghanistan, March 3, 2023. REUTERS/Ali Khara SEARCH "KHARA MIDWIVES" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Snow covers the mountains surrounding Bamiyan, Afghanistan, March 2, 2023. REUTERS/Ali Khara SEARCH "KHARA MIDWIVES" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

The notebook of a trainee midwife lies on a table during a training class in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, March 2, 2023. A trainee midwife program has been spearheaded by the U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) with a local NGO, where young women train for two years in the provincial capital hospital as midwives, after which they will return home to help the women in the community. "When the roads are blocked of course there are no means of transportation, people even use donkeys to move the patients to the clinic centres, but sometimes there is not even the opportunity for that," said Mohammad Ashraf Niazi, the head of UNHCR's Bamiyan office. "These students can help in each village, in each district with deliveries." REUTERS/Ali Khara SEARCH "KHARA MIDWIVES" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A teacher gives a lecture to trainee midwives in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, March 2, 2023. A trainee midwife program has been spearheaded by the U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) with a local NGO, where young women train for two years in the provincial capital hospital as midwives, after which they will return home to help the women in the community. "When the roads are blocked of course there are no means of transportation, people even use donkeys to move the patients to the clinic centres, but sometimes there is not even the opportunity for that," said Mohammad Ashraf Niazi, the head of UNHCR's Bamiyan office. "These students can help in each village, in each district with deliveries." REUTERS/Ali Khara SEARCH "KHARA MIDWIVES" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A trainee midwife arranges her headscarf in front of a mirror, in a training center in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, March 2, 2023. A trainee midwife program has been spearheaded by the U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) with a local NGO, where young women train for two years in the provincial capital hospital as midwives, after which they will return home to help the women in the community. "When the roads are blocked of course there are no means of transportation, people even use donkeys to move the patients to the clinic centres, but sometimes there is not even the opportunity for that," said Mohammad Ashraf Niazi, the head of UNHCR's Bamiyan office. "These students can help in each village, in each district with deliveries." REUTERS/Ali Khara SEARCH "KHARA MIDWIVES" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A woman sits on a hospital bed in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, March 02, 2023. Since taking over in 2021, Taliban authorities have barred women from universities and most charity jobs, but they have made exemptions in the healthcare sector, such as the trainee midwife program that has been spearheaded by the U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) with a local NGO, where young women train for two years in the provincial capital hospital as midwives, after which they will return home to help the women in the community. "When the roads are blocked of course there are no means of transportation, people even use donkeys to move the patients to the clinic centres, but sometimes there is not even the opportunity for that," said Mohammad Ashraf Niazi, the head of UNHCR's Bamiyan office. "These students can help in each village, in each district with deliveries." REUTERS/Ali Khara SEARCH "KHARA MIDWIVES" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Aziza Rahimi, 35, who lost her son at birth, talks to a trainee midwife in Foladi Valley in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, March 2, 2023. Rahimi stumbled while bleeding for two hours to her in-laws' house after her husband was unable to find a car or ambulance to take them to hospital, she gave birth but the baby died shortly after. "It was too hard for me when I lost my baby, as a mother I nurtured the baby in my womb for 9 months but then I lost him, it is too painful," she said. REUTERS/Ali Khara SEARCH "KHARA MIDWIVES" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A mother holds her child as she rests in her arms, while women line up outside of a doctor's room, at a hospital in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, March 2, 2023. Since taking over in 2021, Taliban authorities have barred women from universities and most charity jobs, but they have made exemptions in the healthcare sector, such as the trainee midwife program that has been spearheaded by the U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) with a local NGO, where young women train for two years in the provincial capital hospital as midwives, after which they will return home to help the women in the community. "When the roads are blocked of course there are no means of transportation, people even use donkeys to move the patients to the clinic centres, but sometimes there is not even the opportunity for that," said Mohammad Ashraf Niazi, the head of UNHCR's Bamiyan office. "These students can help in each village, in each district with deliveries." REUTERS/Ali Khara SEARCH "KHARA MIDWIVES" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Trainee midwives attend a training class in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, March 2, 2023. A trainee midwife program has been spearheaded by the U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) with a local NGO, where young women train for two years in the provincial capital hospital as midwives, after which they will return home to help the women in the community. "When the roads are blocked of course there are no means of transportation, people even use donkeys to move the patients to the clinic centres, but sometimes there is not even the opportunity for that," said Mohammad Ashraf Niazi, the head of UNHCR's Bamiyan office. "These students can help in each village, in each district with deliveries." REUTERS/Ali Khara SEARCH "KHARA MIDWIVES" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Sakineh, who lost a grandchild at birth, sits with her grandchildren inside her house in Foladi Valley in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, March 2, 2023. Aziza Rahimi, 35, Sakineh’s daughter-in-law, stumbled while bleeding for two hours to her in-laws' house after her husband was unable to find a car or ambulance to take them to hospital, she gave birth but the baby died shortly after. "It was too hard for me when I lost my baby, as a mother I nurtured the baby in my womb for 9 months but then I lost him, it is too painful," she said. REUTERS/Ali Khara SEARCH "KHARA MIDWIVES" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A trainee midwife examines a woman and her newborn baby at a hospital in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, March 2, 2023. A trainee midwife program has been spearheaded by the U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) with a local NGO, where young women train for two years in the provincial capital hospital as midwives, after which they will return home to help the women in the community. "When the roads are blocked of course there are no means of transportation, people even use donkeys to move the patients to the clinic centres, but sometimes there is not even the opportunity for that," said Mohammad Ashraf Niazi, the head of UNHCR's Bamiyan office. "These students can help in each village, in each district with deliveries." REUTERS/Ali Khara SEARCH "KHARA MIDWIVES" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

