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Seasonal rain regularly causes floods in Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Extreme weather caused two million deaths, cost $4 trillion over last 50 years

Over two million deaths and $4.3 trillion in economic losses; that’s the impact of a half-century of extreme weather events turbo-charged by man-made global warming, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Monday.

Secretary-General António Guterres speaks to the press, wrapping up his trip to Japan for the G7 Hiroshima Summit 2023.

G7 nations, ‘central to climate action’ says Guterres, calling for global reset

Girls await their turns to get immunized at Rusung Raya Elementary School, in Indonesia.

Progress on human health ‘in peril’, warns UN chief

General Assembly President Csaba Kőrösi (right) and Utah Lieutenant Governor Deidre Henderson during his official visit to Salt Lake City.

Advocating for sustainable water ‘gamechangers’, Kőrösi goes West

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Trafficking in the Sahel: Guns, gas, and gold

Plenty abuzz on World Bee Day

IAEA warns of ‘increasingly tense military situation’ around Ukraine nuclear plant

Sudan emergency: One million now displaced in ongoing conflict

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Oralia Ruano Lima was among the first women in her indigenous community to join an all-female entrepreneurship project as a beekeeper.

Plenty abuzz on World Bee Day

WFP teams have started distributing emergency food to Rohingya refugees affected by Cyclone Mocha in Tekna and other regions.

After Cyclone Mocha, how UN aid teams are helping rebuild lives

A classroom is filled with mud after a river overflowed during storms Eta and Iota in El Tenedor, Guatemala.

First Person: Rising from disaster

Tom Andrews, Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar, briefs reporters at UN Headquarters.

UN rights expert exposes $1 billion ‘death trade’ in arms for Myanmar military

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People flee their homes as Cyclone Freddy hits Blantyre city in Malawi.

Avoiding disaster in a dangerous world

Humanitarian Aid More people globally are being affected by disasters than ever before, despite the adoption of a UN-backed international disaster reduction agreement in 2015. Experts from around the world are gathering at UN Headquarters to speed up efforts to fully implement that agreement to bring about a safer world.

A pregnant woman and her daughter wait outside a UNICEF-supported maternity ward in South Sudan.

Best reasons to stand up for mothers this Mother’s Day

Raghuveer Sharma said he felt relieved when he saw the Indian Army at Port Sudan. "We felt an immense sense of relief that our lives may be saved.”

First Person: Caught in the crossfire in Sudan

A UNHCR emergency transit centre in Renk in South Sudan is receiving displaced people from Sudan.

Background to a crisis: In Sudan, the stakes are high for the whole of Africa

Immaculée Songa, she lost her husband and two daughters in the 1994 genocide against the Tutsis in Rwanda.

First Person: Keeping memories of genocide victims alive

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Displaced children living in a camp in Djugu, which was visited by Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, during his visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo.

2022 in Photos: Struggle, recovery and hope

In 2022, the UN and the world were partially recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic: the Security Council and General Assembly met in person, and senior officials travelled. The UN’s photographers were with them to capture the scene.

Photo Story: South African peacekeepers display courage and compassion wherever they serve

Members of the MONUC’s South African parachute battalion disembark from a military vehicle for patrol duties around the village of Ntamugenga.

COVID-19: The virus that shut down the world

Patients are treated for COVID-19 at a hospital in Kramatorsk, Ukraine. (file)

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Ukrainian refugees arrive at the Medyka border point in Poland (file).

Survey reveals war’s ‘immense’ mental health toll on Ukrainian refugee mothers in Poland

Women More than 60 per cent of Ukrainian refugee mothers in Poland are experiencing high or severe levels of distress, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday, Mental Health Action Day, highlighting the psychological impact of the war in their homeland.

A child is vaccinated against cholera in Aleppo, northwest Syria. (file)

One billion people in 43 countries face cholera risk, amid ‘bleak’ outlook

Health After years of steady decline, cholera is making a devastating comeback and targeting the world’s most vulnerable communities, UN health experts warned on Friday.

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