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In southern Chile a confrontation between Mapuche indigenous protesters and residents turned violent Sunday.

Several government buildings in the Araucanía region were damaged as the violence erupted.

“Exceptional and prolonged” temperatures in Siberia, have left parts of the Arctic warmer than sub-tropical Florida, and fuelled “devastating” wildfires for a second consecutive year, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Friday, while warning also of rapidly decreasing sea ice along the Russian polar coast.

On 5th November 2019, displaced pupils wash their hands before eating at the UNICEF-supported Qansahley Primary School in Dollow, Somalia.

Teenage girls play chess at school in Sana'a, Yemen.

Anna-Luisa Beserra from Brazil is a previous winner of the Young Champions of the Earth prize. She created Aqualuz, a low-cost filter that uses solar radiation to disinfect rainwater captured in cisterns (file photo).

A girl walks through the mud carrying her younger brother at the Khair Al-Sham IDP camp in Idleb Governorate, Syria.

Latin America and the Caribbean is expected to register an alarming 269 percent rise in the number of people facing severe food insecurity when compared to 2019 – the highest relative increase globally. Nearly 16 million people1 which includes 1.9 million Venezuelan migrants will this year face a critical situation that warrants urgent attention.

“Addressing multiple vulnerabilities driven by conflict, climate change and the current COVID-19 health crisis requires joined efforts,” said Mr Achim Burkart, Germany’s Ambassador to Zambia. “We hope that this funding can support WFP, the Government and its partners in building more resilient communities.”

UN teams from the UNMHA mission in the crucial Yemeni port city of Hudaydah, close to where the stricken oil tanker FSO Safer, lies offshore, threatening an environmental disaster.

Development workers hand over relief aid to a woman amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Dhaka, Bangladesh.