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Webster, a hip-hop artist from Canada, speaks at an exhibition on runaway slaves at the Musée national des beaux-arts in Quebec (file).

Fight slavery’s 'legacy of racism' through education: Guterres

Honouring the millions of Africans sold into slavery helps to restore dignity to people who were so mercilessly stripped of it, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in his message to mark Saturday’s International Day to Remember the Victims and the Transatlantic Slave Trade.

Fadlun Arrayyan Bonde (Ega), community ranger at Bogani Nani Wartabone National Park.

First Person: The Indonesian power ranger

A girl drinks water at school in Goré, Chad.

New agenda sets sail with bold action as UN Water Conference closes

A woman walks past a destroyed home in Borodianka, Ukraine.

Human rights in Ukraine still ‘dire’ amid wide-ranging violations: OHCHR

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Rights expert urges India to stop crackdown on Kashmir activists

UN Water Conference: reducing cross-border tensions

UNICEF alert to save millions from desperate hunger in Yemen

Ramadan: UN chief calls for solidarity as month of giving begins

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A colourized photograph of the family of Tokuso Hamai, taken before the Second World War.

Rebooting memories of life before the nuclear devastation of Hiroshima

A young girl cooks in a rural village in Ethiopia, where the land has been affected by recurrent droughts.

UN Water Conference: ‘we need a renewed sense of action’

A young girl collects water from a recently rehabiliatitaed well in Gwembe Valley, Zambia

5 things you should know about the UN 2023 Water Conference

Poet Pacifique Akilimali of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Nigerian peace activist and poet Maryam Abu Hassan.

Young poets lend their talents to promote peace, marking the 75th anniversary of UN peacekeeping

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Mina Guli (centre with white cap) at UN Headquarters in New York, at the end of her 200th marathon campaign, raising awareness about the need for clean water and sanitation for all.

Running 200 marathons towards a global water solution

SDGs On the morning of the 2023 UN Water Conference, ultra-marathon runner Mina Guli has completed a year-long, campaign to run 200 marathons, raising awareness of the world’s water crisis. She completed her last run at UN Headquarters, the location of the major event, the first of its kind in almost half a century.

Pupils at Independence Avenue 1&2 Junior High School in Accra, Ghana, hold origami hummingbirds, as part of the World Water Day 2023 campaign.

Origami hummingbirds to make a splash at UN Water Conference

Young girls walk home from school in São Tomé and Príncipe.

INTERVIEW: São Tomé and Príncipe readies for graduation day

Former practitioners of female genital mutilation in The Gambia

INTERVIEW: ‘Every other young girl you see in The Gambia has undergone female genital mutilation’

For Ukrainian farmers like Volodymyr Vasyliovych, the war has meant virtual inability to export their produce, with the grim prospect of their harvest spoiling in sheds, while being unable to make necessary investments due to the shrinking revenue.

First Person: Vulnerable Ukrainian farmers plough self-sufficient furrow

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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.

Photo story: A watershed moment - transformation the key word at UNGA77

Staff work behind the scenes in the UNTV control room during the General Assembly’s annual general debate and associated high-level meetings.

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A patient receives treatment for tuberculosis in Lima, Peru.

World Tuberculosis Day: WHO ramps up initiative to combat killer disease

Health For the first time in more than a decade, the number of people dying from tuberculosis (TB) rose last year due to disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, conflicts and other crises, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.