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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.
UNAMA/Najeeb Farzad

2019: The UN News year in photos

31 December 2019
Peace and Security

From sustainable development to economic development, and human rights to humanitarian aid, UN News provides daily coverage across all of the Organization's  key issues – health, migration, climate change and so much more.

The wreckage of a boat that sank in the Mediterranean in April 2015 with the loss of at least 800 refugees is displayed at the Venice Biennale. The boat was lifted from the seabed by the Italian government and brought to Venice by Swiss-Icelandic artist Christoph Buchel.
UNHCR/Andrew McConnell

News in Brief 20 May 2019

20 May 2019
News in Brief
  • Italy proposal to fine migrant rescue boats condemned by human rights experts
  • Ebola threat still ‘very high’ in DRC, warns WHO chief
  • On World Bee day, human activity blamed for falling pollinator populations
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Ambassador Darja Bavdaz Kuret of Solvenia.
Elizabeth Scaffidi

Diplomats help build buzz over World Bee Day

18 October 2017
Interviews

There’s never been a time when the pollinating power of the lowly honey bee has been more important to the planet than now.

That’s the view of some diplomats at UN Headquarters in New York who are making the case for giving bees their own official international day.

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