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The 7th Global Forum of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) kicks off at the Baku Convention Centre in Azerbaijan on 26 April 2016.

UN peacekeepers in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

Security Council unanimously adopts resolution imposing additional sanctions on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK).

Tens of thousands of desperate people are attempting to cross the Mediterranean and reach Europe in dangerous boats like these in Libya.

Heroin seizures in Iran.

(From left): Syed Kamall, Taslima Nasreen, debate moderator Catherine Vuylsteke and Rudi Vranckx

A UN Refugee Agency team has interviewed survivors of an overcrowded boat that sank in the Mediterranean in what could be one of the worst tragedies involving refugees and migrants in the last 12 months.

A provisional agreement to open up the EU market for domestic passenger rail transport and to ensure equal conditions for railway companies was reached by European Parliament and Council negotiators on Tuesday evening. It aims to boost the quality of services offered to passengers and to improve the performance of the rail sector.

A young boy in his classroom in northern Bulgaria.

The Great Hall of Justice of the Peace Palace, The Hague, seat of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), during solemn sitting to mark the Court’s 70th anniversary.