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At the UN’s headquarters, Secretary-General António Guterres (left at podium) briefs reporters on the Black Sea Grain Initiative, Ethiopia, and the next UN Climate Conference (COP27)
Mykolaiv, in southern Ukraine, which serves as a base for Ukrainian forces fighting to retake Kherson and defend the seaport of Odesa from the Russians, has been particularly difficult for those living there as a result of Russia’s invasion of their country.
Two women who had fled Ukraine in the wake of Russia’s invasion took refuge in the Nu Boyana Film Studios in Sofia, Bulgaria
Nearly eight million Somalis, or half the population, have been affected by the record-breaking drought, and the Somali authorities are scrambling to avert famine. As thousands of people flee starvation in the countryside to displaced camps in the city, Baidoa, the largest city in Somalia’s South West state, is bearing the brunt.
The Human Rights Council’s president, Federico Villegas, briefs United Nations General Assembly on its activities
Volunteer group called Fighting Bees instructs Ukrainian territorial defence troops and volunteer military formations in first aid and combat tactics
Chinese authorities have relaxed severe COVID-19 lockdowns in parts of the far-western Tibet region, allowing Tibetans residing temporarily in the regional capital Lhasa for work or other reasons to return to their hometowns beginning Monday
United Nations Security Council meeting is briefed on risks to global peace and security by Salvatore Sciacchitano,president of the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
For nearly three decades, Robert Barron, a former disguise CIA expert, has been making prosthetics for those suffering from disease or disability
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, has called for a significant increase in international aid for communities in Kenya and Somalia that have been severely affected by the drought