Photo:Displaced children in Hammam al-Aleel Camp, among some of the thousands continuing to flee Mosul, Iraq.
Politics
26 May 2017
Condemning the surging violence in Tripoli, the top United Nations official in Libya called today for an immediate end to fighting in and around the capital and for rival groups to “put Libyan national interests” ahead of their own.
Photo:Machakos District, Kenya - Kweka farmers group members display how seeds are stored between harvest and the next planting season to ensure food production will continue.
Photo:A boy watches from the shore as refugees approach land on a large rubber boat, near the town of Mithymna, on the island of Lesbos, in the North Aegean region of Greece.
Photo:Secretary-General António Guterres (right) lays a wreath in honour of all peacekeepers who lost their lives while serving under the UN flag.
Photo:Special Representative in South Sudan and head of the Mission known as UNMISS David Shearer (left), attends the signing of an agreement to cease hostilities between Jonglei and Boma regions.
Photo:French President-elect Emmanuel Macron waves as he arrives to attend a handover ceremony with outgoing President Francois Hollande at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, May 14, 2017.
Photo:Payao Akhad performs at a Walk for Justice at Wat Pathum Wanaram, Bangkok, on May 19, 2017.
May 23, 2017
Photo:Ashraf Fawaqa and his daughter Saba, 4, stand next to the rubble of their East Jerusalem home on May 15; Israeli authorities demolished the house on May 4 because they lacked a permit.
Photo:Iranian President Hassan Rouhani casts his vote during the presidential election in Tehran, Iran, May 19, 2017.