Photo: On 5 August 2016 in Aleppo, Syria, a child with spinal muscular atrophy who needs special medical care, now lives on the streets, after fleeing with her family from attacks and intense fighting in the 1070 neighbourhood.
Politics
Photo:Secretary-General Attends Ceremony for Colombian Ceasefire Agreement, Havana.
Photo: Inside the Islahiye camp for Syrian refugees, in Gaziantep Province, Turkey.
23 August 2016
China has made huge progress in poverty alleviation, but needs meaningful accountability mechanisms that citizens can use when their rights are violated in the context of development-related activities, a United Nations human rights expert said today.
Photo: After fleeing Boko Haram violence, a child, at Dalori 2, a displaced people’s camp located on the outskirts of Maiduguri, Nigeria, eats Plumpy’sup, a ready-to-use, highly nutritious food to combat malnutrition.
Photo: Alexis, 18, with his brother Wilson, 6, and their pet, a Caracara, at home in Omoa, Honduras.
Photo: On 12 August 2016 internally displaced children waiting for ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) distribution in Banki IDP camp, Borno state, northeast Nigeria.
Photo:Emergency Relief Coordinator, Stephen O’Brien briefs the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East.
Photo:Progress in malaria control was among the reasons the WHO African region experienced the greatest increase in life expectancy since 2000 – by 9.4 years to 60 years.
Photo:Displacement site in Khamer, Amran Governorate, Yemen. About 200 families of the muhamasheen minority, displaced from Sa’ada by fighting, live in the site.