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Hundreds were buried in a landslide in Yambali village, Papua New Guinea, on May 24, 2024

Papua New Guinea landslide: 670 feared dead, says UN migration agency

Friday’s landslide in the north of Papua New Guinea is likely to have been far more deadly than first thought, Serhan Aktoprak, the country head of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Sunday.

Delegates to the SIDS Global Children and Youth Action Summit including Adelaide Nafoi of Samoa (second from left) after completing their section of the “wall of commitment”.

In Antigua, island youth build ‘wall of commitment’ to turn tide against climate crisis

An attack by Russian armed forces on a busy shopping centre in Kharkiv on Saturday, 25 May

Russian attack on Kharkiv shopping centre ‘utterly unacceptable’, says senior UN official

A child walks through the rubble in Rafah.

Gaza: World court orders Israel to halt military operations in Rafah

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Nations agree landmark treaty on traditional knowledge, protecting Indigenous Peoples’ rights

Sudan: Deteriorating situation in El Fasher, health system collapsing nationwide

World News in Brief: UN aid chief on Rafah, Gaza fuel shortage, rising hunger in Haiti

Security Council denounces attacks against aid workers, UN personnel

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Gus, the oldest known gopher tortoise, lives at the Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History in Canada.

Accelerating extinction rate triggers domino effect of biodiversity loss

Recently displaced Ukrainians gather at a transit centre in Kharkiv city.

Ukraine: Evacuees brought to safety as Russian strikes intensify

PHOTO STORY: Searching for safety in Gaza

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The community of Nui island waves goodbye to the Prime Minister of Tuvalu following his visit in the aftermath of the destruction of Cyclone Pam.

‘All hands on deck’ in Antigua and Barbuda as small island States chart course to resilient prosperity

Economic Development Leaders from small island developing States worldwide will converge on the shores of Antigua and Barbuda in the Caribbean this weekend to deliver a bold new plan of action to build resilience on the road to the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Some 200,000 Haitians, mainly in Port-au-Prince (pictured) have been forced by insecurity to flee to temporary locations.

Haiti: Multinational mission and the ‘inexorable requirement to restore security conditions’

Jelaskovic Ibrahim of the then-Yugoslav medical staff of the UN Emergency Force (UNEF) treats a child in El Kuntilla in the Sinai in Egypt in 1959. (file)

Stories from the UN Archive: UN’s first peacekeeping force

An UNHAS helicopter lands on Ile de la Tortue off the north coast of Haiti.

Dealing with ‘unknowns’ flying in high-conflict Haiti

Dominica's geothermal energy pipe, Roseau Valley

Could the answer to 100% renewable energy in Dominica be under the ground?

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Many Gazans who fled to Rafah are now on the move again.

Searching for safety in Gaza

Most of Gaza’s 2.3 million people are fleeing from escalating violence in the north and south in the seven-month-long war that has killed nearly 36,000 Palestinians, leaving behind a looming famine and trails of rubble in the besieged enclave.

PHOTO STORY: 6 months of Gaza conflict leaves many close to famine

On 5 March 2024, UNICEF and partners delivered 23 incubators to hospitals in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.

Ukraine: War and restoring a sense of home

A single mother of three children is rebuilding her home with help from the UN refugee agency, UNHCR.

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Aftermath of attack in the city center of Kharkiv, Ukraine.

Civilians in Ukraine describe continued Russian attacks in northeastern regions

Humanitarian Aid Civilians in the northeast of Ukraine are experiencing escalated hostilities as Russian armed forces have taken control of several villages, according to testimonies received by the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU).

A displaced persons camp in Sittwe, capital of Rakhine state in Myanmar. (file)

Myanmar: UN rights office warns of growing crisis in Rakhine state

Human Rights The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Friday called for an end to renewed violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, where reports have emerged of attacks against the minority Muslim Rohingya community, including beheadings and the razing of homes.

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