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‘Paralyzing’ funding gap forces shutdown of 80 per cent of frontline health services in war-torn Iraq – UN

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Polio vaccination campaign in Iraq – August 2014.

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Talented Somali refugee dreams of new life in America to honour father who died for his art

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Abdirahim with his stepfather Muhamed after receiving his Certificate of Achievement for the 'My Somalia' art competition.

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Three months on from first Nepal quake, children still at risk

UNICEF provides $15 million in cash transfers to most vulnerable families

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Thirteen-year-old Anjali listens to her grandfather Dil Bahadur Darain speak about his son, daughter-in-law and grandson, who died during the April 25 earthquake in Nepal.

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Decisive action by Israel and Palestinians can dispel view that peace process ‘on life support’ – UN envoy

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UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Process Nickolay Mladenov briefs the Security Council.

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Families flee militant-held Fallujah after months of violence.

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Rasmiyya, 65, wipes a tear from her eye as she recalls the story of losing her leg, as she sits in her tent in a camp for internally displaced Iraqis in Dhuha al-Rawii in Baghdad's western Mansour district.

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Libya: UN mission calls for immediate ceasefire as fresh violence erupts across country's southern region

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A girl looks out of her house window in Benghazi, Libya.

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UNHCR Malawi helps flood victims to rebuild shattered lives.

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Displaced flood victims in Malawi receive UNHCR relief items.

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Top UN relief official in Central African Republic urgently appeals for halt in attacks on aid workers

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Aid distribution point in Bangui, Central African Republic (CAR).

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Syrian refugee in Lebanon decides to head to Turkey to risk flight to Europe.

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Hanan, in Lebanon before her flight, reflects on what the future may hold

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Nigerian refugees move from volatile border zone in Cameroon

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Newly-arrived Nigerian refugees register with UNHCR officials at Minawao Camp, northern Cameroon.