People sit beside their tents in front of the ruins of a 1500-year-old Buddha statue, which was blown up by the Islamist group in 2001 in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, March 2, 2023. Since taking over in 2021, Taliban authorities have barred women from universities and most charity jobs, but they have made exemptions in the healthcare sector, such as the trainee midwife program that has been spearheaded by the U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) with a local NGO, where young women train for two years in the provincial capital hospital as midwives, after which they will return home to help the women in the community. "When the roads are blocked of course there is no means of transportation, people even use donkeys to move the patients to the clinic centres, but sometimes there is not even the opportunity for that," said Mohammad Ashraf Niazi, the head of UNHCR's Bamiyan office. "These students can help in each village, in each district with deliveries." REUTERS/Ali Khara SEARCH "KHARA MIDWIVES" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A woman dresses up her child at a hospital in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, March 2, 2023. Since taking over in 2021, Taliban authorities have barred women from universities and most charity jobs, but they have made exemptions in the healthcare sector, such as the trainee midwife program that has been spearheaded by the U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) with a local NGO, where young women train for two years in the provincial capital hospital as midwives, after which they will return home to help the women in the community. "When the roads are blocked of course there are no means of transportation, people even use donkeys to move the patients to the clinic centres, but sometimes there is not even the opportunity for that," said Mohammad Ashraf Niazi, the head of UNHCR's Bamiyan office. "These students can help in each village, in each district with deliveries." REUTERS/Ali Khara SEARCH "KHARA MIDWIVES" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

A Taliban flag waves in front of the ruins of a 1500-year-old Buddha statue, which was blown up by the Islamist group in 2001 in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, March 2, 2023. Since taking over in 2021, Taliban authorities have barred women from universities and most charity jobs, but they have made exemptions in the healthcare sector, such as the trainee midwife program that has been spearheaded by the U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) with a local NGO, where young women train for two years in the provincial capital hospital as midwives, after which they will return home to help the women in the community. "When the roads are blocked of course there is no means of transportation, people even use donkeys to move the patients to the clinic centres, but sometimes there is not even the opportunity for that," said Mohammad Ashraf Niazi, the head of UNHCR's Bamiyan office. "These students can help in each village, in each district with deliveries." REUTERS/Ali Khara SEARCH "KHARA MIDWIVES" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

