In June 2018, some of the heaviest battles of the war in Yemen to date erupted in the Red Sea port city of Hudaydah, following months of clashes in areas south of the city.
The fierce fighting and aerial bombardments quickly threatened the city’s approximately 1.2 million inhabitants - 300,000 of whom were children.
Hundreds of thousands of civilians were on the move.
Many who fled the fighting made their way along the coast, heading south towards the city of Aden, some 12 hours away by road.