Generals from the Royal Thai Police—among the highest-ranking officers in the 230,000-member national force—gathered recently in Bangkok for FBI training regarding child victims of trafficking and sexual exploitation.
Politics
Thailand has long been a popular tourist destination for Westerners charmed by the country’s culture and cuisine, its storied beaches, and its ever-present markets. Unfortunately, a certain type of visitor is also drawn to the well-established sex trade, which too often victimizes children.
Photo:More than a quarter of a million Burundians have fled to neighbouring countries since April 25, 2015, most of them to Tanzania. Nduta refugee camp is located in north-western Tanzania and can barely provide shelter, latrines and showers to every refugee.
Photo:Boys pass rubble and destroyed buildings on their way to a nearby private school offering basic lessons, in the city of Maarat al-Numaan, Idlib Governorate.
12 October 2016
The United Nations mission in Afghanistan has condemned two separate attacks on mosques in the country that together killed about 30 worshippers congregated to mark Ashura, the Muslim day of remembrance.
Photo:Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association Maina Kiai.
Photo:A mother and her children stand in their small hut in a camp for displaced people in Rakhine State.
Photo:Brazilian Marines with the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) clearing the road to les Cayes, Haiti, after the passage of Hurricane Matthew.
Photo: Thousands of internally displaced people gather at Emmanuel Church Compound in Yei, South Sudan.
Photo:On 9 October 2016 in Les Cayes, Haiti, several hundered people who have lost their homes shelter in a neighbourhood high school. UNICEF has installed a water bladder on the grounds of the school.