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Orange fishing nets with blue and green buoys spread on a sandy lakeshore in Uganda near Lake Albert, with men repairing wooden boats in the background.

‘The lake is our life’: Protecting a shared lifeline in Uganda

Gloria Steinem reads from the book 'The Last Girl' at a UNODC panel discussion while seated next to Nadia Murad in a conference room.

Gloria Steinem: A voice for women, to the very end

A smiling Black woman in an orange t-shirt and headwrap speaks into a white megaphone during a peaceful protest in downtown Kansas City, surrounded by supporters holding signs.

‘Slavery is not a thing of the past’: UN supports call for reparations

Erika Abs, Emergency Supply and Logistics Coordination for the UNICEF Supply Division in a field mission

Inside UNICEF’s race to deliver life-saving supplies within 72 hours of an emergency

Climate: Can This Project Save Our Cities?

South Sudan: How Water Can Build Peace

Silk Road Caravan: If the Rangelands Could Speak

World Humanitarian Day: UN Chief's Message

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Aerial view of a coastal village on an island in Papua New Guinea, surrounded by turquoise water.

Rising seas, rising stakes: What increasing sea levels mean to humanity

Climate and Environment The ocean is rising faster now than at any point in recorded history. The impacts are already being felt and the threats are growing.

A person on horseback traverses a rugged, rocky trail in the foreground, with a massive, snow-capped mountain dominating the background under a clear blue sky.

As the Himalayas melt, deadly floods become the new normal

UN peacekeepers sit on an armored vehicle during a night patrol in Bentiu, South Sudan.

Explainer: UN peace operations work to create, preserve peace

Two camels stand in a grassy field with a large, rusted shipwreck in the background.

The grass beneath our feet: Why rangelands matter

People survey the rubble of a collapsed building in Cali, Colombia after an earthquake.

Colombia quake: In Cali’s ruins, an ‘overwhelming sense of humanity’

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Photo by UNOCHA/Veronique Durroux showing search and rescue operations near the earthquake ground zero in La Guaira, Venezuela, on June 29, 2026. A CAT backhoe loader is positioned in the foreground amidst rubble, with several rescue workers visible on top of the collapsed building structure.

Reaching the most vulnerable: Frontline teams support earthquake-hit Venezuela

Venezuelans continue to receive international support following the devastating earthquakes in June which caused widespread destruction and death.

UN ramps up ceasefire support to hungry and war-weary Gazans

A smiling young girl, Shereen, carries a large pot of rice and chickpeas in Al-Mawasi, Khan Younis, while other children and adults stand near tents in the background.

From podiums to patrols: Taking the pulse of the UN’s busiest week

Silhouettes of delegates stand near a United Nations flag at sunrise outside UN Headquarters during the 80th General Assembly Debate in New York.

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IDP settlement in Gedaref, Sudan, showing displaced people in a former bus station, with a mosque in the background.

Outside forces fuel Sudan war, new report finds

Human Rights Foreign recruitment and external support networks are fuelling the brutal conflict in Sudan, independent UN human rights investigators said on Thursday in a new report, calling for accountability as fighting continues between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

A UNICEF worker in a blue shirt comforts a distressed woman holding two children on the floor of a shelter in Nuwakot, Nepal, while an elderly woman and another adult look on.

Nepal floods leave 22,000 children without safe water: UNICEF

Humanitarian Aid More than a week after flash floods struck the Bhotekoshi-Trishuli river basin in Nepal, at least 22,000 children urgently need safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene support, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Thursday.

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