Little Amal, a 12-foot puppet of a 10-year-old Syrian refugee girl, center, is greeted by performers in lion dance costumes in front of a gate at an entrance to the Chinatown neighborhood of Boston, Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023. Little Amal is scheduled to journey across the United States, with planned stops in over 35 towns and cities, between Sept. 7 and Nov. 5, 2023, in an effort to raise awareness about refugees and displaced people across the world. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)