The Great House of the People (building in background ) and the Government Palace in La Paz, Bolivia.

UN Bolivia/Hasan Lopez

News in Brief 16 October 2020

16 October 2020

COVID-19: ‘little or no’ benefit from remdesivir: WHO
An ‘airlift of hope’ for Yemen, UN envoy tells Security Council
Bolivia: UN rights chief Bachelet renews call for free and fair elections

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Students in India practice safe handwashing before an open-air class as a precaution against COVID-19.

UNICEF India

News in Brief 15 October 2020

15 October 2020

Rape is monstrous but death penalty not the answer: UN rights chief
Billions can’t wash hands properly, one billion at immediate COVID risk
Rights experts urge UAE to halt repatriation of Yemeni nationals

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In Gujarat, India, a man gives a cough sample for Tuberculosis in an area set up outside a health clinic.

© UNICEF/Vinay Panjwani

News in Brief 14 October 2020

14 October 2020

Afghanistan: aid teams deployed to assess impact of fighting
Progress in tackling tuberculosis at risk from COVID crisis
Talks begin to resolve disputed Lebanon-Israel maritime border

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A street vendor in India wears a face mask to protect herself against COVID-19.

© UNICEF/Vinay Panjwani

News in Brief 13 October 2020

13 October 2020

COVID impacting health, food and work
Digital economy shift
Cash boost for refugees in Iran

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Marsh Harbor on Great Abaco Island, Bahamas, was devastated by the category 5 Hurricane Dorian in September.

UN Photo/OCHA/Mark Garten

News in Brief 12 October 2020

12 October 2020

Staggering rise in climate emergencies in last 20 years, disaster research shows
Food summit will address hunger and climate emergency
Despair widespread among refugees because of COVID pandemic: UNHCR

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Kenyan school children enjoy a lunch made with unusually shaped vegetables which were deemed not good enough for export.

WFP/Martin Karimi

News in Brief 9 October 2020

9 October 2020

UN’s WFP wins Nobel Peace Prize
Nagorno-Karabakh: UN rights chief calls for urgent ceasefire
Pandemic has changed online shopping forever: UN-backed survey

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A woman whose baby was stillborn after a 10-hour labour sleeps in the maternity ward of a hospital in Sierra Leone.

© UNICEF/Olivier Asselin

News in Brief 8 October 2020

8 October 2020

Pandemic could worsen 'devastating tragedy' of stillbirth: UN report
Mediterranean rescuers should be applauded, not criminalized: Rights expert
Food price index hits 'multi-months high': FAO

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A seven-year-old girl is given a protective mask prior to a health screening in the informal settlement in Rome, Italy, where she lives.

© UNICEF/Alessio Romenzi

News in Brief 7 October 2020

7 October 2020

UN chief urges greater investments in universal health coverage
Guinea elections hate speech must be curbed and condemned
Rights experts welcome return to Canada of five-year-old orphaned in Syria

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A 17-month-old boy who was treated for acute malnutrition at a UNICEF-supported nutrition programme, eats breakfast outside his home in Aweil, South Sudan.

© UNICEF/Helene Sandbu Ryeng

News in Brief 6 October 2020

6 October 2020

Starvation being used as a method of warfare in South Sudan: UN panel
Yemen: IOM warns disaster looms in Marib, as humanitarian needs grow
Countries across Europe reporting rising levels of ‘COVID-19 fatigue’

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A 33-year-old man from Afghanistan, pictured with his family on the Greek island of Lesvos, is hoping to be relocated to Germany.

© UNICEF/Canaj Magnum Photos

News in Brief 5 October 2020

5 October 2020

Put peace in Libya first, UN chief urges summit on war-shattered nation
Save lives, protect refugees
Yemen: Aid chiefs welcome agreement for outside medical care

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