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Pastoralist woman forced off her community's land from increasing competition over grazing areas and cattle, in Lowarengak, Turkana County.

Albinism is a common genetic disorder in Equateur. Monieka, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Laila, and her son, during trial break awaiting her sentence for irregular border crossing at the Szeged District Court, Hungary. Her son was not prosecuted. October 14, 2015.

Last Saturday, Ugandan police attempted – yet again – to stop opposition activists and candidates from speaking to potential voters. Television cameras filmed as police arrested a female activist in Rukungiri, western Uganda, stripping her naked, before tossing her into a police truck.

Men dig through rubble in a residential compound housing employees of the Mokha Steam Power Plant and their families following an airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition that killed at least 57 civilians in Mokha, Yemen on July 24, 2015.

United Arab Emirates authorities should immediately investigate credible allegations that state security officers have tortured detainees and prosecute anyone responsible, Human Rights Watch said on October 13. The detainees include Canadian, Libyan, and United States citizens.

Delegates in the Security Council Chamber before the start of an all-day open debate on women, peace and security to review implementation of resolution 1325, the first resolution of the Council to address the disproportionate and unique impact of armed conflict on women.

A man suffers effects of tear gas used by police to disperse a crowd of hundreds of migrants and asylum seekers awaiting police registration in a tense, chaotic atmosphere at Moria registration center on the Greek island of Lesbos. October 4, 2015.

Ivorians will vote on October 25 in the first presidential election since November 2010, when the refusal of then-president Laurent Gbagbo to cede power to current president Alassane Ouattara triggered a five-month conflict in which both sides committed widespread atrocities against civilians. The vote will be a major test of the capacity of Côte d’Ivoire, which has a long history of election-related violence, to hold peaceful and democratic elections.

An all-female Formed Police Unit from Bangladesh, serving with the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti, arrives in Port-au-Prince to assist with post-earthquake reconstruction.