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UNHCR is deeply disturbed by the forcible removal of refugees and asylum-seekers from the former ‘Regional Processing Centre’ on Manus Island, on November 24. The beating of refugees and asylum-seekers by uniformed officers with metal poles, shown by footage released, on November 24, is both shocking and inexcusable.

Cuban President Raul Castro on Sunday voted alongside thousands of people in municipal elections that kick off the process to end his family's hold on the island nation.

A woman stands in a shelter for girls and women who have endured sexual and gender-based violence, in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia.

Mark Lowcock, new UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator.

Risking their lives to reach Europe from North Africa, a boatload of people, some of them likely in need of international protection, are rescued in the Mediterranean Sea by the Italian Navy.

In this photo taken in mid-October 2017, Rohingya refugees that have fled Myanmar’s Rakhine state, cross into Bangladesh at Palong Khali in the Cox’s Bazar district.

Myanmar and Bangladesh have signed an agreement for the return home of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya who fled to Bangladesh to escape violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state, according to officials from both countries.

Refugees and migrants arrive on the shores of the island of Lesbos in October 2015 after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey.

Emmerson Mnangagwa, who was fired Nov. 5 from his position as Zimbabwe's vice president, will be sworn in as president Friday morning, ending 37 years of authoritarian rule by Robert Mugabe.

The ‘Regional Processing Centre’ on Manus Island, Papua New Guinea.