Women, children flee

Displaced South Sudanese citizens wait at a Sudanese border checkpoint in Joda, where Sudan's White Nile state meets the South's Upper Nile, after fleeing battles between rebel and government forces on January 16, 2014.

Children carry their family belongings at the Joda checkpoint on January 16, 2014.

Mary Yar (R) and Achrin at a hospital in Bor on January 19, 2014. They claim they were raped by rebels.

South Sudanese refugees at the Joda checkpoint on January 17, 2014.

South Sudanese government soldiers near the barracks on January 19, 2014 in Bor, a strategic town they recaptured the day before from rebel forces loyal to deposed vice president Riek Machar.

A priest with members of the Fellowship of Christian University Students in South Sudan take part in a peace march in the capital Juba, on January 17, 2014, praying for peace to be restored in the world's newest nation.

A Sudanese man carries a bed past national army soldiers patrolling the town of Bentiu on January 12, 2014.

Girls at a camp for internally displaced persons (IDP) at the base of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) in Juba on January 15, 2014.

A South Sudanese refugee waits at the Joda checkpoint on January 17, 2014.

Government soldiers in Bor on January 18, 2014.

A picture taken on January 19, 2014, shows an aerial view of Bor.

South Sudanese People's Liberation Army (SPLA) national army soldiers next to empty huts after capturing the town of Bentiu, on January 12, 2014.

Peacekeepers guard the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) camp in Bor.

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) camp in Bor.

SPLA troops at a ransacked market in Bor on January 19, 2014.

Shops in the market torched by rebels according to SPLA troops in Bor on January 19, 2014.

Displaced South Sudanese citizens at the Joda checkpoint on January 16, 2014.

Displaced South Sudanese citizens wait at a border checkpoint in Joda after fleeing battles between rebel and government forces on January 16, 2014.

South Sudanese refugees wait at a border checkpoint in Joda after fleeing battles between rebel and government forces on January 16, 2014.

Displaced South Sudanese citizens wait at the Joda checkpoint on January 16, 2014.