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In light of the Executive Order regarding U.S. refugee resettlement, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, underscores that refugees are ordinary people forced to flee war, violence and persecution in their home countries and who remain in urgent need of life-saving assistance and protection.

Security Council representatives speak to journalists during the Council's first ever visit to Niger.

The UN Security Council meeting with internally displaced persons in northern Cameroon on 3 March 2017.

On 14 August 2016 in the Protection of Civilians (POC) site near Bentiu, in Unity State, South Sudan, children play at dusk.

African bush elephants in the Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Despite increased poaching in many parts of Africa, the elephant population in Mara is presently growing.

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a contribution of US$700,000 from the Government of Japan that will provide vital food assistance to tens of thousands of Libyans affected by ongoing conflict since 2011.

A family in Garissa County, Kenya, treks to the closest water point to fetch water. 2.7 million Kenyans are in need of water and sanitation as a result of the ongoing drought.

Day two at the Global Festival of Ideas for Sustainable Development at the World Conference Center (WCC) in Bonn, Germany. 2 March 2017.

Young boys head home after fishing for a day in the swamps of Nyal, South Sudan.