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A member of a Kurdish family from Dohuk in Iraq, covering himself with a blanket of the Polish Red Cross, sits on a tree trunk as the family waits for the border guard patrol to take them to the town of Narewka, Poland, near the Polish-Belarus border on November 9, 2021. - The three-generation family of 16 members with seven minors, including the youngest who is five months old, spent about 20 days in the forest and was pushed back to Belarus eight times. They claim they were beaten and frightened with dogs by Belarusian soldiers. (Photo by Wojtek RADWANSKI / AFP) (KEYSTONE/AFP/WOJTEK RADWANSKI)