‘The least we can do is care for their children’: Libyans rally to protect Derna’s orphans

Libyan Red Crescent and other aid workers care for children affected by the floods in Derna. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

People in western Libya have rallied round to provide care and breastmilk for young children orphaned by the devastating floods that hit the coastal city of Derna on 10 September.

Hundreds of traumatised babies and young children are thought to have lost their parents in Derna, where whole neighbourhoods were wiped out after two dams broke.