The world's refugee population rose in 2001 to a six-year high of 14.9 million -- a problem aggravated by the repercussions from the Sept. 11 attacks, according to a global survey released June 6, 2002 by the nonprofit U.S. Committee for Refugees. Two Kashmiri girls stand in a street in Manak Payyan refugee camp near Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-held Kashmir on June 1. (Mian Khursheed/Reuters)