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For the first time, eight of the leading U.S.-based international relief organizations have joined forces to urge the American public to donate to the new Hunger Relief Fund in response to looming famines and persistent hunger threatening millions of people in South Sudan, Nigeria, Yemen, Somalia and neighboring countries. More than 20 million people face starvation in the coming months and, without immediate help, 1.4 million severely malnourished children could die.

Walt Disney was already a well-known creative genius — the creator of Mickey Mouse and the 1938 feature-length cartoon Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs — when he had an idea to create Disneyland, his famed Anaheim, California, amusement park.

Malian refugee artisans learn to design and make quality products at a workshop in Ougadougou, Burkina Faso.

A refugee camp in Iraq.

Basem (second right) watches as his children Omar and Shayma learn how to dive into the pool.

As more and more families migrate from rural areas to Pacific capital cities, water, sanitation and health challenges in rapidly growing informal settlements in key Pacific capital cities are in urgent need of response, according to a new World Bank report.

Anh Le, a former Vietnamese boat person, now a successful chef in Denmark, has spoken of her experiences for the first time – prompted by powerful images from Mediterranean sea crossings.