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Webster, a hip-hop artist from Canada, speaks at an exhibition on runaway slaves at the Musée national des beaux-arts in Quebec.

Young children in conflict-affected Bol, Chad study science at school.

The war in Ukraine, has resulted in high food and energy prices, global hunger, and inflation - just one example of the way that crises, affecting millions around the world, including children, affect each other.

On 24 March 2021 in Manantantely, Madagascar, 17-year-old Mija Anjarasoa stares out of a window. She is part of the “catch-up class” programme at the Soanierana General Education College and aspires to become a midwife.

The ongoing war in Ukraine has disrupted education for more than five million children, UNICEF warned on January 24, calling for increased international support to ensure children do not fall further behind. The impact of 11 months of conflict only compounds the two years of lost learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and more than 8 years of war for children in eastern Ukraine.

Children from the poorest households benefit the least from national public education funding, UNICEF said in a new report released, on January 17, while calling for additional – and more equitable – investment to lift millions of children out of a learning crisis.

Now entering its third year, the COVID-19 pandemic has continued to hold back some 405 million school children worlwide from a full return to the classroom, according to a new report released on Wednesday by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF).

Promoting Colombia’s equitable, sustainable economic recovery and supporting government efforts to improve learning in the education sector are the main objectives of two loans approved today by the World Bank's Board of Directors.

Students and participants of the Miyotl Learn an Indigenous Language project interact with the Miyotl application at the Universidad Autónoma Chapingo headquarters on February 9, 2021.

More than 635 million students remain affected by full or partial school closures. On the International Day of Education and as the COVID-19 pandemic nears its two-year mark, UNICEF shares the latest available data on the impact of the pandemic on children’s learning.