Ayisha Abdu, 8, receives treatment after losing her left hand caused by explosives that were left close to her house in the aftermath of fighting between the Ethiopian National Defence Force (ENDF) and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) forces, at Dubti Referral Hospital, Dubti town, in Afar region, Ethiopia, February 24, 2022. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri SEARCH "NEGERI ETHIOPIA AFAR" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

A destroyed tank is seen in a field in the aftermath of fighting between the Ethiopian National Defence Force (ENDF) and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) forces in Kasagita town, in Afar region, Ethiopia, February 25, 2022. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri SEARCH "NEGERI ETHIOPIA AFAR" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Ali Asyalo, 14, receives treatment after losing his right leg from grenade explosives during fighting between the Ethiopian National Defence Force (ENDF) and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) forces, at Dubti Referral Hospital, Dubti town, in Afar region, Ethiopia, February 25, 2022. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri SEARCH "NEGERI ETHIOPIA AFAR" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Bullet holes are seen on a mosque, caused by fighting between the Ethiopian National Defence Force (ENDF) and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) forces in Kasagita town, Afar region, Ethiopia, February 25, 2022. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri SEARCH "NEGERI ETHIOPIA AFAR" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Ali Asyalo, 14, receives treatment after losing his right leg from grenade explosives during fighting between the Ethiopian National Defence Force (ENDF) and theTigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) forces, at the Dubti Referral Hospital, Dubti town, in Afar region, Ethiopia, February 25, 2022. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri SEARCH "NEGERI ETHIOPIA AFAR" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Eysa Mohammed, 15, sits at home with her mother Asiya Mohammed, 40, after sustaining injuries to her right leg from explosives that were left near the house in the aftermath of fighting between the Ethiopian National Defence Force (ENDF) and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) forces, in Kasagita town, Afar region, Ethiopia, February 25, 2022. "I was going to collect water, I stepped on a stick and then I felt fire and I saw a lot of blood spilling from my right foot," said Eysa. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri SEARCH "NEGERI ETHIOPIA AFAR" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Dawud Ali, 8, sleeps next to his uncle, Mohammed Ali, 40, after losing fingers from explosives that were left close to his house in the aftermath of fighting between the Ethiopian National Defence Force (ENDF) and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) forces, at Dubti Referral Hospital, Dubti town, Afar region, Ethiopia, February 24, 2022. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri SEARCH "NEGERI ETHIOPIA AFAR" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Fatuma Hussein, 40, brings her granddaughter, Fatuma Abdi, 7, for treatment after her left leg was injured by explosives that were left close to their house during fighting between the Ethiopian National Defence Force (ENDF) and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) forces, at the Dubti Referral Hospital, Dubti town, Afar region, Ethiopia, February 24, 2022. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri SEARCH "NEGERI ETHIOPIA AFAR" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Filimon Gebremedhin, 18, a member of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) and prisoner of war captured in Kobo town, sits in a guarded hospital room at the Dubti Referral Hospital, near Semera town, Afar region, Ethiopia, February 24, 2022. Filimon was injured in Kobo town before being captured "I laid there bleeding for 9 days. I had 4 biscuits in one of my pockets and that's what I survived on." REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri SEARCH "NEGERI ETHIOPIA AFAR" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Tahir Darsa, 8, receives treatment after sustaining third degree burns caused by explosives during fighting between Afar Special Forces and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) forces, at Dubti Referral Hospital, Dubti town, Afar region, Ethiopia, February 24, 2022. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri SEARCH "NEGERI ETHIOPIA AFAR" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Tahir Darsa, 8, sits next to his mother, Ayisha Nur, 48, as he waits to receive treatment after sustaining third degree burns caused by explosives during fighting between Afar Special Forces and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) forces, at Dubti Referral Hospital, Dubti town, Afar region, Ethiopia, February 24, 2022. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri SEARCH "NEGERI ETHIOPIA AFAR" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Ayisha Ali, 40, sits near her shelter at a makeshift camp for internally displaced people, at a compound in Afdera town, in Afar region, Ethiopia, February 23, 2022. She said twelve of her relatives were killed when their huts were struck by explosions, among them were her sister, her sister's five children and a pregnant cousin. "We couldn't even bury them; their bodies were in pieces," she told Reuters. "The heavy weapons were firing at us, and we ... ran away." She did not know what had happened to her seven children, after her family scattered amid the chaos. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri SEARCH "NEGERI ETHIOPIA AFAR" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Militia members sit in front of a camp for internally displaced people in Afdera town, Ethiopia, February 23, 2022. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri SEARCH "NEGERI ETHIOPIA AFAR" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Amina Mohammed, 60, poses for a photograph in a makeshift camp for internally displaced people, in a compound in Afdera town in Afar region, Ethiopia, February 23, 2022. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri SEARCH "NEGERI ETHIOPIA AFAR" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Internally displaced people who fled their homes in Berhale due to the fighting between the Afar Special Forces and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) stand near a makeshift compound, in Afdera town, Ethiopia, February 23, 2022. Malnutrition is rising in the region, said the U.N. World Food Programme, and Afdera's camps are short of water, shelter and food. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri SEARCH "NEGERI ETHIOPIA AFAR" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

