In the cellar of a Kyiv kindergarten decorated with bunting and wall paintings of doughnuts and cats, dozens of children are taking shelter during an air raid.
Concerns over the war's emotional toll on children have prompted diverse efforts to help from a book of therapeutic stories to the videos from the makers of US show Sesame Street.
Sesame's new character joins the cast of "Ahlan Simsim," Sesame Street's Arabic language show, to represent displaced children, wheelchair and crutch users, and all the class clowns around the world.
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