World | WPN World People News

Shoppers throng the commercial hub of Za'atari refugee camp in Jordan. Here people can buy mobile phones, groceries, even wedding dresses.

Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura speaks to the press on the Intra-Syrian discussions which will take place in Geneva on 29 January 2016.

Congolese refugees line up to board a UNHCR truck heading from Ezo, in South Sudan's Western Equatoria State, to a new settlement at Makpandu.

The start of EU accession negotiations with Serbia and the progress made in normalising relations between Serbia and Kosovo was welcomed by Foreign Affairs Committee MEPs in two resolutions passed on Thursday. They also stressed that these relations would be helped if all EU member states were to recognise Kosovo.

On 24 January 2016, officials from the UN-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) visited Anka and Umm Rai, North Darfur, and interacted with the displaced population who spoke about their concerns regarding the lack of food, shelter, water resources and medical facilities.

Humanitarian supplies are loaded at a UNICEF warehouse in Saburra, near Damascus, Syria.

Jafar poses with his wife Zeinabou, their baby daughter Fadimata and they nephew Sidi in their shelter in Mentao refugee camp, Burkina Faso, days before returning to Mali.

Refugees and migrants arriving in Lesvos, Greece.

A Palestine Red Crescent Society responder tends to the wounded during a Bethlehem skirmish. Clashes with the Israeli army in the West Bank have left many injured by rubber bullets and tear gas.

A young girl and teacher in their kindergarten class in Homs, Syria.