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Dennis Francis, President of the General Assembly opens the general debate.

UN once again centre stage for world diplomacy

Leaders from around the world returned to the New York Headquarters of the United Nations for the first fully in-person high-level week at the 78th session of the General Assembly since the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ukraine: Snapshots of a war

The Transfiguration Cathedral in Odesa, which is a World Heritage Historic Centre has been damaged by shelling.

UN ‘blue helmets’: 75 years of service and sacrifice

UN peacekeepers stand guard in Ménaka in southeastern Mali.

COVID-19: The virus that shut down the world

Patients are treated for COVID-19 at a hospital in Kramatorsk, Ukraine. (file)

2022 in Photos: Struggle, recovery and hope

Displaced children living in a camp in Djugu, which was visited by Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, during his visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Photo Story: Asian countries collaborate to fight illegal wildlife trade

Indian elephants crossing, Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India.

Bengal tiger on the move, Tadoba National Park, India.

The construction of livestock corrals helps protect livestock and mitigates HWC.

Primary forest, Danum valley, Borneo, Malaysia.

Illegal wildlife operation by the Directorate of Forest Protections staff, Directorate General of Law Enforcement on Environment and Forestry, the Ministry of Environment and Forestry.

Baby and mother orangutan, Taman National Park, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia.

Illegal Wildlife Trade, Wildlife crime investigation training workshop.

Forest ranger Patrol in Gunung Leuser National Park, Indonesia.

Photo Story: The Ukrainian Doctors Who Never Gave Up

Doctor Maksym.

The battered Ukrainian port city of Mariupol has become a leitmotif of the war: the city hospital was constantly under fire.

Each mobile clinic is comprised of one doctor, one nurse and a psychologist. Mobile clinic primary health services include consultations, screening and referral for diseases (including COVID-19), and other services.

Most of the patients are women, children, and elderly people often suffering from chronic illnesses. The initiative is a lifeline for those displaced.

The psychologists working with IOM’s implementing partner conduct individual and group counselling, alongside mental health awareness sessions.

One day Olena found space on an evacuation train, but even then, she and her children nearly lost their lives when an attack targeted a railway station as they passed through.

Olena now works alongside Maksym in an IOM mobile clinic in the town of Belz bordering Poland in western Ukraine.

Medical professionals like Maksym and Olena have risked their lives to help individuals whose health has been threatened by the war.

Photo Story: A sweet solution to a mammoth problem

Running elephant.

Three suited people from the Elephants Alive team inspect a hive in tree.

Lerato Selepe, a member of the Black Mambas that is also actively involved in the bee project.

Worker bees and the queen bees are all hard-working females.

Pachyderm protection: Elephant mothers around baby.

Jess and Nocry inspect the hive frame: Hive health and maintenance.

Jess and Nocry exhibit the best of teamwork – as do the bees they monitor.

Black Mambas.

Photo Story: Home and belonging

Afghan refugee Wahidullah Faizi, a participant in the UNHCR India' 'Home and Belonging' mentoring programme.

A photo by Afghan refugee Abdul Bari Delawery, who took part in UNHCR India ‘Home and Belonging’ mentoring programme..

A photo by Afghan refugee Roya Safura, who took part in the UNHCR India’ ‘Home and Belonging’ mentoring programme...

A photo by Afghan refugee Sediqa Rezaie, who took part in the UNHCR India’ ‘Home and Belonging’ mentoring programme.

A photo by Afghan refugee Mursal Mohammadi, who took part in the UNHCR India’ ‘Home and Belonging’ mentoring programme..

A photo by Afghan refugee Wahidullah Faizi, who took part in the UNHCR India’ ‘Home and Belonging’ mentoring programme..

A photo by Burmese refugee Kap Sian Sang, who took part in the UNHCR India’ ‘Home and Belonging’ mentoring programme...

