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A boy stands outside a building damaged during fighting in Aleppo City, Syria.

A health worker, measures the mid-upper-arm of a young boy to assess his nutrition status prior to his admission to the UNICEF-supported Al-Shabbah Children’s Hospital in Juba, South Sudan.

Syrian children play in the streets of Aleppo, home to well over a million internally displaced people, in November 2014.

Five-year-old Nikita, whose father was killed during shelling while returning home from work, stands at his window in a district in the city of Pervomaysk in Donetsk Oblast (December 2014).

Seven months pregnant and weary after the long journey from Iraq, Najibah crossed from Serbia into Hungary with her husband Ali on 7 September 2015. Along the way, the baby went into distress.

Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Nickolay Mladenov.

The Syrian archaeological site of Palmyra.

European Parliament President Martin Schulz opens September plenary session in Strasbourg

Ali, 23 and Mohamed*, 23, from Palmira, check their phone; their only connection to their families back home. (Names changed for protection purposes)

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) signed memorandum of understanding with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to support the internally displaced persons in Yemen. The $31-million MoU was signed on Sunday, at the Center's headquarters in Riyadh, between Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah – adviser at the Royal Court and general supervisor of the King Salman Center for Relief and Humanitarian Work, and Dr. Nabil Othman – UNHCR Acting Regional Representative for the GCC.