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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.

The consequences of malnutrition – including lost labourers, healthcare expenses and lower productivity – cost Pakistan US$7.6 billion, or 3 percent of GDP, every year, according to a new report launched by the Pakistan Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Secretariat at the Ministry of Planning Development & Reform, in collaboration with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP).

Migrants detained behind bars at a detention centre in Libya. When the photo was taken on 31 January 2017, the population consisted of 27 women (4 of whom were pregnant), one 11-month old child, a 4-year-old, and 1,352 males - of which 250 were under 16.

Two children carry water in Leer, Unity State in South Sudan, parts of which have been declared as famine-affected.

Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed addresses the Operational Activities for Development Segment of ECOSOC.