Thousands of discouraged migrants are stranded in Niger because of border closures following coup 

Sahr John Yambasu, 29, from Sierra Leone, poses for a photograph in Niamey, Niger, Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. After three months of traipsing through the desert and watching people die at sea trying to reach Europe, Yambasu decided to return home. But when he reached Niger in June on his journey back, United Nations officials told him to wait until the packed migrant centers emptied before he could be repatriated. Then weeks later mutinous soldiers toppled Niger's president shuttering the borders and trapping him inside. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)