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Participants at the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in May 2014.

The remnants of hurricane Bertha looks set to track across the UK over the next few days.

The work of arts and cultural organisations is life-enhancing and delivers positive effects on people’s health and wellbeing and on the strength of their communities, a new report reveals.

Women, men, boys and girls, including those with specific needs are affected differently by armed conflicts, and experience different fears, worries and reactions. They face different risks and have different needs.

World health officials say traditional burial practices are among the obstacles that are making it difficult to control the worst Ebola outbreak in West Africa's history.

Humans aren’t the only species to react strongly to actions they consider unfair. A similar drive for fairness in monkeys and some dogs may offer insight into people’s desire for equity, according to experts presenting at the American Psychological Association’s 122nd Annual Convention.

(Right to Left): Kishore Rao, Director of UNESCO’s Heritage Division and interim Assistant UNESCO Director-General for Culture, Irina Bokova Director-General of UNESCO , and Mahmood Al-Mulla Khalaf, permanent delegate, Delegation of Iraq to UNESCO.

This year’s Nelson Mandela Day, which will be celebrated on Friday, is the first time the day will be observed since the death of the South African leader last December at the age of 95.