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The World Food Programme is distributing food to vulnerable familes during the harsh winter in Kabul, Afghanistan.

At least 1,100 civilians have been killed in a month of fighting in Ukraine, a senior UN humanitarian official told the Security Council on Tuesday, stressing that the conflict “shows no signs of abating.”

The Naubat Baja project, conceived by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), is a joint initiative of the Directorate of Women Empowerment, Government of Rajasthan, the Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) Foundation and UNFPA.

It’s time for a diplomatic solution to be found to end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, amidst signs of hope that progress can be made to end an “unwinnable” and “indefensible” war, said the UN chief on Tuesday.

Ukrainian refugees, some with children, arrive at the Palanca border crossing in Moldova.

Thousands of Ukrainians seek safety in neighbouring Poland.

Three sisters walk to their school close to a fighting zone in Taizz, Yemen, February 2021.

On 5 March 2022, a girl looks out from a window as she waits inside an evacuation train to Przemysl in Poland, at Lviv train station, western Ukraine.

As climate extremes become more frequent and intense, women and girls - who are at a higher risk than men and boys of experiencing the devastating effects of the climate crisis - including food insecurity, need to be front and centre when planning and implementing climate change adaptation solutions, said three United Nations' food agencies at their joint International Women's Day.

On 5 March 2022 in western Ukraine, children and families make their way to the border to cross into Poland.