Secretary-General António Guterres attends the unveiling of the installation ‘Pandemic Classroom’ at UN Headquarters to call attention to the need for governments to prioritize the reopening of schools.

UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

News in Brief 3 March 2021

3 March 2021

COVID-19 crisis forced more than 168 million children to miss class in 2020
Condemnation over targeted killing of three women journalists in Afghanistan
Nigeria: Children traumatised by abduction need urgent rehabilitation, say UN experts

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Black smoke rises from a chimney at a brick kiln, which uses coal fire to bake bricks, in eastern Bangladesh.

UNICEF/Shehzad Noorani

News in Brief 2 March 2021

2 March 2021

We must end ‘deadly addiction’ to coal for planet’s sake, urges Guterres
Equitable vaccine delivery plan needs more support to succeed: COVAX partners
One in four people projected to have hearing problems by 2050

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Two young girls who have been displaced due to conflict are now living in a UNHCR-supported settlement in the outskirts of Aden, Yemen.

UNOCHA/Giles Clarke

News in Brief 1 March 2021

1 March 2021

Time running out to help 16 million Yemenis avoid disaster: Guterres
Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana begin COVID-19 vaccinations for key healthcare workers
Fate still unclear of ‘tens of thousands’ of civilian detainees in Syria

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