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Baby Heln's First Year: A Year in the Life of a Refugee in Europe

Image courtesy Lynsey Addario. Greece, 2017.

Image courtesy Lynsey Addario. Greece, 2017.

Taimaa and her husband Mohannad fled Syria seeking asylum in Europe. Their baby, Heln, was born a refugee.

TIME was there for the birth and chronicled their journey.

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