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Relatives of Rana Plaza victims hold photos of their loved ones.

The first trial of former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy was compromised by due process violations, the appearance of bias and an absence of conclusive evidence. He was convicted on April 21, 2015, and sentenced to 20 years in prison.

With support from a Global Fund grant, a woman and a child sleep under an insecticide-treated net in Atsapanethong District, Laos.

EU Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management, Christos Stylianides, who is visiting South Sudan, announces that the Commission is requesting new vital support in the amount of €50 million from the European Union for the victims of this humanitarian crisis.

President Joko Widodo of Indonesia should urgently commute the death sentences of 10 people who face imminent execution for drug trafficking, Human Rights Watch said on April 24. Following the exhaustion of legal appeals on April 24, 2015, Indonesian authorities advised foreign diplomats and the prisoners’ family members to convene on the island of Nusa Kambangan, where the executions are slated to occur.

Many Yemenis have fled cities for their home villages.

The rooftop of an apartment building in Ashgabat.

Children surrender their weapons during a ceremony formalizing their release from the SSDA Cobra Faction armed group, in Pibor, South Sudan (February 2015).

Ethnic Peuhl women and children housed in dilapidated government buildings in the town of Yaloké, protected by international peacekeepers and local gendarmes.