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German support for WFP in Syria and the region is making a difference for millions affected by the crisis. In Jordan, more than half a million Syrian refugees receive cash assistance to access food and other essentials.

A child takes a dip in a river in the Gambia.

A woman farmer working in a wheat field in rural Nepal.

Drug gangs using mobiles and couriers to deal remotely in UK rural areas, including coastal and market towns, will have phones shut down, under new plans announced by UK Home Secretary on 22 January.

Crops at the periurban agriculture cooperative Vivero Alamar, Cuba.

Internally displaced persons (IDPs) line up early in the morning for a general food distribution at the UN Protection of Civilians Site, Malakal, South Sudan.

On 18 January 2017, in the Tabanovce refugee and migrant centre, a Syrian girl, carries a plastic cup filled with snow.

Young refugee girls sit on the steps of an informal recreational space at a camp in Lagkadikia, northern Greece where more than 30 per cent of the population are children. UNHCR and its partners have created a safe space for unaccompanied children here.

Workers' rights are increasingly coming under pressure due to developments such as global competition and the digital revolution. The European Commission is working on plans to improve the situation. On 19 January MEPs adopted a report stating that workers in new type of jobs should be covered by labour laws.