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The UN Security Council meeting with internally displaced persons in northern Cameroon on 3 March 2017.

On 14 August 2016 in the Protection of Civilians (POC) site near Bentiu, in Unity State, South Sudan, children play at dusk.

African bush elephants in the Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Despite increased poaching in many parts of Africa, the elephant population in Mara is presently growing.

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a contribution of US$700,000 from the Government of Japan that will provide vital food assistance to tens of thousands of Libyans affected by ongoing conflict since 2011.

A family in Garissa County, Kenya, treks to the closest water point to fetch water. 2.7 million Kenyans are in need of water and sanitation as a result of the ongoing drought.

Day two at the Global Festival of Ideas for Sustainable Development at the World Conference Center (WCC) in Bonn, Germany. 2 March 2017.

Young boys head home after fishing for a day in the swamps of Nyal, South Sudan.

Congo Brazzaville: The second edition of the African Day of School Meals was officially launched and celebrated on Wednesday 1 March 2017, under the patronage of the Congolese government, to the theme: “Home Grown School Feeding: Investment in Youth and Children for Harnessing the Demographic Dividend”.

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Niger has expressed its gratitude to the people of Europe for contributions of more than €11.5 million in 2016, made by the European Commission’s Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection Unit (ECHO). These funds enabled WFP to provide food assistance to the most vulnerable families in the country.

Measuring the amount of activity in each municipality viaTwitter data to understand better daily routines of population (e.g sleeping patterns) and determine shocks such as sudden natural disasters or overall unemployment.