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UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is appealing for support for efforts aimed at bringing stability inside Somalia and to the countries hosting Somali refugees.

Lights dimmed at UN Headquarters, in New York, to observe Earth Hour in 2017.

An armed individual in the town of Pibor, in Jonglei state. Pibor has seen violent clashes and confrontations that have resulted in displacement as well as destruction of livelihood and property.

The war in Yemen has entered its third year. Children are paying the heaviest price.

A seven-year-old child stands in front of her damaged school in Idleb, Syria.

Destruction at the World Heritage site of Palmyra in Syria.

Women wait with their children to be examined and possibly give supplementary food at a mobile clinic run by UNICEF in the village of Rubkuai, Unity State, South Sudan.

A formation of Altocumulus clouds.

The Government of Uganda and UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi on March 23, jointly appealed to the international community for urgent and massive support for the thousands of South Sudan refugees who continue to arrive to Uganda every day, fleeing brutal conflict, compounded by the limited availability of food.

1 February 2017, Sulem Hire 9, carries a jerry can of water to her home four kilometers away from a borehole. Hadhawe Village, Somali regional state, Ethiopia.