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The United Nations Network on Migration commemorates this first anniversary of the adoption in Marrakech, Morocco, of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (Global Compact) and celebrates the world’s 272 million migrants and their important role and the contributions to countries of origin and destination.

Two Afghan refugee sisters living in Iran line up to start the school year.

Venezuelans Ricardo and Maria hold their one-month-old son at a shelter in Manaus, Brazil.

The FBI has officially identified the shooter at the U.S. naval base in Pensacola, Florida who shot and killed three people Friday.

The Regional Processing Centre on Manus Island, Papua New Guinea, November 2014.

France's most serious nationwide work stoppage in decades frustrated weekend travelers Saturday as truckers blocked thoroughfares and vital transportation services continued to operate far below normal capacity.

UNHCR staff talk to students on the first day of term at Tal Estabel school in Aleppo, Syria, September 2019.

A woman in northern India who was on her way to a court hearing of a rape case she had filed months ago was set on fire Thursday morning by five men.

Sunset over Doro refugee camp in Maban County, South Sudan, June 2013.

UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi (right) greets refugees on their return to Bangui, the Central African Republic.