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A U.N. humanitarian agency says it has sent aid workers to two North Korean regions hit by severe floods to assess the need for relief supplies.

The European Commission is delivering on its promise to help the Horn of Africa recover from the destructive drought of 2011, overcome its chronic problems and set out on the path of development. Today the Commission is adding €22 million to its humanitarian aid in the region. The new money will help build the resilience to future disasters of at least one million Kenyans and Somalis.

Rangers in Nepal prepare for a training exercise.

Polluted Cabin Creek in West Virginia. Peer-reviewed scientific reports have found that mountaintop removal mines create lasting, irreparable harm to streams and water quality.

The House of Representatives is expected to vote this week on Speaker John Boehner’s (R-OH) disaster relief bill that includes a one-year extension of the farm bill.

Children participate in a School Wildlife Recovery Network activity.

This recent camera trap photo captured an Amur tiger in the Changbaishan area, offering compelling evidence that the endangered big cats are increasingly moving back into China from the Russian Far East.

The Ancient City of Aleppo was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1986