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Actress and UNHCR special envoy Angelina Jolie, accompanied by UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres and Jordanian foreign Minister Nasser Judeh (not seen), briefs the press during her visit to the Zaatari refugee camp near the Jordanian border with Syria, on Sept. 11, 2012. The number of refugees who have fled Syria has reached more than 250,000, the United Nations said, calling the humanitarian problems sparked by the conflict "our biggest crisis."
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Angelina Jolie meets with refugees on the Jordanian border minutes after they crossed from Syria on Sept. 10, 2012, in Amman, Jordan. With shelling clearly audible and visible across the border in Syria, some 200 refugees made the dangerous crossing under cover of night. Authorities estimate hundreds of families are fleeing the violence and seeking safety across the border every night.
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Angelina Jolie visits the Zaatari refugee camp near the Jordanian border with Syria, on Sept. 11, 2012.
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Angelina Jolie shakes hands with a Syrian refugee during her visit to the Zaatari refugee camp near the Jordanian border with Syria, on Sept. 11, 2012. The number of refugees who have fled Syria has reached more than 250,000, the United Nations said, calling the humanitarian problems sparked by the conflict "our biggest crisis."
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The U.N. refugee agency's special envoy, actress Angelina Jolie, second left, visits the Zaatari Refugees Camp in Jordan for Syrians who fled the civil war in their country, Sept. 11, 2012. Jolie said Tuesday she heard "horrific" and "heartbreaking" accounts from Syrian refugees in a camp, which hosts about 30,000 Syrians displaced by the 18-month conflict that has so far claimed at least 23,000 lives, according to activists.
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The U.N. refugee agency's special envoy, actress Angelina Jolie, speaks to the press during her visit to the Zaatari Syrian Refugees Camp, in Mafraq, Jordan, Sept. 11, 2012. The Hollywood star visited the Zaatari camp, which hosts about 27,000 Syrians displaced by the 18-month conflict.
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The U.N. refugee agency's special envoy, actress Angelina Jolie, center, arrives to the Zaatari Refugees Camp in Jordan for Syrians who fled the civil war in their country, Sept. 11, 2012. Jolie said Tuesday she heard "horrific" and "heartbreaking" accounts from Syrian refugees in a camp which hosts about 30,000 Syrians displaced by the 18-month conflict that has so far claimed at least 23,000 lives, according to activists.
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Angelina Jolie meets with refugees on the Jordanian border minutes after they crossed from Syria on Sept. 10, 2012, in Amman, Jordan.
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Angelina Jolie waves from inside a car as she leaves the Zaatari refugee camp near the Jordanian border with Syria, following a visit on Sept. 11, 2012.
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King Abdullah of Jordan, right, meets with the U.N. refugee chief Antonio Guterres and the U.N. refugee agency's special envoy, actress Angelina Jolie, left, at the Royal Palace, in Amman, Jordan, on Sept. 11, 2012. On Tuesday morning, Jolie and Guterres visited the Syrian refugees camp in Zaatari town in Mafraq city, Jordan, which hosts about 30,000 Syrians displaced by the 18-month conflict.
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UNHCR special envoy Angelina Jolie, second left, as she meets with Syrian refugees in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon, on Sept. 12, 2012. Jolie and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres visited Lebanon to hear accounts from Syrian refugees and their host communities in the Bekaa Valley and hold talks with the government.
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UNHCR special envoy Angelina Jolie, left, meets with Syrian refugees in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley on Sept. 12, 2012.
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UNHCR special envoy Angelina Jolie, right, meets with Syrian refugees in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley on Sept. 12, 2012.
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Actress and UNHCR special envoy Angelina Jolie, third left, and U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres, center, meet with Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati, right, in Beirut, Lebanon, on Sept. 12, 2012.
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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) special envoy Angelina Jolie gestures as she leaves the government palace in Beirut, Lebanon, on Sept. 12, 2012. Jolie met with Syrian refugees in Lebanon a day a visiting a refugee camp in Jordan. Jolie, who came along with U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres, held talks with Lebanese Prime Minster Najib Mikati. There are more than 60,000 Syrian refugees in Lebanon who fled their country's civil war.
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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) special envoy Angelina Jolie, left, listens to the U.N. refugee chief Antonio Guterres, right, speaking during press conference at the government palace in Beirut, Lebanon, on Sept. 12, 2012.
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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) special envoy Angelina Jolie speaks during a press conference at the government palace in Beirut, Lebanon, Sept. 12, 2012.
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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) special envoy Angelina Jolie waves as she arrives at Oncupinar Syrian refugee camp in Kilis, Turkey, on Sept. 13, 2012. Jolie met with Syrian refugees in Turkey, after visiting Syrian refugee camps in Jordan and Lebanon. There are more than 80,000 Syrian refugees in 11 camps in Turkey.
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Actress Angelina Jolie, center left, in her role as special envoy for the U.N. refugee agency, and UNHCR chief Antonio Guterres, center right, visit the Oncupinar Syrian refugee camp in Kilis, Turkey, on Sept. 13, 2012.
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Angelina Jolie, center left, in her role as special envoy for the U.N. refugee agency, and UNHCR chief Antonio Guterres, center right, visit the Oncupinar Syrian refugee camp in Kilis, Turkey, on Sept. 13, 2012.