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Women and children who were displaced by conflict walk through a village in northern Afghanistan.
© OCHA/Charlotte Cans

News in Brief 27 October 2023

News in Brief
  • Israel-Palestine crisis: humanitarians face “terrible choices” amid Gaza death and destruction
  • UN rights office calls on Pakistan to suspend forced returns of Afghans
  • Colonial-era anti-LGBT laws must be scrapped: top rights expert
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Air strikes on Gaza are continuing. (file)
© WHO/Ahmed Zakot

News in Brief 26 October 2023

News in Brief
  • Israel-Palestine: UN humanitarians insist civilians must be protected and hostages released

  • Ukraine: Kakhovka dam breach impact will be felt ‘for decades’: UNEP

  • Closing childcare policy gaps offers high return on investment: ILO

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Trucks carrying humanitarian aid wait to cross into Gaza from Egypt through Rafah.
UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

News in Brief 25 October 2023

News in Brief

  • Israel-Palestine: Blockade puts Gaza aid on the line, WHO spotlights soaring mental health needs in Israel

  • Global displacement on the rise as conflicts escalate: UNHCR

  • Hurricane Otis is a ‘nightmare’ for southern Mexico: the latest from WMO

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TheTal al-Hawa neighbourhood in Gaza City is hit by a missile strike.
© UNICEF/Eyad El Baba

News in Brief 24 October 2023

News in Brief
  • Israel-Palestine: Gaza buckles under fuel shortage, healthcare in crisis
  • Sudan humanitarian crisis deepens; more than 5.6 million displaced 
  • Australia: ‘No’ vote on Indigenous Peoples’ recognition a ‘missed opportunity’: Türk
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A worker unloads ready-to-eat rations from a truck close to Alexandria, Egypt, in preparation for delivery to Gaza.
© WFP/Amira Moussa

News in Brief 23 October 2023

News in Brief
  • Gaza death toll rises with no ceasefire in sight
  • Mali Government urged to support UN Mission’s safe withdrawal
  • Countries must do more to curb femicide ‘pandemic’: top rights expert
  • Northeast Syria ‘world’s largest detention site for children on the grounds of terrorism’: UN Special Rapporteur 
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A scene of utter devastation in a village in Zinda Jan district, Afghanistan. Almost all homes in the village were destroyed in the October earthquakes.
© UNICEF/Khayyam

News in Brief 20 October 2023

News in Brief
  • Gaza: UN chief at Rafah says aid convoy is 'difference between life and death'
  • Afghanistan earthquakes: ‘staggering’ health consequences as winter approaches: WHO
  • Ukraine: rights probe finds continuing evidence of war crimes 
  • Republic of the Congo joins international efforts to end statelessness: UNHCR
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Families flee their shattered neighbourhood, Tal al-Hawa, to seek refuge in the southern Gaza strip.
© UNICEF/Eyad El Baba

News in Brief 19 October 2023

News in Brief
  • Gaza aid ready for delivery as humanitarians await final green light 

  • AI use for health must be regulated to fight misinformation and bias: WHO

  • Sand and dust storm hazards boosted by global warming: WMO

  • Climate change ‘a matter of life and death’ for people with albinism: top rights expert

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Families who have fled their homes have built temporary shelters in the southern part of Gaza.
© UNRWA

News in Brief 18 October 2023

News in Brief
  • Israel-Gaza: UN chief urges ceasefire with region ‘on the precipice’
  • Afghanistan: earthquake survivors face hunger with funding stretched to the maximum: WFP
  • Sudan: thousands of young children may die deprived of food and healthcare: UNICEF, WHO
  • Guinea: deadly diphtheria outbreak: WHO 
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