People here aren’t used to seeing a woman holding a camera in the streets,” says Sudanese photographer Ola Alsheikh, “but I just decide to get the photo whatever it takes”.

Being mocked, rejected or verbal harassed by strangers are things Ola regularly has to deal with in the capital, Khartoum, but she refuses to let that put her off.

“I want to show real life in Sudan – we’ve been marginalised by the rest of the world for a long time,” she says.

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said only one in four hospitals in the capital is fully functional and the fighting has disrupted assistance to 50,000 children who are acutely malnourished.

Many Sudanese fear the two sides will escalate their battle once the international evacuations of foreigners that began on Sunday are completed. The British government, whose airlift is one of the last still ongoing, said it has evacuated about 300 people on flights out and plans four more on Wednesday, promising to keep going as long as possible.

These are kids who are always looking for Sudanese content to share at school, with their friends, with their teachers. Other cultures have books and stories readily available, but when it comes to Sudan, there’s almost nothing for them to share that their peers would understand. It’s about representation, connection, and making sure our kids and our culture have a place in global conversations.