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A mother takes care of her baby inside a gymnasium that has been turned into a refugee settlement in Pintolandia, Brazil.

On October 22, 2019, at the National Hospital of Jalapa, Guatemala, Randy Hernández Estrada (6 months old) is being treated for pneumonia.

India said Tuesday that three of its soldiers were killed by Chinese troops along the disputed border of the two nuclear-armed nations, the first military casualties between the two countries in 45 years.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called for Indian authorities to immediately dismiss all politically motivated charges against those peacefully protesting discriminatory citizenship policies and release them immediately, according to a Monday news release.

Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, Adama Dieng, and Special Adviser and Head of the United Nations Investigative Team to promote accountability for crimes committed by Da’esh/ISIL in Iraq, Karim Khan speak to Baba Sheikh, Yazidi Supreme Spiritual Leader.

Managing the digital divide better, has become “a matter of life and death” for people unable to access essential healthcare information during the COVID-19 pandemic, the UN chief has told a virtual high-level meeting on rapid technological change.

Millions more children risk being pushed into child labour as a result of the COVID-19 crisis, which could lead to the first rise in child labour after 20 years of progress, according to a new brief from the International Labour Organization (ILO) and UNICEF.

A camel stand in a windmill park on the outskirt of Nouakchott, Mauritania.

A new guidance released on June 10, 2020 by UNICEF and Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) will help clothing and footwear companies better address children’s rights in their global supply chains.

A man in Kenya shops for produce as the coronavirus pandemic brings into focus the interdependence between humanity and biodiversity.