Little Amal

Little Amal has arrived in the UK and visited Sheffield

She started her 5,000km (3,100 mile) journey on 27 July in Turkey, and has walked, with the help of eleven puppeteers, across Europe to reach the shores of Kent in the south of England.

Little Amal has been created to represent the story of young refugees travelling from war-torn Syria, highlighting the difficulties refugees may face in attempting to reach a safe place.

She was then the guest of honour at a welcoming party outside the Crucible, where she danced with performers lit up with fairy lights and was led to the Peace Gardens by lanterns in the form of woodland animals.