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In historic first, UNICEF appoints Syrian refugee Muzoon Almellehan as Goodwill Ambassador

Muzoon became an advocate for girls’ education after fleeing Syria in 2013

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Muzoon Almellehan visits a classroom at Yakoua school in Bol, Lake Region, Chad, Friday 21 April 2017. There are 500 displaced children attending the school of 800 students and only eight teachers, causing strain on an already weak education system.

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David Davis heads to Brussels with a clear message: we are leaving the European Union

David Davis heads into talks to leave the European Union on a mission to deliver on the will of the British people.

The UK Brexit Secretary David Davis heads into June 19’s first official talks to leave the European Union on a mission to deliver on the will of the British people.

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Terrorism Fears Prompt Australia to Launch Three-month Gun Amnesty

The increased threat of terrorism and a flood of illegal firearms into Australia have prompted the government to offer its first national gun amnesty since a massacre at a former penal colony more than 20 years ago. In 1996, 35 people were killed by a lone gunman at Port Arthur in Tasmania. That tragedy prompted tough gun control measures.

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U.S. Navy Destroyer Collides With Merchant Ship Near Japan

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The U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald returns to Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan, following a collision with a merchant vessel in the Philippine Sea while operating about 64 miles southwest of Yokosuka, June 17, 2017.

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Terrorist attacks 'major' hurdle to peace in Mali, UN mission chief tells Security Council

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Senegalese UNPOL Officers patrol the streets of Gao, Mali.

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750,000 children at risk of being cut off from safe drinking water after increased shelling in eastern Ukraine – UNICEF

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On 1 February 2017, following intense fighting in Avdiivka, Dasha, 1.5 year old, is held by her mother outside a heated emergency shelter in Avdiivka.

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Severe funding gaps threaten assistance to 9 million children in Syria and neighbouring countries

UNICEF has received only a quarter of funding required for children

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On 3 June 2017 in the makeshift camp at Ain Issa, 50 km north of the Raqqa in the Syrian Arab Republic, a boy carries a jerrycan filled with water.

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‘I Can’t Believe He Did This,’ Wife of DC Gunman Says

The wife of the man who shot and wounded a top Republican congressman and several others at a baseball field outside Washington Wednesday said she saw no signs that her husband was planning any violence when he told her he was traveling to the nation’s capital earlier this year.

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WFP Ends Emergency Operation That Helped Many Cope With Severe Drought In Swaziland

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has phased out its emergency operation in Swaziland, after helping up to 230,000 people through drought over the past year. The close of the operation – carried out in support of the Government’s national response – coincided with the end of the lean season last month.

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Myanmar’s investments in children’s early development are paying dividends

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A midwife provides a regular health check for a pregnant woman in Tone Le Village, Tone Le Sub Centre, Nyaung Shwe Township, Shan State, Myanmar.