Politics

Photo:The Security Council unanimously adopts resolution 2336 (2016) on 31 December in support of Russia-Turkey efforts to end violence in Syria.

Photo:The city of Quito, Ecuador, which was declared a World Heritage Site by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), in the late 1970s.

Photo:An aid distribution centre in Ukraine, which witnessed a dramatic rise of people in need of humanitarian assistance in 2016, due to the ongoing conflict.

Photo:Ngala, Borno state: More than one million people received WFP life-saving food or nutrition support in northeastern Nigeria in December 2016.

Photo:Demolition of Palestinian property in North ‘Anata, West Bank, July 2016.

Photo:Newly elected members of parliament of the Somali federal government attend their inauguration ceremony in Mogadishu on 27 December 2016.

Photo:UN vehicles travel along a road lined with remnants of destroyed buildings, Homs, Syria.

Photo:Families flee their homes in Mosul, Iraq, heading for an army outpost in the Samah neighbourhood where they will be taken away from the heavy fighting engulfing the city.

Photo:Chair of the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria Paulo Pinheiro.