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A 13-year-old boy works in a mechanic's shop in Syria.

© UNICEF/Alessio Romenzi

News in Brief 31 October 2022

31 October 2022

UN chief deeply saddened after tragedy in Seoul stampede
Global labour market to deteriorate amid Ukraine war shocks: ILO
Progress, but more needed by oil and gas giants to reduce methane emissions

In South Sudan’s Unity State, the capital, Bentiu, has become an island surrounded by floodwaters.

© UNHCR/Charlotte Hallqvist

News in Brief 28 October 2022

28 October 2022

Millions under threat of flooding across west, central Africa: UNHCR
Russia urged to repeal - not expand - restrictive LGBTI laws
Haiti: 96,000 displaced by gang violence, reports IOM

Protesters gather in Stockholm, Sweden, after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in the custody of Iran's morality police.

Unsplash/Artin Bakhan

News in Brief 27 October 2022

27 October 2022

Iran: Protest crackdown warrants independent international probe
Ecosystems more sensitive to nitrogen pollution than previously assumed
UN panel urges States to address stigma against indigenous women

Southern Bishkek at night, the capital city of Kyrgyzstan.

© Unsplash/Mike Dudin

News in Brief 26 October 2022

26 October 2022

UN human rights condemns Kyrgyzstan arrests
WHO releases first list of health-threatening fungi
Chad’s ‘lethal repression’ of protests in UN human rights spotlight

A boy rides his bike past destroyed homes in Chernihiv, Ukraine.

© UNICEF/Aleksey Filippov

News in Brief 25 October 2022

25 October 2022

Ukraine war: at least 6,374 civilians confirmed dead, reports UN rights office
#Malaysia in spotlight over refoulement of Myanmar’s most vulnerable
UNICEF on growing heatwave threat to world’s children

A woman collects drinking water from a common tank installed in a slum in Jaipur, India.

© UNICEF/Vinay Panjwani

News in Brief 24 October 2022

24 October 2022

Better, smarter investment needed to protect drinking water worldwide
Pace of Lebanon, Syria cholera outbreak, threatens whole Middle East
Sudan support group calls for protester death investigation

Vendors selling vegetables and fruits at the central market in N’Djamena, Chad.

Photo : FAO/Carl de Souza

News in Brief 21 October 2022

21 October 2022

Chad: UN human rights office appeals for calm after protests
Deadly floods affect 2.5 million in Nigeria: UNICEF
Guterres salutes UN partnership with Viet Nam

A two-year-old boy is treated for severe malnutrition at a hospital in Somaliland.

© UNICEF/Mulugeta Ayene

News in Brief 20 October 2022

20 October 2022

Somalia: WFP delivering lifesaving aid to record number
Peace and security worsening for women worldwide
Children in Africa five times less likely to learn basics

Physical activity contributes to preventing and managing noncommunicable diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, cancer and diabetes.

Unsplash/Gabin Vallet

News in Brief 19 October 2022

19 October 2022

WHO urges governments to get people moving
Guterres highlights partnership between UN and India
UNICEF warns of child deaths amid Somalia drought

A child sits inside a vehicle burned out during fighting in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia.

© UNICEF/ Christine Nesbitt

News in Brief 18 October 2022

18 October 2022

Women and children pay heaviest price in global health reversals
Impact of Tigray strikes on civilians ‘utterly staggering’: Türk
Iran: Killing and detention of children ‘deeply worrying’

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