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FYR Macedonian woman dubbed 'Refugees' Angel' by those on the 'Balkan route'

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Helping is never complete without a smile. Lenche Zdravkin with refugees at Gevgelija railway station.

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The Syrian refugee mother transforming women's lives in Turkey

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Meeting in the courtyard of a reconstructed townhouse in Kilis which serves as a women's community centre.

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More than 70,000 children born during the Ebola outbreak in Liberia at risk of exclusion if not registered, warns UNICEF

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Three month old Success Sumois, strapped to her mother’s back, waits to be registered through the mobile birth registration team at the Totota Clinic in Liberia.

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Italian authorities confirm the deaths of 14 people on board a boat carrying hundreds of refugees

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Some 456 people, including several dozen children, were rescued by an Irish naval patrol responding to a distress call on the afternoon of Tuesday, July 28 but 14 others died.

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UN projects world population to reach 8.5 billion by 2030, driven by growth in developing countries

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The world’s population grew to seven billion in 2011.

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At Security Council, Ban and UN special envoy outline ‘way forward’ on political solution for war-torn Syria

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses the Security Council meeting on the situation in Syria.

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Durable ceasefire needed as ‘humanitarian catastrophe’ leaves millions suffering in Yemen – UN relief chief

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Boys hold shrapnel from exploded artillery shells while standing on a street damaged by blasts in Sana’a, the capital of Yemen.

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Violent attacks reported against civilians fleeing ISIL-controlled areas of Iraq – UN human rights office

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Children in the Khanke Camp near Dohuk city, Iraq, which mainly houses Yazidis fleeing from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

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Jordan's Za'atari refugee camp turns three, challenges for the future of thousands living there

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View over Za'atari Refugee Camp in Jordan housing over 80,000 Syrian Refugees. This Wednesday marks three years since it was set up.

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Top UN relief official in Yemen warns of conflict’s ‘catastrophic’ consequences; urges humanitarian access

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Abdallah and his six-year-old son stand in what used to be the entrance of their home, in Sana’a’s Bayt Mayad neighbourhood.