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August 17, 2007. Resma, 9, illuminates the platform below her neighbour's tin roof where she and her family took refuge during the storm, in the village of Amua in Barisal District. The area was one of the hardest hit by Cyclone Sidr.

A nine-year-old child and his younger, eight-year-old, brother sit in their room, drawing and colouring. They are living live with foster parents in Lipova commune, Bacau county, Romania.

An aerial view of Kabul, Afghanistan.

A textile factory in Lesotho.

Stanislava is a 15-year-old girl. After her birth she was placed in several old type state institutions for children. Now she lives in a family type placement center (small group home) for children with disabilities and attends mainstream school.

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is concerned about about the humanitarian conditions inside western Mosul’s old city, where as many as 180,000 people are reportedly hungry and living in miserable conditions.

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is deploying cutting-edge blockchain technology to make cash-based transfers faster, cheaper and more secure.

The UN held a wreath-laying ceremony honouring fallen peacekeepers in observance of the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers (29 May). A peacekeeper taking part in the ceremony.

The European Parliament, the Council and the Commission reached on May 29 night a political agreement on the WiFi4EU initiative and its funding which supports installing free public Wi-Fi hotspots in local communities across the EU: in public squares, piazzas, parks, hospitals and other public spaces.

President Donald Trump says he is deeply troubled by leaks to U.S. media about the Manchester bombing investigation in Britain and promises an investigation.