A photo by Burmese refugee Zonunmawia Ralte, who took part in the UNHCR India’ ‘Home and Belonging’ mentoring programme..

A photo by Afghan refugee Ajaz Musaferzada, who took part in the UNHCR India’ ‘Home and Belonging’ mentoring programme.. .

Photo Story: In rice we trust

Rice cultivation in Savannakhet Province, Lao People’s Democratic Republic.

A village in Savannakhet province, Lao People’s Democratic Republic.

Local rice farmer working in one of the project sites.

Savannakhet Province, Lao People’s Democratic Republic.

Often, vulnerable communities are situated in areas of poor or marginal soils, which increases the pressure for expansion of agricultural lands.

The Asian Elephant, Douc Langur and Eld's Deer are among the 18+ species that are either endangered or threatened in the project area.

These farmers produced between 3.8 and 4.3 tonnes per hectare, which represents an increase of over 25 per cent above their pre-intervention yields.

The project has been working to motivate and engage local communities in the decision-making process, and to appreciate local and traditional knowledge within the project target area.

Photo Story: the undeniable link between health and climate change

A mother and child after a vaccination session at the Mahosot hospital in Cambodia.

Amarapura, Myanmar, is a former capital and now a township of Mandalay city.

A health worker at a laboratory in National Center for Laboratory and Epidemiology, Lao People's Democratic Republic.

Leaflet distribution, climate change resilient health care facility, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Pok Thiem is a village malaria worker and school teacher from Luon Thmey, an indigenous Kreung village in Stung Treng, Cambodia.

An elderly man in Langtang, Nepal, where temperatures have been increasing in recent decades.

Climate change threatens lives, livelihoods and the very existence of some Pacific island countries like Tuvalu.

Mother and child at a maternity ward in a local hospital in Vanuatu.

Photo Story: Farmers sow seeds for greater resilience

Farmers in the north of Haiti work on measures which will prevent the erosion of their farmland.

Emile Elinos and other members of his community received payments for rehabilitating land.

Deforestation has led to the erosion of farm land in northern Haiti.

Farmers like Germathes Charles in the north of Haiti are able to work land again following its rehabilitation.

The primary school in Cabaret in northern Haiti was closed after flooding.

Rose Marie Fleurinord's house and small trading business were heavily impacted by floods which struck the town of Cabaret.

Rose Senoviala Desir is an agronomist working for WFP in Haiti.

A new road, built by the community with the support of WFP is linking remote villages.

Jean Ronel Saint-Preux (left) and his family in the village of Troissel.

Photo Story: Ukraine, a ‘horror unfolding before our eyes’

On 24 February 2022, people take shelter in a subway station during ongoing military operations in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Newborns are cared for in the Child Intensive Care Unit, at Kyiv Regional Perinatal Centre in Ukraine.

On 25 February 2022, spent pieces of a rocket lie next to a playground, with military operations ongoing in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Ukrainian families arrive at a transit center for housing and processing refugees in Hala Kijowska, around 100 km from Rzeszow, Poland, 6km from the border with Ukraine.

Damage caused after shelling in Mariupol, in southeastern Ukraine.

A father says goodbye to his son and his family after taking them to safety and then returning to Ukraine.

A woman works to clear debris in her Kyiv apartment after the building was heavily damaged during Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine.

Photo story: Engineering with nature in Malaysia

Storm approaching Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Landslide area at KM46, Simpang Pulai Highway, leading to sedimentation in Sg Penoh and Sultan Azlan Shah Dam.

River bed cleaning.

Recent floods in Kuala Lumpur, State of Selangor, and East-Coast States in December 2021 – March 2022 are a testament to the increased frequency and intensity of extreme weather events.

Landslide area with local community replanting at one of the bio-engineering sites.

Orang Asli community members planting species selected to mitigate slope erosion.

The nursery served as source and storage for plant saplings before planting at bio-engineering site.

Group photo of river walk activity to assess bio-engineering activities, October 2021.