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UNICEF/Carmel Ndomba Mbikayi School children in the eastern DR Congo wash their hands as part of hygiene measures to help prevent the spread of Ebola.

‘Shared blueprint for peace’: Development goals deliver for billions, but challenges remain

Adobe Stock/Richard The shrinking equatorial glacier of Gunung Jaya Wijaya in Papua, Indonesia. UN PHOTOS

Southwest Pacific’s last tropical glacier could vanish within months

July 7, 2026

UN Photo/Marco Dormino A Rwandan police officer supporting the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali.(file)

Peace hinges on people-centred policing, global summit hears

July 7, 2026

UNICEF/Ashutosh Sharma School children use a smart phone in New Delhi, India. UN PHOTOS

New coalition puts children’s rights at the centre of the AI age

July 7, 2026

epa13042788 United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks during a press conference at the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 16 June 2026. During his visit to Haiti, Guterres warned that the country is 'facing the most severe crisis in the Western Hemisphere' and the third most severe in the world, after Palestine and Sudan, where 6.4 million people are in need of humanitarian aid. EPA/MENTOR DAVID LORENS

UN changes budget rule to cope with financial crisis

July 1, 2026

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OCHA. UN PHOTOS

Venezuela earthquakes LIVE: Death toll rises amid recovery and rescue efforts

Fahad Ssimbwa Stephane Kulimushi practices on a basketball court in Kampala, Uganda. UN PHOTOS

For one young refugee in Uganda, basketball is more than a game

IOM People fleeing the conflict in Lebanon. UN PHOTOS

UN welcomes fresh Lebanon ceasefire reports as rights experts urge Iran accountability

UNICEF Chad hosts refugees from conflicts in neighbouring Sudan, the Central African Republic and Cameroon. UN PHOTOS

World Refugee Day: UN calls for renewed commitment and solidarity

UNFCCC/Kiara Worth Journalists attend a press conference at the COP30 meeting in Belém, Brazil.UN PHOTOS

UNESCO launches consultation on fair payment for news in the digital age

Public Domain Visualization of artificial intelligence combining a human brain schematic with a circuit board. UN PHOTOS

From ‘media deserts’ to the invisibility of women, rights experts spotlight latest trends

UN Photo/Mona Elfateh Displacement is widespread in war-torn Sudan. UN PHOTOS

‘Stop this madness’: Rights chief warns of impending atrocities as militia closes in on El Obeid, Sudan

A general view of a World Food Programme (WFP) humanitarian aircraft on the tarmac at Bunia Airport in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo on June 3, 2026. On May 23, DRC authorities announced the temporary closure of Bunia Airport, located in the capital of Ituri Province, where the 17th Ebola outbreak is raging. The airport reopened on June 2. To date, 48 deaths have been reported among 321 confirmed cases of infection, according to Congolese health authorities and the WHO. (Photo by GLODY MURHABAZI / AFP)

UN food agencies warn acute hunger will worsen in 13 hot spots as famine risks rise

By Associated Press - June 18, 2026

MO/Cihancan Tunay A ship makes its way across an ocean. UN PHOTOS

Three seafarers killed in Hormuz strike as UN warns of widening fallout

Adobe Stock/Mateusz Hate speech is a growing threat to peace and security, fueling division, violence, genocide, and other atrocity crimes. UN PHOTOS

Hate speech spreading ‘faster than ever’, warns UN chief as global action plan is revealed

UN Women/Sayed Habib Bidell Women and girls across Afghanistan face multiple restrictions, including education and employment. UN PHOTOS

‘Grave concern’ after dozens of women arrested in Afghanistan for dress violations

UNICEF 18-year-old Barcelona and Spain football star Lamine Yamal has been announced as UNICEF's newest Goodwill Ambassador. UN PHOTOS

Spain prodigy Lamine Yamal named UN Goodwill Ambassador on World Cup opening day

FIFA The final of the football World Cup 2026 will take place at the Metlife Stadium in New Jersey, USA. UN PHOTOS

UN rights chief urges ‘massive rethink’ of US immigration policies ahead of World Cup

UNHCR/Dar Al Mussawir Smoke rises above residential neighborhoods in Tyre, southern Lebanon, following an Israeli airstrike. (file). UN PHOTOS

Fresh strikes on Tyre kill eight, as UN puts Lebanon destruction bill at $365 million, and rising

WFP/Asma Achahboun Sudanese refugees queue up for food at a distribution point in Adre, a Chadian town on the border with Sudan. UN PHOTOS

Sudan war: Drone attacks damage key aid routes

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