December 22, 2016
Politics
Photo:Humanitarian partners in Somalia are scaling up response to displaced people after violence broke out in Gaalkacyo on 7 October 2016.
Photo:Al-Jawiyyah prison in Misrata, northwest Libya.
Photo:Street scene in Mexico.
Photo:Security forces standby in Kinshasa during demonstrations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on 19 and 20 December 2016.
Photo:Risking their lives to reach Europe from North Africa, a boatload of people, some of them likely in need of international protection, are rescued in the Mediterranean Sea by the Italian Navy.
Photo:Displaced Aleppo, Syria, residents wait in line to receive food distributed by the World Food Programme.
Photo:UN vehicles travel along a road lined with remnants of destroyed buildings, Homs, Syria. (file)
Photo:UN teams have been present at the Ramouseh Government checkpoint in Aleppo, Syria, to observe and monitor the evacuations from east Aleppo since 15 December 2016 and are still maintaining a presence. 21 December 2016.
Photo:Students attend classes at the Abu Tamam basic for girls in Gaza.