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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.

A Ukranian refugee family with eleven children enter Romania at the Isaccea border crossing.

After three days of intense clashes across areas in parts of Ukraine, the number of civilian casualties and damage to critical infrastructure are growing, and the United Nations and its relief partners are working day and night to care for the injured, the Security Council heard on Monday during an urgent meeting on the humanitarian situation in the country.

"President Putin, stop your troops from attacking Ukraine, give peace a chance,” Secretary-General António Guterres urged Wednesday evening at the start of an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council, the body's second late night session this week.

The latest developments in Ukraine are testing “the entire international system”, Secretary-General António Guterres said at a media stakeout on Tuesday, adding “we must pass this test.”