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Calin Georgescu, UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and toxic waste.

A boy and girl have been killed in Afghanistan due to the nature of their friendship.

Women’s rights activists in Malawi say despite laws that protect them on paper, there are still societal barriers that treat women as second class citizens.

An activist waves a rainbow flag, an international symbol for the rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people.

Displaced girls at Jalala camp collect food from a central distribution centre.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (right) with the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States Nabil El Araby and UN-Arab League Deputy Joint Special Envoy for Syria Nasser Al Kidwa.

Pakistani acid attack victim Fakhra Younus who had to endure over three dozen surgeries over a period of more than a decade to repair her severely damaged face and body, has committed suicide.

Spanish workers took to the streets Thursday to protest sweeping labor reforms, public spending cuts and widespread unemployment.

A young Syrian refugee with his brother in Jordan. The boys fled Syria with their parents.

A court in the far western Chinese province of Xinjiang has sentenced to death an Uighur man for masterminding a knife-and-hatchet attack on a busy street last month that led to the deaths of 15 people.