In focus

Afghanistan

More than five million Afghans are displaced internally, including these families in Herat.

UN responds to crisis in Afghanistan.

Yemen

Devastation caused by protracted conflict in Yemen.

UN provides humanitarian aid in the country.

Rohingya Refugee Crisis

A child rummages through debris after a massive fire devastated the Balukhali area of the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar.

UN responds to Rohingya refugee crisis in Bangladesh

Mali

Voting cards are readied for distribution in the July 2018 presidential election in Mali.

UN seeks to maintain peace and security in Mali.

Syria

Internally displaced mothers with their children queuing in front of a mobile clinic in Hasakah city in northeast Syria.

UN responds to crisis in Syria.

Additional Focus

President Moon Jae-in (right) of the Republic of Korea greets Chairman of the State Affairs Commission Kim Jong-Un of the DPRK in Panmunjeom, during the April 2018 inter-Korean summit.
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Tor Wennesland, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, briefs UN Security Council members on the situation in the Middle East.
Middle East
A UNAMID peacekeeper from Tanzania interacts with children in Karbab village, South Darfur, during a routine patrol.
Sudan & South Sudan
Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed (left) and UN Special Envoy for Haiti Josette Sheeran (rear left) with Haitian families affected by cholera.
Haiti
A family displaced by fighting in the village of Shora, 25 kilometres south of Mosul, Iraq, walk towards an army checkpoint on the outskirts of Qayyarah. Photo: UNHCR/Ivor Prickett
Refugees and Migrants
The UN Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Ursula Mueller, visits Zamai sites for internally displaced persons (IDPs) and Minawao refugee camp in the Far North region of Cameroon.
Central African Republic