People sit in a waiting room at a hospital in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, March 2, 2023. Since taking over in 2021, Taliban authorities have barred women from universities and most charity jobs, but they have made exemptions in the healthcare sector, such as the trainee midwife program that has been spearheaded by the U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) with a local NGO, where young women train for two years in the provincial capital hospital as midwives, after which they will return home to help the women in the community. "When the roads are blocked of course there are no means of transportation, people even use donkeys to move the patients to the clinic centres, but sometimes there is not even the opportunity for that," said Mohammad Ashraf Niazi, the head of UNHCR's Bamiyan office. "These students can help in each village, in each district with deliveries." REUTERS/Ali Khara SEARCH "KHARA MIDWIVES" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Sakineh, who lost a grandchild at birth, sits with her grandson in her house in Foladi Valley in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, March 2, 2023. Aziza Rahimi, 35, Sakineh’s daughter-in-law, stumbled while bleeding for two hours to her in-laws' house after her husband was unable to find a car or ambulance to take them to hospital, she gave birth but the baby died shortly after. "It was too hard for me when I lost my baby, as a mother I nurtured the baby in my womb for 9 months but then I lost him, it is too painful," she said. REUTERS/Ali Khara SEARCH "KHARA MIDWIVES" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Sakineh, who lost a grandchil at birth, stands in her house in Foladi Valley in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, March 2, 2023. Aziza Rahimi, 35, Sakineh’s daughter-in-law, stumbled while bleeding for two hours to her in-laws' house after her husband was unable to find a car or ambulance to take them to hospital, she gave birth but the baby died shortly after. "It was too hard for me when I lost my baby, as a mother I nurtured the baby in my womb for 9 months but then I lost him, it is too painful," she said. REUTERS/Ali Khara SEARCH "KHARA MIDWIVES" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Snow covers Foladi Valley in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, March 2, 2023. REUTERS/Ali Khara SEARCH "KHARA MIDWIVES" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A girl carries her belongings in a container on her head in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, March 2, 2023. REUTERS/Ali Khara SEARCH "KHARA MIDWIVES" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A trainee midwife examines a woman in a hospital in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, March 2, 2023. A trainee midwife program has been spearheaded by the U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) with a local NGO, where young women train for two years in the provincial capital hospital as midwives, after which they will return home to help the women in the community. "When the roads are blocked of course there are no means of transportation, people even use donkeys to move the patients to the clinic centres, but sometimes there is not even the opportunity for that," said Mohammad Ashraf Niazi, the head of UNHCR's Bamiyan office. "These students can help in each village, in each district with deliveries." REUTERS/Ali Khara SEARCH "KHARA MIDWIVES" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A trainee midwife examines a woman at a hospital in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, March 2, 2023. A trainee midwife program has been spearheaded by the U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) with a local NGO, where young women train for two years in the provincial capital hospital as midwives, after which they will return home to help the women in the community. "When the roads are blocked of course there are no means of transportation, people even use donkeys to move the patients to the clinic centres, but sometimes there is not even the opportunity for that," said Mohammad Ashraf Niazi, the head of UNHCR's Bamiyan office. "These students can help in each village, in each district with deliveries." REUTERS/Ali Khara SEARCH "KHARA MIDWIVES" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Commuters travel in an overcrowded train near a railway station in Ghaziabad, on the outskirts of New Delhi, India, February 1, 2023. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Commuters rush to catch an overcrowded train near a railway station in Ghaziabad, on the outskirts of New Delhi, India, February 1, 2023. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis 

The Grand Central Direct train arrives ahead of the opening of The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Long Island Rail Road service to Grand Central Madison in New York City, U.S., January 25, 2023. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly 

Train times are seen on the platform at Jamaica Station ahead of the opening of The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Long Island Rail Road service to Grand Central Madison in New York City, U.S., January 25, 2023. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly 

Train times are seen on the platform at Jamaica Station ahead of the opening of The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Long Island Rail Road service to Grand Central Madison in New York City, U.S., January 25, 2023. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly 

A worker stands on the Grand Central Direct train ahead of the opening of The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Long Island Rail Road service to Grand Central Madison in New York City, U.S., January 25, 2023. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly 

Sean, an Elvis Presley impersonator waits to board a train at Sydney Central Railway Station before departing for the Parkes Elvis Festival, in Sydney, Australia, January 5, 2023. REUTERS/Jaimi Joy 

An Elvis Presley impersonator waves before boarding a train at Sydney Central Railway Station departing for the Parkes Elvis Festival, in Sydney, Australia, January 5, 2023. REUTERS/Jaimi Joy 

Elvis Presley impersonators board the Elvis Express train at Sydney Central Railway Station before departing for the Parkes Elvis Festival, in Sydney, Australia, January 5, 2023. REUTERS/Jaimi Joy 

