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UN and partners seek almost $US500 million to avert humanitarian disaster in Iraq

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These two Yazidi ladies were forced to flee their home in northern Iraq to escape from militant forces. They are among the many needing help.

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Security Council condemns South Sudan violence, expresses concern over expulsion of UN relief coordinator

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Peacekeepers of the UN Mission in Sudan (UNMISS) man a guard post overlooking a POC (Protection of Civilians) site in Juba.

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Iraq on the brink of humanitarian disaster due to surging conflict and massive funding shortfall warns UN

10 million people expected to be in need by the end of 2015

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Displaced women and children queue for food distributions in the Al Takiya Al Kasnazaniya Collective Centre encampment in Baghdad Governorate Iraq.

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‘We can no longer stand by and watch,’ UN official says, urging global action against spread of extremism

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A woman and her children in a camp for internally displaced persons, in Yola, the capital of Adamawa, Nigeria, after members of the Boko Haram rebel group attacked their home.

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South Sudan fighting triggers new mass displacement, warns UN refugee agency

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South Sudanese refugees wait to be registered at a crossing into Ethiopia earlier in 2015.

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Burundi: UN urges return to political dialogue amid ongoing tensions, humanitarian crisis

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Special Envoy for the Great Lakes, Said Djinnit speaks to the press in Bujumbura, Burundi on 29 May 2015.

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UN relief wing boosts emergency support to refugees fleeing Burundi crisis

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Burundians fleeing pre-election violence rest on the shores of Lake Tanganyika in the Democratic Republic of Congo after a gruelling 22-hour boat journey. More than 100,000 Burundians have fled over the past month, arriving in Tanzania, Rwanda and the DRC.

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In Iraq, UN reports insecurity and violence taking ‘terrible toll’ on civilians from all communities

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The Abu Ghraib Camp where people who have been displaced from Ramadi province in Anbar Governorate have been relocated.

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Kachins chat about the challenges of displacement over the air waves

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Internally displaced Kachin teenagers at a camp in Myitkyina, Myanmar.

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Renewed fighting in northern Mali forces 57,000 to flee their homes

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A Malian woman with her children outside their makeshift shelter on the grounds of a former hotel in Mopti. Fighting forced them to flee their home in northern Mali.