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In Kabul, Afghanistan, school children hold hands and take advantage of the last few moments of sunlight to finish their game.

2019: The UN News year in photos

31 December 2019
Peace and Security
News Story
A 10-year-old girl stands by metal debris which was once part of a girls' school that was destroyed during a bomb blast in 2015, in Bodyalai village, Afghanistan.

Deadly decade: UNICEF reports three-fold rise in verified attacks on children since 2010

30 December 2019
Peace and Security
News Story
Children shelter from the cold with their families at an informal settlement in Killi, Syria, near the border with Turkey.

News in Brief 24 December 2019

24 December 2019
News in Brief
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Children rest beneath a tree in the Syrian Arab Republic. Their families have set up makeshift camps in Aqrabat village, 45km north of Idlib City, near the Turkish border.

Amidst uptick in violence and displacement, UN chief calls for ‘immediate cessation of hostilities’ in Syria

24 December 2019
Peace and Security
News Story
UNICEF health worker uses a pen to mark the thumb of Ajeda Mallam, 6 months, who has just been vaccinated against polio at a camp for internally displaced persons outside Maiduguri northeast Nigeria.

News in Brief 23 December 2019

23 December 2019
News in Brief
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From left: Malala Yousafzai attends an education event at UN Headquarters; People walk along Port-au-Prince streets following the 2010 earthquake in Haiti; UN peacekeeper on patrol in Kidal, Mali; Smoke drifts into the sky from buildings and houses hit by shelling in Homs, Syria.

The 2010 – 2020 UN News Decade in Review, part one

23 December 2019
UN Affairs
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On 11 October 2019 in the Syrian Arab Republic, a girl stares out from behind a metal grilled window where families displaced from Ras al-Ain have arrived in Tal Tamer, having fled escalating violence.

Syria: Lack of consensus following face-to-face talks, underscores need for broader process

20 December 2019
Peace and Security
News Story
A 75-year-old Syrian woman living alone in a refugee camp where her husband passed away. Some of her children remain in Syria, while others are resettled in Europe.

Life for civilians in Syria ‘worse than when the year began’

19 December 2019
Humanitarian Aid
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A Syrian child peeks out of a temporary shelter in an informal settlement in Killi, near the border with Turkey. (2019)

Tuesday’s Daily Brief: Refugees, indigenous languages, Niger, Syria and Kyrgyzstan

17 December 2019
Migrants and Refugees
News Story
A young boy rides his bicycle inside the Kara Tepe accommodation site, on the Greek island of Lesvos.

Bold, innovative measures for refugees and their hosts sought, at first ever Global Forum

16 December 2019
Migrants and Refugees
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