An Elvis Presley impersonator leans against the Elvis Express train at Sydney Central Railway Station before departing for the Parkes Elvis Festival, in Sydney, Australia, January 5, 2023. REUTERS/Jaimi Joy TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

The train platform manager wears Elvis attire alongside Elvis impersonators on the Elvis Express train at Sydney Central Railway Station before departing for the Parkes Elvis Festival, in Sydney, Australia, January 5, 2023. REUTERS/Jaimi Joy 

An Elvis Presley impersonator gestures before boarding the Elvis Express train at Sydney Central Railway Station before departing for the Parkes Elvis Festival, in Sydney, Australia, January 5, 2023. REUTERS/Jaimi Joy 

Elvis Presley impersonators ride the Elvis Express train from Sydney Central station onboard to the Parkes Elvis Festival, in Sydney, Australia, January 5, 2023. REUTERS/Jaimi Joy REFILE - QUALITY REPEAT 

Elvis Presley impersonators board the Elvis Express train at Sydney Central Railway Station before departing for the Parkes Elvis Festival, in Sydney, Australia, January 5, 2023. REUTERS/Jaimi Joy 

An Elvis Presley impersonator boards the Elvis Express train at Sydney Central Railway Station before departing for the Parkes Elvis Festival, in Sydney, Australia, January 5, 2023. REUTERS/Jaimi Joy 

An Elvis Presley impersonator smiles before boarding a train at Sydney Central Railway Station departing for the Parkes Elvis Festival, in Sydney, Australia, January 5, 2023. REUTERS/Jaimi Joy 

Elvis Presley impersonators gesture before boarding a train at Sydney Central Railway Station departing for the Parkes Elvis Festival, in Sydney, Australia, January 5, 2023. REUTERS/Jaimi Joy 

An Elvis Presley impersonator wears an Elvis necklace before boarding a train at Sydney Central Railway Station departing for the Parkes Elvis Festival, in Sydney, Australia, January 5, 2023. REUTERS/Jaimi Joy 

A train travels towards Central London from Clapham Junction station during a heavily reduced railway service, amid an ongoing rail worker strike over pay and terms, in London, Britain, December 14, 2022. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls 

A train travels towards Central London from Clapham Junction station during a heavily reduced railway service, amid an ongoing rail worker strike over pay and terms, in London, Britain, December 14, 2022. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Travellers stand at the central station as Austria's rail workers stage a strike that shuts down all train traffic throughout the country after last minute pay negotiations fell through in Vienna, Austria, November 28, 2022. REUTERS/Lisa Leutner 

Tourists stand in the central station as Austria's rail workers stage a strike that shuts down all train traffic throughout the country after last minute pay negotiations fell through in Vienna, Austria, November 28, 2022. REUTERS/Lisa Leutner 

Empty tracks are seen at the central station as Austria's rail workers stage a strike that shuts down all train traffic throughout the country after last minute pay negotiations fell through in Vienna, Austria, November 28, 2022. REUTERS/Lisa Leutner 

Empty tracks are seen at the central station as Austria's rail workers stage a strike that shuts down all train traffic throughout the country after last minute pay negotiations fell through in Vienna, Austria, November 28, 2022. REUTERS/Lisa Leutner 

Empty tracks are seen at the central station as Austria's rail workers stage a strike that shuts down all train traffic throughout the country after last minute pay negotiations fell through in Vienna, Austria, November 28, 2022. REUTERS/Lisa Leutner 

Empty tracks are seen at the central station as Austria's rail workers stage a strike that shuts down all train traffic throughout the country after last minute pay negotiations fell through in Vienna, Austria, November 28, 2022. REUTERS/Lisa Leutner 

Empty tracks are seen at the central station as Austria's rail workers stage a strike that shuts down all train traffic throughout the country after last minute pay negotiations fell through in Vienna, Austria, November 28, 2022. REUTERS/Lisa Leutner 

Empty escalators are seen at the central station as Austria's rail workers stage a strike that shuts down all train traffic throughout the country after last minute pay negotiations fell through in Vienna, Austria, November 28, 2022. REUTERS/Lisa Leutner 

A woman is pictured in a train bound for Kyiv, after Russia's military retreat from Kherson, at the central train station in Kherson, Ukraine November 23, 2022. REUTERS/Murad Sezer