A militia member and guard walks through a camp for internally displaced people in Afdera town, Ethiopia, February 23, 2022. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri SEARCH "NEGERI ETHIOPIA AFAR" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

An internally displaced family who fled their home in Berhale due to fighting between the Afar Special Forces and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) forces sit in front of their shelter at a makeshift compound in Afdera town, Ethiopia, February 23, 2022. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri SEARCH "NEGERI ETHIOPIA AFAR" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

A severely malnourished child drinks from a bottle, at a camp for internally displaced people in Afdera town, Afar region, Ethiopia, February 23, 2022. Malnutrition is rising in the region, said the U.N. World Food Programme, and Afdera's camps are short of water, shelter and food. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri SEARCH "NEGERI ETHIOPIA AFAR" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

A mother feeds her severely malnourished child at a camp for internally displaced people in Afdera town in Afar region, Ethiopia, February 23, 2022. Malnutrition is rising in the region, said the U.N. World Food Programme, and Afdera's camps are short of water, shelter and food. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri SEARCH "NEGERI ETHIOPIA AFAR" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Miners pray the Asr prayer at the Afdera salt mine on the outskirts of Afdera town, Afar region, Ethiopia, February 23, 2022. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri SEARCH "NEGERI ETHIOPIA AFAR" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

A boy washes himself with water from a plastic bottle at a camp for internally displaced people, in Afdera town, Afar region, Ethiopia, February 23, 2022. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri SEARCH "NEGERI ETHIOPIA AFAR" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Camels walk in a line on the outskirts of Afdera town, Afar region, Ethiopia, February 23, 2022. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri SEARCH "NEGERI ETHIOPIA AFAR" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

A man poses for a photograph next to his camels on the outskirts of Afdera town, Afar region, Ethiopia, February 23, 2022. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri SEARCH "NEGERI ETHIOPIA AFAR" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Mussa Ibrahim, a clan and a militia leader from Erepti, one of the six districts currently occupied by Tigrayan forces, speaks to Reuters in Afdera town, Afar region, Ethiopia, February 23, 2022. "There cannot be peace in Ethiopia while there is fighting in Afar," said Mussa. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri SEARCH "NEGERI ETHIOPIA AFAR" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

A man poses for a photograph at Afdera salt mine on the outskirts of Afdera town, in Afar region, Ethiopia, February 23, 2022. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri SEARCH "NEGERI ETHIOPIA AFAR" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

A patient sits in front of the emergency room at Dubti Referral Hospital, Dubti town, Afar region, Ethiopia, February 22, 2022. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri SEARCH "NEGERI ETHIOPIA AFAR" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Mohammed Yusuf, CEO at Dubti Referral Hospital, speaks to Reuters about civilian casualties during fighting between the Afar Special Forces and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) forces, at Dubti Referral Hospital, Afar region, Ethiopia, February 22, 2022. Mohammed said that around 300 people wounded by the violence, including women and children, had arrived since January. Cases of children wounded by unexploded ordnance or landmines have jumped from none to around 25 cases per week for the past two months, according to Tamer Ibrahim, head nurse for the surgical unit. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri SEARCH "NEGERI ETHIOPIA AFAR" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

A relative visits Teha Ahmed, 16, a civilian who was injured during fighting between the Afar Special Forces and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) forces, at Dubti Referral Hospital, Dubti town, Afar region, Ethiopia, February 22, 2022. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri SEARCH "NEGERI ETHIOPIA AFAR" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES