Photo:Inside the so-called 'Jungle' of Calais, France, a few days before its dismantling on October 19, 2016, refugees pack their bags.
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Photo:Refugees and migrants rescued at sea by the Italian coast guards after adrift in the Mediterranean Sea disembarked at the port of Augusta in Sicily, May 2016.
Photo:Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), Ellen Margrethe Løj.
Photo:Humanitarian aid supplies being unloaded at the port of Hodeidah, Yemen.
Photo:The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is hoping that the halt in fighting will allow it access to areas it has been unable to reach for some time in Yemen.
Photo:Children in Dekoa, Central African Republic (CAR).
15 October 2016
Australia’s largest drug haul this year has resulted in more than a tonne of crystal MDMA saved from entering the community and two men facing life behind bars after an Australian Federal Police (AFP) operation in Sydney in the past 48 hours.
As evening falls in Chiang Mai, the street market in the historic district teems with tourists shopping for bargains. Nearby, at one of the city’s ancient gates, an open-air park begins to fill with young people. This is where a different kind of commerce occurs.
On a hot afternoon near the seaside resort town of Pattaya—known as one of the world’s leading sex tourism destinations—preteen and teenage boys and girls lounge on the tile floor in a large common room watching a video.